[Dailydrool] House Mouser

[Pamela McQuade via Dailydrool]

The Dashing Bassets have always had a kitty because I, the mama, had 
kitties before I had hounds, and I like them.(There is no accounting for 
taste, according to the bassets.)

The only time the DB household had a visible mouse it was discovered by 
our first hound, Lady Jane, who chased it out of a closet. It scooted 
around the house a bit, chased by Jane and then the kitty (I am almost 
certain it was Duncan). The cat chased it into the living room, and it 
was seen no more, unless it was the same mouse Belvedere later found, 
already dead, under the sideboard in the dining room. Since we had had 
bait put down to eliminate the mice, I assume that's what killed it. Of 
course Bel ate the poor thing, and I had to make him barf it up again.

There is no question that the cat did not find the mouse and would never 
have chased it had not Jane found it. Also doubtless, the mouse did not 
meet its end at Duncan's paws or teeth.

I am of the opinion that being a house mouser in no way makes you a 
kitty, and hounds may be better mousers than a cat who has never been 
trained by mama to see rodents as prey.

Pam, food slave to the Dashing Bassets and staff to Duncan the c at t