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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / October 2006Guard Cats
I've had the privilege of being owned by a lot of cats in my life, and they all had and have their own wonderful unique personalities. But *never* before have I had a cat who hangs out in the front bay window, and then if a truck pulls up near our house, or a person walks up the sidewalk, *growls*! (Interestingly, if a car pulls up, he does nothing - it has to be a truck, or someone actually coming up our path.) Of course, he then turns tail and runs away and hides in another room! Anyone else see this sort of behaviour? Anne --- Pets: http://www.PetBereavementGifts.com Nets: http://www.TheInternetPatrol.com Raw: http://www.AdventuresInRawFood.com Law: http://www.DearEsq.com Blog: http://www.MangeMerde.com My Widget use to growl when the door bell rang. She's mellowed now in her older age though and is too lazy for that sort of thing :). Dewi > My Widget use to growl when the door bell rang. She's mellowed now in > her older age though and is too lazy for that sort of thing :). Comt to think of it, I had one who used to sit on the back of the sofa behind me, and growl at passing traffic. I had an upstairs hillside apartment with a balcony overlooking the street, so especially at night, when you could see the headlights of cars coming up the hill, she'd "announce" each one. > My Widget use to growl when the door bell rang. She's mellowed now in > her older age though and is too lazy for that sort of thing :). > > Dewi My Ssiamese (RB 16) was a "greeter". Whenever the doorbell rang, she would run to the door to officially greet who was there. MLB > > My Widget use to growl when the door bell rang. She's mellowed now in > > her older age though and is too lazy for that sort of thing :). [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > My Ssiamese (RB 16) was a "greeter". Whenever the doorbell rang, she > would run to the door to officially greet who was there. MLB Rita does that. Fin(RB) used to run and hide whenever there was a knock on the door. Rita runs over to greet the new person and beg for pets. The last person who came for a freecycle item brought her two young sons, but the littlest one was afraid of Rita! He apparently had been scratched by their cat at one time. Poor little tyke. She just *loved* him. Jane - owned and operated by Princess Rita >My Ssiamese (RB 16) was a "greeter". Whenever the doorbell rang, she >would run to the door to officially greet who was there. MLB When the doorbell rings, Kumo growls - but when whoever it is is inside the flat, (s)he get's greeted by him and Spot - our official reception committee :-) Aleks > I've had the privilege of being owned by a lot of cats in my life, and > they all had and have their own wonderful unique personalities. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Anyone else see this sort of behaviour? Yep! The first time I heard Persia do it, she was curled up on my lap and then stood at attention and bared her fangs and went "rrrrrrooowwww" and then she hissed! She sounded for all the world like a small panther. She even scared me! She's a watch cat! Jill Sugar does this! Not so much anymore. But she used to growl anytime she heard voices in the hall, or at our old place, if she heard the gate open. It was soooooo cute! > I've had the privilege of being owned by a lot of cats in my life, and > they all had and have their own wonderful unique personalities. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Law: http://www.DearEsq.com > Blog: http://www.MangeMerde.com > Sugar does this! Not so much anymore. But she used to growl anytime she > heard voices in the hall, or at our old place, if she heard the gate open. > It was soooooo cute! Frank also used to growl if he heard someone come too near our door in the hallway.  SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki >> Sugar does this! Not so much anymore. But she used to growl anytime she >> heard voices in the hall, or at our old place, if she heard the gate [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Frank also used to growl if he heard someone come too near our door in > the hallway. My current crew rush to the door in hopes of greeting them! (Especially if it's one of the other tenants taking a dog for a walk.) > My current crew rush to the door in hopes of greeting them! (Especially > if it's one of the other tenants taking a dog for a walk.) Oh, that reminds me of something my brave Frank once did. I used to live in a ground-floor flat that was partially underground, so that my windows were in line with the ground in the inner yard of the building. One day, someone had tied up a huge German Shepherd outside my window. I wondered why Frank was patrolling back and forth on the window seat, and then I saw that huge d*g outside, only inches from us. Frank patrolled there until the owner came and took the d*g away. I thought Frank was so brave, because the d*g really looked huge, seen partially from below like that. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > I've had the privilege of being owned by a lot of cats in my life, and > they all had and have their own wonderful unique personalities. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > nothing - it has to be a truck, or someone actually coming up our > path.) Is he Siamese? I've read that they were orginally trained as temple guardians - maybe he's copying ancestral behaviour. :-) > Of course, he then turns tail and runs away and hides in another room! > > Anyone else see this sort of behaviour? Yep. Harri Roadcat does this frequently, and Amelia does sometimes. All of the kitties take turns in the windows when interesting things are going on outside. A few months ago two of the four apartments in our complex became vacant and the landlord took the opportunity to do some reworking of the two vacant apartments. About a month later the landlord mentioned that the workers were greatly enjoying watching the kitties watching them! It took them a couple days to figure out there was more than one cat in the house, and they had a little contest going to figure out how many cats there really were. They came close - they thought five. I guess they didn't look closely enough to tell there are two red tabbys. > I've had the privilege of being owned by a lot of cats in my life, and > they all had and have their own wonderful unique personalities. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Anyone else see this sort of behaviour? Cali growls at the Garbage Truck, especially when they're touching OUR garbage. Not sure how she knows it's ours or why she cares. I guess she doesn't want them stealing her litterbox offerings. >> I've had the privilege of being owned by a lot of cats in my life, >> and they all had and have their own wonderful unique personalities. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > garbage. Not sure how she knows it's ours or why she cares. I guess > she doesn't want them stealing her litterbox offerings. Rosie (RB) used to sit on the fence and growl at the German Shepard next door. :-) Snoopy just growls at Baggy. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk >>> I've had the privilege of being owned by a lot of cats in my life, >>> and they all had and have their own wonderful unique personalities. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Rosie (RB) used to sit on the fence and growl at the German Shepard next > door. :-) Snoopy just growls at Baggy. Cali pretty much growls/hispits/caterwauls at everyone, Smokey, Cleo, the Raccoons, the garbage men and especially the Black Cat. She talks pretty to the birdies though and invites them in for tea. So far, there have been no takers. >>>I've had the privilege of being owned by a lot of cats in my life, >>>and they all had and have their own wonderful unique personalities. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Rosie (RB) used to sit on the fence and growl at the German Shepard next > door. :-) Snoopy just growls at Baggy. A friend of mine had a twenty-pound marmelade DSH who not only growled, but periodically jumped the fence to beat up the neighbors yappy miniature poodle! |
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