A cat is on full alert..
As the man approaches,
The cat gets even madder
The man hurriedly leaves the room...
Son : My cat hisses these day.. Unlike the past days
It started from some point, and it got worse..
But..
Austin the cat is nice and friendly to other family members
except for the son
Are you discriminating hoomans..?
Son : The cat hates me only..
As the cat became docile by the touch of mom,
Son stretches his hand to the cat..
The cat extremely hates his touch!
Did he bite you? / No, I just got scratched..
His hostile demeanor is not understandable, because..
Son : I used to be his owner
Son used to be his owner?
Son who moved out 3 years ago
started to raise Austin at home
Since a year ago, his parents have been taking care of him
for their son who became busy from school work
Son : I visited my parent's house about twice a month
He recognized me every time I visited my parents
There was no problem at all. It was the same as usual
Then I visited him once in four to five months
Then he started scratching and biting me
After he graduated school, Austin became aggressive to the son
who came back home
Perhaps he was mad that his owner didn't come to find him
Now Austin's become father's sidekick
Son : I hate him. Hate him so much. That was exclusive for me though...
To shift Austin's cupid arrow from the father to the son,
Mom helps his son
I thought maybe he doesn't like my smell..
He loves catnip
Son's trying to win his favor with his favorite smell
Will it work?
Catnip doesn't work at all..
What about food?
Austin shouts at him with no doubt..
No matter how hard he tries,
Austin refuses his touch....
Only after he leaves,
Austin eats at ease
Why has he changed like this?
Maybe he's in fear that what surrounds him would change
as the person who abandoned him once came back
Even when he runs into the son,
Austin seriously gets mad
As if something about him irritated him,
Austin starts attacking the son who did nothing..
Son : It's getting worse
He bites more and gets angry at me
It's pretty tough...
As we can't just give up now
Decide to get help from a vet
What caused his servere wariness towards the son?
Vet : Fear and horror are what makes him look intimidated and tensed
There must be a reason behind his demeanor
Son says something came up in his mind
Son : I ran to him, saying "Austin, I'm home!"
I snuggled him and rubbed his face
Son who came home in a long time
Ran to Austin once, calling his name
Perhaps it was where the trouble began..
In Austin's point of view, a giant cat with a strange odor entered his territory
Cats instinctively protect their territory
Austin saw the son running to him while screaming as an attacker
He probably still has an uncomfortable memory from the past
Austin perceives family members as his peer cats living together
except for the son who lived apart for long
Austin perceived the son's affectionate touchy moves as an attack towards him
Vet : Your father didn't like the cat at first
But cats like those kinds of people
He could stay still as your father didn't approach him
If you run after the cat, he'd run away
So you need to do push-pull with the cat
Austin already think the son as an invader
Thus, the son has to wait for the cat to lower his guard while looking indifferent to him
Vet : Switching the father's clothing and the son's might work
For the cat who recognizes people by their smell
Son changed to his father's clothes, Austin's fave
Wonder how Austin would react..
I think he's a bit confused?
Austin looks flustered
Even when the father leaves,
Austin doesn't follow after him!
He stays next to the son
The distance between them is getting short
Mom : Oh my god.. My heart is thumping..
He put treats on his lap
Austin starts eating it
He even hops on his legs!
Austin lowered his guard
He doesn't hiss at him. How can it be possible
Peace came in a year
I couldn't even take step one out of 10 in total, but now I just did one
It feels great
We didn't know how, but now that we know
If Austin hisses at him less than usual and lowers his guard more,
their relationship will get better, and that's what I hope
Love for Austin has always been there..
Hope one day he understands their love..