Defensive move

Just the two of them the past couple of nights, with Greedy getting the lion's share, but last night stood our due to an error on my part. The food was out, and it was dark, and so as not to disturb them I went out to the garage by the front door, but when returning used the back door. I rounded the corner of the house and sent Smudge barrelling down the garden in surprise but Greedy was less interested in giving up his feast. He reared up and hissed loudly at me, even doing a mock lunge. I took one step forwards, only to receive a second hiss, and then decided to retreat and leave them to it. A great demonstration of how ferocious they can be when cornered, I'll try avoiding that in the future.