Lorelei's big breakthrough :)

That is SO wonderful to hear Unka Gandalf We are SO happy for you and
Lorelei
Love, Mosey, MeOwy, PookyKat, Sqweex, n Pipps and Aunti Kyla

(Gandalf)"
I have been trying to lure Lorelei into my living room since shortly
after getting the wonderful cat tree, since she would pass close to the
big doorway on her way to and from the litter box, and the food and
water in the kitchen.

Well, when I decided to give her a can of Fancy Feast on Sunday (despite
her rather...fluffy...appearance) I realized that food is a powerful
motivator for a cat.

So, I have been splitting her FF in half, morning and evening, and I
gave it to her a little further into the living room, each time.

My chair at my computer is only 3 or 4 feet into the room, and I figured
if I sat quietly at the computer, and talked to her, she might get used
to the idea.

Well, on Sunday morning, I had her eating right at my feet.

And, when she was done, I picked her up, and put her in my lap, and gave
her LOTS of scritches, and stroking her chin, which she really likes.

After a good amount of attention, she expressed her desire to leave, and
she ran away.

After she finished the second half of her food Sunday night, she sat at
my feet and was cleaning her face, rather than immediately running away,
as she used to.

So I picked her up again, and talked to her and gave her plenty of
scritches, and stroked her chin again.

I stopped, and let go of her, and she sat in my lap for a good 10 or 15
seconds, before she decided she had urgent business elsewhere.

Today, I was sitting at my computer, and I felt a tapping on my arm.

Lorelei had her front paw on the arm of my chair, and was tapping me
with the other one. When she stretches out, Lorelei is a LONG cat

So I picked her up, and gave her her fill of attention. And she settled
down in my lap like she's been doing it for years.

Finally, she had had enough, and she wanted to get down.

But, she came back just a few minutes ago, and when she tapped on my
arm, I swiveled my chair around, and Lorelei jumped up into my lap like
she's been doing it for years.

Well...Lorelei jumped as well as she was able too, given her degree of
'fluffiness', that is

Lorelei has been here for 5 months, and I finally have gotten her to
overcome her fear of either the living room, or my computer, (or both).

I wonder when she will decided she wants some attention next.

I often give her scritches, and pet her, when she is on her cat tree,
where she spends almost all of her time, when she isn't sleeping with
me.

I think I will stop doing that for a day or two, and see if she'll come
and sit in my lap again

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`

lorili, da tabbi wid da pritti blu eyez

On Tue, 05 Apr 2011 08:02:11 GMT, Gandalf
ingold(at)yahoo(dot)com (Gandalf)'s nimble, little
paws typed:

I think I will stop doing that for a day or two, and see if she'll come
and sit in my lap again

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`

lorili, da tabbi wid da pritti blu eyez

I finks dat she will. We kitties moof furry
swowly sumtimez, but I knoze dat she wubs yoo
wots! Psssst. An sekretly wants doze slritchez!

--
All my Purrs,

Mme. Anaïs

“I love cats because I take pleasure in my home;
and little by little, the cats become its visible
soul.�
Jean Cocteau, 1889-1963

4/5/2011 7:55:05 PM

On Apr 5, 4:03*pm, rafflescat
wrote:
On Apr 5, 9:02*am, Gandalf ingold(at)yahoo(dot)com (Gandalf) wrote:





I have been trying to lure Lorelei into my living room since shortly
after getting the wonderful cat tree, since she would pass close to the
big doorway on her way to and from the litter box, and the food and
water in the kitchen.

Well, when I decided to give her a can of Fancy Feast on Sunday (despite
her rather...fluffy...appearance) I realized that food is a powerful
motivator for a cat.

So, I have been splitting her FF in half, morning and evening, and I
gave it to her a little further into the living room, each time.

My chair at my computer is only 3 or 4 feet into the room, and I figured
if I sat quietly at the computer, and talked to her, she might get used
to the idea.

Well, on Sunday morning, I had her eating right at my feet.

And, when she was done, I picked her up, and put her in my lap, and gave
her LOTS of scritches, and stroking her chin, which she really likes.

After a good amount of attention, she expressed her desire to leave, and
she ran away.

After she finished the second half of her food Sunday night, she sat at
my feet and was cleaning her face, rather than immediately running away,
as she used to.

So I picked her up again, and talked to her and gave her plenty of
scritches, and stroked her chin again.

I stopped, and let go of her, and she sat in my lap for a good 10 or 15
seconds, before she decided she had urgent business elsewhere.

Today, I was sitting at my computer, and I felt a tapping on my arm.

Lorelei had her front paw on the arm of my chair, and was tapping me
with the other one. When she stretches out, Lorelei is a LONG cat

So I picked her up, and gave her her fill of attention. And she settled
down in my lap like she's been doing it for years.

Finally, she had had enough, and she wanted to get down.

But, she came back just a few minutes ago, and when she tapped on my
arm, I swiveled my chair around, and Lorelei jumped up into my lap like
she's been doing it for years.

Well...Lorelei jumped as well as she was able too, given her degree of
'fluffiness', that is

Lorelei has been here for 5 months, and I finally have gotten her to
overcome her fear of either the living room, or my computer, (or both).

I wonder when she will decided she wants some attention next.

I often give her scritches, and pet her, when she is on her cat tree,
where she spends almost all of her time, when she isn't sleeping with
me.

I think I will stop doing that for a day or two, and see if she'll come
and sit in my lap again

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`

lorili, da tabbi wid da pritti blu eyez

Dis is gudgud nues! Loreli has a kynd Meomie tu wait fur her soso
wong. Da lil gurl wuffs yu is pwain tu see!
Now myneself onna uffur paw is a dyffurent kettle of fishes...Wast
nyte Meomie pikked mynesewlf up n me bited hur! Shees not speekin tu
mynesewlf but I dussnt care! I is pannfur n woams da howse on dooty,
awaze huntin wats, mowsies n sumcatz. No tyme fur pettin!
Sukie da Huntress, huntin.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Ai gno wat yoo meen, Sukie, wen yoo bizzy huntin.
Petting an tissing has der pwayse, butted can gitted in da weigh ob
seereeus bizniss.
Sumtymez wen ai is loafing, ai effen awwow da meowmie to hug
minesefl. A widdl.
MeOwy, furry bizzy kittee wif housekeeping, bafing, gnapping, playing,
an hunting.

I yam sooo purrowt ov yu, Lorry!
--
Pitô.ônya

Gandalf ingold (at) yahoo (dot) com (Gandalf) wrote in message
...
I have been trying to lure Lorelei into my living room since shortly
after getting the wonderful cat tree, since she would pass close to
the
big doorway on her way to and from the litter box, and the food and
water in the kitchen.

Well, when I decided to give her a can of Fancy Feast on Sunday
(despite
her rather...fluffy...appearance) I realized that food is a powerful
motivator for a cat.

So, I have been splitting her FF in half, morning and evening, and I
gave it to her a little further into the living room, each time.

My chair at my computer is only 3 or 4 feet into the room, and I
figured
if I sat quietly at the computer, and talked to her, she might get
used
to the idea.

Well, on Sunday morning, I had her eating right at my feet.

And, when she was done, I picked her up, and put her in my lap, and
gave
her LOTS of scritches, and stroking her chin, which she really likes.

After a good amount of attention, she expressed her desire to leave,
and
she ran away.

After she finished the second half of her food Sunday night, she sat
at
my feet and was cleaning her face, rather than immediately running
away,
as she used to.

So I picked her up again, and talked to her and gave her plenty of
scritches, and stroked her chin again.

I stopped, and let go of her, and she sat in my lap for a good 10 or
15
seconds, before she decided she had urgent business elsewhere.

Today, I was sitting at my computer, and I felt a tapping on my arm.

Lorelei had her front paw on the arm of my chair, and was tapping me
with the other one. When she stretches out, Lorelei is a LONG cat

So I picked her up, and gave her her fill of attention. And she
settled
down in my lap like she's been doing it for years.

Finally, she had had enough, and she wanted to get down.

But, she came back just a few minutes ago, and when she tapped on my
arm, I swiveled my chair around, and Lorelei jumped up into my lap
like
she's been doing it for years.

Well...Lorelei jumped as well as she was able too, given her degree of
'fluffiness', that is

Lorelei has been here for 5 months, and I finally have gotten her to
overcome her fear of either the living room, or my computer, (or
both).

I wonder when she will decided she wants some attention next.

I often give her scritches, and pet her, when she is on her cat tree,
where she spends almost all of her time, when she isn't sleeping with
me.

I think I will stop doing that for a day or two, and see if she'll
come
and sit in my lap again

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`

lorili, da tabbi wid da pritti blu eyez

On Tue, 05 Apr 2011 08:02:11 GMT, Gandalf ingold(at)yahoo(dot)com
(Gandalf) wrote:

I have been trying to lure Lorelei into my living room since shortly
after getting the wonderful cat tree, since she would pass close to the
big doorway on her way to and from the litter box, and the food and
water in the kitchen.

Well, when I decided to give her a can of Fancy Feast on Sunday (despite
her rather...fluffy...appearance) I realized that food is a powerful
motivator for a cat.

So, I have been splitting her FF in half, morning and evening, and I
gave it to her a little further into the living room, each time.

My chair at my computer is only 3 or 4 feet into the room, and I figured
if I sat quietly at the computer, and talked to her, she might get used
to the idea.

Well, on Sunday morning, I had her eating right at my feet.

And, when she was done, I picked her up, and put her in my lap, and gave
her LOTS of scritches, and stroking her chin, which she really likes.

After a good amount of attention, she expressed her desire to leave, and
she ran away.

After she finished the second half of her food Sunday night, she sat at
my feet and was cleaning her face, rather than immediately running away,
as she used to.

So I picked her up again, and talked to her and gave her plenty of
scritches, and stroked her chin again.

I stopped, and let go of her, and she sat in my lap for a good 10 or 15
seconds, before she decided she had urgent business elsewhere.

Today, I was sitting at my computer, and I felt a tapping on my arm.

Lorelei had her front paw on the arm of my chair, and was tapping me
with the other one. When she stretches out, Lorelei is a LONG cat

So I picked her up, and gave her her fill of attention. And she settled
down in my lap like she's been doing it for years.

Finally, she had had enough, and she wanted to get down.

But, she came back just a few minutes ago, and when she tapped on my
arm, I swiveled my chair around, and Lorelei jumped up into my lap like
she's been doing it for years.

Well...Lorelei jumped as well as she was able too, given her degree of
'fluffiness', that is

Lorelei has been here for 5 months, and I finally have gotten her to
overcome her fear of either the living room, or my computer, (or both).

I wonder when she will decided she wants some attention next.

I often give her scritches, and pet her, when she is on her cat tree,
where she spends almost all of her time, when she isn't sleeping with
me.

I think I will stop doing that for a day or two, and see if she'll come
and sit in my lap again

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`

lorili, da tabbi wid da pritti blu eyez



Since I posted, Lorelei has come into the living room to get scritches,
and sit in my lap, several times.

She doesn't stay too long, unless I'm paying attention to her.

If I try to use my computer, or like tonight, work on my taxes, she
jumps down and goes back to her cat tree.

But I'm very pleased that she's not scared of my living room any more.

I should have though of using gushy food a long time ago.

Well, I'm an old dog, and these are new tricks for me

my kittys think your training is coming along just fine, it seems, according
to them, that even though you were a properly trained hoomin in the basics,
each kitty, especially only kitty's have to tweak the hoomins training to
suit themselves, lol, soft
Gandalf ingold (at) yahoo (dot) com (Gandalf) wrote in message
...
On Tue, 05 Apr 2011 08:02:11 GMT, Gandalf ingold(at)yahoo(dot)com
(Gandalf) wrote:

I have been trying to lure Lorelei into my living room since shortly
after getting the wonderful cat tree, since she would pass close to the
big doorway on her way to and from the litter box, and the food and
water in the kitchen.

Well, when I decided to give her a can of Fancy Feast on Sunday (despite
her rather...fluffy...appearance) I realized that food is a powerful
motivator for a cat.

So, I have been splitting her FF in half, morning and evening, and I
gave it to her a little further into the living room, each time.

My chair at my computer is only 3 or 4 feet into the room, and I figured
if I sat quietly at the computer, and talked to her, she might get used
to the idea.

Well, on Sunday morning, I had her eating right at my feet.

And, when she was done, I picked her up, and put her in my lap, and gave
her LOTS of scritches, and stroking her chin, which she really likes.

After a good amount of attention, she expressed her desire to leave, and
she ran away.

After she finished the second half of her food Sunday night, she sat at
my feet and was cleaning her face, rather than immediately running away,
as she used to.

So I picked her up again, and talked to her and gave her plenty of
scritches, and stroked her chin again.

I stopped, and let go of her, and she sat in my lap for a good 10 or 15
seconds, before she decided she had urgent business elsewhere.

Today, I was sitting at my computer, and I felt a tapping on my arm.

Lorelei had her front paw on the arm of my chair, and was tapping me
with the other one. When she stretches out, Lorelei is a LONG cat

So I picked her up, and gave her her fill of attention. And she settled
down in my lap like she's been doing it for years.

Finally, she had had enough, and she wanted to get down.

But, she came back just a few minutes ago, and when she tapped on my
arm, I swiveled my chair around, and Lorelei jumped up into my lap like
she's been doing it for years.

Well...Lorelei jumped as well as she was able too, given her degree of
'fluffiness', that is

Lorelei has been here for 5 months, and I finally have gotten her to
overcome her fear of either the living room, or my computer, (or both).

I wonder when she will decided she wants some attention next.

I often give her scritches, and pet her, when she is on her cat tree,
where she spends almost all of her time, when she isn't sleeping with
me.

I think I will stop doing that for a day or two, and see if she'll come
and sit in my lap again

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`

lorili, da tabbi wid da pritti blu eyez



Since I posted, Lorelei has come into the living room to get scritches,
and sit in my lap, several times.

She doesn't stay too long, unless I'm paying attention to her.

If I try to use my computer, or like tonight, work on my taxes, she
jumps down and goes back to her cat tree.

But I'm very pleased that she's not scared of my living room any more.

I should have though of using gushy food a long time ago.

Well, I'm an old dog, and these are new tricks for me

On Thu, 7 Apr 2011 02:50:11 -0500, "Storrmmee"
wrote:

my kittys think your training is coming along just fine, it seems, according
to them, that even though you were a properly trained hoomin in the basics,
each kitty, especially only kitty's have to tweak the hoomins training to
suit themselves, lol, soft

You are sure right about THAT

Unlike Kenzie, I don't know much at all about Lorelei: what she likes
and doesn't like, an what her life was like before I adopted her.

I do think that she may not have been treated nearly as well as she
should have been.

She is SUCH a big sweetheart...but she's so timid, and afraid, at the
same time.

But, little by little, slowly, she is letting me know

In addition to being very sweet, she is also VERY well behaved....too
well behaved, I think.

Somebody trained her to be 'good', ALL of the time, and now, she's
scared of being 'bad' all of the time, too.

She never even meows, ever, when her food bowl is empty, and she's
hungry.

I feel so bad for her

She just doesn't understand that she can do pretty much anything she
wants, in her new home.

BUt, she will learn, in time.

I can be very patient, when I really need to be. And I really need to
be, now

Lorelei and I will be together for a long time

Tom
Gandalf ingold (at) yahoo (dot) com (Gandalf) wrote in message
...
On Tue, 05 Apr 2011 08:02:11 GMT, Gandalf ingold(at)yahoo(dot)com
(Gandalf) wrote:

I have been trying to lure Lorelei into my living room since shortly
after getting the wonderful cat tree, since she would pass close to the
big doorway on her way to and from the litter box, and the food and
water in the kitchen.

Well, when I decided to give her a can of Fancy Feast on Sunday (despite
her rather...fluffy...appearance) I realized that food is a powerful
motivator for a cat.

So, I have been splitting her FF in half, morning and evening, and I
gave it to her a little further into the living room, each time.

My chair at my computer is only 3 or 4 feet into the room, and I figured
if I sat quietly at the computer, and talked to her, she might get used
to the idea.

Well, on Sunday morning, I had her eating right at my feet.

And, when she was done, I picked her up, and put her in my lap, and gave
her LOTS of scritches, and stroking her chin, which she really likes.

After a good amount of attention, she expressed her desire to leave, and
she ran away.

After she finished the second half of her food Sunday night, she sat at
my feet and was cleaning her face, rather than immediately running away,
as she used to.

So I picked her up again, and talked to her and gave her plenty of
scritches, and stroked her chin again.

I stopped, and let go of her, and she sat in my lap for a good 10 or 15
seconds, before she decided she had urgent business elsewhere.

Today, I was sitting at my computer, and I felt a tapping on my arm.

Lorelei had her front paw on the arm of my chair, and was tapping me
with the other one. When she stretches out, Lorelei is a LONG cat

So I picked her up, and gave her her fill of attention. And she settled
down in my lap like she's been doing it for years.

Finally, she had had enough, and she wanted to get down.

But, she came back just a few minutes ago, and when she tapped on my
arm, I swiveled my chair around, and Lorelei jumped up into my lap like
she's been doing it for years.

Well...Lorelei jumped as well as she was able too, given her degree of
'fluffiness', that is

Lorelei has been here for 5 months, and I finally have gotten her to
overcome her fear of either the living room, or my computer, (or both).

I wonder when she will decided she wants some attention next.

I often give her scritches, and pet her, when she is on her cat tree,
where she spends almost all of her time, when she isn't sleeping with
me.

I think I will stop doing that for a day or two, and see if she'll come
and sit in my lap again

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`

lorili, da tabbi wid da pritti blu eyez



Since I posted, Lorelei has come into the living room to get scritches,
and sit in my lap, several times.

She doesn't stay too long, unless I'm paying attention to her.

If I try to use my computer, or like tonight, work on my taxes, she
jumps down and goes back to her cat tree.

But I'm very pleased that she's not scared of my living room any more.

I should have though of using gushy food a long time ago.

Well, I'm an old dog, and these are new tricks for me

well herown life took a turn for the bettefr when you got her, the "before
time" time no longer matters just now and forever, soft
Gandalf ingold (at) yahoo (dot) com (Gandalf) wrote in message
...
On Thu, 7 Apr 2011 02:50:11 -0500, "Storrmmee"
wrote:

my kittys think your training is coming along just fine, it seems,
according
to them, that even though you were a properly trained hoomin in the
basics,
each kitty, especially only kitty's have to tweak the hoomins training to
suit themselves, lol, soft

You are sure right about THAT

Unlike Kenzie, I don't know much at all about Lorelei: what she likes
and doesn't like, an what her life was like before I adopted her.

I do think that she may not have been treated nearly as well as she
should have been.

She is SUCH a big sweetheart...but she's so timid, and afraid, at the
same time.

But, little by little, slowly, she is letting me know

In addition to being very sweet, she is also VERY well behaved....too
well behaved, I think.

Somebody trained her to be 'good', ALL of the time, and now, she's
scared of being 'bad' all of the time, too.

She never even meows, ever, when her food bowl is empty, and she's
hungry.

I feel so bad for her

She just doesn't understand that she can do pretty much anything she
wants, in her new home.

BUt, she will learn, in time.

I can be very patient, when I really need to be. And I really need to
be, now

Lorelei and I will be together for a long time

Tom
Gandalf ingold (at) yahoo (dot) com (Gandalf) wrote in message
...
On Tue, 05 Apr 2011 08:02:11 GMT, Gandalf ingold(at)yahoo(dot)com
(Gandalf) wrote:

I have been trying to lure Lorelei into my living room since shortly
after getting the wonderful cat tree, since she would pass close to the
big doorway on her way to and from the litter box, and the food and
water in the kitchen.

Well, when I decided to give her a can of Fancy Feast on Sunday (despite
her rather...fluffy...appearance) I realized that food is a powerful
motivator for a cat.

So, I have been splitting her FF in half, morning and evening, and I
gave it to her a little further into the living room, each time.

My chair at my computer is only 3 or 4 feet into the room, and I figured
if I sat quietly at the computer, and talked to her, she might get used
to the idea.

Well, on Sunday morning, I had her eating right at my feet.

And, when she was done, I picked her up, and put her in my lap, and gave
her LOTS of scritches, and stroking her chin, which she really likes.

After a good amount of attention, she expressed her desire to leave, and
she ran away.

After she finished the second half of her food Sunday night, she sat at
my feet and was cleaning her face, rather than immediately running away,
as she used to.

So I picked her up again, and talked to her and gave her plenty of
scritches, and stroked her chin again.

I stopped, and let go of her, and she sat in my lap for a good 10 or 15
seconds, before she decided she had urgent business elsewhere.

Today, I was sitting at my computer, and I felt a tapping on my arm.

Lorelei had her front paw on the arm of my chair, and was tapping me
with the other one. When she stretches out, Lorelei is a LONG cat

So I picked her up, and gave her her fill of attention. And she settled
down in my lap like she's been doing it for years.

Finally, she had had enough, and she wanted to get down.

But, she came back just a few minutes ago, and when she tapped on my
arm, I swiveled my chair around, and Lorelei jumped up into my lap like
she's been doing it for years.

Well...Lorelei jumped as well as she was able too, given her degree of
'fluffiness', that is

Lorelei has been here for 5 months, and I finally have gotten her to
overcome her fear of either the living room, or my computer, (or both).

I wonder when she will decided she wants some attention next.

I often give her scritches, and pet her, when she is on her cat tree,
where she spends almost all of her time, when she isn't sleeping with
me.

I think I will stop doing that for a day or two, and see if she'll come
and sit in my lap again

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`

lorili, da tabbi wid da pritti blu eyez



Since I posted, Lorelei has come into the living room to get scritches,
and sit in my lap, several times.

She doesn't stay too long, unless I'm paying attention to her.

If I try to use my computer, or like tonight, work on my taxes, she
jumps down and goes back to her cat tree.

But I'm very pleased that she's not scared of my living room any more.

I should have though of using gushy food a long time ago.

Well, I'm an old dog, and these are new tricks for me

On 4/7/2011 9:42 PM, at dot Gandalf wrote:

She never even meows, ever, when her food bowl is empty, and she's
hungry.


Chappy never meowed, at all, his first 5 years with us. Since he loved
being petted, I meowed at him every time he wanted pets and would pet
him even if he only opened his mouth. Now he'll meow when he wants my
attention, for pets or anything else. And if I'm petting him and stop,
he'll meow to keep the pets coming. Every so often he'll meow from
another part of the house to find out where I am, or to let me know that
he's brought his stuffed animal up to the bed and I should go accept my
meal.

He has such a nice meow, it's too bad we missed 5 years of enjoying it.

Julie

Booker wrote:


On 4/7/2011 9:42 PM, at dot Gandalf wrote:

She never even meows, ever, when her food bowl is empty, and she's
hungry.


Chappy never meowed, at all, his first 5 years with us. Since he loved
being petted, I meowed at him every time he wanted pets and would pet
him even if he only opened his mouth. Now he'll meow when he wants my
attention, for pets or anything else. And if I'm petting him and stop,
he'll meow to keep the pets coming. Every so often he'll meow from
another part of the house to find out where I am, or to let me know that
he's brought his stuffed animal up to the bed and I should go accept my
meal.

He has such a nice meow, it's too bad we missed 5 years of enjoying it.

Julie



When TuTu was adopted she was a silent cat also. However, one day she
was on the enclosed patio when a big storm moved in. She was frightened
by the storm and she found her voice in a hurry -- and it was loud!MLB