I never realized cats were okay till my old lady drug one home about ten years ago. Feral kitten, mean as a rattlesnake. It thought my old Shepherd was it’s mother. Dog warmed up to it after about a month and they were inseparable till the dog died. That cat would bite an adult for looking at it with your eyes open, but my granddaughters would drag it all over the house, put doll clothes on it and all kinds of shit. It would go find them if things got too quiet. Turned into a fine little buddy to have around. Thinks my current Shepherd is hers, but it’s not as smart as the old one. I catch her sitting by the dog tilting her head like WTF, this dog doesn’t listen. Life is good on the home front, at least for now. Eod1sg Ret
Had one like that when my daughter was young. Read to him, dressed him up. At each stage of her life, from infant to going to collage to adulthood, she always had the perfect cat for the moment. Now she has a Boston Terrier that adores her. We have the two remaining cats. Seems they like a farmhouse much more than an apartment... Better for them. Two cats, three dogs, and Klaus. Life IS good.
a stay cat "found" me. sitting out back looking at my garden with a beer after work one day and this cat comes up with a dead mouse. lays the damn thing between my feet and sits there looking at me. so, ended up giving said cat some tuna, one of those 3 oz. size packs he sat and finished it. took off. 2 days later, there where 4 dead mice lined up in front of my chair ? anyway, cat showed up about a half a hour later with another dead mouse. fucker was on a roll ! so he got a whole can of tuna this time. this went on for about 3-4 weeks, weather started getting colder at night. one night, cold and lots of rain. the fuckers was hanging by his claws on the window screen and making a racket. so, went out, dragged his ass off the screen and brought his wet ass in the house girlfriend was talking about getting a cat anyway. so she got one. I dropped his wet soaked ass on her while she was in bed. here. you have a cat now ! goofy fucker. so that was his name. goofy. he got along great with my two dogs. one a red nose pit that I got stuck with( a real big baby. ) and a roadie ridgeback. damn cat used to sleep with the dogs all the time too. looked funny really, cat all of maybe 15 pounds with a 80 and 110 pound bookends. got him some catnip one time and he was trying to attack the dogs. he would jump off the couch and slide off the dog. slim the roadie, would give him a lick and move on. Ziva the pit would try to cuddle him when he did stupid shit like that. weird, but it was fun to watch them play around. we miss having them around.
Cats are better pets some times that people realize. We had a calico the youngest daughter hauled around and dressed. She eventual got the cat to stay in place. Oddest thing I have ever seen a cat do.
Had an 18 lb Maine coon we got from the shelter. Called him Fat Cat. My oldest would pull his tail, poke him lay on him, dress him up. He just laid there and meow. He would bring us half dead moles as gifts. Bring the neighbors across the street salamanders. Birds would dive bomb him He'd just lay there and meow. There was only two people he hated (sprayed and hair balls on their things) a family friend and her baby. He was the best cat I will ever have.
I never realized cats were okay till my old lady drug one home about ten years ago. Feral kitten, mean as a rattlesnake. It thought my old Shepherd was it’s mother. Dog warmed up to it after about a month and they were inseparable till the dog died. That cat would bite an adult for looking at it with your eyes open, but my granddaughters would drag it all over the house, put doll clothes on it and all kinds of shit. It would go find them if things got too quiet. Turned into a fine little buddy to have around. Thinks my current Shepherd is hers, but it’s not as smart as the old one. I catch her sitting by the dog tilting her head like WTF, this dog doesn’t listen. Life is good on the home front, at least for now. Eod1sg Ret
ReplyDeleteHad one like that when my daughter was young. Read to him, dressed him up. At each stage of her life, from infant to going to collage to adulthood, she always had the perfect cat for the moment. Now she has a Boston Terrier that adores her. We have the two remaining cats. Seems they like a farmhouse much more than an apartment... Better for them. Two cats, three dogs, and Klaus. Life IS good.
Deletea stay cat "found" me. sitting out back looking at my garden with a beer after work one day and this cat comes up with a dead mouse. lays the damn thing between my feet and sits there
ReplyDeletelooking at me. so, ended up giving said cat some tuna, one of those 3 oz. size packs
he sat and finished it. took off. 2 days later, there where 4 dead mice lined up in front of my chair ? anyway, cat showed up about a half a hour later with another dead mouse.
fucker was on a roll ! so he got a whole can of tuna this time.
this went on for about 3-4 weeks, weather started getting colder at night. one night, cold and lots of rain. the fuckers was hanging by his claws on the window screen and making a
racket. so, went out, dragged his ass off the screen and brought his wet ass in the house
girlfriend was talking about getting a cat anyway. so she got one. I dropped his wet soaked
ass on her while she was in bed. here. you have a cat now !
goofy fucker. so that was his name. goofy. he got along great with my two dogs. one a red nose pit that I got stuck with( a real big baby. ) and a roadie ridgeback. damn cat used to sleep with the dogs all the time too. looked funny really, cat all of maybe 15 pounds with a
80 and 110 pound bookends. got him some catnip one time and he was trying to attack the dogs. he would jump off the couch and slide off the dog. slim the roadie, would give him a lick and move on. Ziva the pit would try to cuddle him when he did stupid shit like that.
weird, but it was fun to watch them play around. we miss having them around.
Cats are better pets some times that people realize. We had a calico the youngest daughter hauled around and dressed. She eventual got the cat to stay in place. Oddest thing I have ever seen a cat do.
ReplyDeleteHad an 18 lb Maine coon we got from the shelter. Called him Fat Cat. My oldest would pull his tail, poke him lay on him, dress him up. He just laid there and meow. He would bring us half dead moles as gifts. Bring the neighbors across the street salamanders. Birds would dive bomb him He'd just lay there and meow. There was only two people he hated (sprayed and hair balls on their things) a family friend and her baby. He was the best cat I will ever have.
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