The Dog Who Cried CAT!!!!!!

The Dog Who Cried CAT!!!!!!

Recently I was on Whidbey Island for the Choochokum Arts Festival in the charming town of Langley. Some of my pet portraits are on display at the local veterinarian and I stopped in to borrow my portfolio book to share with the fair-goers over the weekend. On Monday morning I returned the book and was chatting with Holly who works there and she told me a true story about a dog and one of my paintings that he mistook for a real cat.

The painting above is Holly's favorite and she insists it be displayed prominently at the clinic. One day a woman comes in with 2 dogs, one who behaves well and the other, a Siberian Husky, who needs a bit of vigilance. As the woman and Holly were in conversation the Husky suddenly spots the painting. Now this painting is hanging 5 feet from the ground but this does not deter him! He lets loose a ferociously deep growl and bunching his massive muscles he leaps at the cat he must surely deem an impostor. The woman, ever alert to her dog's quirks, reacts with amazing alacrity and literally grabs the Husky by the neck while he is mid-air in full attack mode and yanks him back to earth. 

He nearly became a collector of cat art!