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Sam chillin' tonight
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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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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"Cheryl" wrote in message eb.com... 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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