Er … yes, about the Q&A session. Daisy’s 1st Q was: “where are we and what are we doing here?” Explained that Captain Cuthbert and Midshipperson Mo were off on the high seas. She and Billy were here to help us deal with the glut of rabbits in our fields. But … training came first. Scoring 1 mouse each to date was not setting the bar anywhere near high enough. Daisy’s 2nd Q: “yes, but why here?” Answer: because this is where the frigging rabbits are and the training regime managed by Dr Dick and Sister Sue is just what’s needed to turn a couple of townie cats into useful hunters. Billy’s hand stayed up (as per previous pic) for duration of this interchange. Inspection found him to be asleep. He was roused and asked if he had a question too. Result? “what’s for dinner?” Typical.
We’re clearly having our work cut out here and the motivational video sent by Capt Cuthbert may help. But not yet as Billy pulled a sickie yesterday and missed training. Rear offside foot was hurting. Not clear why but we noticed his owners hadn’t fitted town‘n’country tyres. He devoted his day to licking it, swearing a lot and being unfazed about things in general. Daisy views this as a man thing and ignores him. Have reintroduced cat litter as temporary measure.
Billy much much better this morning but not quite 100% match fit. Daisy in and out of cat flap with great regularity and showing every sign of being with the programme hunting-wise. But no tangible results…just going through the motions. (memo: must empty cat litter.)
Hope that both students will be back in the classroom tomorrow. We have work to do.
Deja Vu 