OMG! Tessie and the complete Bastard Cat Trick

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Karen AKA Kajikit - 03 Oct 2006 18:50 GMT

Tessie just tried to give me a complete heart attack... I went out the
front door for a few minutes to get some air, and when I opened the
door to go back inside, she darted out of it! I shrieked at her in
horror and started to go to chase her, hoping to be able to grab her
at the end of the landing again but I didn't need to - before her name
was even all the way out of my mouth she'd turned around and trotted
back inside, where she was looking at me from the right side of the
door and saying 'what? It wasn't me!'
She's meatloafing on the blanket looking pleased with herself, but I'm
still shaking!

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Cheryl - 04 Oct 2006 01:39 GMT

> Tessie just tried to give me a complete heart attack... I went
> out the front door for a few minutes to get some air, and when I
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> It wasn't me!' She's meatloafing on the blanket looking pleased
> with herself, but I'm still shaking!

Me thinks she thought you needed a little excitement today. ;)

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badwilson - 04 Oct 2006 02:59 GMT

I'm glad that she turned around and went right back in. But I think you
were lucky. Shrieking and chasing is the worst thing to do in an
instance like this because it is likely to scare the cat into running
further away, making capture much more difficult.
The best way to handle a situation like this is to calmly and slowly
approach the cat and pick her up and take her back in, petting the whole
time. This way she won't associate you with anything scary in the big
out.

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> Tessie just tried to give me a complete heart attack... I went out the
> front door for a few minutes to get some air, and when I opened the
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> She's meatloafing on the blanket looking pleased with herself, but I'm
> still shaking!

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Karen AKA Kajikit - 04 Oct 2006 03:53 GMT

>I'm glad that she turned around and went right back in. But I think you
>were lucky. Shrieking and chasing is the worst thing to do in an
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>time. This way she won't associate you with anything scary in the big
>out.

Absolutely NOTHING scares that cat... not water bottles or strangers
or other animals or loud noises or water or any of the things that are
'supposed' to spook her... she's utterly fearless - which is part of
her problem! Scouty and Silver know better than to go near the front
door because there might be strangers out there. Tessie on the other
hand desperately wants attention from anyone, and the more the better.

What I think happened is that she started running towards the end of
the landing and then remembered that the time she went down there
before there wasn't anything interesting there so it wasn't worth her
while.

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Takayuki - 04 Oct 2006 03:06 GMT

>Tessie just tried to give me a complete heart attack... I went out the
>front door for a few minutes to get some air, and when I opened the
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>She's meatloafing on the blanket looking pleased with herself, but I'm
>still shaking!

Have you tried giving her walkies on a harness? But maybe that would
make her covet the out even more. :) It's times like this you wish
you had a vestibule. Tessie is a very cute prankster.

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CATherine - 04 Oct 2006 04:35 GMT

>Tessie just tried to give me a complete heart attack... I went out the
>front door for a few minutes to get some air, and when I opened the
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>She's meatloafing on the blanket looking pleased with herself, but I'm
>still shaking!

Has she been in communication with Shmoggleberry? This trick sounds
like his style!

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CATherine

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Dewi - 04 Oct 2006 04:42 GMT

You're lucky it was so easy getting Tessie in. My cat Jewel dashed out
of the cat yard when I opened the gate to get in. She's a cheeky little
bugger. Whenever I approached her she would dash a short distance away.
She was being playful and taunting me. In the end I sat on the grass
near her, pretented to be calm and disinterested. When she started to
relax herself, I was able to slowely approach her and pick her up.

The brat thought it was funny, but I was freaked out with my heart
pounding away.

Dewi.

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jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net - 04 Oct 2006 18:28 GMT

> You're lucky it was so easy getting Tessie in. My cat Jewel dashed out
> of the cat yard when I opened the gate to get in. She's a cheeky little
> bugger. Whenever I approached her she would dash a short distance away.
> She was being playful and taunting me.

Smudge did this to me once! (This was before I decided to let her go
outside without a leash.) I was so annoyed! Every time I'd come close
enough to catch her, she'd move away, *just far enough* away so I couldn't
reach - but close enough to, yes, taunt me! I swear, she was enjoying
it.

Joyce

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tension_on_the_wire - 04 Oct 2006 22:47 GMT

> Every time I'd come close
> enough to catch her, she'd move away, *just far enough* away so I couldn't
> reach - but close enough to, yes, taunt me! I swear, she was enjoying
> it.
>
> Joyce

Payback.
It's their revenge for all the times we keep pulling that
lovely tantalizing string just beyond their reach!!

--tension

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polonca12000 - 06 Oct 2006 22:30 GMT

What a relief!
Calming purrs and best wishes,
Polonca and Soncek

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