Violence
by carolynholm
Dear Alpha Mom,
This scratching post is unsettling.
Your Best Dog,
Molly
Dearest Molly,
Unsettling?
Love, Carolyn
Dear Alpha Mom,
The cats attack this post like they want to rip it apart.
Your Best Dog,
Molly
Dearest Molly,
They do want to. They love to scratch. It’s an instinct.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Alpha Mom,
It looks horrifying. It makes me uncomfortable. Cats are violent at their core.
Your Best Dog,
Molly
Dearest Molly,
Well there may a bit of violence in every animal.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Alpha Mom,
I don’t think dogs have that kind of violent nature. Take me for example. I don’t feel like ripping into the furniture. I’d rather sleep on it.
Your Best Dog,
Molly
Dearest Molly,
You’re probably right. Most dogs are fairly accepting of the world around them.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Alpha Mom,
Except Poppy. She’s afraid of the world around her.
Your Best Dog,
Molly
Dearest Molly,
She is. Well, not of the world – mostly she’s afraid of people. Especially Alpha Dad. We don’t know what happened to her before she was rescued.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Alpha Mom,
She takes treats from him though.
Your Best Dog,
Molly
Dearest Molly,
We’re making progress.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Alpha Mom,
When he gives us treats Alpha Dad calls me The Barracuda. I don’t understand that.
Your Best Dog,
Molly
Dearest Molly,
Because you zoom in and snatch the treats right out of Alpha Dad’s hands before Poppy can get them. And you are rough about it. You practically take our fingers off. Speaking of violent.
Love, Carolyn
Dearest Molly,
Just saying.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Alpha Mom,
I’m not violent. Poppy is slow. And I’d like to point out she gets violent with me.
Your Best Dog,
Molly
Dearest Molly,
No she doesn’t! When she pounces on you it’s because she wants to play. She just needs to be reminded that you are tiny and elderly and just want to cross the room without being accosted.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Alpha Mom,
The chickens are violent animals. They caught a rat yesterday and ate the whole thing in a minute. That was a violent scene.
Your Best Dog,
Molly
Dearest Molly,
I’m afraid you’re right. Chickens are natural born killers. Who knew. But I noticed that you found that massacre pretty exciting.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Alpha Mom,
It was exciting. But it was still horrifying.
Your Best Dog,
Molly
Dearest Molly,
Until a couple of years ago you were a world class ratter. You’ve killed a gazillion rats!
Love, Carolyn
Dear Alpha Mom,
That was my job. It was my vocation. I killed rats that entered the coop. I didn’t rip into them in a feeding frenzy and consume everything down to the pelt in minutes.
Your Best Dog,
Molly
Dearest Molly,
Okay, I’ll give you that.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Alpha Mom,
It’s also shocking to watch the cats get violent with toilet paper.
Your Best Dog,
Molly
Dearest Molly,
That’s their idea of play.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Alpha Mom,
Puffin is violent with the fish tank.
Your Best Dog,
Molly
Dearest Molly,
You are right on that one. He’s determined to pry the lid off and get that poor fish.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Alpha Mom,
The world is full of violence.
Your Best Dog,
Molly
Dearest Molly,
You are really going to a dark place today.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Alpha Mom,
Just realistic. Someone has to be.
Your Best Dog,
Molly
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