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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / March 2006I've had a HRFL Tiger story accepted!
A while back, I wrote a post about Tiger and Bonnie. Someone here suggested that I sent it to "Smarter than Jack", an organisation that produces books with true animal stories to raise money for animal shelters. I did submit the story, then promptly completely forgot all about it. In my IN-box today, I recieved this..... "Thank you for submitting your story for the SMARTER than JACK series. We would like to include your story as part of our special book, Cheeky animals are SMARTER than JACK, which will be published in June 2006. It will be published in North America under the title 91 smart sassy animals. The decision on which stories to include was not easy; we received many entertaining stories covering a range of cheeky animal antics. However your story stood out." I AM SO CHUFFED!!!! This was the story.... "Sneaky Tiger I had come back from walking Bonnie, my dog (and the bane of my cat Tigers life). Without realising I hadnt shut the front door properly, I went and made a cup of tea. The cats are absolutely not ever allowed outside the front of my house because the road can be very busy, so of course Tiger has made it his lifes ambition to see what is out there. I was drinking my tea when, out of the blue, Bonnie came running into the kitchen and barked at me. Then she started whining and tugging on my trousers with her teeth. As this was not her normal behaviour I went to see what was wrong. I got into the hall, just in time to see Tiger sneaking out of the front door, which was slightly ajar. Bonnie went after him and tried to herd him back into the house with her nose, whining all the while. To say Tiger was annoyed that he had been caught was an understatement. He gave Bonnie a look of pure loathing, slapped her on the head and went off upstairs in a right huff. I, on the other hand, gave Bonnie a big cuddle and told her what a good girl she was. My dog is not nearly as dumb as she makes out she is." I get a complimentary copy of the book in June, when it's printed, and there should also be a couple of photos alongside the story of Bonnie and HRFL, as I emailed them with the authorisation form. Quite made my day. Helen M That's way cool, Helen. Big congrats! Cool! Congratulations! Sandy >A while back, I wrote a post about Tiger and Bonnie. Someone here > suggested that I sent it to "Smarter than Jack", an organisation that [quoted text clipped - 48 lines] > > Helen M > I get a complimentary copy of the book in June, when it's printed, and > there should also be a couple of photos alongside the story of Bonnie > and HRFL, as I emailed them with the authorisation form. Quite made my > day. Most excellent! I'll be on the lookout for the book!  SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com > Most excellent! I'll be on the lookout for the book!/// I believe that you can buy the book here... :o) www.smarterthanjack.com Helen M > A while back, I wrote a post about Tiger and Bonnie. Someone here > suggested that I sent it to "Smarter than Jack", an organisation that [quoted text clipped - 48 lines] > > Helen M Congratulations -- I remember the story very well. MLB >A while back, I wrote a post about Tiger and Bonnie. Someone here > suggested that I sent it to "Smarter than Jack", an organisation that [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > I AM SO CHUFFED!!!! Congratulations! I know just how you feel. I once had a poem published in a country mag in the UK (and got paid for it!!) and it went on to be published elsewhere in US & South Africa. It's a very nice feeling when others appreciate your writing, isn't it? Tweed Its a sweet story and I'm glad it will be properly appreciated. We are starting to have a version of this around here. Kayla is starting to know I can't hear properly so she lets me know when one of the cats wants in. And she is starting to try to keep them in, much to Jake's dismay. Molly just ignores her. So I'm getting to have a assistive dog. Now to teach her not to let me know about ghosts and shadows and other things of her imagining. We spent an evening alone together last week and she was rather too helpful. Jo >A while back, I wrote a post about Tiger and Bonnie. Someone here > suggested that I sent it to "Smarter than Jack", an organisation that [quoted text clipped - 48 lines] > > Helen M > The decision on which stories to include was not easy; we > received many entertaining stories covering a range of cheeky [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > "Sneaky Tiger Congrats! Great story. SignatureCheryl > A while back, I wrote a post about Tiger and Bonnie. Someone here > suggested that I sent it to "Smarter than Jack", an organisation that > produces books with true animal stories to raise money for animal > shelters. I did submit the story, then promptly completely forgot all > about it. Excellent and congratulations! I will have to consider if Smokey or Nox have a story worth submitting to something! --Fil Good on ya, Helen. Lily & her mama SignatureIrulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time >A while back, I wrote a post about Tiger and Bonnie. Someone here > suggested that I sent it to "Smarter than Jack", an organisation that [quoted text clipped - 48 lines] > > Helen M How cool is that! Congratulations Helen and, of course, HRFL Tiger! Christine > A while back, I wrote a post about Tiger and Bonnie. Someone here > suggested that I sent it to "Smarter than Jack", an organisation that [quoted text clipped - 48 lines] > > Helen M That's fabulous! Mazel Tov!!! (Hebrew for Congratulations!) I love the story - thanks for reposting it, because I don't think I saw it the first time. Bonnie must be a herding dog - what breed is she? I love that Tiger gave her the Feline Glare of Death. He also understood perfectly that he had been Busted. You have a couple of very smart animals! Joyce > A while back, I wrote a post about Tiger and Bonnie. Someone here > suggested that I sent it to "Smarter than Jack", an organisation that > produces books with true animal stories to raise money for animal > shelters. I did submit the story, then promptly completely forgot all > about it. > In my IN-box today, I recieved this..... > "Thank you for submitting your story for the SMARTER than JACK series. > We would like to include your story as part of our special book, Cheeky [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > entertaining stories covering a range of cheeky animal antics. However > your story stood out." > I AM SO CHUFFED!!!! > This was the story.... > "Sneaky Tiger > I had come back from walking Bonnie, my dog (and the bane of my cat > Tiger?s life). Without realising I hadn?t shut the front door properly, > I went and made a cup of tea. > The cats are absolutely not ever allowed outside the front of my house > because the road can be very busy, so of course Tiger has made it his > life?s ambition to see what is out there. > I was drinking my tea when, out of the blue, Bonnie came running into > the kitchen and barked at me. Then she started whining and tugging on my > trousers with her teeth. As this was not her normal behaviour I went to > see what was wrong. > I got into the hall, just in time to see Tiger sneaking out of the front > door, which was slightly ajar. Bonnie went after him and tried to herd [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > cuddle and told her what a good girl she was. > My dog is not nearly as dumb as she makes out she is." > I get a complimentary copy of the book in June, when it's printed, and > there should also be a couple of photos alongside the story of Bonnie > and HRFL, as I emailed them with the authorisation form. Quite made my > day. > Helen M SignatureTo reply privately, take the X's out of my user ID. > I love the story - thanks for reposting it, because I don't think I > saw it the first time. Bonnie must be a herding dog - what breed is > she? I love that Tiger gave her the Feline Glare of Death. He also > understood perfectly that he had been Busted. You have a couple of > very smart animals!//// Bonnie is a mutt, but the vet reckons that she's part collie, part GSD, and part every-other-dog-in-Cardiff. ;o) But she does have a lot of collie traits. Helen M >> I love the story - thanks for reposting it, because I don't think I >> saw it the first time. Bonnie must be a herding dog - what breed is [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Helen M Are there any pictures of Bonnie posted anywhere? SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) A House is not a home, without a cat. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > Are there any pictures of Bonnie posted anywhere?// Try here.. http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/leopardusweidii/detail?.dir=9668&.dnm=818ere2.j pg&.src=ph http://tinyurl.com/otrgo Helen M >> Are there any pictures of Bonnie posted anywhere?// > > Try here.. http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/leopardusweidii/detail?.dir=9668&.dnm=818ere2.j pg&.src=ph > http://tinyurl.com/otrgo > > Helen M Thanks, she looks like a happy dog. :-) SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) A House is not a home, without a cat. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk >> Are there any pictures of Bonnie posted anywhere?// > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Helen M She looks like a sweet dog. And ready to herd or hunt or guard as needed. Jo > She looks like a sweet dog. And ready to herd or hunt or guard as needed. > > Jo She's very, very gentle, and very protective of her family (including the cats). She's so sweet, I can safely leave her to babysit and mother 5 week old kittens (not that I do as there is potential for a disaster). Two incidences spring to mind. Last year I had 3 foster kittens with very bad flu - Flanagan, Alfie and Lola. They were *VERY* ill and it was touch and go for a while. She helped me bath them, helped keep them warm, and when they recovered allowed them to trample all over her, swing on her tail and generally mothered them. When Lily arrived, she was a nightmare because all she wanted to do was wash Lily, mother her, and look after her. Where ever Lily was, Bonnie had to be. About 18 months ago, I was staying at a friends house, and we found her husband dead in the kitchen - he had died of a massive heart attack. Bonnie went into hyper protective mode with my friends 2 young daughters - she stayed with them, kept telling them she loved them, and guarded them at night by sleeping on their bed. Anyone other than my friend or myself was not allowed to approach the kids - Bonnie always positioned herself between them, and the girls and growled. On the day of the funeral, with all the family coming into the house, she became so over protective, she became dangerous and at one point I thought she was going to bite someone. This is a dog without a nasty bone in her body. She's also a registered P.A.T. (Pets as therapy) dog and visits the local childrens cancer hospice. She's pretty special for a dog. :o) Helen M > About 18 months ago, I was staying at a friends house, and we found her > husband dead in the kitchen - he had died of a massive heart attack. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > protective, she became dangerous and at one point I thought she was > going to bite someone. This is a dog without a nasty bone in her body. Wow - what a terrible experience. He must have been a fairly young guy to have kids so young. (Not necessarily, I guess, but I wouldn't expect him to be older than his 40s.) What a tragedy for that family. Bonnie does seem like a very special dog. Somehow she figured out that the girls really needed her help, with what had just happened. She must have realized that one of the kids' main protectors was gone, and the other was bereaved, so she was filling in for them. That should be a Smarter than Jack story, too - if they print sad ones as well as funny ones. She sounds amazing. > She's also a registered P.A.T. (Pets as therapy) dog and visits the > local childrens cancer hospice. I'll bet she's great! Joyce > Wow - what a terrible experience. He must have been a fairly young guy > to have kids so young. (Not necessarily, I guess, but I wouldn't expect [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > have realized that one of the kids' main protectors was gone, and the > other was bereaved, so she was filling in for them./// It was fairly traumatic, and he was 45, so yes, pretty young. The interesting thing was, the dogs actually found him first - My friend has a black labrador, Shadow, and it was he and Bonnie who alerted us that something was wrong with Dave, and we didn't restrict their access to him once we found him on the floor - and they KNEW something was seriously wrong. Dogs are amazing creatures, as are cats. And I say that as a Cat person. ;o) Helen m > She's very, very gentle, and very protective of her family (including > the cats). She's so sweet, I can safely leave her to babysit and mother [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Helen M What an incredible d*ggie! You must be so proud of her! Best wishes, Polonca and Soncek > Are there any pictures of Bonnie posted anywhere?// Try here.. http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/leopardusweidii/detail?.dir=9668&.dnm=818ere2.j pg&.src=ph http://tinyurl.com/otrgo Helen M Too cool! You have every reason to be chuffed. =o) seeing your own words in print is a huge thrill. Mega Congratulations to you and to HRFL Tiger who will be immortalized in print! Melissa > A while back, I wrote a post about Tiger and Bonnie. Someone here > suggested that I sent it to "Smarter than Jack", an organisation that [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > I AM SO CHUFFED!!!! Congratulations, Helen and Bonnie, I assume tiger got his revenge somehow. ;-) SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) A House is not a home, without a cat. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > Congratulations, Helen and Bonnie, I assume tiger got his revenge somehow. > ;-)/// As Tiger pointed out at the time.....Tiger gets his revenge every day... because Bonnie has to live with being a dog, and he doesn't! ;o) Helen M Congrats >A while back, I wrote a post about Tiger and Bonnie. Someone here > suggested that I sent it to "Smarter than Jack", an organisation that [quoted text clipped - 48 lines] > > Helen M > "Thank you for submitting your story for the SMARTER than JACK series. > We would like to include your story as part of our special book, > Cheeky > animals are SMARTER than JACK, which will be published in June 2006. Yay, many congratulations! I'm sure Tiger would say that while he's pleased to be immortalised in print he's miffed that the selected story didn't show him in his true light and a feline god :) Purrs Gordon & the FF > A while back, I wrote a post about Tiger and Bonnie. Someone here > suggested that I sent it to "Smarter than Jack", an organisation that [quoted text clipped - 48 lines] > > Helen M How cool! Congratulations! kili COOL!!!!!! > A while back, I wrote a post about Tiger and Bonnie. Someone here > suggested that I sent it to "Smarter than Jack", an organisation that [quoted text clipped - 48 lines] > > Helen M > A while back, I wrote a post about Tiger and Bonnie. Someone here > suggested that I sent it to "Smarter than Jack", an organisation that > produces books with true animal stories to raise money for animal > shelters. I did submit the story, then promptly completely forgot all > about it. (snip) Congratulations. We had our (sparrow) story published in Canadian Animals are Smarter than Jack and it was a real thrill to see it in print. Folks might not know that they can sign up (free) for the story of the week which will be delivered to their email every Friday. www.smarterthanjack.com >A while back, I wrote a post about Tiger and Bonnie. Someone here >suggested that I sent it to "Smarter than Jack", an organisation that [quoted text clipped - 48 lines] > >Helen M Woo-hoo, Helen! That is really cool! Congratulations :-) Ginger-lyn Home Pages: http://www.moonsummer.com http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~summer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) > A while back, I wrote a post about Tiger and Bonnie. Someone here > suggested that I sent it to "Smarter than Jack", an organisation that [quoted text clipped - 48 lines] > > Helen M Congratulations, Helen! SignatureSam, closely supervised by Mistletoe >A while back, I wrote a post about Tiger and Bonnie. Someone here > suggested that I sent it to "Smarter than Jack", an organisation that [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > I AM SO CHUFFED!!!! WOO HOO!! Concatulations Helen! You are not only a good writer, but lucky as well. I look forward to looking for the book with your story in it. Pam S. thrilled > A while back, I wrote a post about Tiger and Bonnie. Someone here > suggested that I sent it to "Smarter than Jack", an organisation that [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > entertaining stories covering a range of cheeky animal antics. However > your story stood out." <snip> > Helen M Congrats! You so deserve it! Best wishes, Polonca and Soncek
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