Grooming ecstasy

Does anyone else's feline friend absolutely LOVE being groomed? Otis
drools when I do it, and raises his back like a... well you get the
picture! I have short hair and don't use a hairbrush so I have donated
my very expensive Mason & Pearson hairbrush to him, and the minute it
comes out he lies down and starts rolling his eyes up. My partner
couldn't find the brush one day and so groomed him with a fairly hard
and coarse shoe brush, and he loved it even more! I like to groom him
in the garden so get rid of the fluff easier, and I've seen birdies
take it away (it is a sackful each time) to build their nests, how
ironic is that?

Marcia

Fin used to love it, and came running over and laid down on the floor
as soon as I brought out the grooming glove. However, Rita HATES it.
I'm getting her trained so I don't have to hold her down to do it
(Got allergies, MUST brush cat!), so she gets a lot of treats when
she lets me do it.
Now when Topaz was visiting, brushing her was the way I calmed her
down in the evenings. I'd put her on the couch and brush her until
she fell asleep, purring. She loved being brushed.

Jane


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Does anyone else's feline friend absolutely LOVE being groomed? Otis
drools when I do it, and raises his back like a... well you get the
picture! I have short hair and don't use a hairbrush so I have donated
my very expensive Mason & Pearson hairbrush to him, and the minute it
comes out he lies down and starts rolling his eyes up. My partner
couldn't find the brush one day and so groomed him with a fairly hard
and coarse shoe brush, and he loved it even more! I like to groom him
in the garden so get rid of the fluff easier, and I've seen birdies
take it away (it is a sackful each time) to build their nests, how
ironic is that?

Marcia

Jake always liked to be groomed. But since I got the Zoom Groom he is
simply wild about it. Goes around trying to trip me so I'll brush him.

Jo
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Does anyone else's feline friend absolutely LOVE being groomed? Otis
drools when I do it, and raises his back like a... well you get the
picture! I have short hair and don't use a hairbrush so I have donated
my very expensive Mason & Pearson hairbrush to him, and the minute it
comes out he lies down and starts rolling his eyes up. My partner
couldn't find the brush one day and so groomed him with a fairly hard
and coarse shoe brush, and he loved it even more! I like to groom him
in the garden so get rid of the fluff easier, and I've seen birdies
take it away (it is a sackful each time) to build their nests, how
ironic is that?

Marcia

On 1 Jun 2005 10:41:25 -0700, wrote:

Does anyone else's feline friend absolutely LOVE being groomed? Otis
drools when I do it, and raises his back like a... well you get the
picture! I have short hair and don't use a hairbrush so I have donated
my very expensive Mason & Pearson hairbrush to him, and the minute it
comes out he lies down and starts rolling his eyes up. My partner
couldn't find the brush one day and so groomed him with a fairly hard
and coarse shoe brush, and he loved it even more! I like to groom him
in the garden so get rid of the fluff easier, and I've seen birdies
take it away (it is a sackful each time) to build their nests, how
ironic is that?

LB is like Otis - absolutely loves her brush and comes running
whenever she sees me pick it up. Sammy likes being brushed, but won't
sit still. Brushing Sammy lasts maybe two minutes, then she walks
around rubbing against the brush instead of letting me brush her. I
haven't tried brushing Spot yet. She's just now letting me pet her
without slinking away with her belly to the floor to avoid being
touched.
--
Steve Touchstone,
faithful servant of Sammy and Little Bit

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Pan tolerates it, as he feels better and his coat looks better after
I've given him a brushing. He's power shedding these days. The poor
old guy has a hard time grooming himself, anymore, unless he does it
when I'm not looking. He's getting fairly creaky and arthritic. So his
coat is looking a little moth-eaten if I don't give him some help.

I bought a Kong Zoom Groom, I also have a smaller rubber brush that
operates on the same principles although it's not as flexible.
Francesca will put up with the smaller brush as she too is power
shedding at this point. But when I tried the Kong Zoom Groom on her,
she started bending herself away from it in a most amazing way. It was
almost like trying to brush a liquid cat. =o) The message was clearly
"Ew! Don't touch me with that!" Since Cesca is young and supple enough
to pretzelate herself in order to groom the hard to reach spots, I just
give her a few quick swipes now and then to get rid of the excess
hairs.

Nina appears to like being brushed quite a lot. She won't keep STILL,
but she doesn't runn away while I try to do it. From the hair I harvest
from the three of them, I could almost knit a pride of lions.

Melissa

had some very interesting things to say about
Grooming ecstasy:

Does anyone else's feline friend absolutely LOVE being groomed? Otis
drools when I do it, and raises his back like a... well you get the
picture! I have short hair and don't use a hairbrush so I have donated
my very expensive Mason & Pearson hairbrush to him, and the minute it
comes out he lies down and starts rolling his eyes up. My partner
couldn't find the brush one day and so groomed him with a fairly hard
and coarse shoe brush, and he loved it even more! I like to groom him
in the garden so get rid of the fluff easier, and I've seen birdies
take it away (it is a sackful each time) to build their nests, how
ironic is that?

Felix comes running when you SHOW him his brush, purr motor on high.

--
"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be
doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding.
:-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL

I trained Doc (RB) to like being brushed by brushing him a little while he
was eating, starting when he was a kitten. He never liked to be picked up
or handled, but he loved being brushed.

Rebecca's foster mom gave me the Zoom Groom Rebecca was used to. I thought
I'd really prefer to use a different kind of brush, until I found out how
much she likes the ZG. When I walk toward the closet I keep it in, she
comes running over to see if I'm going to get it out. If I do, she
immediately heads for the spot on the sofa where we sit to do the grooming.
She lies on one side, stretching and pressing against the brush, then
switches to the other side, then back and forth until she has had enough
grooming, upon which she trots off to do other things. Rebecca doesn't like
being handled, either, but she loves this.

Sandy

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Does anyone else's feline friend absolutely LOVE being groomed? Otis
drools when I do it, and raises his back like a... well you get the
picture! I have short hair and don't use a hairbrush so I have donated
my very expensive Mason & Pearson hairbrush to him, and the minute it
comes out he lies down and starts rolling his eyes up. My partner
couldn't find the brush one day and so groomed him with a fairly hard
and coarse shoe brush, and he loved it even more! I like to groom him
in the garden so get rid of the fluff easier, and I've seen birdies
take it away (it is a sackful each time) to build their nests, how
ironic is that?

Marcia

wrote:
Does anyone else's feline friend absolutely LOVE being groomed? Otis
drools when I do it, and raises his back like a... well you get the
picture! I have short hair and don't use a hairbrush so I have donated
my very expensive Mason & Pearson hairbrush to him, and the minute it
comes out he lies down and starts rolling his eyes up. My partner
couldn't find the brush one day and so groomed him with a fairly hard
and coarse shoe brush, and he loved it even more! I like to groom him
in the garden so get rid of the fluff easier, and I've seen birdies
take it away (it is a sackful each time) to build their nests, how
ironic is that?

Marcia

Possum is a brush addict. I bring out the brush and call, Possum,
brushies! and he comes running, its so sweet.. and he purrs like mad the
whole time (well, unless i hit a mat)

Kristy