This weekend, the Darlings met a Dulcey, a sweet, well-mannered little pooch who belongs to my friend, Sarah. Dulcey was quite happy to meet the kittens, but the kittens were not so thrilled.
Hubey got the most worked up. He was a hissing little mister.
Rhoda and Lucinda kept a safe distance, hid behind their fierce brother, and did a little hissing too.
Selma was curious and came a little closer to investigate this giant beast. She poofed up and nearly doubled in size when Dulcey began wiggling with excitement.
Francine barely even noticed Dulcey was here. She just curled up on the couch and napped.
All of The Darlings settled down eventually, but slept with one eye open for the duration of the visit.
Those flattened ears!
ReplyDeleteOh these pictures are just too funny! Totally cracked me up :) Loved the little poofed up kittens, trying to look all menacing and hissing at the sweet little doggie :)
ReplyDeleteLook at Hubey!
ReplyDeleteHe's saying: "Stand back girls, I'll protect you!"
Those Darlings! They've got the spirit of Mountain Lion stuffed into their teeny tiny little furry selves.
Dulcey is as cute as a kitten
ReplyDeleteThe Darlings are just hilarious, so darn cute!! Dulcey looks a little perplexed, like "What happened? I just want to be their friend...."
ReplyDeleteAw! Hubie can be my protector any day! (Although who could ever need protection from such a sweet Dulcey!)
ReplyDeleteThese pics are great! I love the first one, with one little kitteh peeking out under Hubie's hind leg! too cute!
Uh...that would be Rhoda peeking under Lucinda's leg (I think!) :^D
ReplyDeleteI love it when little babies try to look tough!
ReplyDeleteIs there anything LESS frightening than a puffed-up, hissing kitten? Poor babies.
ReplyDeleteI love it when kittens get all poofy. It's hilarious! They think they are so fierce but all you want to do is snuggle them.
ReplyDeleteDulcey, you look so sweet! I'm sure that the kittens would eventually grow to love you too :)
Awww! Tiny puffy kittens. So fierce! So cute!
ReplyDeleteDulcey would probably love them to death....bathings for all!
What a brave protector Hubey is!
ReplyDeleteSelma is the bravest of them all!
ReplyDeleteI have personally witnessed the damage taht can be done to soft-moist nose flesh by itty bitty kitty claws!
YOUCH!
gald to hear everyone survived this socializing!
Those are great pictures - I am sure the doggie was terrified (not). I love when kittens think they are tough.I am very impressed with the doggie too, for behaving so well - he was probably just confused and amused by the whole thing.
ReplyDeleteOh, I saw you guys over on Cute Overload today - I hope you get a ton more pledges that way!
Wow, I didn't think Selma could GET any poofier!
ReplyDeletePoor scared little things -- they think they have to protect themselves. I feel bad for them. :-( I'm glad no one was hurt though. And I have to admit that they're pretty cute.
ReplyDeleteScary baby kitties! Sweet puppy, too....
ReplyDeleteHow fun that exchange must have been to watch.
ReplyDeleteDulcey was a great "help" teaching the kittens how to POOF effectively.
LOL - this should be submitted to Cute Overload too! I would love to see the captions they put on it.
ReplyDeleteThose kittens are SOOOOOOOOO adorable.
I love puffed up little Selma!
ReplyDeleteLove kitteh reaction to the pupper!
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