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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / November 2004Boyfriend got groomed
Now, Boyfriend was never a true feral because he had a collar on when he came here, but somehow he lost his home and became very shy, but he is getting much braver with me. I thought I might try to groom him with my soft brush as he lay on my chair. I wasn't sure how he might take it. So I took the brush, and I told him nice things, while I stroked his fur with the brush. Oh, what a good boy you are, and doesn't this just feel so great while I brush you so gently again and again? He said it did feel great and he turned over to invite me to groom his tummy, which I did, very gently. BF is becoming a cat that I can now approach. It's taken a while. He is very special. I wasn't a cat lover until Boyfriend came. I love him to bits. Tweed >Now, Boyfriend was never a true feral because he had a collar on when he >came here, but somehow he lost his home and became very shy, but he is [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >Tweed What a sweetie boy! Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > Now, Boyfriend was never a true feral because he had a collar on when he > came here, but somehow he lost his home and became very shy, but he is [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Tweed That's BIG progress! Wonderful. >> BF is becoming a cat that I can now approach. It's taken a while. >> He is very special. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >> > That's BIG progress! Wonderful. I'm very pleased. (Can you tell?) ;-) Tweed The only time I can actually hear Wilson purring, is when he's in bed half of him spread across my body, and kneading his little claws into me Jean.P. > >> BF is becoming a cat that I can now approach. It's taken a while. > >> He is very special. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Tweed Just a reminder: It is absolutely NOT necessary to quote every single word from the last posting(s) when you reply. Quote the essential phrases only. Usually, people have read the previous posting before the get to your's... Hans > So I took the brush, and I told him nice things, while I stroked his > fur with the brush. Oh, what a good boy you are, and doesn't this [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Tweed What a sweetie! Persia loves to be brushed, too. All I have to do is say "Brush?" and she looks and then jumps up in my lap. Glad Boyfriend is happy to be brushed! I love the purrs... Persia drools! LOL Jill "jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:hRigd.47 > What a sweetie! Persia loves to be brushed, too. All I have to do is say > "Brush?" and she looks and then jumps up in my lap. Glad Boyfriend is > happy > to be brushed! I love the purrs... Persia drools! LOL > > Jill I really like the name Persia. Or should it be Purrsia when she's being brushed? Boyfriend has only purred once and very quietly. That might come later. Tweed >Boyfriend has only purred once and very quietly. That might come later. Or it could be that he just has a silent purr. Rocky's purr was so quiet that you usually had to feel him to feel the vibrations.  SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky (RB) stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html > Now, Boyfriend was never a true feral because he had a collar on when he > came here, but somehow he lost his home and became very shy, but he is [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > He is very special. > I wasn't a cat lover until Boyfriend came. I love him to bits. And he loves you. He let you groom his tummy. The ulterior test of trust and love. ;o) SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki >> I wasn't a cat lover until Boyfriend came. I love him to bits. > And he loves you. He let you groom his tummy. The ulterior test of trust > and love. ;o) Really, is it? Wow. First he accompanies me in the middle of the night in a storm to "help" me secure my poultry huts and now he lets me groom his tummy! Tweed > >> I wasn't a cat lover until Boyfriend came. I love him to bits. >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Tweed He is a sweetie, and a cutie, too. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com >> >> I wasn't a cat lover until Boyfriend came. I love him to bits. >>> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > He is a sweetie, and a cutie, too. > Theresa Well, I never felt as tender about a cat before. Mostly cats (other peoples) were a bit of a nuisance after my chicks. Kitty FC is something else. When she got to me she was already fierce, and I understand why. Life was a bit of a struggle for her, since her owners got a bad dog that bit her severely and she moved out of what she once thought was her home. So, Kitty earned her own living in the garden for ages while I still had my dogs, although I have to admit that I put down a saucer of catfood every night down by the chicken huts and when my dogs had all gone to RB she moved in. But, although I don't like to say it, she isn't a "nice" cat. She is grumpy and will slash me if I touch her when she doesn't want me to. I never know when it's right or wrong though. I still have a long scar on my arm that she did a few weeks ago. "Do NOT try and brush me" Thank Bast for Boyfriend. He doesn't have a bad word in him, and I'm absolutely sure he'd just run away before he would dream about scratching me No, BF would never scratch a human, I just know it. Kitty would. No qualms. Slash and slash. Great! Ouch!!! from me. Tweed > Well, I never felt as tender about a cat before. Mostly cats (other > peoples) were a bit of a nuisance after my chicks. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > and will slash me if I touch her when she doesn't want me to. I never know > when it's right or wrong though. My Bandit is the same, and she *never* gives any warning of when she'll turn on you and do bodily harm (I still have scars on my arms and legs from over thirteen years ago along with others acquired over the 14 years of her life). I'll be petting her and she'll be purring up a storm with never even a twitch of tail, ear, or back fur when she'll suddenly whip around and bite my hand down to the bone. I just figure she's a bit bi-polar and can't help it, and I just deal with it by keeping lots of Neosporin and bandages handy. And I love her just the same (truth be told, she has a special place in my heart). I really think that whatever happened to her in her few short weeks of life before she ran inside my house and claimed it for her own has scarred her permanently, and when she starts drifting off to sleep she has nightmares of whatever scared her so much she ran into a stranger's house and refused to go back outside. It's certainly not that she doesn't like me. She very obviously loves me (and only me - nobody else can touch her, but I can give her "booga belly" - putting my face in her belly, moving my head back and forth and murmuring "booga, booga, booga" - LOL). She comes when I call her to "huggers me" and curls herself up against my chest where I hug her like a teddy bear when I'm having trouble falling asleep. And as long as any part of me is touching any part of her, she's purring in contentment. > I still have a long scar on my arm that she did a few weeks ago. "Do NOT > try and brush me" [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Tweed You're very special, Tweed, for loving and caring for KFC and getting scratches for your efforts. You're garnering mega good Karma points for it! Hugs, CatNipped >BF is becoming a cat that I can now approach. It's taken a while. He is very special. >I wasn't a cat lover until Boyfriend came. I love him to bits. > >Tweed Awwwwww! Tweed thats wonderful Suz Macmoosette Thank Heavens There's Only One =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= Waiting for inspiration. Please hold while I contemplate my navel. |\__/| (=':'=) (")_(") Tweed wrote: >Now, Boyfriend was never a true feral because he had a collar on when he >came here, but somehow he lost his home and became very shy, but he is >getting much braver with me. ---------------------<snip>---------------------- >BF is becoming a cat that I can now approach. It's taken a while. >He is very special. >I wasn't a cat lover until Boyfriend came. I love him to bits. Those little breakthroughs can be so satisfying. Congratulations! Regards and Purrs, O J > Now, Boyfriend was never a true feral because he had a collar on when > he came here, but somehow he lost his home and became very shy, but [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Tweed Boyfriend sounds a lot like my Snoopy in temperement, I sometimes forget how nervous she is with other people she's so loving towards me. :-) SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. |
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