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That smelly thing that smells smelly: (30+) 80 (very successful)
Determining what was here before you: (55+) 99 (Critical Success!)
Territory marking: (15+) 4 (FAIL)
Making friends with the neighbors: (30+) 37 +5 (congenial) -6 (You did kinda pee on them) = 36 (successful-ish)
You opt to make the best of things, and explore this place that is not-home. You're sure your master will figure out his mistake sooner or later, and then you can go back to your real home. But in the mean time... So many great smells! You put your nose into overdrive, and explore the yard within the confines of it's fences. Not-home is bigger than real-home, both in terms of the building, and the property proper. It also has a 4 foot chain-link fence on all sides, though you have to go through a prickly-brushy-wooded area in the backyard in order to find the back part of it. You didn't like that part of the yard. It was too pointy. You did, however, like big mossy-grassy area that covers most of the yard. It feels soft under your paws, and it captures scents REALLY well. You manage to catch a whiff of a family of rabbits (SUPER fresh), a lone deer (not so fresh), some squirrels and several different human smells, three of which are distinctly masculine, two feminine, and two that were sort of faint and unrecognizable. In addition, you can also smell fresh cat-scent, at least three of them, and dog-scent, of which you can smell two.
The dog-scent is more exciting to you, because it is the freshest and most potent. It smells like a pair of small-ish dogs, probably litter-mates, who seem to come into this yard quite frequently. According to doggie etiquette, however, now that you're here, this place is your place, and so you attempt to mark your territory. It, it uh, it doesn't go so well. For starters, you already emptied most of your bladder during your ride with master. And since you haven't had anything to drink, your bladder is mostly empty. You do have a small bit in reserve, which you use to sprinkle on one of the prickly bushes in the back - the one that smells most strongly of dog-scent. The inhabitant of that bush is NOT happy about it.
A scrappy little dog dashes growls and charges at you, hackles raised, and teeth showing. He doesn't appreciate being "marked", and makes it very clear to you that he thinks this is HIS territory. His sister also crawls out of a hole in the ground, filthy and covered in dirt and blood. Your nose tells you it isn't hers.
Thankfully, you know your doggie manners, and apply them accordingly. Wagging your tail, and rolling onto your back, you offer the two every submissive gesture you know about. The sister dog is accepts your apology and enters into a play bow. Her brother, not so much. He isn't overly agressive, but does not want to play, his body language telling you "stay away, don't' bother me and I won't bother you".
Pick 2
A) Try to change the brother dog's mind, and engage him in play?
B) Ignore the brother dog, and only play with the sister?
C) Hunt whatever it is they're hunting?
D) Go back to Master - He should know there are intruders in the yard
E) Run around the yard in circles because it's just SO EXCITING to see other dogs!!!!!!
My name is HerdsCats. I do the impossible, improbable, and downright unpleasant on a daily basis. How may I help you today?