Stupid pet owner trick
 

Bring her out to the middle of the ocean and make her swim 'til she's
exhausted then do it again?
:-D

"Bobcat" wrote in message
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We watched last night's TV show "What Were You Thinking". It featured a
woman who must rank at the very top of misguided, stupid cat owners. At
the
beach she takes her cat along with her on her surf board. We saw the poor
wet miserable bedraggled creature hunched down on the board, ears
flattened,
hanging on for dear life. But it got worse. Then she tossed her cat
overboard and it paddled desperately for shore, but apparently she drags
it
back and makes it do it again to the point of exhaustion, saying that the
cat loves to swim! Any suggestions for what we should do with the woman,
after we rescue the cat?

Drop woman and her longboard out in the middle of the GreatWhites lurking at
Great Barrier Reef near OZ.......and find a new, peaceful foreverhome for
her stressed-out cat!
Kowabunga!



"LeeAnne" wrote in message
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: Bring her out to the middle of the ocean and make her swim 'til she's
: exhausted then do it again?
: :-D
:
: "Bobcat" wrote in message
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: We watched last night's TV show "What Were You Thinking". It featured a
: woman who must rank at the very top of misguided, stupid cat owners. At
: the
: beach she takes her cat along with her on her surf board. We saw the
poor
: wet miserable bedraggled creature hunched down on the board, ears
: flattened,
: hanging on for dear life. But it got worse. Then she tossed her cat
: overboard and it paddled desperately for shore, but apparently she drags
: it
: back and makes it do it again to the point of exhaustion, saying that
the
: cat loves to swim! Any suggestions for what we should do with the woman,
: after we rescue the cat?
:
:
:
:

put her in a lake with crocs and let her know how it feels to be in out of
her deth. my foster kitten is trying to nick my cream doughnut.

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"LeeAnne" wrote in message
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Bring her out to the middle of the ocean and make her swim 'til she's
exhausted then do it again?
:-D

"Bobcat" wrote in message
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We watched last night's TV show "What Were You Thinking". It featured a
woman who must rank at the very top of misguided, stupid cat owners. At
the
beach she takes her cat along with her on her surf board. We saw the
poor
wet miserable bedraggled creature hunched down on the board, ears
flattened,
hanging on for dear life. But it got worse. Then she tossed her cat
overboard and it paddled desperately for shore, but apparently she drags
it
back and makes it do it again to the point of exhaustion, saying that
the
cat loves to swim! Any suggestions for what we should do with the woman,
after we rescue the cat?

bunny_baby wrote:
put her in a lake with crocs and let her know how it feels to be in
out of her deth.

Absolutely! I mean, it's one thing if you have one of those unique cats who
loves water, but from all the signs (flat ears and whatnot), sounds like
this kitty was going through sheer *hell*. :(


my foster kitten is trying to nick my cream doughnut.

LOL, I know the feeling....you should see my Greebo when we eat ice cream or
yogurt (I always thought he'd make a great spokespurrson)!

Ann

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http://www.angelfire.com/ca/bewtifulfreak

That's terrible! Poor kitty! The woman is positively torturing her. I do
hope someone stops the woman from doing that.
--
Polonca & Soncek

"Bobcat" wrote in message
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We watched last night's TV show "What Were You Thinking". It featured a
woman who must rank at the very top of misguided, stupid cat owners. At
the
beach she takes her cat along with her on her surf board. snip

I saw that show too. I thought the cat looked fine when she was actually
swimming in the water, but she DID look kind of upset about the surfing
part.It's hard to judge someone based on just a minute or two of clips, though.
Her ears were back, but it could be because she was soaking wet? If she really
hated it, you'd think she'd be giving her owner more of a hard time about it,
like trying to run away (before she was dragged into the water) or crying or
something. I mean, my cat goes absolutely BALLISTIC when I try to make her do
something she doesn't want to do. (i.e. take medicine, not attack other cat)

But the whole thing did just seem like a plain old bad idea. I just don't think
it's very fair to accuse this lady of being horrible when we really don't know
what happened.

"BricksInTheWall8" wrote in message
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I saw that show too. I thought the cat looked fine when she was
actually
swimming in the water, but she DID look kind of upset about the
surfing
part.It's hard to judge someone based on just a minute or two of
clips, though.
Her ears were back, but it could be because she was soaking wet? If
she really
hated it, you'd think she'd be giving her owner more of a hard time
about it,
like trying to run away (before she was dragged into the water) or
crying or
something. I mean, my cat goes absolutely BALLISTIC when I try to make
her do
something she doesn't want to do. (i.e. take medicine, not attack
other cat)

But the whole thing did just seem like a plain old bad idea. I just
don't think
it's very fair to accuse this lady of being horrible when we really
don't know
what happened.

You make a very good point. I know there are cats who like to swim.

When I was a baby, my parents lived on a farm that had a reservoir. One
of the cats (I don't remember whether it was Myih or Myah) was pestering
my Dad and almost tripped him when he was walking near the reservoir.
Finally he picked up the cat and threw it into the reservoir. He
watched closely, and would have rescued it if it had been in trouble.
The cat swam out easily. After that, every time my Dad went near the
reservoir, that cat would come around and pester until my Dad threw him
in the reservoir.

Joy

"BricksInTheWall8" wrote in message
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I saw that show too. I thought the cat looked fine when she was actually
swimming in the water, but she DID look kind of upset about the surfing
part.It's hard to judge someone based on just a minute or two of clips,
though.
Her ears were back, but it could be because she was soaking wet? If she
really
hated it, you'd think she'd be giving her owner more of a hard time about
it,
like trying to run away (before she was dragged into the water) or crying
or
something. I mean, my cat goes absolutely BALLISTIC when I try to make her
do
something she doesn't want to do. (i.e. take medicine, not attack other
cat)

But the whole thing did just seem like a plain old bad idea. I just don't
think
it's very fair to accuse this lady of being horrible when we really don't
know
what happened.

Like you, I'm only judging by what the program showed us, and I didn't like
it at all. For one thing as I said, the angle of the camera indicated that
the cat seemed to be swimming desperately for shore. If it were enjoying
swimming it would more likely be heading for its owner, or swimming around,
or playing. IMO, I saw the nothing to indicate the cat found any pleasure in
being in the water - in fact quite the opposite. Besides, although there are
exceptions, by far the greatest percentage of cats have an aversion to being
wet than not.

Yoj wrote:

You make a very good point. I know there are cats who like to swim.

Yeah, and it's true you can't normally get a cat near a *sink* of water that
doesn't want to be. We just get so protective, don't we? :)

Ann

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Bobcat wrote:
"BricksInTheWall8" wrote in message
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I saw that show too. I thought the cat looked fine when she was
actually swimming in the water, but she DID look kind of upset about
the surfing part.

Like you, I'm only judging by what the program showed us, and I
didn't like it at all. For one thing as I said, the angle of the
camera indicated that the cat seemed to be swimming desperately for
shore. If it were enjoying swimming it would more likely be heading
for its owner, or swimming around, or playing. IMO, I saw the nothing
to indicate the cat found any pleasure in being in the water - in
fact quite the opposite. Besides, although there are exceptions, by
far the greatest percentage of cats have an aversion to being wet
than not.

Well, it does seem unlikely that a cat would enjoy something like that, but
it really is hard to know for sure. I tend to agree with you, but I know I
have a habit of jumping to conclusions about things when I feel protective,
so I'm trying to reserve making judgements without all the facts from now
on. But I certainly agree that it seems hard to believe that a cat could
enjoy something like that, though there are, of course, exceptions to every
rule.

Ann

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