Devious Cat Tricks!
For years, whenever Chessie comes into a room and finds Nikki snuggling with
me, Chessie goes into I'm-having-the-most-wonderful-time mode. She starts flinging catnip toys, chasing and rolling with them. Naturally, Nikki soon leaves me to join in the wonderful-time fun. Don't have to tell you what happens next. What I want to know is Chessie's thought process which tells her exactly how to entice Nikki away from me. Nik does not do this - her method is just to clamber up, push in and make room for herself between Chessie and me......whereupon Chess jumps down in disgust. Hmmmmm.....perhaps Nikki does have a thought process! Lorna and the Chesniks |
On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 14:03:00 -0500, "LMarks"
yodeled: For years, whenever Chessie comes into a room and finds Nikki snuggling with me, Chessie goes into I'm-having-the-most-wonderful-time mode. She starts flinging catnip toys, chasing and rolling with them. Naturally, Nikki soon leaves me to join in the wonderful-time fun. Don't have to tell you what happens next. What I want to know is Chessie's thought process which tells her exactly how to entice Nikki away from me. Nik does not do this - her method is just to clamber up, push in and make room for herself between Chessie and me......whereupon Chess jumps down in disgust. Hmmmmm.....perhaps Nikki does have a thought process! Lorna and the Chesniks I have no doubt about it. Mimi used to run back upstairs and jump onto the still-warm bed while Stinky was busy stuffing his face. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com |
On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 14:03:00 -0500, "LMarks"
yodeled: For years, whenever Chessie comes into a room and finds Nikki snuggling with me, Chessie goes into I'm-having-the-most-wonderful-time mode. She starts flinging catnip toys, chasing and rolling with them. Naturally, Nikki soon leaves me to join in the wonderful-time fun. Don't have to tell you what happens next. What I want to know is Chessie's thought process which tells her exactly how to entice Nikki away from me. Nik does not do this - her method is just to clamber up, push in and make room for herself between Chessie and me......whereupon Chess jumps down in disgust. Hmmmmm.....perhaps Nikki does have a thought process! Lorna and the Chesniks I have no doubt about it. Mimi used to run back upstairs and jump onto the still-warm bed while Stinky was busy stuffing his face. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com |
"LMarks" wrote in message ... For years, whenever Chessie comes into a room and finds Nikki snuggling with me, Chessie goes into I'm-having-the-most-wonderful-time mode. She starts flinging catnip toys, chasing and rolling with them. Naturally, Nikki soon leaves me to join in the wonderful-time fun. Don't have to tell you what happens next. What I want to know is Chessie's thought process which tells her exactly how to entice Nikki away from me. Nik does not do this - her method is just to clamber up, push in and make room for herself between Chessie and me......whereupon Chess jumps down in disgust. Hmmmmm.....perhaps Nikki does have a thought process! Lorna and the Chesniks This is not confined to cats. My neighbours have three dogs, an English pointer, a Springer Spaniel and a Border terrier, all bitches. They are expected to share the same bed, which isn't really big enough. It's okay if the pointer gets in first, the others arrange themselves around her. *But* if the springer and border get in ahead of the pointer, she can't get in. The first thing she does is to grab a toy and play with it in front of them. This will sometimes have the effect of luring the springer out to play with the toy and then Tess the pointer will then rush into the bed and lie down. If this fails, she will go to the back door and pretend she can see a cat. This works always. Both the others will rush to the back door and ask to be let out. Tess then settles herself in the bed. She needs purrs, actually. She's had a cough for a while and started to lose weight. TED says she has a growth in her chest, pressing on her heart. Her hoomins are considering what to do. She is 13 and they adore her. They know what they need to do, but have to come to terms with it soon. Purrs needed that they can face this decision. She's such a lovely d*g. Tweed |
"LMarks" wrote in message ... For years, whenever Chessie comes into a room and finds Nikki snuggling with me, Chessie goes into I'm-having-the-most-wonderful-time mode. She starts flinging catnip toys, chasing and rolling with them. Naturally, Nikki soon leaves me to join in the wonderful-time fun. Don't have to tell you what happens next. What I want to know is Chessie's thought process which tells her exactly how to entice Nikki away from me. Nik does not do this - her method is just to clamber up, push in and make room for herself between Chessie and me......whereupon Chess jumps down in disgust. Hmmmmm.....perhaps Nikki does have a thought process! Lorna and the Chesniks This is not confined to cats. My neighbours have three dogs, an English pointer, a Springer Spaniel and a Border terrier, all bitches. They are expected to share the same bed, which isn't really big enough. It's okay if the pointer gets in first, the others arrange themselves around her. *But* if the springer and border get in ahead of the pointer, she can't get in. The first thing she does is to grab a toy and play with it in front of them. This will sometimes have the effect of luring the springer out to play with the toy and then Tess the pointer will then rush into the bed and lie down. If this fails, she will go to the back door and pretend she can see a cat. This works always. Both the others will rush to the back door and ask to be let out. Tess then settles herself in the bed. She needs purrs, actually. She's had a cough for a while and started to lose weight. TED says she has a growth in her chest, pressing on her heart. Her hoomins are considering what to do. She is 13 and they adore her. They know what they need to do, but have to come to terms with it soon. Purrs needed that they can face this decision. She's such a lovely d*g. Tweed |
LMarks wrote:
For years, whenever Chessie comes into a room and finds Nikki snuggling with me, Chessie goes into I'm-having-the-most-wonderful-time mode. She starts flinging catnip toys, chasing and rolling with them. Naturally, Nikki soon leaves me to join in the wonderful-time fun. Don't have to tell you what happens next. What I want to know is Chessie's thought process which tells her exactly how to entice Nikki away from me. Nik does not do this - her method is just to clamber up, push in and make room for herself between Chessie and me......whereupon Chess jumps down in disgust. Hmmmmm.....perhaps Nikki does have a thought process! I think she might. :o) My Nikki wouldn't dream of coming near when Frank is in my lap. She adores and respects him too much to try and oust him. She never gets in my lap anyway. If I lift her up, she sometimes stays and even falls asleep, but she never comes volontarily. -- Marina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki |
LMarks wrote:
For years, whenever Chessie comes into a room and finds Nikki snuggling with me, Chessie goes into I'm-having-the-most-wonderful-time mode. She starts flinging catnip toys, chasing and rolling with them. Naturally, Nikki soon leaves me to join in the wonderful-time fun. Don't have to tell you what happens next. What I want to know is Chessie's thought process which tells her exactly how to entice Nikki away from me. Nik does not do this - her method is just to clamber up, push in and make room for herself between Chessie and me......whereupon Chess jumps down in disgust. Hmmmmm.....perhaps Nikki does have a thought process! I think she might. :o) My Nikki wouldn't dream of coming near when Frank is in my lap. She adores and respects him too much to try and oust him. She never gets in my lap anyway. If I lift her up, she sometimes stays and even falls asleep, but she never comes volontarily. -- Marina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki |
Lots of purrs,
-- Polonca & Soncek "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... snip She needs purrs, actually. She's had a cough for a while and started to lose weight. TED says she has a growth in her chest, pressing on her heart. Her hoomins are considering what to do. She is 13 and they adore her. They know what they need to do, but have to come to terms with it soon. Purrs needed that they can face this decision. She's such a lovely d*g. Tweed |
Lots of purrs,
-- Polonca & Soncek "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... snip She needs purrs, actually. She's had a cough for a while and started to lose weight. TED says she has a growth in her chest, pressing on her heart. Her hoomins are considering what to do. She is 13 and they adore her. They know what they need to do, but have to come to terms with it soon. Purrs needed that they can face this decision. She's such a lovely d*g. Tweed |
On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 00:41:42 -0000, "Christina Websell"
wrote: This is not confined to cats. My neighbours have three dogs, an English pointer, a Springer Spaniel and a Border terrier, all bitches. They are expected to share the same bed, which isn't really big enough. It's okay if the pointer gets in first, the others arrange themselves around her. *But* if the springer and border get in ahead of the pointer, she can't get in. The first thing she does is to grab a toy and play with it in front of them. This will sometimes have the effect of luring the springer out to play with the toy and then Tess the pointer will then rush into the bed and lie down. If this fails, she will go to the back door and pretend she can see a cat. This works always. Both the others will rush to the back door and ask to be let out. Tess then settles herself in the bed. She needs purrs, actually. She's had a cough for a while and started to lose weight. TED says she has a growth in her chest, pressing on her heart. Her hoomins are considering what to do. She is 13 and they adore her. They know what they need to do, but have to come to terms with it soon. Purrs needed that they can face this decision. She's such a lovely d*g. purrs on the way for ailing 13 yo pup and her family -- Steve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky (RB) [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html |
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