Feline Attack

Last night about 8:00pm Taylor and Terri were in the yard with Faith (our dog).  The dog saw the neighbor’s cat and ran into the neighbor’s yard after it.  Taylor ran after to “rescue” the cat.  Terri got the dog corraled but Taylor wanted to pet the cat.  That’s when all heck broke loose.  The cat, who normally is not friendly was even less so after being chased by our dog.  When Taylor cornered it and tried to pet her, she attacked.  In the blink of an eye the cat bit and scratched Taylor on both arms, her shoulder and one of her legs.  Terri came to Taylor’s rescue and the cat sunk it’s teeth into her hand a couple of times, ran up her back, and into the bushes.  I was at the track trying to get some exercise so Terri loaded up Taylor and came and got me.  Thankfully by this time Taylor had calmed down and I was spared the siren cry that Taylor is so famous for.  I drove them to the hospital.  Taylor was up to date on her shots so they just cleaned her up and gave her some antibiotics.  Unfortunately, they didn’t have any liquid so they mashed a pill up in some apple sauce and Taylor didn’t like it at all.  She finally got it down though.  Terri had to have a tetnus shot and some antibiotics as well.  We got home a little after 11:00 and went straight to bed.  Hopefully, Taylor has learned her lesson about trying to pet strange animals, even cats.  She’s looking forward to daycare today so she can show off her battle scars.  Check out pictures of the carnage below.