Marley versus Kona

Anyone who has had the wonderful opportunity to have met Marley, our cat, knows that he thinks he is the ruler, and that he calls the shots. Marley can be a very mean cat, but at the same time, can be very nice. We have had Marley since he was about 6 weeks old...so yes he was taken from his mother too soon. I believe since we lived in an apartment, Marley became very attached, and so to this day, he is always in the same room as us. He might be sitting by himself ( especially when he is in that mood ), but he is very near. At night, Marley sleeps between Bob and I. When I come home after work, he greets me at the door, then lets me pick him up, and pet him. I usually sit down and watch TV, and he sits in my lap and purrs...i know, i know...some of you didn't think it was possible. See the other side of Marley is very mean. For no reason, he will jump at you, bite you, hiss at you, and run after you. He even decides that he needs to be fed his wet food in the morning, and if you don't wake up, he will do everything in his power to get your attention, even if it means knocking stuff off the dresser or side tables. So, Marley definitely has a personality...which I kinda don't mind. Now that Kona, the dog, is in the picture, Marley is taking a beating. Kona just wants to play, but doesn't realize he is almost three times the size of Marley. He will run after Marley and bark, and bark, and well...Marley hisses, and swings those strong arms right at Kona. good thing Marley does not have claws! So, it has been pretty funny watching them. Marley asks for it most of the time...he antagonizes Kona. Every evening, Marley will go and sleep in Kona's Kennel. Last night, after I took Kona out, he went to his kennel on his own to go to bed. When I went to lock the cage, I realized that he was actually in there with Marley. I was soooo surprised when Marley did not hiss or anything. The only reason Marley got up was because I was giving him his wet food, and well..Marley loves his wet food. I got a picture of it...

However, the day before...Marley was not so nice...When I am working on the computer, Kona likes to lay on the bed. He usually falls asleep, and it is nice because when he sleeps, then he isn't biting something. This bed though, is Marley's favorite. Marley will lay there when Kona is there, just as long as Kona is right by him. I had a box on the bed where I had some pictures, and Marley wanted to lay in the box. This woke Kona up, and Kona went up to Marley. They started to lick each other and were being nice, so, I grabbed the camera. When I snapped the picture, this is what I got...

So, Marley is definitely hot and cold when it comes to Kona! Marley had better watch out though because at the rate Kona is growing...he is going to be 100 pounds by the end of September!