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olitter (PawsForThought) wrote in message ...
From: Relish The tail is an extension of the spinal column, and you can do great damage to the cat by picking it up by the tail. MaryL I don't think she was being literal. I think she was just exaggerating to make a point. Read one of her recent posts where she says her cleaning lady's kids were indeed "routinely" abusing her cats. The fact that she knew about it but still allowed this woman and her children in her house is horrible Lauren ________ Um, read the follow-up post... One of the reasons that I canned her was because her kids were tormenting my cats. At least the ones that were not bright enough to run and hide. ;-P She also did a crap job housecleaning as she had to chase after her kids to get them to leave the cats alone. Especially the 2 year old. She now does only yard work for me... My cats are not outdoors, so they are not exposed to her kids. Give me SOME credit please? Why do you always try to make me out to be the demon lord of cat owners??? K. |
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From: )
(PawsForThought) wrote in message ... From: Relish The tail is an extension of the spinal column, and you can do great damage to the cat by picking it up by the tail. MaryL I don't think she was being literal. I think she was just exaggerating to make a point. Read one of her recent posts where she says her cleaning lady's kids were indeed "routinely" abusing her cats. The fact that she knew about it but still allowed this woman and her children in her house is horrible Lauren ________ Um, read the follow-up post... One of the reasons that I canned her was because her kids were tormenting my cats. At least the ones that were not bright enough to run and hide. ;-P She also did a crap job housecleaning as she had to chase after her kids to get them to leave the cats alone. Especially the 2 year old. She now does only yard work for me... My cats are not outdoors, so they are not exposed to her kids. Give me SOME credit please? Why do you always try to make me out to be the demon lord of cat owners??? K. Considering the fact that in your first post you said that her kids were "routinely" abusing your cats, that would lead one to believe it was in fact happening well "routinely" meaning often. I would have canned that person the first time it happened as I would never be able to trust that it wouldn't happen again. I care about my cats too much to let some kids "routinely" abuse them. Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
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From: )
(PawsForThought) wrote in message ... From: Relish The tail is an extension of the spinal column, and you can do great damage to the cat by picking it up by the tail. MaryL I don't think she was being literal. I think she was just exaggerating to make a point. Read one of her recent posts where she says her cleaning lady's kids were indeed "routinely" abusing her cats. The fact that she knew about it but still allowed this woman and her children in her house is horrible Lauren ________ Um, read the follow-up post... One of the reasons that I canned her was because her kids were tormenting my cats. At least the ones that were not bright enough to run and hide. ;-P She also did a crap job housecleaning as she had to chase after her kids to get them to leave the cats alone. Especially the 2 year old. She now does only yard work for me... My cats are not outdoors, so they are not exposed to her kids. Give me SOME credit please? Why do you always try to make me out to be the demon lord of cat owners??? K. Considering the fact that in your first post you said that her kids were "routinely" abusing your cats, that would lead one to believe it was in fact happening well "routinely" meaning often. I would have canned that person the first time it happened as I would never be able to trust that it wouldn't happen again. I care about my cats too much to let some kids "routinely" abuse them. Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
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PawsForThought wrote: From: ) (PawsForThought) wrote in message ... From: Relish The tail is an extension of the spinal column, and you can do great damage to the cat by picking it up by the tail. MaryL I don't think she was being literal. I think she was just exaggerating to make a point. Read one of her recent posts where she says her cleaning lady's kids were indeed "routinely" abusing her cats. The fact that she knew about it but still allowed this woman and her children in her house is horrible Lauren ________ Um, read the follow-up post... One of the reasons that I canned her was because her kids were tormenting my cats. At least the ones that were not bright enough to run and hide. ;-P She also did a crap job housecleaning as she had to chase after her kids to get them to leave the cats alone. Especially the 2 year old. She now does only yard work for me... My cats are not outdoors, so they are not exposed to her kids. Give me SOME credit please? Why do you always try to make me out to be the demon lord of cat owners??? K. Considering the fact that in your first post you said that her kids were "routinely" abusing your cats, that would lead one to believe it was in fact happening well "routinely" meaning often. I would have canned that person the first time it happened as I would never be able to trust that it wouldn't happen again. I care about my cats too much to let some kids "routinely" abuse them. Lauren ________ I had to find out about it first... She cleaned house when I was not home. :-P It did not go on that long, thank goodness! I do not, however, trust toddlers in general so had taken the precaution of having her put my more "sensitive" cats in the bedroom. Lynn actually did her best to prevent any serious abuse, but the one time I saw her little girl picking up a cat and putting it roughly up on the couch was it. She was 3 1/2 years old and she sort of slammed the cat on the couch. :-P She got canned right there... I think my original point was that, even tho' her kids were a bit rough on the cats, my cats never clawed nor hurt her kids. Some ran and hid, the others tolerated the mistreatment. She actually has a cat of her own... Saris was spayed recently, (I encouraged and paid for it, Lynn will mow my lawn for 6 weeks to pay me back), and saris is treated a bit rough by her kids. Lynn, again, is pretty good about supervising but when I was over visiting her tonight, Saris had candy sticky smeared in her neck fur. :-P I helped her clean her up. Saris stood completely still for our ministrations with the washcloth, and even tho' her little girl, (now 4 years of age) is a bit rough with the cat, Saris SLEEPS with her! Saris adores the little girl that abuses her... Some cats are strange. ;-) K. -- ^,,^ Cats-haven Hobby Farm ^,,^ ^,,^ "There are millions of intelligent species in the universe, and they are all owned by cats" -- Asimov Custom handcrafts, Sterling silver beaded jewelry http://cgi3.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAP...s&userid=katra |
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PawsForThought wrote: From: ) (PawsForThought) wrote in message ... From: Relish The tail is an extension of the spinal column, and you can do great damage to the cat by picking it up by the tail. MaryL I don't think she was being literal. I think she was just exaggerating to make a point. Read one of her recent posts where she says her cleaning lady's kids were indeed "routinely" abusing her cats. The fact that she knew about it but still allowed this woman and her children in her house is horrible Lauren ________ Um, read the follow-up post... One of the reasons that I canned her was because her kids were tormenting my cats. At least the ones that were not bright enough to run and hide. ;-P She also did a crap job housecleaning as she had to chase after her kids to get them to leave the cats alone. Especially the 2 year old. She now does only yard work for me... My cats are not outdoors, so they are not exposed to her kids. Give me SOME credit please? Why do you always try to make me out to be the demon lord of cat owners??? K. Considering the fact that in your first post you said that her kids were "routinely" abusing your cats, that would lead one to believe it was in fact happening well "routinely" meaning often. I would have canned that person the first time it happened as I would never be able to trust that it wouldn't happen again. I care about my cats too much to let some kids "routinely" abuse them. Lauren ________ I had to find out about it first... She cleaned house when I was not home. :-P It did not go on that long, thank goodness! I do not, however, trust toddlers in general so had taken the precaution of having her put my more "sensitive" cats in the bedroom. Lynn actually did her best to prevent any serious abuse, but the one time I saw her little girl picking up a cat and putting it roughly up on the couch was it. She was 3 1/2 years old and she sort of slammed the cat on the couch. :-P She got canned right there... I think my original point was that, even tho' her kids were a bit rough on the cats, my cats never clawed nor hurt her kids. Some ran and hid, the others tolerated the mistreatment. She actually has a cat of her own... Saris was spayed recently, (I encouraged and paid for it, Lynn will mow my lawn for 6 weeks to pay me back), and saris is treated a bit rough by her kids. Lynn, again, is pretty good about supervising but when I was over visiting her tonight, Saris had candy sticky smeared in her neck fur. :-P I helped her clean her up. Saris stood completely still for our ministrations with the washcloth, and even tho' her little girl, (now 4 years of age) is a bit rough with the cat, Saris SLEEPS with her! Saris adores the little girl that abuses her... Some cats are strange. ;-) K. -- ^,,^ Cats-haven Hobby Farm ^,,^ ^,,^ "There are millions of intelligent species in the universe, and they are all owned by cats" -- Asimov Custom handcrafts, Sterling silver beaded jewelry http://cgi3.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAP...s&userid=katra |
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From: Katra
PawsForThought wrote: From: ) (PawsForThought) wrote in message ... From: Relish The tail is an extension of the spinal column, and you can do great damage to the cat by picking it up by the tail. MaryL I don't think she was being literal. I think she was just exaggerating to make a point. Read one of her recent posts where she says her cleaning lady's kids were indeed "routinely" abusing her cats. The fact that she knew about it but still allowed this woman and her children in her house is horrible Lauren ________ Um, read the follow-up post... One of the reasons that I canned her was because her kids were tormenting my cats. At least the ones that were not bright enough to run and hide. ;-P She also did a crap job housecleaning as she had to chase after her kids to get them to leave the cats alone. Especially the 2 year old. She now does only yard work for me... My cats are not outdoors, so they are not exposed to her kids. Give me SOME credit please? Why do you always try to make me out to be the demon lord of cat owners??? K. Considering the fact that in your first post you said that her kids were "routinely" abusing your cats, that would lead one to believe it was in fact happening well "routinely" meaning often. I would have canned that person the first time it happened as I would never be able to trust that it wouldn't happen again. I care about my cats too much to let some kids "routinely" abuse them. Lauren ________ I had to find out about it first... She cleaned house when I was not home. :-P It did not go on that long, thank goodness! I do not, however, trust toddlers in general so had taken the precaution of having her put my more "sensitive" cats in the bedroom. Lynn actually did her best to prevent any serious abuse, but the one time I saw her little girl picking up a cat and putting it roughly up on the couch was it. She was 3 1/2 years old and she sort of slammed the cat on the couch. :-P She got canned right there... I think my original point was that, even tho' her kids were a bit rough on the cats, my cats never clawed nor hurt her kids. Some ran and hid, the others tolerated the mistreatment. She actually has a cat of her own... Saris was spayed recently, (I encouraged and paid for it, Lynn will mow my lawn for 6 weeks to pay me back), and saris is treated a bit rough by her kids. Lynn, again, is pretty good about supervising but when I was over visiting her tonight, Saris had candy sticky smeared in her neck fur. :-P I helped her clean her up. Saris stood completely still for our ministrations with the washcloth, and even tho' her little girl, (now 4 years of age) is a bit rough with the cat, Saris SLEEPS with her! Saris adores the little girl that abuses her... Some cats are strange. ;-) K. I think it's deplorable that this woman allows her kids to treat the cats like that. People who have kids have a responsibility to teach them to treat animals humanely. Years ago when I worked for a rescue league, they very rarely adopted to anyone who had kids under the age of 5. Only after a thorough investigation and interview process did we adopt to people with toddlers, but it was pretty rare. I'm glad you canned the woman, but you should have done it a lot sooner! Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
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From: Katra
PawsForThought wrote: From: ) (PawsForThought) wrote in message ... From: Relish The tail is an extension of the spinal column, and you can do great damage to the cat by picking it up by the tail. MaryL I don't think she was being literal. I think she was just exaggerating to make a point. Read one of her recent posts where she says her cleaning lady's kids were indeed "routinely" abusing her cats. The fact that she knew about it but still allowed this woman and her children in her house is horrible Lauren ________ Um, read the follow-up post... One of the reasons that I canned her was because her kids were tormenting my cats. At least the ones that were not bright enough to run and hide. ;-P She also did a crap job housecleaning as she had to chase after her kids to get them to leave the cats alone. Especially the 2 year old. She now does only yard work for me... My cats are not outdoors, so they are not exposed to her kids. Give me SOME credit please? Why do you always try to make me out to be the demon lord of cat owners??? K. Considering the fact that in your first post you said that her kids were "routinely" abusing your cats, that would lead one to believe it was in fact happening well "routinely" meaning often. I would have canned that person the first time it happened as I would never be able to trust that it wouldn't happen again. I care about my cats too much to let some kids "routinely" abuse them. Lauren ________ I had to find out about it first... She cleaned house when I was not home. :-P It did not go on that long, thank goodness! I do not, however, trust toddlers in general so had taken the precaution of having her put my more "sensitive" cats in the bedroom. Lynn actually did her best to prevent any serious abuse, but the one time I saw her little girl picking up a cat and putting it roughly up on the couch was it. She was 3 1/2 years old and she sort of slammed the cat on the couch. :-P She got canned right there... I think my original point was that, even tho' her kids were a bit rough on the cats, my cats never clawed nor hurt her kids. Some ran and hid, the others tolerated the mistreatment. She actually has a cat of her own... Saris was spayed recently, (I encouraged and paid for it, Lynn will mow my lawn for 6 weeks to pay me back), and saris is treated a bit rough by her kids. Lynn, again, is pretty good about supervising but when I was over visiting her tonight, Saris had candy sticky smeared in her neck fur. :-P I helped her clean her up. Saris stood completely still for our ministrations with the washcloth, and even tho' her little girl, (now 4 years of age) is a bit rough with the cat, Saris SLEEPS with her! Saris adores the little girl that abuses her... Some cats are strange. ;-) K. I think it's deplorable that this woman allows her kids to treat the cats like that. People who have kids have a responsibility to teach them to treat animals humanely. Years ago when I worked for a rescue league, they very rarely adopted to anyone who had kids under the age of 5. Only after a thorough investigation and interview process did we adopt to people with toddlers, but it was pretty rare. I'm glad you canned the woman, but you should have done it a lot sooner! Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
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From: (Sherry )
That's so awful Do you mean the kid will pick up the cat by the head and the parent says NOTHING? Oh gosh yes. Stand there and smile while the kid runs through the cat room like a banshee chasing cats. I'm thinking of *one* set of parents in particular who got SO ANGRY when we declined to adopt to them. It was a real ugly scene. But there's no way I'd let them have a kitten, cat *or* puppy or dog. Some people are so stupid. They treat their children like they are the *center* of their (and everybody else's) universe, instead of teaching them they are a *part* of everybody's universe, just like the cats and other children, and have to learn how to treat them. Like the kittens are just a "prop" in the kid's entertainment stage. Sherry That's horrible that the parents would allow that! That just makes me sick. Your post is so right on about some people and how they are with their kids. Quite a few years ago I had worked at an animal rescue league. I remember that we very rarely adopted to people with kids under 5 years of age, if we did at all. I can't really remember. Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
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From: (Sherry )
That's so awful Do you mean the kid will pick up the cat by the head and the parent says NOTHING? Oh gosh yes. Stand there and smile while the kid runs through the cat room like a banshee chasing cats. I'm thinking of *one* set of parents in particular who got SO ANGRY when we declined to adopt to them. It was a real ugly scene. But there's no way I'd let them have a kitten, cat *or* puppy or dog. Some people are so stupid. They treat their children like they are the *center* of their (and everybody else's) universe, instead of teaching them they are a *part* of everybody's universe, just like the cats and other children, and have to learn how to treat them. Like the kittens are just a "prop" in the kid's entertainment stage. Sherry That's horrible that the parents would allow that! That just makes me sick. Your post is so right on about some people and how they are with their kids. Quite a few years ago I had worked at an animal rescue league. I remember that we very rarely adopted to people with kids under 5 years of age, if we did at all. I can't really remember. Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
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