Bonnie dines at the Sheepskin Cafe

I have a pet cushion, a large one with soft sheepskin wool on one side
and a some soft material on the other side. I put it behind my back
for comfort when I sit on my computer chair. It's a perfect fit and so
comfortable. I began to notice that there were tufts of wool all around
my chair. You guessed it - Bonnie was dining out at the sheepskin
cafe. I soon caught her in the act - she had the cushion clasped with
both paws which steadied it as she applied the fangs and ripped out
large chunks!! I was furious, I am fond of that cushion. I yelled at
her and took it away.

However we all know that Bonnie is a boomerang cat, once she has an idea
in her head nothing will stop her. After a continuing battle involving
more tufts of wool everywhere and a cushion that was starting to look
moth-eaten I had a solution. I wrapped the whole cushion in a large
blanket.
I then made a discovery. Bonnie is an expert at unravelling
blankets. She had the cushion out in about 40 seconds and had ripped
out her first tuft of wool by the time I got to her.

My next ploy is to spray it with flyspray, she doesn't like the smell,
the trouble is neither do I!!!

Bev
--
I believe in an open mind, but not so open
that your brains fall out.

Hi Bev,

I can really sympathize with you - Persephone likes to do similar
things.

Can I suggest that instead of using fly spray that you try a citrus
spray instead. Cats *hate* the smell and hoomins don't mind it. Who
knows, it might work!

Tish

Bev wrote in message ...
I have a pet cushion, a large one with soft sheepskin wool on one side
and a some soft material on the other side. I put it behind my back
for comfort when I sit on my computer chair. It's a perfect fit and so
comfortable. I began to notice that there were tufts of wool all around
my chair. You guessed it - Bonnie was dining out at the sheepskin
cafe. I soon caught her in the act - she had the cushion clasped with
both paws which steadied it as she applied the fangs and ripped out
large chunks!! I was furious, I am fond of that cushion. I yelled at
her and took it away.

However we all know that Bonnie is a boomerang cat, once she has an idea
in her head nothing will stop her. After a continuing battle involving
more tufts of wool everywhere and a cushion that was starting to look
moth-eaten I had a solution. I wrapped the whole cushion in a large
blanket.
I then made a discovery. Bonnie is an expert at unravelling
blankets. She had the cushion out in about 40 seconds and had ripped
out her first tuft of wool by the time I got to her.

My next ploy is to spray it with flyspray, she doesn't like the smell,
the trouble is neither do I!!!

Bev

On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 12:50:32 +1300, Bev wrote:

I have a pet cushion, a large one with soft sheepskin wool on one side
and a some soft material on the other side. I put it behind my back
for comfort when I sit on my computer chair. It's a perfect fit and so
comfortable. I began to notice that there were tufts of wool all around
my chair. You guessed it - Bonnie was dining out at the sheepskin
cafe. I soon caught her in the act - she had the cushion clasped with
both paws which steadied it as she applied the fangs and ripped out
large chunks!! I was furious, I am fond of that cushion. I yelled at
her and took it away.

However we all know that Bonnie is a boomerang cat, once she has an idea
in her head nothing will stop her. After a continuing battle involving
more tufts of wool everywhere and a cushion that was starting to look
moth-eaten I had a solution. I wrapped the whole cushion in a large
blanket.
I then made a discovery. Bonnie is an expert at unravelling
blankets. She had the cushion out in about 40 seconds and had ripped
out her first tuft of wool by the time I got to her.

My next ploy is to spray it with flyspray, she doesn't like the smell,
the trouble is neither do I!!!

Bev
DON"T use fly spray -- you probably will end up with something
worse on your floor. Put your pillow away until she forgets about
it and give her a new toy to play with. Maybe with capnip. MLB

"Bev" wrote in message
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I have a pet cushion, a large one with soft sheepskin wool on one side
and a some soft material on the other side. I put it behind my back
for comfort when I sit on my computer chair. It's a perfect fit and so
comfortable. I began to notice that there were tufts of wool all around
my chair. You guessed it - Bonnie was dining out at the sheepskin
cafe. I soon caught her in the act - she had the cushion clasped with
both paws which steadied it as she applied the fangs and ripped out
large chunks!! I was furious, I am fond of that cushion. I yelled at
her and took it away.

However we all know that Bonnie is a boomerang cat, once she has an idea
in her head nothing will stop her. After a continuing battle involving
more tufts of wool everywhere and a cushion that was starting to look
moth-eaten I had a solution. I wrapped the whole cushion in a large
blanket.
I then made a discovery. Bonnie is an expert at unravelling
blankets. She had the cushion out in about 40 seconds and had ripped
out her first tuft of wool by the time I got to her.

My next ploy is to spray it with flyspray, she doesn't like the smell,
the trouble is neither do I!!!

Bev
--
I believe in an open mind, but not so open
that your brains fall out.

Wish I had a suggestion other than putting the cushion away, but I don't .

My parents have a Siamese named Tucker who *loves* chair cushions. He
absolutely destroys them when he can get his hands on them... we actually
buy him cheap ones for Christmas as gifts. There is one cushion in the house
that Mom keeps for a friend to use behind her back when they come over to
play cards, Mom keeps it way up high where Tucker can't get it. But if you
pull that cushion down to give it to the friend to use, Tucker's eyes glow
red and he turns into a ******* cat before your very eyes!

Stacey

P.S. Bonnie reminds me very much of Tucker, who loves to bite my mother on
any bare skin available for no reason!

In ,
Bev radiated into the WorldWideWait:

I have a pet cushion, a large one with soft sheepskin wool on one
side and a some soft material on the other side. I put it behind
my back for comfort when I sit on my computer chair. It's a perfect
fit and so comfortable. I began to notice that there were tufts of
wool all around my chair. You guessed it - Bonnie was dining out
at the sheepskin cafe. I soon caught her in the act - she had the
cushion clasped with both paws which steadied it as she applied the
fangs and ripped out large chunks!! I was furious, I am fond of
that cushion. I yelled at her and took it away.

However we all know that Bonnie is a boomerang cat, once she has an
idea in her head nothing will stop her. After a continuing battle
involving more tufts of wool everywhere and a cushion that was
starting to look moth-eaten I had a solution. I wrapped the whole
cushion in a large blanket.
I then made a discovery. Bonnie is an expert at unravelling
blankets. She had the cushion out in about 40 seconds and had
ripped out her first tuft of wool by the time I got to her.

My next ploy is to spray it with flyspray, she doesn't like the
smell, the trouble is neither do I!!!

See now, it's obvious from your very first words where you've gone
wrong. It's a "PET cushion", NOT a people cushion. Bonnie is just
emphasizing things...

On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 08:16:37 -0600, "Duke of URL"
macbenahATkdsiDOTnet wrote:

In ,
Bev radiated into the WorldWideWait:

I have a pet cushion, a large one with soft sheepskin wool on one
side and a some soft material on the other side. I put it behind
my back for comfort when I sit on my computer chair. It's a perfect
fit and so comfortable. I began to notice that there were tufts of
wool all around my chair. You guessed it - Bonnie was dining out
at the sheepskin cafe. I soon caught her in the act - she had the
cushion clasped with both paws which steadied it as she applied the
fangs and ripped out large chunks!! I was furious, I am fond of
that cushion. I yelled at her and took it away.

However we all know that Bonnie is a boomerang cat, once she has an
idea in her head nothing will stop her. After a continuing battle
involving more tufts of wool everywhere and a cushion that was
starting to look moth-eaten I had a solution. I wrapped the whole
cushion in a large blanket.
I then made a discovery. Bonnie is an expert at unravelling
blankets. She had the cushion out in about 40 seconds and had
ripped out her first tuft of wool by the time I got to her.

My next ploy is to spray it with flyspray, she doesn't like the
smell, the trouble is neither do I!!!

See now, it's obvious from your very first words where you've gone
wrong. It's a "PET cushion", NOT a people cushion. Bonnie is just
emphasizing things...


Yep that was my thought. She knows it's meant for royalty, and doesn't
appreciate you're trying to appropiate it for your own use.
--
Steve Touchstone,
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Duke of URL wrote:

In ,
Bev radiated into the WorldWideWait:

I have a pet cushion, a large one with soft sheepskin wool on one
side and a some soft material on the other side. I put it behind
my back for comfort when I sit on my computer chair. It's a perfect
fit and so comfortable. I began to notice that there were tufts of
wool all around my chair. You guessed it - Bonnie was dining out
at the sheepskin cafe. I soon caught her in the act - she had the
cushion clasped with both paws which steadied it as she applied the
fangs and ripped out large chunks!! I was furious, I am fond of
that cushion. I yelled at her and took it away.

However we all know that Bonnie is a boomerang cat, once she has an
idea in her head nothing will stop her. After a continuing battle
involving more tufts of wool everywhere and a cushion that was
starting to look moth-eaten I had a solution. I wrapped the whole
cushion in a large blanket.
I then made a discovery. Bonnie is an expert at unravelling
blankets. She had the cushion out in about 40 seconds and had
ripped out her first tuft of wool by the time I got to her.

My next ploy is to spray it with flyspray, she doesn't like the
smell, the trouble is neither do I!!!

See now, it's obvious from your very first words where you've gone
wrong. It's a "PET cushion", NOT a people cushion. Bonnie is just
emphasizing things...

I realise now that I have really got things wrong, I should not use fly
spray, or put the cushion away. Of course, the cushion is a PET cushion
- Bonnie knew that and I should have recognised the fact immediately.
I have now formally apologised to Bonnie and wrapped the cushion in gift
paper with a giant ribbon around it. This way she will have much fun
untying the ribbon, ripping off the paper and munching the cushion to
death.

Bev
--
I believe in an open mind, but not so open
that your brains fall out.

In ,
Bev radiated into the WorldWideWait:
Duke of URL wrote:
In ,
Bev radiated into the WorldWideWait:

I have a pet cushion, a large one with soft sheepskin wool on one
side and a some soft material on the other side. I put it behind
my back for comfort when I sit on my computer chair. It's a
perfect fit and so comfortable. I began to notice that there
were tufts of wool all around my chair. You guessed it - Bonnie
was dining out at the sheepskin cafe. I soon caught her in the
act - she had the cushion clasped with both paws which steadied
it as she applied the fangs and ripped out large chunks!! I was
furious, I am fond of that cushion. I yelled at her and took it
away.

However we all know that Bonnie is a boomerang cat, once she has
an idea in her head nothing will stop her. After a continuing
battle involving more tufts of wool everywhere and a cushion that
was starting to look moth-eaten I had a solution. I wrapped the
whole cushion in a large blanket.
I then made a discovery. Bonnie is an expert at unravelling
blankets. She had the cushion out in about 40 seconds and had
ripped out her first tuft of wool by the time I got to her.

My next ploy is to spray it with flyspray, she doesn't like the
smell, the trouble is neither do I!!!

See now, it's obvious from your very first words where you've gone
wrong. It's a "PET cushion", NOT a people cushion. Bonnie is just
emphasizing things...

I realise now that I have really got things wrong, I should not use
fly spray, or put the cushion away. Of course, the cushion is a
PET cushion
- Bonnie knew that and I should have recognised the fact
immediately. I have now formally apologised to Bonnie and wrapped
the cushion in gift paper with a giant ribbon around it. This way
she will have much fun untying the ribbon, ripping off the paper
and munching the cushion to death.

That's better. See? You ARE trainable...