Dangling Participial Phrase?

Question

Here’s the original: > The veterinarian was caught off guard when, regaining consciousness, > we were again attacked by the cat. My rewrite of this sentence is either: > The veterinarian was caught off guard when we were again attacked by > the cat regaining consciousness. or else: >The veterinarian was caught off guard when, regaining consciousness, the cat attacked us. Is either of these rewrites satisfactory?

Answer 1

Who regained consciousness? Obviously, it was the cat. The modifier belongs to the cat. Who was attacked? The narrators (us).

The veterinarian was caught off guard when the cat regained consciousness and attacked us again.