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"I got it!"
Another story about my cats.
This time Shamrock. He just taught himself to play fetch. 'Bout time. He stole the nose pads with a little black dot nose from one of my pair of footies that have little kitty faces glued on to a pompom head at the heel. Scarlett probably disconnected the pompom from the footie (that's just so like her), and Shamrock dissected the nose pad from the pompom face. I caught him batting it around, picked it up to see what it was, and decided that since it's no longer attached to the footie that it's now a cat toy, and flicked it off of the couch to the floor. Shamrock let out a yowwl as he dove off the couch to retrieve his prize, then brought it back. Seeing this as an opportunity to tease him, I took the nose assembly away from him (risking my own paw) and flicked it off the couch again. Once again, he RROWWED as he dove after it before Rhett or Scarlett could get it, and once again brought it back, and set it on the couch next to me. He tried to act like he was playing with it, while watching my hand closely for signs of interception. Yup, you guessed it, I flicked it again. He AGAIN YeROWWWED as he dove for it. It dawned on me that he was signaling the others that "I GOT IT!!" When he got bored of this game, he hid the nose apparatus somewhere, no doubt to have it surface the next time he wants to play. -- Cheryl |
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"I got it!"
On 2005-11-17 19:27:37 -0600, Cheryl said:
Another story about my cats. This time Shamrock. He just taught himself to play fetch. 'Bout time. He stole the nose pads with a little black dot nose from one of my pair of footies that have little kitty faces glued on to a pompom head at the heel. Scarlett probably disconnected the pompom from the footie (that's just so like her), and Shamrock dissected the nose pad from the pompom face. I caught him batting it around, picked it up to see what it was, and decided that since it's no longer attached to the footie that it's now a cat toy, and flicked it off of the couch to the floor. Shamrock let out a yowwl as he dove off the couch to retrieve his prize, then brought it back. Seeing this as an opportunity to tease him, I took the nose assembly away from him (risking my own paw) and flicked it off the couch again. Once again, he RROWWED as he dove after it before Rhett or Scarlett could get it, and once again brought it back, and set it on the couch next to me. He tried to act like he was playing with it, while watching my hand closely for signs of interception. Yup, you guessed it, I flicked it again. He AGAIN YeROWWWED as he dove for it. It dawned on me that he was signaling the others that "I GOT IT!!" When he got bored of this game, he hid the nose apparatus somewhere, no doubt to have it surface the next time he wants to play. Sometimes it just has to be "the right" thing. Sounds like Shammy found "his thang". |
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"I got it!"
Cheryl wrote:
Another story about my cats. This time Shamrock. He just taught himself to play fetch. 'Bout time. He stole the nose pads with a little black dot nose from one of my pair of footies that have little kitty faces glued on to a pompom head at the heel. Scarlett probably disconnected the pompom from the footie (that's just so like her), and Shamrock dissected the nose pad from the pompom face. I caught him batting it around, picked it up to see what it was, and decided that since it's no longer attached to the footie that it's now a cat toy, and flicked it off of the couch to the floor. Shamrock let out a yowwl as he dove off the couch to retrieve his prize, then brought it back. Seeing this as an opportunity to tease him, I took the nose assembly away from him (risking my own paw) and flicked it off the couch again. Once again, he RROWWED as he dove after it before Rhett or Scarlett could get it, and once again brought it back, and set it on the couch next to me. He tried to act like he was playing with it, while watching my hand closely for signs of interception. Yup, you guessed it, I flicked it again. He AGAIN YeROWWWED as he dove for it. It dawned on me that he was signaling the others that "I GOT IT!!" When he got bored of this game, he hid the nose apparatus somewhere, no doubt to have it surface the next time he wants to play. Fetching cats are so much fun. Nikki used o fetch when she was young. Every night, after I'd gone to bed, she would bring me a toy into bed, an I had to throw it for her, and she would fetch it for some time. She never announced that she'd got it, though. -- Marina, Frank, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki |
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"I got it!"
Cheryl wrote: Another story about my cats. This time Shamrock. He just taught himself to play fetch. 'Bout time. He stole the nose pads with a little black dot nose from one of my pair of footies that have little kitty faces glued on to a pompom head at the heel. Scarlett probably disconnected the pompom from the footie (that's just so like her), and Shamrock dissected the nose pad from the pompom face. I caught him batting it around, picked it up to see what it was, and decided that since it's no longer attached to the footie that it's now a cat toy, and flicked it off of the couch to the floor. Shamrock let out a yowwl as he dove off the couch to retrieve his prize, then brought it back. Seeing this as an opportunity to tease him, I took the nose assembly away from him (risking my own paw) and flicked it off the couch again. Once again, he RROWWED as he dove after it before Rhett or Scarlett could get it, and once again brought it back, and set it on the couch next to me. He tried to act like he was playing with it, while watching my hand closely for signs of interception. Yup, you guessed it, I flicked it again. He AGAIN YeROWWWED as he dove for it. It dawned on me that he was signaling the others that "I GOT IT!!" When he got bored of this game, he hid the nose apparatus somewhere, no doubt to have it surface the next time he wants to play. -- Cheryl My cats don't fetch. They don't do anything smart, unless maybe I'm in bed when they're doing it and never see it. I'm sure that's the case. :-) Don't have a cat story today, but a DH story that made me laugh. It's been cold here. It's so hard to acclimate yourself to cold sheets again! I was headed off to bed, and DH said, "Push Yoda over when you go to bed. That way you get a really warm spot." I said, that's mean! Sherry |
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"I got it!"
"Cheryl" wrote This time Shamrock. He just taught himself to play fetch. Rather I think Shamrock has taught you to play "throw"! Claudius (and before him Pericles) both had this talent for being able to train me while they were still very young, under 5 months old for Peri, 4 for Claws. Bandit & Snowball have let it be known that they could have done so but felt it was beneath them :-) Purrs Gordon & the FF |
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"I got it!"
Exocat wrote: "Cheryl" wrote This time Shamrock. He just taught himself to play fetch. Rather I think Shamrock has taught you to play "throw"! ROFL!! Very good point! Sherry |
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"I got it!"
On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 08:16:15 +0200, Marina
yodeled: Cheryl wrote: Another story about my cats. This time Shamrock. He just taught himself to play fetch. 'Bout time. He stole the nose pads with a little black dot nose from one of my pair of footies that have little kitty faces glued on to a pompom head at the heel. Scarlett probably disconnected the pompom from the footie (that's just so like her), and Shamrock dissected the nose pad from the pompom face. I caught him batting it around, picked it up to see what it was, and decided that since it's no longer attached to the footie that it's now a cat toy, and flicked it off of the couch to the floor. Shamrock let out a yowwl as he dove off the couch to retrieve his prize, then brought it back. Seeing this as an opportunity to tease him, I took the nose assembly away from him (risking my own paw) and flicked it off the couch again. Once again, he RROWWED as he dove after it before Rhett or Scarlett could get it, and once again brought it back, and set it on the couch next to me. He tried to act like he was playing with it, while watching my hand closely for signs of interception. Yup, you guessed it, I flicked it again. He AGAIN YeROWWWED as he dove for it. It dawned on me that he was signaling the others that "I GOT IT!!" When he got bored of this game, he hid the nose apparatus somewhere, no doubt to have it surface the next time he wants to play. Fetching cats are so much fun. Nikki used o fetch when she was young. Every night, after I'd gone to bed, she would bring me a toy into bed, an I had to throw it for her, and she would fetch it for some time. She never announced that she'd got it, though. Want Dante? Your arm will fall off. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Make Levees, Not War |
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"I got it!"
Cheryl wrote in message ... Another story about my cats. This time Shamrock. He just taught himself to play fetch. Aw, that made me miss Spooky so much, he loved to play fetch. Jeanette |
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"I got it!"
On 2005-11-18, Cheryl penned:
Another story about my cats. This time Shamrock. He just taught himself to play fetch. Hi, Cheryl! I don't remember reading about Shamrock and the rest of your clowder recently (but then, I have not been reading most of the posts ... just not enough time) ... How is Shamrock's temper doing? Is he feeling better? -- monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca |
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