Edwina has three dogs who visit her regularly -- my sister's pomeranian, my mother's cavalier, and my stepson's Norwegain Elkhound. She has a different relationship with each but ALL are repeatedly told she is THE BOSS. The Elkhound is afraid of her so that one is easy. She shows a little attitude and he knows his place. The pom is a little more challenging. He has his own kitty at home so he thinks "Playtime." A few hisses, growls, taunts from on high and she has that sissy running to his momma. The puppy confuses Edwina. He is so cute and innocent she has actually touched noses with him a couple of times before she realized what she was doing. She then became indignant and had to knock him around a bit.

Yet I have had to rescue our bold and brassy "Boss Lady" from one of the backyard squirrels! On more than one occasion I have found Edwina being dressed down by a chattering squirrel perched atop the fence with a cowering cat beneath.