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Cat Forum / General Topics / March 2004Cats rule!
I grew up in a cat family. My parents say we did have a dog until I was 3, but after that we have always had a cat, sometimes two. This week I am walking a friend's two yellow labrador dogs. While they are nice enough animals, I just can't get over the attention they require! Every day they need two 30-45 minute walks to sh.t and also burn up the energy they accumulate. And they are always jumping all over you and drooling and doing all the gross things dogs do. My kitty is the perfect pet in my opinion. She craps in a little box which is easy to clean every few days and comes and goes as she pleases. All I have to do is open the door for her. While she likes attention, she doesn't require it 24 hours a day like the dogs do. And she is so clean! The dogs are always rolling in mud and need to be hosed down after coming back from their walks. And dogs have certain disgusting habits, such as their tendency to eat poop on the ground, even if it's some other dog's poop or even a different species. Aside from cats, the other perfect pet is a snake. I have an adorable 5-year-old gopher snake (Pituophis cetafines) and he is just such a wonderful little pet. The neat thing about snakes is that while they may tolerate being handled, they are probably happiest just being left alone in their little hide box. Toss in a mouse or two every week and they're in snake heaven. A few years ago I went on vacation for two weeks, left my snakes all alone, and when I got back they were just fine. I don't think they even noticed my absence. I agree with the things about the dogs, my mom has 3 and my and my kitty live upstairs in a (rather large) room, the dogs always smell nasty, even if they get a bath once a week, and piss on everything. Also about reptiles in general, I have a pet turtle that pretty much does the same thing kitty does all day.. sits on his rock and sleeps while sunbathing, though kitty just sits anywhere and sleeps :) Dog owners are nasty too, especailly in my neighborhood.. you go for a walk and theres a pile of dog sh.t on the sidewalk every couple blocks... I can't believe these stupid people own an animal and they can't even clean up after it. :I grew up in a cat family. My parents say we did have a dog until I :was 3, but after that we have always had a cat, sometimes two. [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] :all alone, and when I got back they were just fine. I don't :think they even noticed my absence. "...and piss on everything." They obviously aren't trained. >Dog owners are nasty too, especailly in my neighborhood.. you go for a walk >and theres a pile of dog sh.t on the sidewalk every couple blocks... I can't >believe these stupid people own an animal and they can't even clean up after >it. Being a dog owner, I have to agree..some people just could care less about where their dogs go...Mine goes only on my property, because thats the only place he is allowed. Every week I then go out and shovel it all up...sucks, but what can ya do? lol Chris >Dog owners are nasty too, especailly in my neighborhood.. you go for a walk >and theres a pile of dog sh.t on the sidewalk every couple blocks... I can't >believe these stupid people own an animal and they can't even clean up after >it. Godd*mn dog crapped RIGHT IN FRONT of my door the other day. Stepped outside, squish.... Been on the lookout for that dog owner (found crap in front of my house before). When I see him/her, it's "pick that sh.t up or I will follow you to your house, so I know where you live and any dogshit found in front of my place will be in your letterbox.". I mean sheesh, what are they thinking? "Hmm, that sh.t is right in front of that person's door, ah well, I am sure they won't mind..." Uhm sorry didn't mean to go on a rant there, but it just ticked me off so much :-/ But I agree, cats are the best!!! I wouldn't want to miss mine! JM > mean sheesh, what are they thinking? "Hmm, that sh.t is right in front > of that person's door, ah well, I am sure they won't mind..." A few weeks after we moved into our house, we put a sign in the front yard asking people not to let their dogs use our garden as their potty. Can you believe somebody left a note accusing us of being un-neirghborly? WTF? Am I supposed to let your dog crap in my garden? I don't think so!  SignatureVictor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com > > mean sheesh, what are they thinking? "Hmm, that sh.t is right in front > > of that person's door, ah well, I am sure they won't mind..." [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov > Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com You can pick it up and put it in your garden.......... I'm just kidding. Wow, I can't believe that someone left you a note! That's plain ole RUDE. Go take your kid and let him pee on their fence. See how they like it. kili > >Dog owners are nasty too, especailly in my neighborhood.. you go for a walk > >and theres a pile of dog sh.t on the sidewalk every couple blocks... I can't [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > JM Not *all* dog owners are nasty, but I agree about not picking up the poop part. When I take my dog for a walk, I always take a grocery bag with me. When the dog hears the rustle of the bag, he automatically runs to bring me his leash. It's almost like the Pavlovian thing........ hee hee hee. kili >This week I am walking a friend's two yellow labrador dogs. While >they are nice enough animals, I just can't get over the attention >they require! Every day they need two 30-45 minute walks to sh.t >and also burn up the energy they accumulate. And they are always >jumping all over you and drooling and doing all the gross things >dogs do. LOL! Yes, some dogs are like that. On the other hand, my dog, a Rottweiler/German Shepherd mix is the calmest, nicest dog in the area. He gets along just great with my four cats and is actually scared to death of one of them because thats the cat that rules the house, and the dog! >My kitty is the perfect pet in my opinion. She craps in a little >box which is easy to clean every few days and comes and goes as >she pleases. All I have to do is open the door for her. While >she likes attention, she doesn't require it 24 hours a day like >the dogs do. And she is so clean! Well, I don't agree with letting your cat out, but thats your personal decision. Yes, they are quite clean! Its nice isn't it? >The dogs are always rolling >in mud and need to be hosed down after coming back from their >walks. And dogs have certain disgusting habits, such as their >tendency to eat poop on the ground, even if it's some other dog's >poop or even a different species. Not all dogs tho, at least not any of the ones I have owned. Well, except for the Cocker Spaniel I had when I was younger, she liked to roll around in puddles.. >Aside from cats, the other perfect pet is a snake. I have an >adorable 5-year-old gopher snake (Pituophis cetafines) and he is [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >all alone, and when I got back they were just fine. I don't >think they even noticed my absence. > >This week I am walking a friend's two yellow labrador dogs. While > >they are nice enough animals, I just can't get over the attention [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > death of one of them because thats the cat that rules the house, and > the dog! LOL. My cat rules the house too and my dog is just terrified of her. He's absolutely infatuated with the other cat, tho. It's the funniest thing to see him lick her face. She can't stand it, but she lets him do it. She squints up her eyes and grimaces - yes, she grimaces! - and she patiently waits for him to finish. It's hysterical. kili >LOL. My cat rules the house too and my dog is just terrified of her. He's >absolutely infatuated with the other cat, tho. It's the funniest thing to [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >kili Thats funny that she licks them! I think if my dog tried to do that he'd have a face full of claws.. I have one cat that grimaces when he doesn't like his food...He kinda looks at ya like 'what the hell is this crap we have to eat this morning?' ..and then he makes this really bizaare (sp?) face at ya for a few seconds... I remember, as kid, plucking claws from my Irish Setters nose all the time. That must have hurt like heck! Chris > >LOL. My cat rules the house too and my dog is just terrified of her. He's > >absolutely infatuated with the other cat, tho. It's the funniest thing to [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > time. That must have hurt like heck! > Chris LOL. The dog, so far, has pretty much escaped claws. If I can catch the moment, I'll snap a pic of the dog licking the cat's face. It usually only lasts a second or two, but the cat makes the funniest face! You just *know* she hates it! kili Of course cats rule! Duh! :) I love dogs too, but they are too high maintenance and way too dirty. I love being able to hold one of my cats and bury my nose in their fur. I wouldn't dare do that with a stinky dog. :) SignatureVictor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com > Of course cats rule! Duh! :) I love dogs too, but they are too high > maintenance and way too dirty. I love being able to hold one of my cats [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov > Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com I bury my nose in my cats' fur all the time AND I do it with my dog too. All animals are good for that! :-) kili > I bury my nose in my cats' fur all the time AND I do it with my dog too. > All animals are good for that! :-) But dogs smell bad! Cat fur smells clean. SignatureVictor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com > > I bury my nose in my cats' fur all the time AND I do it with my dog too. > > All animals are good for that! :-) [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov > Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com I don't think that dog fur smells badly. I bathe my dog weekly. kili > I don't think that dog fur smells badly. I bathe my dog weekly. It might be genetic. My MIL's dearly departed dog was very stinky, all 6 pounds of her. She would smell like shampoo for the first few hours after bathing, but her regular smell would be back very soon. :) Stinky. SignatureVictor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com > > I don't think that dog fur smells badly. I bathe my dog weekly. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov > Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com It may be a breed thing, it can also be an allergy thing. My ex's dog stinks to high heaven because he's got a skin allergy. My tiger-striped cat also has skin allergies and she stinks a little more than my black and white cat. It is what it is. God, my best friend's dog, tho, WHOOOOOO! STINKY! He loves to go in the ocean so he has chronic yeast infections in both of his ears. Wow. Don't get in a small room with him! My friends keep treating it, but, man! It will never clear up unless he stays out of the water and I'll tell ya, that's just not going to happen! :-) kili Three worst smells one can be exposed to when they work for a vet: 1. Anal glands 2. dirty/stinky/sick ears 3. Bad skin (usually associated with Sharpeis) Yuck, get two or all three together and look out. :) > > "Victor Martinez" <me@nospam.com> wrote in message > news:aED6c.64051$u_5.57079@fe2.texas.rr.com... > > > I don't think that dog fur smells badly. I bathe my dog weekly. > > > > It might be genetic. My MIL's dearly departed dog was very stinky, all 6 > > pounds of her. She would smell like shampoo for the first few hours > > after bathing, but her regular smell would be back very soon. :) Stinky. > > > > -- > > Victor Martinez > > Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) > > Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov > > Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com > > It may be a breed thing, it can also be an allergy thing. My ex's dog > stinks to high heaven because he's got a skin allergy. My tiger-striped cat > also has skin allergies and she stinks a little more than my black and white > cat. It is what it is. God, my best friend's dog, tho, WHOOOOOO! STINKY! > He loves to go in the ocean so he has chronic yeast infections in both of > his ears. Wow. Don't get in a small room with him! My friends keep > treating it, but, man! It will never clear up unless he stays out of the > water and I'll tell ya, that's just not going to happen! :-) > > kili > Three worst smells one can be exposed to when they work for a vet: > 1. Anal glands > 2. dirty/stinky/sick ears > 3. Bad skin (usually associated with Sharpeis) > Yuck, get two or all three together and look out. > :) Don't forget stinky feet.... We had a time when Chloe had a food allergy and it caused stinky feet. Awful.... But once we found the source of the food allergy and switched foods, she's back to being a good smelling pup. > > Three worst smells one can be exposed to when they work for a vet: > > 1. Anal glands [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > source of the food allergy and switched foods, she's back to being a > good smelling pup. Stinky feet from a food allergy? I didn't know that could happen! Were there sores on her feet or did they just stink? kili >> > Three worst smells one can be exposed to when they work for a vet: >> > 1. Anal glands [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >there sores on her feet or did they just stink? >kili sores from her licking. They itched because of the allergy, so she licked them. What happens when you mix dark areas and warmth and moisture - bacteria ... It wasn't a fun time - between the feet issues, ear issues (yeast infections) and the staff infections in her "armpit" areas... But once we cut out chicken and corn out of the diet - all is better now. :-) And we are really surprised at how little she does smell. I've been to houses with big dogs that smell to high heaven... when Chloe came into our lives that was a big worry. Then again, I've gone into houses that as you walk in the front door you KNOW they have a cat... you can smell it. You can smell the cat, the cat food, and the litter box. That is just as bad as a wet dog. > >> > Three worst smells one can be exposed to when they work for a vet: > >> > 1. Anal glands [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > cat, the cat food, and the litter box. That is just as bad as a wet > dog. Glad that you found and fixed Chloe's problem! Wow. I had a dog that got staff in his skin from allergies due to grass, cockroaches and dust mites, but luckily no food allergies. Boy, staff does stink! Whew! Wet dog, yeah, that's kind of smelly, but not all that bad. kili In news:rec.pets.cats, jjf_71@notmail.com (Sabrina's Mom) posted on Fri, 19 Mar 2004 18:40:22 GMT: > Then again, I've gone into houses that as you walk in the front door > you KNOW they have a cat... you can smell it. You can smell the > cat, the cat food, and the litter box. That is just as bad as a wet > dog. I've been in homes like that, but they had something like 32 cats. They only had five or six cats that stayed indoors. The rest of them just wandered around outside along with two mid-sized dogs. >I don't think that dog fur smells badly. I bathe my dog weekly. >kili It probably depends on the dog itself...I had an Irish Setter that wreaked when he got real old, even after a bath....but I think it was more his skin than anything.. My Cocker Spaniel, her mouth area stunk like uuuh...poo poo.. It was enough to make ya wretch.. My Golden Retriever and Pit Bull, they didn't smell at all and my current Rottweiler/Shepherd mix, he has no odor either.. Chris > But dogs smell bad! Cat fur smells clean. The fur on my cats' foreheads smells like whatever flavor lip gloss I have been wearing when I kiss them. Surya understands the forehead kiss and when I make the "kissing sound" she will put her forehead right up to my lips for her kiss. She is extremely affectionate. K. visit my cats: www.twentypaws.com In news:rec.pets.cats, Victor Martinez <me@nospam.com> posted on Fri, 19 Mar 2004 14:09:18 GMT: > But dogs smell bad! Cat fur smells clean. Dogs typically only smell bad if they're let outside for a long time in hot weather. House dogs who poop on newspaper or who have been trained to use a litter box don't smell as badly as that. I like cats because they're quiet and pretty independent as long as they have food, water and clean litter available. I like dogs because of their loyalty and constant willingness to dish out the love. You can shower a cat with love and while she may give you a few purrs, a nice snuggle with her head, she'll walk off and not come back for hours. Dogs are always there -- beside you or at your feet. I have reasons I like both animals. But since I prefer peace and quiet, I opted for cats. I may, however, one day get a small furry dog that will sleep in the bed with me. :-) Damaeus >> Of course cats rule! Duh! :) I love dogs too, but they are too high >> maintenance and way too dirty. I love being able to hold one of my cats [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >All animals are good for that! :-) >kili Funny, my dog (Rottweiler/German Shepherd mix) doesn't stink for some reason, he smells as clean as a cat...Even people that come over comment on how he has no odor. Maybe the cats clean him when I'm not home? lol Chris > >> Of course cats rule! Duh! :) I love dogs too, but they are too high > >> maintenance and way too dirty. I love being able to hold one of my cats [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > home? lol > Chris I just don't think dogs smell. Maybe I'm immune because I've had them all of my life, I don't know. kili P.S. for pics of my animals you can go to http://home.hawaii.rr.com/vandekieft/pets.html > P.S. for pics of my animals you can go to > http://home.hawaii.rr.com/vandekieft/pets.html Awwww... very cute! SignatureVictor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com > > P.S. for pics of my animals you can go to > > http://home.hawaii.rr.com/vandekieft/pets.html [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov > Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com Thank you sir! I love my kids. kili >P.S. for pics of my animals you can go to >http://home.hawaii.rr.com/vandekieft/ I'm looking outside, it's windy, raining and gray... I am very jealous now! ;-) JM > >P.S. for pics of my animals you can go to > >http://home.hawaii.rr.com/vandekieft/ [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > JM LOL! It's still dark here. Can't tell what kind of day it will be, but it's cold! It's only 65 F degrees, if that helps any. kili 65 is summer time in my book! Past winter has been frigid, below zero, and the snow, God I'm sick of looking at it. I think Alaska gets less snowfall than we had this year (and it's still March). Your kids are cute. I love Kai's eyes. JoJo http://home.comcast.net/~zookeepr/fosters.html > LOL! It's still dark here. Can't tell what kind of day it will be, but > it's cold! It's only 65 F degrees, if that helps any. > kili > 65 is summer time in my book! Past winter has been frigid, below zero, > and the snow, God I'm sick of looking at it. I think Alaska gets less [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > > > Where do you live? Doesn't sound like anyplace that I'd be traveling to in the wintertime. <g>. Kai does have gorgeous eyes, doesn't he? And you're fostering all of those babies? Aren't you going to keep one for yourself? kili Pittsburgh Pennsylvania - not much here to see. Natives are nuts over Steelers (football - American style), beer and boating (2nd highest number of registered boaters in states I'm told). Hills, lots of hills. And snow, yuck. We've been known to get blizzards in March, so not out of the woods yet. The fostering - this all started because I lost my oldest, I was down to three cats. Wanted to have a baby to "bond" with - make it cat #4, he stayed, so did more. I just lost one of my others on Monday (he was 14, miss my big buddy), and in the interim have decided to keep another foster (not pictured, although she is black too). Grand total of 7 cats (my own), 3 dogs, and now my borders as I call them. :) I made the shelters promise me they will NOT let me keep anymore. :-) So the five new ones were all fosters, two were full grown adults. For my sanity I need to stop adopting. I have found it's easier for me to give up the babies - they get adopted quickly, as opposed to adults. I plan on adding on to my website to include a page of my own critters. :) JoJo > > 65 is summer time in my book! Past winter has been frigid, below zero, > > and the snow, God I'm sick of looking at it. I think Alaska gets less [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > kili >Pittsburgh Pennsylvania - not much here to see. Natives are nuts over >Steelers (football - American style), beer and boating (2nd highest number >of registered boaters in states I'm told). Hills, lots of hills. And snow, >yuck. We've been known to get blizzards in March, so not out of the woods >yet. I've got a cousin who just joined the steelers last year. :) >The fostering - this all started because I lost my oldest, I was down to >three cats. Wanted to have a baby to "bond" with - make it cat #4, he [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >JoJo "> > I've got a cousin who just joined the steelers last year. :) As a player, coach or staff? I'm so clueless who most of the players are. It's not the one with the curly hair who was from a pacific island was it??? (If is, small world - met him on an airplane last year, then met his uncle at a hotel I was staying at). He was very nice and polite, which surprised me. Sorry but I am awful at remembering names. >"> >> I've got a cousin who just joined the steelers last year. :) [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >at a hotel I was staying at). He was very nice and polite, which surprised >me. Sorry but I am awful at remembering names. Player - came from buffalo - originally a Michigan guy. He actually married my cousin, but they dated from the time they were young kids, so he's been part of the family for as long as I can remember. > Pittsburgh Pennsylvania - not much here to see. Natives are nuts over > Steelers (football - American style), beer and boating (2nd highest number [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > JoJo You need to make a website for *your* babies. They're the most important. :-) kili Yes, but they already have a home so they can wait (nor do they care if they are on teh website, they just want food) :) My fosters will need a home, therefore they get featured first. One thing at a time. http://home.comcast.net/~zookeepr/fosters.html > > "JoJo" <zookeepr@comcast.net> wrote in message > news:Q9ednaizWPea8MbdRVn-gg@comcast.com... > > Pittsburgh Pennsylvania - not much here to see. Natives are nuts over > > Steelers (football - American style), beer and boating (2nd highest number > > of registered boaters in states I'm told). Hills, lots of hills. And > snow, > > yuck. We've been known to get blizzards in March, so not out of the woods > > yet. > > > > The fostering - this all started because I lost my oldest, I was down to > > three cats. Wanted to have a baby to "bond" with - make it cat #4, he > > stayed, so did more. I just lost one of my others on Monday (he was 14, > > miss my big buddy), and in the interim have decided to keep another foster > > (not pictured, although she is black too). Grand total of 7 cats (my > own), > > 3 dogs, and now my borders as I call them. :) I made the shelters > promise > > me they will NOT let me keep anymore. :-) So the five new ones were all > > fosters, two were full grown adults. For my sanity I need to stop > adopting. > > I have found it's easier for me to give up the babies - they get adopted > > quickly, as opposed to adults. > > > > I plan on adding on to my website to include a page of my own critters. > :) > > > > JoJo > > You need to make a website for *your* babies. They're the most important. > :-) > kili >P.S. for pics of my animals you can go to >http://home.hawaii.rr.com/vandekieft/pets.html Beautiful creatures! Funny how the one cat ate a burrito..My one cat, Windy, she eats broccoli, New England Clam Chowder and your finger if they get in her way. :) Chris Response to this whole thread: What a thread!!! Does it hold the record for number of consecutive posts on this ng? At least those not involving controversy and/or Bob Brenchley? Anyway, I am really enjoying it, and the associated pics of people's furkids. And I stand in awe of any dog (Chloe) who gets by on a minimum of a monthly bath. In fact, I just don't get it. But what a sweetheart, all the same. Thanks, everyone, for a fun read. SignatureDiana Portal To My Pages http://bellsouthpwp.net/d/r/drdrive/ > Response to this whole thread: > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Portal To My Pages > http://bellsouthpwp.net/d/r/drdrive/ Diana, you're absolutely correct. We need more positive threads like this, don't we? kili kilikini at kilikini1@NOSPAMhotmail.com wrote on3/19/04 7:32 PM: > Diana, you're absolutely correct. We need more positive threads like this, > don't we? > kili Sure do. Cat people are generally very nice people. Dogs, bless them, are wonderful creatures, but more easily fooled. They sooo want to please and be loved that they're not very discriminating about who they associate with. So dog people, while often every bit as nice as cat people, are statistically more likely to have bad apples in the barrel. And horse people, well let's just not even go there! (Lots of nice ones, but they tend to be skewed toward the seriously out-of-round.) A cat or two in the mix, though, has a salutary effect -- keeps people from going way too doggy or horsy. Also cats frequently choose their people, rather than the other way around, and (being creatures of great sensitivity and deliberateness) seldom make bad choices. All of the above is said somewhat tongue-in-cheek, but that doesn't keep it from being the absolute truth. ;) SignatureDiana Portal To My Pages http://bellsouthpwp.net/d/r/drdrive/ >Diana, you're absolutely correct. We need more positive threads like this, >don't we? >kili It's a fun thread, but I have a *real* problem with the original poster's nic/addy. I live in the area where most of these shootings took place, and I am *very* offended. I would suggest the original poster find another nic. Ginger-lyn Ginger-lyn Summer at glsummer@neptunelink.com wrote on3/20/04 5:08 PM: >> Diana, you're absolutely correct. We need more positive threads like this, >> don't we? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Ginger-lyn Jeez, I didn't even notice. Very tacky. How about it, Charles McCoy, Jr.? Think up something more creative and less hurtful to keep the spammers away. SignatureDiana Portal To My Pages http://bellsouthpwp.net/d/r/drdrive/ > It's a fun thread, but I have a *real* problem with the original > poster's nic/addy. I live in the area where most of these shootings > took place, and I am *very* offended. I would suggest the original > poster find another nic. I might be mistaken, but it seems to me like TOP is the same guy who trolls the mexican newsgroups. He likes to change nic's once a week to get around our KILL files. SignatureVictor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com > >P.S. for pics of my animals you can go to > >http://home.hawaii.rr.com/vandekieft/pets.html [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > they get in her way. :) > Chris She was sooo starving, Chris. I think she would have even eaten McDonald's - which we all know is nasty. Thanks for the nice words about my kids. I love them and they truly add so much to my life. kili >She was sooo starving, Chris. I think she would have even eaten >McDonald's - which we all know is nasty. >Thanks for the nice words about my kids. I love them and they truly add so >much to my life. > >kili Speaking of starving. Many years ago, when I lived in NJ (Which isn't sucha bad place as everyone makes it out to be!), I was walking back home from the local Krauzers, which is a convenience store chain out this way. My walk took me through the dumpster area behind the store. One day while walking, I heard a 'mewing'. I knew what it was right off the bat and started looking...sure enough the sound was coming from the dumpster...upon closer inspection, I found the sound coming from a duct taped shoebox! Well, needless to say, I ripped it open and there were a bunch of dead kittens, but at least the mewing one was alive! I took the poor skinny thing, covered in her own excrement, home and then called the SPCA. They came over and I showed them the box and they questioned me about the time and what not and I think they questioned some employees at the place too. They asked me if I wanted to keep the kitten and of course, I did.. I named her Angel and she was the sweetest cat I have ever owned and even tho she only lived till she was 9 (Brain tumor), she was always wonderful and grateful I like to think. People are just sick to do stuff like that..UGH! chris > >She was sooo starving, Chris. I think she would have even eaten > >McDonald's - which we all know is nasty. [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > People are just sick to do stuff like that..UGH! > chris Still, that's a GREAT story. I just wish you'd have been there sooner to save them all. Thank god you got one. kili >Still, that's a GREAT story. I just wish you'd have been there sooner to >save them all. Thank god you got one. >kili Yeah, I know, I wish I could have gotten them all, but like ya said, at least one survived and had a good home for a few years! All the best, Chris >Funny how the one cat ate a burrito..My one cat, > Windy, she eats broccoli, New England Clam Chowder and your finger if > they get in her way. :) One of my cats will eat cantaloupe. She also likes spicy foods like ground turkey chili. K. my cats: www.twentypaws.com My Z loved cantalope, and would politely help himself to my fruit smoothies. It won't be the same, I just "lost" him to old age/illness. Who's going to share my smoothies now? Although Tiny Shorty seems to be following in Z's footsteps, he likes cantalope too. JoJo http://home.comcast.net/~zookeepr/fosters.html > >Funny how the one cat ate a burrito..My one cat, > > Windy, she eats broccoli, New England Clam Chowder and your finger if > > they get in her way. :) > > One of my cats will eat cantaloupe. She also likes spicy foods like ground > turkey chili. > > K. > my cats: > www.twentypaws.com > >Funny how the one cat ate a burrito..My one cat, > > Windy, she eats broccoli, New England Clam Chowder and your finger if > > they get in her way. :) > > One of my cats will eat cantaloupe. She also likes spicy foods like ground > turkey chili. Our gang somehow got started on asparagus peelings--not the asparagus itself, but the peelings. I think it was a competitive thing, a "monkey see, monkey do" phenomenon, but now they're all hooked. -- Jerry Kohl <jeromekohl@comcast.net> "Légpárnás hajóm tele van angolnákkal." >> >Funny how the one cat ate a burrito..My one cat, >> > Windy, she eats broccoli, New England Clam Chowder and your finger if [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > itself, but the peelings. I think it was a competitive thing, a "monkey see, > monkey do" phenomenon, but now they're all hooked. One of ours loves potatoe peelings. Go figure... SignatureOllie Clark - oliverc@comp.leeds.ac.uk - ol@ollieclark.com http://www.ollieclark.com/acronyms.html My cat used to eat spiders, wasps and bees and kind of insect really You can view a photo of my cat, Sven, licking a popsicle on my cat web site. Go to www.twentypaws.com/archive.html > One of my cats will eat cantaloupe. She also likes spicy foods like ground > turkey chili. > > K. > my cats: > www.twentypaws.com > >Funny how the one cat ate a burrito..My one cat, > > Windy, she eats broccoli, New England Clam Chowder and your finger if > > they get in her way. :) > > One of my cats will eat cantaloupe. She also likes spicy foods like ground > turkey chili. I have read that garlic is toxic to cats, so you'd better make sure that you only allow her garlic-free spicy food > > >Funny how the one cat ate a burrito..My one cat, > > > Windy, she eats broccoli, New England Clam Chowder and your finger if [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > I have read that garlic is toxic to cats, so you'd better make sure that you > only allow her garlic-free spicy food Garlic is toxic for cats? How so and why? kili > Garlic is toxic for cats? How so and why? > kili I did a simple google search using the words "garlic toxic cats" and came up 8040 hits. Here's one of them. Looks like onions are even worse. http://cats.about.com/cs/catfood/a/humanfood.htm > > Garlic is toxic for cats? How so and why? > > kili [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > http://cats.about.com/cs/catfood/a/humanfood.htm Well it doesn't say to *not* feed your cats ham, chicken and pork, which is about all my cats will eat anyway. They don't even like beef unless it's raw and in hamburger form. Thanks for posting the link to the article, tho, it answered my question nicely. kili >I grew up in a cat family. My parents say we did have a dog until I >was 3, but after that we have always had a cat, sometimes two. [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >all alone, and when I got back they were just fine. I don't >think they even noticed my absence. LOL... I LOVE my dog. Chloe is a total sweetheart. www.cruzenbye.com\chloe She is good, she is trained well, and if she wants to go out, she lets me know. If she is ready to come in, she rings the doorbell. Let me tell you - I LOVE going for walks and runs with her. 30 - 45 mins a day a few days a week is good exercise! It really helps me keep my young, girlish figure and my butt from growing too big from computerchairspread. :) Also, my Chloe doesn't stink. She gets a bath about once a month in the summers and once every few months in the winter. But she's not one to go running thru the mud or rolling thru the dirt. Chloe is also a total sweetheart and loves Sabrina. SHe respects Sabrina as queen of the household and is willing to take a back seat in the pecking order around the house. But she's also first to protect Sabrina if something happens. Not all dogs are like Golden Retrievers. But let me tell you, GR's are also wonderful dogs and if trained well are incredibly smart and loyal. (snip) > LOL... I LOVE my dog. Chloe is a total sweetheart. > > www.cruzenbye.com\chloe And she's pretty too! You SCORED! > She is good, she is trained well, and if she wants to go out, she lets > me know. If she is ready to come in, she rings the doorbell. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > keep my young, girlish figure and my butt from growing too big from > computerchairspread. :) You've got that nasty computerchairspread virus too? So it's not just limited to my house. Darn. > Also, my Chloe doesn't stink. She gets a bath about once a month in > the summers and once every few months in the winter. But she's not > one to go running thru the mud or rolling thru the dirt. Kai loves to go to the beach and find a decaying eel to roll in. Lovely smell that carseats absorb rather quickly. > Chloe is also a total sweetheart and loves Sabrina. SHe respects > Sabrina as queen of the household and is willing to take a back seat > in the pecking order around the house. But she's also first to > protect Sabrina if something happens. Kai is afraid of my tiger cat, Moire', but is absolutely head-over-heals infatuated with my black and white cat Reggie. Reg tolerates him for the most part, but she'll throw a swing or two his way when he gets a little boisterous. > Not all dogs are like Golden Retrievers. But let me tell you, GR's > are also wonderful dogs and if trained well are incredibly smart and > loyal. But nothing is as good as *our* dogs, right? <g> kili >> LOL... I LOVE my dog. Chloe is a total sweetheart. >> >> www.cruzenbye.com\chloe > >And she's pretty too! You SCORED! Thanks - she's spoiled rotten too! :) >You've got that nasty computerchairspread virus too? So it's not just >limited to my house. Darn. Yeah - and for some reason this winter season its spread wildly around these parts... (damned knee has acted up and limits my exercise). >Kai loves to go to the beach and find a decaying eel to roll in. Lovely >smell that carseats absorb rather quickly. Chloe hates the water - so we go to the beach and she's more interested in playing with the other people than anything else. She'd roll in a dead fish if I let her, I'm sure! But I've got leather seats and bring a big moving blanket to throw over the seats - it goes in the washer well, and the car stays cleaned up easily. On the other hand - she saved me from a snake in the house once - but let me tell you - she rolled in that and I swear it must have been a skank or something - it reeeked!!! Thankfully a bath cleaned her up. Ever smell a cat (or dog) that had a run in w/ a skunk? That odor doesn't come out in the bath water easily! >Kai is afraid of my tiger cat, Moire', but is absolutely head-over-heals >infatuated with my black and white cat Reggie. Reg tolerates him for the >most part, but she'll throw a swing or two his way when he gets a little >boisterous. There are 2 instances that crack me up about the cat and dog. One was the time that Sabrina opened a can of whoopass on Chloe and pinned her up against the slidding glass door. A 50lb dog being pinned and getting an a.s whooping by a 17lb declawed black cat. The other was after Sabrina's surgery and she was down to 3 legs. The "Black Knight" scene from Monty Python's "Holy Grail"... Sabrina still trying to whoop Chloe, but forgetting that she no longer has her right arm... the twitching of the shoulder. It was funny to watch, and Chloe just sat there with this perplexed look on her face... >But nothing is as good as *our* dogs, right? <g> Most certainly... Although, I fall in love with all cats and dogs... I'd like to make all of them mine. :-) (well, the soft, cuddly, non smelly ones.) > >> LOL... I LOVE my dog. Chloe is a total sweetheart. > >> [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] > I'd like to make all of them mine. :-) (well, the soft, cuddly, > non smelly ones.) You're a riot! <vgb> kili I think my GR is missing some of her brains. :-) But she is a good dog, and hardly ever does anything wrong. And they are quick to housebreak it seems. Two of my cats love her, the rest stay away, can't figure it out. She's very gentle, has a soft mouth like a true GR. Although she has in the past used some of the cats as squeek toys (never hurt them, just playing). Chloe is a cutie. I see you to are a sucker for a furry face. :) She was meant to be yours. I'm looking at the pics of her on the boat - I wish it were warm so I could get out on the water again!!! I miss nice weather! :-( > >I grew up in a cat family. My parents say we did have a dog until I > >was 3, but after that we have always had a cat, sometimes two. [quoted text clipped - 50 lines] > are also wonderful dogs and if trained well are incredibly smart and > loyal. >I think my GR is missing some of her brains. :-) But she is a good dog, >and hardly ever does anything wrong. And they are quick to housebreak it [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >I'm looking at the pics of her on the boat - I wish it were warm so I could >get out on the water again!!! I miss nice weather! :-( I am a sucker for a furry face... and when you see her face - how could you not be,... GR's have always has that sense of missing part of their brains. It's gotta be the "blonde" in the hair. :-) I always remember that "America's funniest home videos" show where they had the video of the GR who was pushing a rock up and down the walk way, and they voice overed w/ "pushing a rock, pushing a rock, pushing a rock, turning around... pushing a rock" in one of those "dummed down" voices - like the warner bro's bugs bunny cartoons with "George"... or the guy from Of Mice and Men... Anyhow - every GR I've ever known is like that. Truely smart as a whip, gentle as can be, sweet and totally eager to please, yet appear to be dumb as a rock at times. I love em. :-) Southern Florida is a wonderful place to live. Boating year round!!! :-) > >I think my GR is missing some of her brains. :-) But she is a good dog, > >and hardly ever does anything wrong. And they are quick to housebreak it [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > the warner bro's bugs bunny cartoons with "George"... or the guy from > Of Mice and Men... LOL I can see them doing that. Mine goes after the laser pointer like that, other two dogs ignore it, not the GR. > Anyhow - every GR I've ever known is like that. Truely smart as a > whip, gentle as can be, sweet and totally eager to please, yet appear > to be dumb as a rock at times. I love em. :-) She's my second, I'm hooked, favorite breed. > Southern Florida is a wonderful place to live. Boating year round!!! > :-) GREEN EYED MONSTER! :) You can keep your humidity in the summer (I was in Orlando in June, how can you breathe????), but I could live w/year round boating. *big sigh* > LOL I can see them doing that. Mine goes after the laser pointer like that, > other two dogs ignore it, not the GR. Chloe loves the laser pointer. Then again, so does Sabrina.... What is it with those things - animals go nuts chasing them... Its so much fun > > Anyhow - every GR I've ever known is like that. Truely smart as a > > whip, gentle as can be, sweet and totally eager to please, yet appear > > to be dumb as a rock at times. I love em. :-) > > She's my second, I'm hooked, favorite breed. Dad was a lab guy, and we've had many, but GR's are awesome and I've always liked them. I think that is part of why I was so attracted to Chloe - she's got that retriever face... and the intelligence, but is lacking in size, which isn't so bad for me. :) > > Southern Florida is a wonderful place to live. Boating year round!!! > > :-) > > GREEN EYED MONSTER! :) You can keep your humidity in the summer (I was in > Orlando in June, how can you breathe????), but I could live w/year round > boating. *big sigh* Orlando in summer months does suck - too damned hot. I'm on the west coast - we got the cool gulf breezes that keep temps nicer. The humidity is something to get used to - but let me tell you, I go to a dry climate and I'm troubled with the bloody noses. Just to rub it in, I got home from work tonight and DH already is getting the boat ready. We'll be on the water first thing tomorrow morning... :) Temps due to be low 80's and sunny. > > Just to rub it in, I got home from work tonight and DH already is getting > the boat ready. We'll be on the water first thing tomorrow morning... :) > Temps due to be low 80's and sunny. > You really know how to hurt a girl don't you? :) Another rainy dreary day here in the burg. This past summer sucked, rain rain rain - only nice thing I can say about rain is I don't have to shovel it! I wanna go boating! I'm coming down! haha. JoJo http://home.comcast.net/~zookeepr/fosters.html (snip) > GR's have always has that sense of missing part of their brains. It's > gotta be the "blonde" in the hair. :-) I always remember that [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Southern Florida is a wonderful place to live. Boating year round!!! > :-) My best friend's dog is a Golden Retriever. He's a GREAT dog, but he truly is dumber than a stump. No offense to other GR owners! He's beautiful, he's sooooooooo loving, but he's just not too bright. LOL kili First thing that amazed me after getting my first cat last year, after having had a dog my whole life, was how little you have to actually do for them. I grew up in a cat family. My parents say we did have a dog until I was 3, but after that we have always had a cat, sometimes two. This week I am walking a friend's two yellow labrador dogs. While they are nice enough animals, I just can't get over the attention they require! Every day they need two 30-45 minute walks to sh.t and also burn up the energy they accumulate. And they are always jumping all over you and drooling and doing all the gross things dogs do. My kitty is the perfect pet in my opinion. She craps in a little box which is easy to clean every few days and comes and goes as she pleases. All I have to do is open the door for her. While she likes attention, she doesn't require it 24 hours a day like the dogs do. And she is so clean! The dogs are always rolling in mud and need to be hosed down after coming back from their walks. And dogs have certain disgusting habits, such as their tendency to eat poop on the ground, even if it's some other dog's poop or even a different species. Aside from cats, the other perfect pet is a snake. I have an adorable 5-year-old gopher snake (Pituophis cetafines) and he is just such a wonderful little pet. The neat thing about snakes is that while they may tolerate being handled, they are probably happiest just being left alone in their little hide box. Toss in a mouse or two every week and they're in snake heaven. A few years ago I went on vacation for two weeks, left my snakes all alone, and when I got back they were just fine. I don't think they even noticed my absence.
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