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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / July 2004My little buddy and the plan that backfired(Longish)
Hi folks. After posting this last week concerning my cats problems and reading your replies, I thought I'd share how this little guy came into our lives. Not a big deal to anyone else I guess, but thought I'd share it anyway. First I will say that I have always been a dog person, liked cats, just never had any real desire to have one. One cool, drizzly Sunday morning in November about 5 years ago the wife and I pulled into the driveway, coming home from breakfast. On the drivers side of the vechicle is the flower bed in front of the mobile home. When I got out I saw this little ball of fur in the flower bed meowing at me. About 5-6 weeks old at the time. Not really wanting a cat, but hate to see a little one like this in the cold and damp, a plan started rapidy forming. The wife hadn't seen or heard it. So I said nothing till we got inside, then mentioned that I had seen a kitten in the flower bed. Now, the plan was to let the wife go get it, bring it in, get it warm and fed. This way the cat would bond with her and pretty much leave me alone, yeh, right. At the time we had a pretty good sized dog, a sweet dispositioned old dog that wouldn't hurt anything, so it took a few minutes for the kitty to realize that the dog meant it no harm. So after having got his belly full and the dog figured out, it was time for it to turn it's attention to me. I was just sitting at the computer doing whatever.Now it seems to me that animals, maybe specially cats, seem to figure out pretty quickly just who it is that has to be won over before this can become home. I guess I wasn't fighting this as hard as I thought, cause that cat came over to me and gave it his best shot, and he won. He has been a PITA ever since. So this is my little buddy that comes out from under the bed when I come home from work, who comes into the bathroom and jumps up on the sink while I take a shower and waits for me to come out of the shower. He has his other little things for the wife so this didn't end up as one persons cat, he is ours and my little buddy. Thanks for listening.  SignaturePaul O. oplholik@hotmail.com > Hi folks. After posting this last week concerning my cats problems and > reading your replies, I thought I'd share how this little guy came into our [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > didn't end up as one persons cat, he is ours and my little buddy. Thanks for > listening. The best laid plans... ;-) Thanks for relating his background to us. Cathy >Hi folks. After posting this last week concerning my cats problems and >reading your replies, I thought I'd share how this little guy came into our [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >didn't end up as one persons cat, he is ours and my little buddy. Thanks for >listening. > Hi folks. After posting this last week concerning my cats problems and > reading your replies, I thought I'd share how this little guy came into our > lives. Sounds like you four were meant to be together. Nice story, Paul! I do love stories with happy endings. :-) Priscilla circa Sat, 03 Jul 2004 01:48:35 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Paul O. (oplholik@hotmail.com) said, > So after having got his belly full and the dog figured > out, it was time for it to turn it's attention to me. I was just sitting at [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > didn't end up as one persons cat, he is ours and my little buddy. Thanks for > listening. Never underestimate the power of cat. :-) Laura SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde > Hi folks. After posting this last week concerning my cats problems and > reading your replies, I thought I'd share how this little guy came into our [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > didn't end up as one persons cat, he is ours and my little buddy. Thanks for > listening. That's a great story. They are really wiley in their ways, aren't they ? ;) Karen << So this is my little buddy that comes out from under the bed when I come home from work, who comes into the bathroom and jumps up on the sink while I take a shower and waits for me to come out of the shower. >> Lucky guy...both of you. Candace (take the litter out before replying by e-mail) See my cats: http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace "One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human." (Loren Eisely) What a nice little story. You know, it reminds me of something I think otherwise well-meaning "cat people" would do well to consider. I hated--and I mean HATED--cats until two years ago. I hated that they made me sneeze (which now to me seems a matter of pheremones that neutering can eradicate). I hated that they shed fur. I hated that they jumped up on countertops, tables, etc. I just hated them and any pet that wasn't avian. But a great deal of that hatred was *reinforced,* not changed, by those Yuk-Yuk dog/cat comparisons that pass for jokes and make trinket and poster manufacturers rich. Yesterday, for example, I saw this on someone's bumper: "Dogs Come When You Call, Cats Have Answering Machines." The cheesy effort to give cats an image of being aloof, stuck-up and basically cold can do a great deal of harm to their welfare at large; because before I became the owner of my aged former stray, I relied on that negative PR to reinforce my stereotypes. I'm so glad you gave your little buddy a chance. How 'bout for a year everyone names their new kittens Buddy, Rover, King, etc. to show that cats ARE just as demonstrative, in their special natures, as dogs? > What a nice little story. You know, it reminds me of something I > think otherwise well-meaning "cat people" would do well to consider. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > everyone names their new kittens Buddy, Rover, King, etc. to show that > cats ARE just as demonstrative, in their special natures, as dogs? Our cat is named Dufus because when a kitten he was such a big, well, Dufus. He is a Maine Coon, male, and I have read that the female of this breed has most of the dignity and the male is a big goof. Certainly describes our cat. Cat's have a certain independecy and aloofness that a dog doesn't have and I think that this is why some people don't like cats. They show their love in a little different way. As our cat most always comes out from under the bed when I get home, it's not the tail wagging, jumping around enthusiam that a dog shows, but kinda sitting in the bedroom doorway, sleepy eyed, and like, uh, what? Oh you are home look. Then he will start following me around and if I sit down will beg for attention. I think one reason I never really wanted a cat is because the ones I have been around are always into stuff, on counters, tables, whatever. There are very few things in our house the cat jumps onto, never bothers anything, if it's not his food, he is not interested. So for various reasons this cat seems very suited to me.You just have to take a cat on it's terms. These are my opinions and I speak from very little experience with cats. SignaturePaul O. oplholik@hotmail.com > Cat's have a certain independecy and aloofness that a dog doesn't have ... and that insecure people just can't tolerate. It's like SHOW ME YOUR LOVE, DAMN IT! :') >and I think that this is why some people don't like cats. >They show their love in a little different way. Yes, they do. Usually in more subtle ways. I was going to say that one nice thing is that cats don't slobber all over you, but then I remembered that some cats do drool when happy. Your baby sounds darling. circa Sat, 03 Jul 2004 11:49:38 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Paul O. (oplholik@hotmail.com) said, > These are my opinions and I speak from > very little experience with cats. Well, your limited experience is pretty accurate, IMO. ;-) Laura SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde > What a nice little story. You know, it reminds me of something I > think otherwise well-meaning "cat people" would do well to consider. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > everyone names their new kittens Buddy, Rover, King, etc. to show that > cats ARE just as demonstrative, in their special natures, as dogs? How about I can tell you still hate cats, you sh.t head. I love dogs and cats. >But a great deal of that hatred was *reinforced,* not changed, by >those Yuk-Yuk dog/cat comparisons that pass for jokes and make trinket [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >welfare at large; because before I became the owner of my aged former >stray, I relied on that negative PR to reinforce my stereotypes. When we got married, my DH had this redneck "cats don't belong in the house" mentality. Thirty years later, he's sleeping with a cat curled up between his feet and wakes up with a back ache because he won't move for fear of disturbing the cat. He loves those cats as much as I do. Sherry sriddles@aol.comkitty (Sherry ) wrote in message > When we got married, my DH had this redneck "cats don't belong in the house" > mentality. Thirty years later, he's sleeping with a cat curled up between his > feet and wakes up with a back ache because he won't move for fear of disturbing > the cat. He loves those cats as much as I do. Tell me about it! That "cats don't belong in the house" was *exactly* my POV until I was left for a month in the dead of winter with "that cat" to "feed and water." Another person in the house literally didn't care if it lived or died, and I'd go down the cellar, where baby stayed, and dish out the food and water and then run like the plague. Then I started putting out old goose-down coats for her, since she refused to stay upstairs. Then the original owner came back but left for another trip, and one spring day, when I was painting the dining room, missy came up from the cellar and started licking my toes. I sobbed my heart out--let me tell you, if you want to know the meaning of the word "repentance," it's from a *former* cat hater! Well, I just interrupted writing this post to serve her her milk on the lawn, so she doesn't have to budge from the rays of the setting sun. She's in her sunset years but still thinks of herself as queen of the night, a real mountain lion. And I of course do not wish to upset her self image... sriddles@aol.comkitty (Sherry ) wrote in message > When we got married, my DH had this redneck "cats don't belong in the house" > mentality. Thirty years later, he's sleeping with a cat curled up between his > feet and wakes up with a back ache because he won't move for fear of disturbing > the cat. He loves those cats as much as I do. Tell me about it! That "cats don't belong in the house" was *exactly* my POV until I was left for a month in the dead of winter with "that cat" to "feed and water." Another person in the house literally didn't care if it lived or died, and I'd go down the cellar, where baby stayed, and dish out the food and water and then run like the plague. Then I started putting out old goose-down coats for her, since she refused to stay upstairs. Then the original owner came back but left for another trip, and one spring day, when I was painting the dining room, missy came up from the cellar and started licking my toes. I sobbed my heart out--let me tell you, if you want to know the meaning of the word "repentance," it's from a *former* cat hater! Well, I just interrupted writing this post to serve her her milk on the lawn, so she doesn't have to budge from the rays of the setting sun. She's in her sunset years but still thinks of herself as queen of the night, a real mountain lion. And I of course do not wish to upset her self image... circa 3 Jul 2004 03:54:04 -0700, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Cowa Bungie (cowabungie@yahoo.com) said, > I'm so glad you gave your little buddy a chance. How 'bout for a year > everyone names their new kittens Buddy, Rover, King, etc. to show that > cats ARE just as demonstrative, in their special natures, as dogs? If I were to name my cats according to their natures, they'd be Drooly Purring Noodle, Foot-Licking Dust Bunny, Kinda-Dumb-but- Snuggly Blobba the Hut, Extra Furry Wet Nose Peeper and Mysterious Asian Tank. Think that'll help cats' images? ;-) Laura SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde > circa 3 Jul 2004 03:54:04 -0700, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Cowa > Bungie (cowabungie@yahoo.com) said, [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Think that'll help cats' images? ;-) Hmmm. Mine would be Darling Face-Licker Smart a.s Bitch, Fluffy Flamer Fuzz-Brains Bedtime Monitor, and Mr. Rub My Forehead Please Oh You Scared Me with the Celedon Eyes. Priscilla |
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