Life lessons from the dog and cat

I’m watching my recently acquired cat — my first indoor feline in decades — weave around the dog’s legs like a ribbon. It took a few weeks, but they’ve become buddies. Buddies with boundaries, which the cat strictly enforces, but friends nonetheless. These are two species that don’t naturally get along and have been thrown into the same household. Each has its own personality, experiences, and habits, and if animals have opinions (cats obviously have…