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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / March 2007Little Boy wanted OUT
In the rain. Senyah had opened the door, and out he ran, into the pouring rain. When I got home, I went calling for him. My reflexes must be slowing down - First Bucky, then Dulce Mae went out to help me find Little Boy. Dulce Mae was easiest to retreive, as she couldn't believe that WATER was falling from the SKY. Back inside with my pretty girl. Bucky gave me an "Oh ho! Oh ha! I grew up outdoors, so I don't mind getting wet. Well, not much. Um, on thid thought it is drier inside..." Back inside with our temporary juvie. I walked around the side of the apartment, where Little Boy has been known to hide in the building frame now and then. Rain drips dowm my face as I call for the little brat. I see some motion off to my right, and look down. Little Boy is stansing on the curb, looking up with those pretty green eyes. He meows a "Here I am!", and I pick him up. He cries at having to go in. Especially when he sees the "mean cats" (Acqui, Blackie and a big drenched fluffy orange cat) eating at our door. Inside for the hissy brat, who promptly hisses at and bats anyone else who gets near. A few words and a cuddle, though, and he eventually cools it down, while I dry the two of us off. Hugs and Purrs, Mark  SignatureProof of Sanity Forged Upon Request > I walked around the side of the apartment, where Little Boy has been > known to hide in the building frame now and then. Rain drips dowm my > face as I call for the little brat. I see some motion off to my right, > and look down. Right after we moved here Doc wanted to go outside so badly that once when it was raining I thought I'd let him go out on the covered porch. He *hates* water, so I figured he wouldn't venture off the porch. Hoo, boy, was I wrong. He went along the wall of the house, perfectly dry, under bushes and shrubs, darting from house to house. I, on the other hand, was stuck standing in the rain calling to him to get him to come back in. My downstairs neighbors thought that was quite amusing. I didn't see the humor. :-p Chak SignatureThe older woman flirts with a self-controlled awareness which can make her assaults much more deadly than the blind rushes of the young. --Iris Murdoch >> I walked around the side of the apartment, where Little Boy has been >> known to hide in the building frame now and then. Rain drips dowm my [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > My downstairs neighbors thought that was quite amusing. I didn't see the > humor. :-p Reminds me of the time I was visiting my parents in North Carolina, leaving Charlie home with two six month old puppies who had never seen rain, and their mamma dog who didn't like rain. Charlie called me long distance to ask what to do since it was raining and the dogs needed to go out. (I explained to him about umbrella's and reminded him we even owned one that was in the coat closet) Jo It's nice to know I'm not the only one who has had to escort a pup out in the rain with the big golf umbrella... Somehow I just always thought my family was just super-indulgent. :) The cats are indoor-only and seem to enjoy watching the dog go out in the rain, mainly because they know they have climate controlled bathrooms, LOL. - Cindy SignatureCDC If you're going through hell, keep going - Winston Churchill > > Reminds me of the time I was visiting my parents in North Carolina, [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Jo > It's nice to know I'm not the only one who has had to escort a pup > out in the rain with the big golf umbrella... Somehow I just always [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > - Cindy I loved my dog Sampson (RB 1999) very much. I did *not* love walking him at 3AM in the pouring rain, umbrella or no umbrella. Cats are really so much easier! Jill >> It's nice to know I'm not the only one who has had to escort a pup >> out in the rain with the big golf umbrella... Somehow I just always [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Jill Hear, hear! I loved my dogs as well, but when I didn't live where I could just let them out (fenced-in yard) walking them in the rain was not one of my favorite activities. Thank Whomever for litterboxes and clumping litter! SignatureJoey DoWop Dee Remember: It is To Laugh >In the rain. Senyah had opened the door, and out he ran, into the pouring >rain. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >gets near. A few words and a cuddle, though, and he eventually cools it >down, while I dry the two of us off. While Cinders isn't bad about wanting to go outside, Annabel Lee (died 2002) was forever wanting to dash out the door as soon as I got home. She didn't necessarily want to stay out for long, she just wanted to check what was happening outside. On several occasions, she started to go out the door, found that it was raining outside, and did a U-turn. She would then dash to the far side of the house, as if to say, "No! No! You can't make me go out in the wet!". SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria > On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:22:14 -0000, Mark Edwards > [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > U-turn. She would then dash to the far side of the house, as if to > say, "No! No! You can't make me go out in the wet!". Very similar to the (to me) extremely moving first scene in <The Door into Summer> where Pete, a cat of course, keeps going from door to door, hoping for one where it isn't raining or sn*wing. Before I came to this wonderful NG and read the lowdown on the Rainbow Bridge, I figured my BD and Snowball and Feather, and the pets of my childhood, had found their own Doors and were waiting for me beyond. It's the same basic idea and still feels right. Will in New Haven -- "Never try to outstubborn a cat." - Robert A. Heinlein "I am not stubborn, Mr. Heinlein; I am in charge." - Feather > -- > John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > - Show quoted text - |
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