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Christina Websell wrote: "Joy" wrote in message . .. One can accept a cat as he or she is, but that still doesn't mean it doesn't hurt when a cat won't warm up to you. I know my son was hurt because Nanki-Poo (RB) seemed to be afraid of him, even though most animals gravitate to my son. I still feel sad that neither Pickles nor Waffles will cuddle with me in bed, but I know they won't change, and I accept that. I took 5 or 6 years before Boyfie would get on my knee. Now I cannot stop him. Don't give up hope for bed cats. Tweed Often bouncing onto your stomach in the middle of the night, when you have a full bladder! ;-) |
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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message
... Christina Websell wrote: "Joy" wrote in message . .. One can accept a cat as he or she is, but that still doesn't mean it doesn't hurt when a cat won't warm up to you. I know my son was hurt because Nanki-Poo (RB) seemed to be afraid of him, even though most animals gravitate to my son. I still feel sad that neither Pickles nor Waffles will cuddle with me in bed, but I know they won't change, and I accept that. I took 5 or 6 years before Boyfie would get on my knee. Now I cannot stop him. Don't give up hope for bed cats. Tweed Often bouncing onto your stomach in the middle of the night, when you have a full bladder! ;-) I sleep on my side, so that wouldn't be a problem. ;-) I'm uncomfortable whenever I have to lie on my back, such as when I'm having a medical test or procedure. Joy |
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"Cheryl" wrote in message .com... On 7/4/2012 5:39 PM, Christina Websell wrote: I hope your brother eventually accepts Tigger as he is. Rhett isn't a lap cat, neither is Bonnie. You just have to accept them as they are. Shamrock is one of those arrogant cats. LOL He was a stray for I don't know how long before the caretaker had to move and she called a rescue group to come get him because she was afraid no one else would take care of him and he got dependent upon her but she couldn't take him. She was just feeding a stray. He's the most social of my cats and no one bothers or scares him. He has to get in everyone's business who comes into his house. I just love this boy so much. I'm sure you do! Yes, my brother has accepted that he is not Tigger's favourite person, but as Joy says, it hurts a bit. My brother is very fond of animals, has Tigger and a Cavalier KS spaniel - Maisie, who adores him. He has a sense of humour about it - I have heard him say to Tigger when he is ignoring him "remember when you were 4 months old and you played with a moving car wheel which broke your jaw and took your eyebrow off? Who paid loads of money for your operation?" and it was loads of money, Sundays are bit more expensive here. It's only a joke, but he would just like Tigger to love him more than he does. Fat chance of that but I don't know why. Who knows why cats love one of a family more than the others? Boyfie doesn't have a choice. It's me or no-one, although he does seem more than happy to be my cat. I try to give him as good a life as a domestic cat can have. Opportunity to hunt within big gardens, his bedroom & duvet to retire to, and hardly any traffic. If he did get run over - very unlikely, but not impossible (as a black cat got killed here in front of my house must be couple of years ago now, an un-neutered boy) I would really not regret letting him out to have a cat's life although I love him like crazy and I would be devastated if I lost him. I am not trying to set up an outside/inside debate so please, no-one do it. I know it is very different in America. |
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Christina Websell wrote:
Boyfie doesn't have a choice. It's me or no-one, although he does seem more than happy to be my cat. I try to give him as good a life as a domestic cat can have. Opportunity to hunt within big gardens, his bedroom & duvet to retire to, and hardly any traffic. If he did get run over - very unlikely, but not impossible (as a black cat got killed here in front of my house must be couple of years ago now, an un-neutered boy) I would really not regret letting him out to have a cat's life although I love him like crazy and I would be devastated if I lost him. I am not trying to set up an outside/inside debate so please, no-one do it. I know it is very different in America. It may be different here, but I felt the same way about Smudge. I could have kept her inside, and lord knows she wouldn've been safer. She wouldn't have been attacked by dogs. She wouldn't have gotten stuck in a neighbor's garage for a week. I wouldn't have come home one night to find her tilting and shaking her head weirdly, and with some blood around her ear (most likely from a cat fight). She did have a knack for getting into things and finding trouble. But I still don't regret letting her out, even though it resulted in her choosing to live with a neighbor instead of me. She was a gregarious cat with humans, and had many human pals up and down the street. I was gone every day working, and she would have been stuck indoors all day with the obnoxious boy brat driving her crazy. I decided that a happier life was worth the risk of being indoor/outdoor. In the end, she died of something that would have gotten her even if she'd spent 14 miserable years cooped up inside. -- Joyce What business is it of the state how consenting adults choose to pair off, share expenses and eventually stop having sex with each other? -- Bill Maher |
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Cheryl wrote:
Shamrock is one of those arrogant cats. LOL He was a stray for I don't know how long before the caretaker had to move and she called a rescue group to come get him because she was afraid no one else would take care of him and he got dependent upon her but she couldn't take him. She was just feeding a stray. He's the most social of my cats and no one bothers or scares him. He has to get in everyone's business who comes into his house. I just love this boy so much. Every time I think of Shamrock, I remember the pictures you were taking of other cats, where he just had to insert his head. I always thought that was one of his charming quirks. Arrogance is *much* more appealing in a cat than in a human. -- Joyce If you can't operate your turn signal, what makes you think you can drive the rest of the car? -- bumper sticker |
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"Bastette" wrote in message ... Christina Websell wrote: Boyfie doesn't have a choice. It's me or no-one, although he does seem more than happy to be my cat. I try to give him as good a life as a domestic cat can have. Opportunity to hunt within big gardens, his bedroom & duvet to retire to, and hardly any traffic. If he did get run over - very unlikely, but not impossible (as a black cat got killed here in front of my house must be couple of years ago now, an un-neutered boy) I would really not regret letting him out to have a cat's life although I love him like crazy and I would be devastated if I lost him. I am not trying to set up an outside/inside debate so please, no-one do it. I know it is very different in America. It may be different here, but I felt the same way about Smudge. I could have kept her inside, and lord knows she wouldn've been safer. She wouldn't have been attacked by dogs. She wouldn't have gotten stuck in a neighbor's garage for a week. I wouldn't have come home one night to find her tilting and shaking her head weirdly, and with some blood around her ear (most likely from a cat fight). She did have a knack for getting into things and finding trouble. But I still don't regret letting her out, even though it resulted in her choosing to live with a neighbor instead of me. She was a gregarious cat with humans, and had many human pals up and down the street. I was gone every day working, and she would have been stuck indoors all day with the obnoxious boy brat driving her crazy. I decided that a happier life was worth the risk of being indoor/outdoor. In the end, she died of something that would have gotten her even if she'd spent 14 miserable years cooped up inside. I never want to keep my cat cooped up (but is safer here) no alligators, bears or mountain lions.. If he is out and he sees a fox, he can attack it _bad idea_ or just go up a tree. He goes up a tree. He can get up a tree in 10 seconds, maybe less. 5 secs :-) What business is it of the state how consenting adults choose to pair off, share expenses and eventually stop having sex with each other? -- Bill Maher |
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message
... "Cheryl" wrote in message .com... On 7/4/2012 5:39 PM, Christina Websell wrote: I hope your brother eventually accepts Tigger as he is. Rhett isn't a lap cat, neither is Bonnie. You just have to accept them as they are. Shamrock is one of those arrogant cats. LOL He was a stray for I don't know how long before the caretaker had to move and she called a rescue group to come get him because she was afraid no one else would take care of him and he got dependent upon her but she couldn't take him. She was just feeding a stray. He's the most social of my cats and no one bothers or scares him. He has to get in everyone's business who comes into his house. I just love this boy so much. I'm sure you do! Yes, my brother has accepted that he is not Tigger's favourite person, but as Joy says, it hurts a bit. My brother is very fond of animals, has Tigger and a Cavalier KS spaniel - Maisie, who adores him. He has a sense of humour about it - I have heard him say to Tigger when he is ignoring him "remember when you were 4 months old and you played with a moving car wheel which broke your jaw and took your eyebrow off? Who paid loads of money for your operation?" and it was loads of money, Sundays are bit more expensive here. It's only a joke, but he would just like Tigger to love him more than he does. Fat chance of that but I don't know why. Who knows why cats love one of a family more than the others? Boyfie doesn't have a choice. It's me or no-one, although he does seem more than happy to be my cat. I try to give him as good a life as a domestic cat can have. Opportunity to hunt within big gardens, his bedroom & duvet to retire to, and hardly any traffic. If he did get run over - very unlikely, but not impossible (as a black cat got killed here in front of my house must be couple of years ago now, an un-neutered boy) I would really not regret letting him out to have a cat's life although I love him like crazy and I would be devastated if I lost him. I am not trying to set up an outside/inside debate so please, no-one do it. I know it is very different in America. I don't know that it's particularly different in America. Different people have different ideas. I fully understand what you're saying, and agree. I've lost a couple of indoor-outdoor cats, but my preference for myself would be a short but happy life, rather than a long, miserable one, and I can't give less to my cats than I would want. I'd let these guys out in a heartbeat if they had ever been outdoors, or even if I'd had an outdoor cat to show them the ropes when I got them. Joy |
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On 7/9/2012 4:54 PM, Bastette wrote:
Cheryl wrote: Shamrock is one of those arrogant cats. LOL He was a stray for I don't know how long before the caretaker had to move and she called a rescue group to come get him because she was afraid no one else would take care of him and he got dependent upon her but she couldn't take him. She was just feeding a stray. He's the most social of my cats and no one bothers or scares him. He has to get in everyone's business who comes into his house. I just love this boy so much. Every time I think of Shamrock, I remember the pictures you were taking of other cats, where he just had to insert his head. I always thought that was one of his charming quirks. Arrogance is *much* more appealing in a cat than in a human. "Shamrock's head" shots. I really miss those conversations! So funny and always made me smile to find his head in a picture and I didn't plan on it. lol |
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Poor widdle Bonnie
Cheryl wrote:
On 7/9/2012 4:54 PM, Bastette wrote: Every time I think of Shamrock, I remember the pictures you were taking of other cats, where he just had to insert his head. I always thought that was one of his charming quirks. "Shamrock's head" shots. I really miss those conversations! So funny and always made me smile to find his head in a picture and I didn't plan on it. lol Like that squirrel picture, remember that? -- Joyce "Riveting reading that keeps readers reading." -- The Midwest Book Review |
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Poor widdle Bonnie
On 7/18/2012 4:17 AM, Bastette wrote:
Cheryl wrote: On 7/9/2012 4:54 PM, Bastette wrote: Every time I think of Shamrock, I remember the pictures you were taking of other cats, where he just had to insert his head. I always thought that was one of his charming quirks. "Shamrock's head" shots. I really miss those conversations! So funny and always made me smile to find his head in a picture and I didn't plan on it. lol Like that squirrel picture, remember that? I don't. Which one was that? |
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