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RUSH: Now, I\u2019ve got a request here from a guy wanting an update on how Punkin, my Abyssinian cat, is getting along with the puppy, now 14 weeks old, Abbey, an old English sheepdog. It hasn\u2019t been pretty the past two days. Well, the past two times. I got back Sunday at noon and Punkin misses me when I\u2019m gone. I was gone for a whole week. When I get back she will not leave my side. So I got back at noon Sunday and I\u2019m just kind of chilling out, in the library, occasionally dabbling on the computer, and she\u2019s at my feet or in my lap or when I sit on the couch she\u2019s on the back of the couch right behind me, just can\u2019t get enough, head-butting me and all this stuff. Happy I\u2019m back. Animals are great that way. And six hours later, I\u2019d asked Katherine, ‘Could you bring Abbey over? I want to see Abbey. I haven\u2019t seen Abbey in a while.\u2019 ‘Okay.\u2019 <\/p>\n

I just happened to be walking past the front door to head to the kitchen about six o\u2019clock, Punkin right by my side, the front door burst open, Katherine opens it, and here comes that puppy just running like a blue streak. And Punkin just gets shocked out of her little skin, and the puppy sees Punkin — and the first time they got together it was kind of peaceful. They were sniffing each other out as animals do. The puppy went a little too far in the sniffing so Punkin started hissing, but they were peacefully coexisting. <\/p>\n

But that dog came in and just, arf, arf, arf, and Punkin, never met a dog before this and just makes a beeline for the other direction and the dog chases her and Punkin stops during the chase and hisses and then hides under a couch. I thought, ‘Oh, no, this is Punkin\u2019s house, she can\u2019t figure out what\u2019s going on, she\u2019s never seen a dog other than this one, ‘What is this thing?” I mean Punkin, as far as she\u2019s concerned, it might be a Hawaiian lion. <\/p>\n

So that happened. Then I guess it was later that night, it\u2019s time to go to bed and Punkin has her own room. She has her own bathroom, water bowl and food bowl and so forth. It\u2019s a pocket door separating the bedroom from Punkin\u2019s little room in there, and I always leave it open two or three inches in case she needs to get out. I got up in the morning and go walk in there to feed Punkin, and the door\u2019s open. I never go in there and I walk in, and the food bowl and the water bowl are empty. The dog had broken in while we\u2019re sleeping and had scarfed all of Punkin\u2019s food and consumed all of Punkin\u2019s water. I assumed Punkin watched this happen. But Punkin was nowhere to be found. <\/p>\n

I went downstairs and Punkin was eating from the alternate food site. There\u2019s a downstairs place where she can eat also. And then the chasing happened again this morning. Punkin was minding her own business, dog shows up, arf, arf, arf, arf, and poor Punkin\u2019s hiding under couches and in the crevices and the dog can\u2019t get there but it\u2019s trying to and Punkin — now, everybody\u2019s told me these two are going to become best friends. I hope it happens. It\u2019s kind of funny to watch but you can\u2019t help but feel sorry for the cat because the cat\u2019s had this house all to itself for all these years and here comes this rambling little upstart taking over, eating her food — and, by the way, that dog was never happier than after it ate the cat food. (interruption) No. Well, the dog has not gone anywhere near the litter box. <\/p>\n

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RUSH: And I have to mention this. I have been, well, not deluged, but a number of e-mails: ‘You know, it\u2019s really typical of men, Rush, telling a story about a dog and how much you wanted Kate to bring the dog over \u2019cause you missed the dog. Couldn\u2019t you have at least said you missed Kate?\u2019 I\u2019ve been telling her all week that I missed her. (interruption) I know it\u2019s not gonna work. I love the puppy, don\u2019t get the wrong idea, I love the puppy, I have more fun with this — I had dogs growing up. I love Punkin, too. Nothing\u2019s changed here. (interruption) What do you mean what\u2019s the problem? No, I don\u2019t love one more than the other. I\u2019m an equal parent like this. I\u2019m looking forward to these people who say, ‘Oh, they\u2019re going to become best friends,\u2019 I just want to see this happen. <\/p>\n

Punkin\u2019s going to be a tough nut to crack. It\u2019s her house. It\u2019s been her house for years. She\u2019s 11 years old. I knew this was going to happen. This puppy with boundless energy comes running, Punkin, sophisticated lady of the house, watches this uncouth slobbering thing walk all over the house, chase her. ‘What has happened here?\u2019 She looks at me plaintively, ‘What is happening here?\u2019 Hides under the couch. And I go, ‘Come on, Punky, come on, it\u2019s okay.\u2019 She wouldn\u2019t budge \u2019til the dog left. But interestingly, I hold the dog and I picked Punkin up and she doesn\u2019t freak out with the smell of the dog on me, so there\u2019s hope. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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