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Old August 10th 13, 07:18 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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On 8/9/2013 9:25 PM, EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:

jmcquown wrote:
On 8/8/2013 2:53 PM, EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:

Try a female Siamese in heat!!!!! Woman I worked with had one, also a
male dachshund that seemed to be trying to ease her distress. When the
cat was finally bred, there were jokes around the office about whether
the resulting litter would be kittens or puppies. ;-)

LOL! I went to a cat show a number of years ago, must have been early
2007. One of the Siamese cats went into heat. She was YOWLING like
crazy. I'd never heard anything quite like it! Loud!!! Naturally
they had to take her and leave.

Jill

Then you know what I meant! (Since show cats are usually intact because
the owners intend to breed them, that must have caused quite an uproar,
if any of the male Siamese chose to reply.)


Oh yeah, I know what you meant. Yes, most show cats are intact. The
kennel was covered but she was made herself heard, loudly. They had to
hustle her out of there. I felt bad for the woman because she'd driven
five hours to enter her in the show, then had to leave. Post haste.

Jill
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Old August 10th 13, 07:50 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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On 8/8/2013 10:41 PM, Cheryl wrote:

Bonnie, she's never been able to jump up to the countertops. not sure
if she couldn't or hasn't thought to do so, but she does have some
trouble with heights.

I believe you. People tell me Persia *must* jump on the countertops and
I just didn't know about it. Sorry folks, but I know she hasn't. Like
Bonnie, Persia is not a "jumper". She'll get up on the sofa or a chair
in the living room, but those things aren't very high.

I only ever saw her on a table once. She had been sitting on an arm
chair in the living room. There was a vase of fresh flowers on the
table next to it. I caught her with her front paws on the table; she
was sniffing the flowers.

Funny story, as in peculiar, not haha funny. She manages to get on the
couch by climbing the steps of the cat tree next to the couch, and that
can get her onto it. Then she'll sometimes go from the couch to the
coffee table and I've seen her going around and around the coffee table
trying to figure out how to get down. She doesn't like to jump and I
can only imagine its because she's getting older and it either hurts her
bones to jump or she just doesn't understand how to. No telling what
her history was before I took her in. She's never been a climber or a
jumper in the entire time she's been here. Earlier this year I bought a
set of stairs made for cats that is carpet covered, so it's three easy
steps up to get on my bed. I posted this on FB a while ago, but I'll
repost here.

http://i43.tinypic.com/28t8aoj.jpg


Nice! I bought some carpeted pet steps a few years ago. Persia
definitely uses them to get up on and down off the bed.

Jill
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Old August 11th 13, 12:43 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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"Cheryl" wrote in message
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On 8/8/2013 2:45 PM, Christina Websell wrote:

She was dumped in the middle of Leicester in an Asian area and managed to
live for weeks by scavenging and finding a shed in someone's garden to
sleep
in, who eventually notified the RSPCA who had a great deal of trouble
catching her even though she was limping as she'd been hit by a car.
So I totally understand why she was such a food thief, she'd been
desperate.
I never punished her for breaking into the fridge or into the food
cupboard.
I didn't live her life.
I did do all I could to prevent her by putting child locks on since she
was
adopted here and had plenty to eat,
I guess she never forgot as she ripped the child locks off and dragged a
tin
of black treacle with the lid off all over my carpets. I never said one
word.

If I can find a pic of her I will upload it to Flickr.
She was a great dog about protection, she knew if anyone came here who
was
iffy and would watch them very carefully.
If a man came, she would allow it unless he got loud and took one step
towards me, then she was up with her hackles and snarling.
I really miss her - but not how she was able to get into the oven when my
meat was cooking and steal it..
Tweed





I'd love to see a pic of her.


She was like a smaller Irish wolfhound to look at and was on death row at
the RSPCA when I adopted her. I think she had one week left.
I have a new printer/scanner thingie which I've just installed but I'm still
a bit afraid of it as it has far too many bells and whistles.
Anyway when I get to grips with it you will see her.
I absolutely understand why she was dumped but why not have taken her to a
shelter? she was dumped because she was a very difficult dog, a horrible
thief of food. but she was a lurcher and that's that they are often like.

I had to drill a hole into my fridge and put a nail down into the door to
keep her out of it and put suitcase latches on my food cupboards.
If she couldn't steal food, she would get my food mixer, or a wooden spoon
that had been near food and have it in her bed which just tells you her
desperation about her trying to live after being dumped.
She was an arch thief and was able to take meat out the oven while it was
being cooked.

Not her fault, really, she would never have lived without being a thief.
I can't say that she was easy but she came good in the end. I wouldn't want
to do it again tbh, but she was well worth it. Eventually..
And it was eventually. I very nearly took her back but I knew what her fate
would be, so I didn't.
Someone dumped her, and I wasn't going to.
She used to escape from the garden when she was supposed to be having a wee
and go garbage hunting and I spent many hours looking for her for the first
2 years or so.

She lived happily with me until she was 14 when she got liver cancer and
Cushing's disease.

She was very fond of "helping" me with the hens so she could eat their food.

Tweed












 




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