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A newly discovered chapter in the Book of Genesis has provided the
answer to "Where do pets come from?" Adam and Eve said, "Lord, when we were in the garden, you walked with us every day. Now we do not see you any more. We are lonesome here, and it is difficult for us to remember how much you love us." And God said, "No problem! I will create a companion for you that will be with you forever and who will be a reflection of my love for you, so that you will love me even when you cannot see me. Regardless of how selfish or childish or unlovable you may be, this new companion will accept you as you are and will love you as I do, in spite of yourselves." And God created a new animal to be a companion for Adam and Eve. And it was a good animal. And God was pleased. And the new animal was pleased to be with Adam and Eve and he wagged his tail. And Adam said, "Lord, I have already named all the animals in the Kingdom and I cannot think of a name for this new animal." And God said, "No problem. Because I have created this new animal to be a reflection of my love for you, his name will be a reflection of my own name, and you will call him DOG." And Dog lived with Adam and Eve and was a companion to them and loved them. And they were comforted. And God was pleased. And Dog was content and wagged his tail. After a while, it came to pass that an angel came to the Lord and said, "Lord, Adam and Eve have become filled with pride. They strut and preen like peacocks and they believe they are worthy of adoration. Dog has indeed taught them that they are loved, but perhaps too well." And God said, "No problem! I will create for them a companion who will be with them forever and who will see them as they are. The companion will remind them of their limitations, so they will know that they are not always worthy of adoration." And God created CAT to be a companion to Adam and Eve. And Cat would not obey them. And when Adam and Eve gazed into Cat's eyes, they were reminded that they were not the supreme beings. And Adam and Eve learned humility. And they were greatly improved. And God was pleased. And Dog was happy. And Cat didn't give a **** one way or the other. |
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"Judith Latham" wrote in message ... In article , Thomas Edward wrote: A newly discovered chapter in the Book of Genesis has provided the answer to "Where do pets come from?" Adam and Eve snip I love it!!! So true!! Judith It was a very steep learning curve for me when I was adopted by cats. I'd had dogs all my life and couldn't understand why the cats refused to comply with any rules I had like "no going upstairs", "no stealing food", etc. Rule 1 was modified to "no sleeping on the beds" but was eventually abandoned. Rule 2 has been enforced by not leaving anything on the worktops and by using the microwave as storage if I leave the room for a millisecond. Tweed |
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message
... "Judith Latham" wrote in message ... In article , Thomas Edward wrote: A newly discovered chapter in the Book of Genesis has provided the answer to "Where do pets come from?" Adam and Eve snip I love it!!! So true!! Judith It was a very steep learning curve for me when I was adopted by cats. I'd had dogs all my life and couldn't understand why the cats refused to comply with any rules I had like "no going upstairs", "no stealing food", etc. Rule 1 was modified to "no sleeping on the beds" but was eventually abandoned. Rule 2 has been enforced by not leaving anything on the worktops and by using the microwave as storage if I leave the room for a millisecond. Tweed Yup, I had a similar experience. I think I was in my thirties when I first got to know a cat. It was an eye-opener. I haven't been without at least one cat since. Joy |
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Judith Latham wrote: I'd always had dogs and was planning on having one when we got married but only when I wasn't working full time because it just isn't fair to the dog otherwise. As I'm still working full time that plan went out of the window. Then Sweep (RB) decided to move in with us. As you say, what a leaning curve. She had us well trained in a month. That pretty well echoes my reason for not having a dog. I LIKE dogs, but they do require more attention. Also, my tastes run to the larger breeds, which in my mind equates with a large outdoor space for them to roam in. (I'm told Great Danes manage just fine in small apartments, with a couple of walks a day - the real danger in small spaces is that the owner must avoid tripping over the "couch potato" dog sacked out on the floor.) |
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"Judith Latham" wrote in message
... In article , Joy wrote: "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... "Judith Latham" wrote in message ... In article , Thomas Edward wrote: A newly discovered chapter in the Book of Genesis has provided the answer to "Where do pets come from?" Adam and Eve snip I love it!!! So true!! Judith It was a very steep learning curve for me when I was adopted by cats. I'd had dogs all my life and couldn't understand why the cats refused to comply with any rules I had like "no going upstairs", "no stealing food", etc. Rule 1 was modified to "no sleeping on the beds" but was eventually abandoned. Rule 2 has been enforced by not leaving anything on the worktops and by using the microwave as storage if I leave the room for a millisecond. Tweed Yup, I had a similar experience. I think I was in my thirties when I first got to know a cat. It was an eye-opener. I haven't been without at least one cat since. Joy I'd always had dogs and was planning on having one when we got married but only when I wasn't working full time because it just isn't fair to the dog otherwise. As I'm still working full time that plan went out of the window. Then Sweep (RB) decided to move in with us. As you say, what a leaning curve. She had us well trained in a month. It's been amusing watching as my best friend from my childhood (and also has only had dogs) adjust to living with a cat. she too was well trained within a few weeks but still she's amazed at how different are cats and dogs. Judith -- Judith Latham Stourbridge, West Midlands. UK. Not only that, although dogs all have their own personality, I think there can be greater differences among cats than there are among dogs. I hope that conveyed what I want to say. ;-) Joy |
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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message
... Judith Latham wrote: I'd always had dogs and was planning on having one when we got married but only when I wasn't working full time because it just isn't fair to the dog otherwise. As I'm still working full time that plan went out of the window. Then Sweep (RB) decided to move in with us. As you say, what a leaning curve. She had us well trained in a month. That pretty well echoes my reason for not having a dog. I LIKE dogs, but they do require more attention. Also, my tastes run to the larger breeds, which in my mind equates with a large outdoor space for them to roam in. (I'm told Great Danes manage just fine in small apartments, with a couple of walks a day - the real danger in small spaces is that the owner must avoid tripping over the "couch potato" dog sacked out on the floor.) Yes, one of the reasons I have only cats is that cats are relatively low maintenance compared to dogs. My other reason is that, if you travel, dogs usually grieve while you're gone. Cats don't like being left, and often find a way to let you know that, but they don't seem to suffer the way dogs do. Joy |
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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message ... Judith Latham wrote: I'd always had dogs and was planning on having one when we got married but only when I wasn't working full time because it just isn't fair to the dog otherwise. As I'm still working full time that plan went out of the window. Then Sweep (RB) decided to move in with us. As you say, what a leaning curve. She had us well trained in a month. That pretty well echoes my reason for not having a dog. I LIKE dogs, but they do require more attention. Also, my tastes run to the larger breeds, which in my mind equates with a large outdoor space for them to roam in. (I'm told Great Danes manage just fine in small apartments, with a couple of walks a day - the real danger in small spaces is that the owner must avoid tripping over the "couch potato" dog sacked out on the floor.) Some people can manage dogs in apartments but it's not ideal. It's almost impossible to house train a puppy unless you can gallop up and down the stairs multiple times a day for one thing, unless you have a ground floor apartment with some outdoor space attached then it's fine. Great Danes are quite lazy so lots of exercise isn't necessary, two walks a day would suit: but only if you yourself could manage only using the toilet twice a day. You really need a yard to have a dog so you can let them out for a wee or poo when they cannot wait for walktimes. I see these TV programmes (since I got Freeview) It's Me or The Dog where Victoria Stillwell comes in to help. It's often about dogs that are dirty in the house and it is always because they are not taken out often enough to toilet themselves. Have any of you seen these programmes? I watch them with horrible fascination. No-one asking for help seems to have made any attempt at all to train their dogs, they've just let them sort of evolve and exist. You just cannot do that any more than you can do that with children. No wonder they get in trouble and turn to a TV programme for free access to a behaviourist. I think she's very good. No chance with not upstairs or on the bed with my cats but they are so different from dogs, i.e. do not obey anything and just do what they want that I ended up giving Boyfie his own bedroom. My dogs were never allowed upstairs unless they were very ill and had to sleep with me in case they deteriorated overnight or when they were very, very old in which case they slept in my bed until they passed away. Not literally, they did not die in my bed. Until It Was Time. If you ask anyone who has whippets, if they were honest, there is always one in the bed. They like to be hot water bottles under the covers. You can warm your feet on them or spoon with them and they will never get up before you do. In days past, miners used to put whippets into their childrens beds to keep them warm. It was beneficial to them both as whippets get cold in the winter too. They never mind if they are completely under the duvet all night. They like cosy. I was surprised they could breathe, but they can and did and liked it. I miss them. Terribly. TBH, I cannot sleep properly without one. Tweed |
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"Joy" wrote in message . .. -- Judith Latham Stourbridge, West Midlands. UK. Not only that, although dogs all have their own personality, I think there can be greater differences among cats than there are among dogs. I hope that conveyed what I want to say. ;-) Joy I agree. KFC was charming to others and could be a really nasty girl to me. and often was. Boyfie is the reverse except he could not be nasty to anyone, he doesn't know how to do that. He is very charming towards me, always, but he really doesn't trust others. You would never see him scritch-tarting over the road with 12 y o girls like Kitty did. They asked me if she was lost! I said no, she is mine and was "helping me" weed my front garden. Boyfie would never do that. He'd run a mile from 12 y olds or anyone else. Tweed |
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"Judith Latham" wrote in message ... In article , Christina Websell wrote: "Joy" wrote in message . .. -- Judith Latham Stourbridge, West Midlands. UK. Not only that, although dogs all have their own personality, I think there can be greater differences among cats than there are among dogs. I hope that conveyed what I want to say. ;-) Joy I agree. KFC was charming to others and could be a really nasty girl to me. and often was. Boyfie is the reverse except he could not be nasty to anyone, he doesn't know how to do that. He is very charming towards me, always, but he really doesn't trust others. You would never see him scritch-tarting over the road with 12 y o girls like Kitty did. They asked me if she was lost! I said no, she is mine and was "helping me" weed my front garden. Boyfie would never do that. He'd run a mile from 12 y olds or anyone else. Tweed Sweep (RB) loved people especially children and I used to leave her out in the day (she demanded it in fact. As she'd been out all day at her previous home, in the same street we didn't have a problem and there were not only her previous owner but several other neighbours at home who would have helped had she got into trouble.) so she could play with them, it was a shame when they grew up and she wanted to stay in, which she did of course. I did have to rescue the paper delivery boy one afternoon. he always used to fuss Sweep and she used to go to him, if she wasn't there he would look for her, if she was inside I used to tell her he was there and she'd go out to him. One day however, he'd been fussing her for about fifteen minutes and was trying to move on to finish his round but Sweep wouldn't let him. I went out to call her and after one more stroke she came in, the boy looked at me and grinned. She loved her food, especially human food. she liked strong tastes such as pilchards in tomato sauce, cheese, game, beef and her favourite Turkey. Sophie (RB) though she was a teddy bear and loved being fussed by everyone. She liked prawns (shrimp) boiled ham and brie cheese finger fed her. I enjoyed reading that. Sootie, "she don't mix well" as they say around here. She has to suss people out before letting them fuss her. She likes cat food, cat treats, fish from the chip shop and sardines in tomato sauce. Boyfie "don't mix at all"! He likes the best quality Whiskas pouches - I stopped giving him Felix equivalents when I read the box and realised it had sugar in it. He also likes roast chicken and sardines in tomato sauce and DRY, DRY, DRY which he would live on, given the opportunity. It's a bit dangerous for the boys, so he's only allowed a couple of tablespoonsful at 10 pm. Both my dogs loved everyone and liked dog food, human food and plenty of it. All my dogs were the same. They were all well socialised and well trained as I used to show them. My vet was grateful. Whippets have very thin skins and now and again mine would have to have stitches through minor accidents. I just plonked them on the vet's table, put my hand under their chin - pretended we were showing - and said "stand still" They never moved a muscle when the local anaesthetic went in nor when they were stitched. They just stayed in the show position as long as I had put them in it and still had by hand under their chin. The vet said "I love treating show dogs - they are so obedient" Apparently, with an ordinary pet dog without much training, they lunge about and are hard to control even for for an examination, and have to be heavily sedated for anything like sutures. Too many people get dogs and don't bother to train them at all, in any way, my brother is one of those people. His Cavalier King Charles spaniel, Maisie (who lives with Tigger) has no manners. She gets up at the table when people are eating and snatches food off their plates and has never been taught to walk on a short lead. They walk her on one of those extending ones and she still pulls on it. Maisie is a lovely dog, spoilt for lack of training. Now if she were mine she would be different. I do not offer my brother my extensive knowledge of training dogs, he knows I have it. It's up to him to ask me to help if Maisie annoys him. She would certainly annoy me, but it is not her fault. It's his. He loves her to bits and doesn't want to correct her in case it upsets her. He hasn't told me that, but that's what it is. She still pees in the house on clothes. She would stop doing that very soon here. If you have a dog, you have to train it. If you have a cat, forget it. Tweed |
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Joy wrote:
Yes, one of the reasons I have only cats is that cats are relatively low maintenance compared to dogs. Unless you have to give them medicine, get them into the cat carrier, groom them, brush their teeth, etc. This things are all vastly easier with dogs. (Well, OK, if your dog is a great dane, getting it into a cat carrier would be much harder. ) Think of what you have to go through to pill a cat. I'm contrasting this with the time I took care of a friend's dog, who was on daily medication. I just stuck the pill into a cheese-bacon doggie treat and tossed it to the dog, who would catch it in midair. And I don't think he even chewed it, so he never tasted the pill. -- Joyce - Mommy loves you too my sweaty litter baby fire - Ummm what mom? - MY SWEET LITTLE BABY GIRL!! sorry honey! -- damnyouautocorrect.com |
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