Googie the Bully

Googie was not always a nice cat to other cats. He would hiss and swat others at first and at meal times. He respected Chuckles who was here before he was but any newcomers were fair game.

The first newcomer cat was Vladimir, a senior medium haired grey cat.

Vladimir

Googie must have thought Vladimir was an easy target. He would stalk him and pounce. Vladimir is a tough old guy though and he fought back and usually kicked Googie's ass.Googie would chase him down. Vladimir clearly wanted to avoid a fight.But Googie was persistent and Vladimir would take a stand. And he'd fight well.He'd rabbit kick Googie in the face and usually end up the victor.

This picture is fuzzy but you can get the idea. This was Googie challenging Charlie, one of our newer cats. She has cerebellar hyperplasia so is a little off which confused the other cats at first. Googie wasn't quite sure what to make of her. Here he is sniffing her. Charlie defended herself well though and went on a short offensive where she stalked the other cats to assert herself. Googie for the most part left her alone except before breakfast. Low blood sugar? He was definitely cranky in the morning. And when he would swat Charlie her neurological problem would make her fall over, poor kid. He also would occasionally bite her on the neck.

Apollo was the last cat to join our family. He has impaired vision. Googie wasn't very nice to him-he didn't just swat Apollo, he would bite his neck. Appy w was a quiet cat when Googie was here. Now he has become the explorer. He wants to go out in the hall, he's started climbing and jumping on the counter and he spends less time with humans. I'm happy from Apollo-that he isn't intimidated anymore but it makes me sad that Googie was a bully and had the poor cat scared. Before he came here he was in a big foster cat household where he was also picked on but by many more cats. So I guess that even with Googie being a jerk he was still happier here than there.