Stupid pet owner trick
 

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

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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Drown her. I think it is terrible what she is doing to this cat to get
publicity.

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"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?

Bobcat wrote:

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?


Take her out past the three mile limit, toss HER overboard, and let HER
swim for shore? Sure, cats CAN swim, if they have to - I think most
mammals can - but why force them to?

bewtifulfreak wrote:

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


It's likely animal abuse, because this is not a good place for a cat.
Some people shouldn't be trusted around cats. I hesitate to
proscribe punishment, but "education" might be in order.

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Regards
Jetadiah & his hooman Fred

Remove FFFf to reply, please

Not only is this action of obvious, blatant, cruelty, but extreme
*stupidity* is part of the mix.

The cat should be taken out of this woman's "care" and provided with a
set of decent humans.

Sad, that the authorities pay so little attention regarding harm done to
animals.

LT

"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?



What about the problem of the cat having to lick the SALT water out of it's
fur? Does she give the cat a post-surfing bath? And how traumatic is that
for the poor creature?

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Motherthing

Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers
are starving to death.
- Rosalind Russell