Being assertive

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badwilson wrote:

Vino likes my muesli too. Well, he likes the yoghurt that I put in my
muesli. He'll come up and hook his paw into my bowl and pull it
towards
him! Cheeky little bugger!

Probably knows that once he gets his dirty, you-don't-know-where-
they've-been paws into your food, you don't even want it anymore.

Nah, that doesn't bother me too much. He doesn't really touch any food
anyway, just the inside rim of the bowl.

Lots of cats try the "dip the tail into the food" trick. Walk by
casually, and accidentally on purpose allow your tail to fall into
the human's food.

Well, Vino can definitely not do *that* trick ;-)

When I eat dinner, I sit on the floor in front of my living room
couch and use the coffee table as a dinner table. Roxy begs by getting
on the couch behind me, putting a front paw on my left shoulder, and
leaning forward aggressively. If I'm eating salmon, she absolutely
WILL NOT GO AWAY! I can't understand it - I give her little pieces,
why doesn't that satisfy her??

Vino is like that when I eat tuna. I sit on the couch with my legs curled
up under me and eat straight from the can. Vino will walk back and forth
across my body and try to get at the can. I keep moving it and hugging it
close to me. I end up giving him several good sized chunks, but he always
wants more! At the end I give him the can to lick out and he cleans it out
so good there is not a speck of tuna or water to be seen.
--
Britta
Sandpaper kisses, a cuddle and a purr. I have an alarm clock that's covered
in fur!
Check out pictures of Vino at:
http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album

"Yowie" wrote in message
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badwilson wrote:

Vino likes my muesli too. Well, he likes the yoghurt that I put
in my
muesli. He'll come up and hook his paw into my bowl and pull it
towards
him! Cheeky little bugger!

Probably knows that once he gets his dirty, you-don't-know-where-
they've-been paws into your food, you don't even want it anymore.

Lots of cats try the "dip the tail into the food" trick. Walk by
casually, and accidentally on purpose allow your tail to fall into
the human's food.

Its been a *long* time since I"ve been bothered by the thought of cat
or
dog spit and/or fur in my food.

Because if it *did* bother me, I'd never be able to eat anythign
around
here!

Yowie

I'm with you, Yowie. I freaked out a woman on another newsgroup a few
months ago. Somehow the subject came up, and she said she had to throw
away a plate of food because she found a cat hair in it. I responded
that if I find a cat hair in my food, I just pick it out and go on
eating. She was seriously upset. I guess there's no point in my
inviting her to dinner. ;-)

Joy

"Yowie" wrote in message
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wrote in message
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badwilson wrote:

Vino likes my muesli too. Well, he likes the yoghurt that I put
in my
muesli. He'll come up and hook his paw into my bowl and pull it
towards
him! Cheeky little bugger!

Probably knows that once he gets his dirty, you-don't-know-where-
they've-been paws into your food, you don't even want it anymore.

Lots of cats try the "dip the tail into the food" trick. Walk by
casually, and accidentally on purpose allow your tail to fall into
the human's food.

Its been a *long* time since I"ve been bothered by the thought of cat
or
dog spit and/or fur in my food.

Because if it *did* bother me, I'd never be able to eat anythign
around
here!

Yowie

I'm with you, Yowie. I freaked out a woman on another newsgroup a few
months ago. Somehow the subject came up, and she said she had to throw
away a plate of food because she found a cat hair in it. I responded
that if I find a cat hair in my food, I just pick it out and go on
eating. She was seriously upset. I guess there's no point in my
inviting her to dinner. ;-)

Joy

Yoj wrote:

I freaked out a woman on another newsgroup a few
months ago. Somehow the subject came up, and she said she had to throw
away a plate of food because she found a cat hair in it. I responded
that if I find a cat hair in my food, I just pick it out and go on
eating. She was seriously upset. I guess there's no point in my
inviting her to dinner. ;-)

This reminds me of two things. One is that a friend of mine likes to say,
"cat hair is a condiment in my house".

The other is a story about a couple who had these friends who always
seemed to show up unannounced for a visit just around dinner time. Since
this couple was very polite, they always invited them in fed them dinner.
They wanted to find a way to get them to stop dropping by without an
invitation, without saying it in so many words. Finally they hit upon a
solution. The next time the people showed up, they had them in for dinner.
After dinner, they put the plates down on the floor and had the various
dogs and cats come and clean the plates. Then, in full view of the guests,
they put the plates back into the cabinet - since they were, after all,
clean. The people never showed up again.

Not to imply that this is a true story, but it makes a good joke anyway.

Joyce

Yoj wrote:

I freaked out a woman on another newsgroup a few
months ago. Somehow the subject came up, and she said she had to throw
away a plate of food because she found a cat hair in it. I responded
that if I find a cat hair in my food, I just pick it out and go on
eating. She was seriously upset. I guess there's no point in my
inviting her to dinner. ;-)

This reminds me of two things. One is that a friend of mine likes to say,
"cat hair is a condiment in my house".

The other is a story about a couple who had these friends who always
seemed to show up unannounced for a visit just around dinner time. Since
this couple was very polite, they always invited them in fed them dinner.
They wanted to find a way to get them to stop dropping by without an
invitation, without saying it in so many words. Finally they hit upon a
solution. The next time the people showed up, they had them in for dinner.
After dinner, they put the plates down on the floor and had the various
dogs and cats come and clean the plates. Then, in full view of the guests,
they put the plates back into the cabinet - since they were, after all,
clean. The people never showed up again.

Not to imply that this is a true story, but it makes a good joke anyway.

Joyce

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badwilson wrote:

Vino likes my muesli too. Well, he likes the yoghurt that I put in my
muesli. He'll come up and hook his paw into my bowl and pull it
towards
him! Cheeky little bugger!

Probably knows that once he gets his dirty, you-don't-know-where-
they've-been paws into your food, you don't even want it anymore.

Lots of cats try the "dip the tail into the food" trick. Walk by
casually, and accidentally on purpose allow your tail to fall into
the human's food.


A friend of mine, who has now left Scotland to live in the
USA with his wife, used to say to my cats "anything that
is on my plate gets eaten by me..... that includes kitty
paws, so watch out, kitty!"



--
Jette Goldie

Apache and Dakota
http://www.jette.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/kitties.html

wrote in message
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badwilson wrote:

Vino likes my muesli too. Well, he likes the yoghurt that I put in my
muesli. He'll come up and hook his paw into my bowl and pull it
towards
him! Cheeky little bugger!

Probably knows that once he gets his dirty, you-don't-know-where-
they've-been paws into your food, you don't even want it anymore.

Lots of cats try the "dip the tail into the food" trick. Walk by
casually, and accidentally on purpose allow your tail to fall into
the human's food.


A friend of mine, who has now left Scotland to live in the
USA with his wife, used to say to my cats "anything that
is on my plate gets eaten by me..... that includes kitty
paws, so watch out, kitty!"



--
Jette Goldie

Apache and Dakota
http://www.jette.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/kitties.html

"Yoj" had some very interesting things to
say about Being assertive:

I'm with you, Yowie. I freaked out a woman on another newsgroup a few
months ago. Somehow the subject came up, and she said she had to throw
away a plate of food because she found a cat hair in it. I responded
that if I find a cat hair in my food, I just pick it out and go on
eating. She was seriously upset. I guess there's no point in my
inviting her to dinner. ;-)

Guess not :-). I once had a dinner guest find a cat hair in his food.
While I was apologizing, he just smiled, picked out the hair, put it
aside, and kept right on eating. :-)

--
"Don't mess with major appliances unless you know what you are doing
(or unless your life insurance policy is up-to-date)." - John, RCFL

"Yoj" had some very interesting things to
say about Being assertive:

I'm with you, Yowie. I freaked out a woman on another newsgroup a few
months ago. Somehow the subject came up, and she said she had to throw
away a plate of food because she found a cat hair in it. I responded
that if I find a cat hair in my food, I just pick it out and go on
eating. She was seriously upset. I guess there's no point in my
inviting her to dinner. ;-)

Guess not :-). I once had a dinner guest find a cat hair in his food.
While I was apologizing, he just smiled, picked out the hair, put it
aside, and kept right on eating. :-)

--
"Don't mess with major appliances unless you know what you are doing
(or unless your life insurance policy is up-to-date)." - John, RCFL

In message et, Yoj
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I'm with you, Yowie. I freaked out a woman on another newsgroup a few
months ago. Somehow the subject came up, and she said she had to throw
away a plate of food because she found a cat hair in it. I responded
that if I find a cat hair in my food, I just pick it out and go on
eating. She was seriously upset. I guess there's no point in my
inviting her to dinner. ;-)

Tsk. Cat hair's organic, so where's the problem? Just think of it as
an added source of fibre ;-p
--
Cathi