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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / November 2005Thank you, Dante!
The little booger has found a plastic milk-top ring, and really wants to make sure I see it. He keeps leaping up on the computer desk with it, and I have started tossing it away. Boing, back he comes. Oh no, I think I am entering a terrible vicious cycle. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Make Levees, Not War Dante fetches! > The little booger has found a plastic milk-top ring, and really wants > to make sure I see it. He keeps leaping up on the computer desk with [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Make Levees, Not War >Dante fetches! Ye Gods, please no! ;) >> The little booger has found a plastic milk-top ring, and really wants >> to make sure I see it. He keeps leaping up on the computer desk with [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> >> Make Levees, Not War Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Make Levees, Not War > The little booger has found a plastic milk-top ring, and really wants > to make sure I see it. He keeps leaping up on the computer desk with > it, and I have started tossing it away. Boing, back he comes. Oh no, > I think I am entering a terrible vicious cycle. ;) Sounds like Dante has your training well in hand. :oP  SignatureMarina, Frank, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > The little booger has found a plastic milk-top ring, and really wants > to make sure I see it. He keeps leaping up on the computer desk with [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Make Levees, Not War Moe does that with bottelcaps. > The little booger has found a plastic milk-top ring, and really wants > to make sure I see it. He keeps leaping up on the computer desk with > it, and I have started tossing it away. Boing, back he comes. Oh no, > I think I am entering a terrible vicious cycle. ;) You could just take it away from him and distract him with another toy on the floor, Eh? Why not? I'm sure he won't mind if you flip the new toy around like it's exciting and the milk top ring just sort of disappears into the ether like it never existed.. Tweed >> The little booger has found a plastic milk-top ring, and really wants >> to make sure I see it. He keeps leaping up on the computer desk with [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Tweed Ah, but it doesn't actually matter what the thing *is*. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Make Levees, Not War >>> The little booger has found a plastic milk-top ring, and really wants >>> to make sure I see it. He keeps leaping up on the computer desk with [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Ah, but it doesn't actually matter what the thing *is*. ;) Hmmm. Now you have me stuck! I've never had a kitten and my cats rarely - if ever - play. Carry on then ;-) Tweed > The little booger has found a plastic milk-top ring, and really wants > to make sure I see it. He keeps leaping up on the computer desk with > it, and I have started tossing it away. Boing, back he comes. Oh no, > I think I am entering a terrible vicious cycle. ;) A vicious cycle, you've got it! The phenomenon is described in Basic Rules for Cats Who Have a House to Run compiled by Harold Reynolds. <quote> 5. Fetch: Dogs will run after a ball or stick that humans throw, take it back to them, and continue doing this until they drop. As established earlier, dogs are not bright. A dignified Cat MAY fetch a ball for its human, but if the human persists in continually throwing the ball away, assume that the human truly does not want it, and leave it. A small minority of Cats will fetch favourite toys like pipe cleaners, twist ties, or other small plastic things. They claim it's great exercise and doesn't deprive them of too much Dignity. </quote> To read the rest of the Cat Rules, just open this link: http://www.badpets.net/BadPets/CatRules.html For Scandinavian readers, I made a translation a couple of years ago here http://home.no.net/tiloo/katteregler.html (Norwegian) Have fun! Hans >> The little booger has found a plastic milk-top ring, and really wants >> to make sure I see it. He keeps leaping up on the computer desk with [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >human, but if the human persists in continually throwing the ball away, >assume that the human truly does not want it, and leave it. Not with this little monster. He doesn't care in the least that I don't want it. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Make Levees, Not War > The little booger has found a plastic milk-top ring, and really wants > to make sure I see it. He keeps leaping up on the computer desk with > it, and I have started tossing it away. Boing, back he comes. Oh no, > I think I am entering a terrible vicious cycle. ;) Chester used to do this too - as well as both my furless children :-) How are Stinky and Dante doing together? Susan M Otis and Chester |
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