PEACE NEGOTIATIONS...

 It's been about a month now, since Cookie joined the Clan...

A lot has happened in that time. We've had sadness, with the loss of Joey, and we've had some worries with Cookie's earlier illnesses. But life goes on, and although we all miss Joey tremendously, Cookie goes from strength to strength.

The only thing that is still lacking is the all-important vote of acceptance by the cats... Led by 17-year-old matriarch, Jelly, the four felines are taking their time with Cookie. They are still very wary of this little bundle of energy charging up and down their once peaceful territory.

The only one that is making an attempt to at least interact with Cookie is Pumpkin...

After several scuffles and a few well-aimed slaps to the face, its slowly beginning to dawn on Cookie that the first thing she's got to do to make even the slightest progress with the cats is to SLOW DOWN... She gets so excited when she see's any of them that she charges full speed towards them - and no self-respecting cat appreciates a canine missile heading in their general direction.

Out of the four of them, Pumpkin seems to have the most confidence - and patience, to handle the puppy's rough-housing and gives as good as she gets... We have the greatest hope that peace negotiations will begin with her, and the others will follow her lead...

Cookie tries to get close to Pumpkin...

Some however, we are less hopeful about. Lovable teddy-bear of a cat, Monkey, looks at us eternally with big sad eyes, as if asking, "Why? Why did you bring this thing into our home?" He's going to take quite a bit of convincing...

Monkey asks, "Why?"

Cookie still revels in stealing the cats' food and their toys, even though she has plenty of both for herself. And sometimes she has to be rescued when feline patience runs dry and the claws come out. But as the days go by, she is gradually calming down and finding her place.

Mum saves Cookie from the evil cats...

We'll have a small celebration on the day that Cookie and Jelly finally sit down peacefully together...  

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