As some may remember, Hodge is a cat of unknown origins who has some
behavioural difficulties (getting defensive/aggressive and biting for no
particular reason; he seems to have a thing against legs). One thing he
does, and he did it tonight, is he rears on his hind legs like a horse,
sometimes jumps up and down on his two legs (like a boxer -- it's pretty
funny looking), then springs straight up and down like a startled
gazelle. He seems startled by too much walking around on my part (I
would love to know what whoever had him before -- the ones who abandoned
him, no doubt) did to make him so defensive-aggressive. Anyway, I've
never seen a cat do this before, and wondered if anyone else had.

(Now he's in my bed, battling his toy mouse. I can't tell you how many
times I've gone to sleep to wake up with a bed full of toys.)

FYI, if you're curious what the little booger looks like, here he is,
down to 13 lbs. from 17(!!!).

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