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Kreisleriana - 15 Apr 2004 19:14 GMT

I must have a very long learning curve, or a short memory. Otherwise
I would be able to see the reasoning, the connection, between my
opening the window, and him stampeding all over the house, as if his
tail was on fire.

Stinky has a tendency to get so excited over certain things that make
him happy, and rejoice so thoroughly in his looney little way, that he
seems to forget what it was that started him off in the first place.
;)

Theresa
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Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal
claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful.
(Aldous Huxley)

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Karen - 15 Apr 2004 20:17 GMT

> I must have a very long learning curve, or a short memory. Otherwise
> I would be able to see the reasoning, the connection, between my
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> claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful.
> (Aldous Huxley)

Grant does this too. The other night he ran around and jumped on a cat
perch, had too much momentum and bashed into the wall. I thought he broke
something. It's a wee bit scary.

Karen

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jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net - 16 Apr 2004 00:33 GMT

> I must have a very long learning curve, or a short memory. Otherwise
> I would be able to see the reasoning, the connection, between my
> opening the window, and him stampeding all over the house, as if his
> tail was on fire.

Roxy does this almost every night, and I don't have to do anything to
start it. At least, nothing deliberate. Who knows what she's reacting
to - maybe it is something I do, but if so, I have no idea what it is.

She gets so wild that she can make even 10-month-old Licorice seem
stodgy by comparison, although he does enjoy it when she gets like that,
and will chase her, or play hide and seek.

Smudge, on the other hand, wants no part of such silliness, thank you,
and will seek high ground when the craziness begins.

Joyce

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Kreisleriana - 16 Apr 2004 14:42 GMT

> > I must have a very long learning curve, or a short memory. Otherwise
> > I would be able to see the reasoning, the connection, between my
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>start it. At least, nothing deliberate. Who knows what she's reacting
>to - maybe it is something I do, but if so, I have no idea what it is.

Stinky still does this a couple of times a day, too-- but this was
spontaneous, extracurricular stampeding. ;)

>She gets so wild that she can make even 10-month-old Licorice seem
>stodgy by comparison, although he does enjoy it when she gets like that,
>and will chase her, or play hide and seek.
>
>Smudge, on the other hand, wants no part of such silliness, thank you,
>and will seek high ground when the craziness begins.

When I had the two of them, Mimi (RB) and Stinky, Mimi liked to run
around the house, too, but like the little prima donna she was, she
was strictly a solo act. She would take off, and Stinky, like the
playful youngun he was, would take off after her, thinking of course
she must want to be chased. Mimi wanted no such thing-- at least not
from him-- and would beat the crap out of him every time. ;)

When Stinky would get into his stampeding mood, Mimi would take the
opportunity to grab the coziest place on the beds or couch. ;)

Theresa
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Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal
claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful.
(Aldous Huxley)

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