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I did not have a choice on what my decision would be, as I am tied to cats. I walk side by side with the big cat (bengal tiger). My spirit guide is the cat! I have tried living without cats, and it does not work for me. I am tied to them in more ways than one. Want to talk about someone being depressed, take my feline companions away from me. When it comes to choosing a buddy for me, I am not allowed to choose, as they usually choose for me. Tigger, my buddy now, chose me 5 years ago. we are inseperable and understand each other. We are soul mates! I do, on the other hand have a dog. I love Bear to death. He is a 80 pound Lab/Husky mix. He is smart as a whip and very protective, but the sweetest thing in the world. He has been fully trained, does not jump, does as he is told to do, and gets very pouty when you are upset with him. He is very well behaved. He is this way though because I spent hours upon hours with him training him. Dogs need training. Cats.........they train us ) DD and Tigger |
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On Sun, 1 Feb 2004 13:46:53 -0700, "Cat Protector"
wrote: You can walk them with a leash and harness. What? A Cat? They are not dogs you know so stop suggesting they can be treated like dogs. -- Bob. Cats-V-Dogs A dog thinks: Hey, these people I live with feed me, love me, provide me with a nice warm, dry house, pet me, and take good care of me.... They must be Gods! A cat thinks: Hey, these people I live with feed me, love me, provide me with a nice warm, dry house, pet me, and take good care of me.... I must be a God! |
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On Sun, 1 Feb 2004 13:46:53 -0700, "Cat Protector"
wrote: You can walk them with a leash and harness. What? A Cat? They are not dogs you know so stop suggesting they can be treated like dogs. -- Bob. Cats-V-Dogs A dog thinks: Hey, these people I live with feed me, love me, provide me with a nice warm, dry house, pet me, and take good care of me.... They must be Gods! A cat thinks: Hey, these people I live with feed me, love me, provide me with a nice warm, dry house, pet me, and take good care of me.... I must be a God! |
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I'm curious what made you choose cats over dogs? Because they purrrrrrr ! |
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I'm curious what made you choose cats over dogs? Because they purrrrrrr ! |
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On Sun, 1 Feb 2004 08:52:01 -0800, "Agua Girl"
wrote: "Ted Davis" wrote in message .. . On Sun, 1 Feb 2004 01:23:30 +0000 (UTC), Ablang wrote: I'm curious what made you choose cats over dogs? 10) Cats are dangerous pets, but are not capable of doing as much serious damage as dogs. I'm not so sure about that. I never hear about anyone declawing a dog :-) Dogs don't have razor sharp claws, but cats can't break large bones with their teeth - When Odin does his job of possum control, there is a sickening crunching sound involved - no cat can do that kind of damage. 9) Cats are low maintenance. 8) Cats are prettier and more photogenic. I've seen some ugly cats and some very pretty dogs. It's all in the eye of the beholder. Even ugly cats can give beautiful pictures, though Punkin did regularly break the camera - the automatic focus wouldn't work on her. 7) Cats don't jump all over me with muddy paws when I feed them (though they do walk all over me with muddy paws when I'm in bed). Dogs are more trainable, more eager to please. How many working "cats" have you seen? My Golden never jumped up on people unless invited to do so. About half of my cats are working cats: mousers - they have a job to do and they do it well. The rest of them are loafers. I finally broke Brandy of jumping on me, but Odin still thinks it's cool to try to knock me down whenever I go into the containment area. 1) I've never been bitten by a rabid cat, but I have by a rabid dog. None the less, I had to get two large (~60 pound) dogs to control the raccoons and possums that were coming through the cat flap to eat the cats' food. The dogs are expensive and I really don't like them much, but they do what they are here to do. I agree to the more expensive and as pets they are much more high maitenance. You should get to know your dogs. They are amazing companions. Most of them will do almost anything to please. I have a lot of exposure to working dogs and I am constantly amazed at what they can do. I love dogs. To me they are much more companionable than cats....but they can also take up a lot more space in your life. If I didn't have to have them to keep the coons and possums at bay, I wouldn't. One thing I have learned about living out in the country is that there are reasons why just about everybody who lives out here has both cats and dogs: if you have just cats, the coons and possums will eat their food (and the garden); if you have only dogs, the mice will eat and spoil theirs. I have two dogs so they can have their own social structure without too much input on my part. Good thing they *really* like each other. They don't bark nearly as much as a solo dog would. T.E.D. - e-mail must contain "T.E.D." or my .sig in the body) |
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On Sun, 1 Feb 2004 08:52:01 -0800, "Agua Girl"
wrote: "Ted Davis" wrote in message .. . On Sun, 1 Feb 2004 01:23:30 +0000 (UTC), Ablang wrote: I'm curious what made you choose cats over dogs? 10) Cats are dangerous pets, but are not capable of doing as much serious damage as dogs. I'm not so sure about that. I never hear about anyone declawing a dog :-) Dogs don't have razor sharp claws, but cats can't break large bones with their teeth - When Odin does his job of possum control, there is a sickening crunching sound involved - no cat can do that kind of damage. 9) Cats are low maintenance. 8) Cats are prettier and more photogenic. I've seen some ugly cats and some very pretty dogs. It's all in the eye of the beholder. Even ugly cats can give beautiful pictures, though Punkin did regularly break the camera - the automatic focus wouldn't work on her. 7) Cats don't jump all over me with muddy paws when I feed them (though they do walk all over me with muddy paws when I'm in bed). Dogs are more trainable, more eager to please. How many working "cats" have you seen? My Golden never jumped up on people unless invited to do so. About half of my cats are working cats: mousers - they have a job to do and they do it well. The rest of them are loafers. I finally broke Brandy of jumping on me, but Odin still thinks it's cool to try to knock me down whenever I go into the containment area. 1) I've never been bitten by a rabid cat, but I have by a rabid dog. None the less, I had to get two large (~60 pound) dogs to control the raccoons and possums that were coming through the cat flap to eat the cats' food. The dogs are expensive and I really don't like them much, but they do what they are here to do. I agree to the more expensive and as pets they are much more high maitenance. You should get to know your dogs. They are amazing companions. Most of them will do almost anything to please. I have a lot of exposure to working dogs and I am constantly amazed at what they can do. I love dogs. To me they are much more companionable than cats....but they can also take up a lot more space in your life. If I didn't have to have them to keep the coons and possums at bay, I wouldn't. One thing I have learned about living out in the country is that there are reasons why just about everybody who lives out here has both cats and dogs: if you have just cats, the coons and possums will eat their food (and the garden); if you have only dogs, the mice will eat and spoil theirs. I have two dogs so they can have their own social structure without too much input on my part. Good thing they *really* like each other. They don't bark nearly as much as a solo dog would. T.E.D. - e-mail must contain "T.E.D." or my .sig in the body) |
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Ablang wrote:
I'm curious what made you choose cats over dogs? snip Because all the cats in my life have in one way or another chosen /me/ as well. Because on returning from a near-death food-poisoning experience (most likely due to contaminated mayo on the fast-food burger) I "came to" on the mattress to find my hostess' Maine Coon cat Krittur (I was visiting friends and miles from home when that pizen hit me brain) cuddled up /directly on my Heart chakra/, purring to beat the band. (The experience was as of being "called back" to my body by the cat. Go Figure.) Because my first conscious experience of direct mind-to-mind contact, yars later, was with Issa, another cat. (This quite unexpected event was not at all unlike the Tai Chi "Pushing Hands" exercise; Go Figure Again.) Because when I meditate Theravadan-style, the cat provides simple, reliable feedback. (Got a correctly stilled mind a-going? Cat stays in the lap. Sudden distractive perturbation "vibe" in the s'posed-ta-bee steadied and meditating mind? Middy-Boo delivers a strong, non-physical "Ping" {more like a "WHOMP!", really} to the Heart Chakra, _then_ stirs and leaps away.) (Still figuring, Friend?) Because a dog cannot function nearly as well (read, "at all") as the Chief Rodent Control Officer in either of the two large downtown commercial buildings I maintain, and are in fact held in general disfavor by most owners of such structures as these due to their unacceptable excretory behavior patterns when kept indoors, all vermin-huntng skills notwithstanding. Because the cat often works smarter (not harder) than either of the two other (semi-marginal by nature and inclination) members of my current maintenance/security "crew". (Anecdotal evidence suppressed to avoid any appearance of /ad hominum/ denigration of the goodly cat-loving hoomuns involved, both of whom I must needs interface daily with in order to live well.) Because as one poster (he manifestly being most strong indeed and most generally wise besides, methinks) sig'd using another more clever wording, when both cats and dogs are well-treated, the dogs invariably concludes that the hoomuns must be gods - and the cats inevitably realize /their own/ eternally Divine nature instead of going all abject and servile, as does a "god spell'd back'ards" every time. Because I am a Spiritual Egyptian as well as genetically Iroquois/Cherokee - and woe betide any minion of Rome who commits the Eror of Bubastis in MY Holy Temple of Industry! (At least one Roman soldier, new to ancient {albeit then-modern} Egypt, is reputedly on record as having been formally tried and executed under the then-current Egyptian criminal code after having accidentally or gratuitously {accounts vary} somehow slain a cat in that City Most Holye to the Spiritual Catness and Cattitude in All Things.) Because I enjoy an Inner heritage (aka karma) that includes Dragon, Goat, Snake, and Cat in its constitution. (All are "Good Medicine" in their own way, each according to their nature.) Of the four, the Cat is both the most affectionate and, for YT at least, both the most practical and the easiest by far to keep. Enjoy the thoughts. Namasté! Now I say no more. (Purrr...) -- Cordially, Rev. Pastor Charlene Mann, ULC (who has already started one smart church and prevented or stopped several stupid fights) and Middy-Boo too (Who LOVES the *.cats NGs, keeps returning to alt.lucky.w, and dreams of the day He gains Opposable Thumbs.) "Meow meow Fluffy owns Usenet Middy-Boo grants all access and C-80 collects the access fees meow meow! purrr..." (Grin.) |
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Ablang wrote:
I'm curious what made you choose cats over dogs? snip Because all the cats in my life have in one way or another chosen /me/ as well. Because on returning from a near-death food-poisoning experience (most likely due to contaminated mayo on the fast-food burger) I "came to" on the mattress to find my hostess' Maine Coon cat Krittur (I was visiting friends and miles from home when that pizen hit me brain) cuddled up /directly on my Heart chakra/, purring to beat the band. (The experience was as of being "called back" to my body by the cat. Go Figure.) Because my first conscious experience of direct mind-to-mind contact, yars later, was with Issa, another cat. (This quite unexpected event was not at all unlike the Tai Chi "Pushing Hands" exercise; Go Figure Again.) Because when I meditate Theravadan-style, the cat provides simple, reliable feedback. (Got a correctly stilled mind a-going? Cat stays in the lap. Sudden distractive perturbation "vibe" in the s'posed-ta-bee steadied and meditating mind? Middy-Boo delivers a strong, non-physical "Ping" {more like a "WHOMP!", really} to the Heart Chakra, _then_ stirs and leaps away.) (Still figuring, Friend?) Because a dog cannot function nearly as well (read, "at all") as the Chief Rodent Control Officer in either of the two large downtown commercial buildings I maintain, and are in fact held in general disfavor by most owners of such structures as these due to their unacceptable excretory behavior patterns when kept indoors, all vermin-huntng skills notwithstanding. Because the cat often works smarter (not harder) than either of the two other (semi-marginal by nature and inclination) members of my current maintenance/security "crew". (Anecdotal evidence suppressed to avoid any appearance of /ad hominum/ denigration of the goodly cat-loving hoomuns involved, both of whom I must needs interface daily with in order to live well.) Because as one poster (he manifestly being most strong indeed and most generally wise besides, methinks) sig'd using another more clever wording, when both cats and dogs are well-treated, the dogs invariably concludes that the hoomuns must be gods - and the cats inevitably realize /their own/ eternally Divine nature instead of going all abject and servile, as does a "god spell'd back'ards" every time. Because I am a Spiritual Egyptian as well as genetically Iroquois/Cherokee - and woe betide any minion of Rome who commits the Eror of Bubastis in MY Holy Temple of Industry! (At least one Roman soldier, new to ancient {albeit then-modern} Egypt, is reputedly on record as having been formally tried and executed under the then-current Egyptian criminal code after having accidentally or gratuitously {accounts vary} somehow slain a cat in that City Most Holye to the Spiritual Catness and Cattitude in All Things.) Because I enjoy an Inner heritage (aka karma) that includes Dragon, Goat, Snake, and Cat in its constitution. (All are "Good Medicine" in their own way, each according to their nature.) Of the four, the Cat is both the most affectionate and, for YT at least, both the most practical and the easiest by far to keep. Enjoy the thoughts. Namasté! Now I say no more. (Purrr...) -- Cordially, Rev. Pastor Charlene Mann, ULC (who has already started one smart church and prevented or stopped several stupid fights) and Middy-Boo too (Who LOVES the *.cats NGs, keeps returning to alt.lucky.w, and dreams of the day He gains Opposable Thumbs.) "Meow meow Fluffy owns Usenet Middy-Boo grants all access and C-80 collects the access fees meow meow! purrr..." (Grin.) |
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dunno. just don't like dogs.
i got my kitten cause it was living outside of where i work (walmart) and our MATURE truck crew was throwing water at her to keep her out of the docking bay. she was probably thrown out by someone, and she came there when she smelled spilled catfood. then i found out she was not only thrown-water-at, but, she was kicked at. and kicked (hit). so i told my fiancee to go get her. he actually clocked out an hour early to get her and bring her home. now she's the little heathen she was supposed to be. ----julia, and skittles (the cat, who is on my lap) "Ablang" wrote in message ... I'm curious what made you choose cats over dogs? I prefer cats because I don't have to bathe them every so often. I also like how I don't have to walk them (dogs love to get their paws all dirty and roll around in gunk). Cats are usually smaller, and therefore eat less and have smaller poops. I just think generally that cats are more attractive graceful creatures that naturally smell good. But let's hear your thoughts on cats vs dogs. -- "Hilary Duff is the covergirl for an international youth industry" -- Unknown View the countdown for when Hilary Duff turns 18 (I know you're waiting for it): http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/...&month=09&year =2005&hour=00&m The next T-shirt slogan (seriously): "Is it chicken or is it tuna?" |
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