Last night Dan went into our room but as he walks through the doorway, the Dude takes off, out the door, down the hall, turns to the left and runs right into a dog crate!
Ooops!
It's occupied!
Poor Julius is in there just trying to get some peace and quiet away from everyone but the Dude runs behind him and tries to hide. Dan and I are in hot pursuit but he has hunkered down and isn't about to come out because by now, he has freaked himself out. Julius is not too happy about all this but isn't about to give up the sanctuary of his crate. Thank God he is very cat safe.
Dude calms down and decides to come out for me and I haul his butt back to our room. I toss him down and he shakes himself and acts like "I meant to do that".
Just another day at the funny farm.
(I hope he doesn't try this when Aunt Linda comes to pet sit next week)

You have to love a cat. They will do something totally dingy and then look at you with the "I meant to do that" attitude. And they can totally pull it off to.

Yes Gerty, I know you meant to try and jump on the couch, do a somersault backwards, land on a greyhound and knock over my ice tea. It was all a part of your plan to make the humans and hounds laugh. As she walks away with that swish in the rear. Silly cat.

Give Dude a thumbs up from Gerty!

so funny! never a dull moment, huh?