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Stupid pet owner trick
Bring her out to the middle of the ocean and make her swim 'til she's
exhausted then do it again? :-D "Bobcat" wrote in message ... We watched last night's TV show "What Were You Thinking". It featured a woman who must rank at the very top of misguided, stupid cat owners. At the beach she takes her cat along with her on her surf board. We saw the poor wet miserable bedraggled creature hunched down on the board, ears flattened, hanging on for dear life. But it got worse. Then she tossed her cat overboard and it paddled desperately for shore, but apparently she drags it back and makes it do it again to the point of exhaustion, saying that the cat loves to swim! Any suggestions for what we should do with the woman, after we rescue the cat? |
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Drop woman and her longboard out in the middle of the GreatWhites lurking at
Great Barrier Reef near OZ.......and find a new, peaceful foreverhome for her stressed-out cat! Kowabunga! "LeeAnne" wrote in message ... : Bring her out to the middle of the ocean and make her swim 'til she's : exhausted then do it again? : :-D : : "Bobcat" wrote in message : ... : We watched last night's TV show "What Were You Thinking". It featured a : woman who must rank at the very top of misguided, stupid cat owners. At : the : beach she takes her cat along with her on her surf board. We saw the poor : wet miserable bedraggled creature hunched down on the board, ears : flattened, : hanging on for dear life. But it got worse. Then she tossed her cat : overboard and it paddled desperately for shore, but apparently she drags : it : back and makes it do it again to the point of exhaustion, saying that the : cat loves to swim! Any suggestions for what we should do with the woman, : after we rescue the cat? : : : : |
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put her in a lake with crocs and let her know how it feels to be in out of
her deth. my foster kitten is trying to nick my cream doughnut. -- April :-) http://community.webshots.com/user/bowmanzoo "LeeAnne" wrote in message ... Bring her out to the middle of the ocean and make her swim 'til she's exhausted then do it again? :-D "Bobcat" wrote in message ... We watched last night's TV show "What Were You Thinking". It featured a woman who must rank at the very top of misguided, stupid cat owners. At the beach she takes her cat along with her on her surf board. We saw the poor wet miserable bedraggled creature hunched down on the board, ears flattened, hanging on for dear life. But it got worse. Then she tossed her cat overboard and it paddled desperately for shore, but apparently she drags it back and makes it do it again to the point of exhaustion, saying that the cat loves to swim! Any suggestions for what we should do with the woman, after we rescue the cat? |
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bunny_baby wrote:
put her in a lake with crocs and let her know how it feels to be in out of her deth. Absolutely! I mean, it's one thing if you have one of those unique cats who loves water, but from all the signs (flat ears and whatnot), sounds like this kitty was going through sheer *hell*. my foster kitten is trying to nick my cream doughnut. LOL, I know the feeling....you should see my Greebo when we eat ice cream or yogurt (I always thought he'd make a great spokespurrson)! Ann -- http://www.angelfire.com/ca/bewtifulfreak |
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That's terrible! Poor kitty! The woman is positively torturing her. I do
hope someone stops the woman from doing that. -- Polonca & Soncek "Bobcat" wrote in message ... We watched last night's TV show "What Were You Thinking". It featured a woman who must rank at the very top of misguided, stupid cat owners. At the beach she takes her cat along with her on her surf board. snip |
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I saw that show too. I thought the cat looked fine when she was actually
swimming in the water, but she DID look kind of upset about the surfing part.It's hard to judge someone based on just a minute or two of clips, though. Her ears were back, but it could be because she was soaking wet? If she really hated it, you'd think she'd be giving her owner more of a hard time about it, like trying to run away (before she was dragged into the water) or crying or something. I mean, my cat goes absolutely BALLISTIC when I try to make her do something she doesn't want to do. (i.e. take medicine, not attack other cat) But the whole thing did just seem like a plain old bad idea. I just don't think it's very fair to accuse this lady of being horrible when we really don't know what happened. |
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"BricksInTheWall8" wrote in message
... I saw that show too. I thought the cat looked fine when she was actually swimming in the water, but she DID look kind of upset about the surfing part.It's hard to judge someone based on just a minute or two of clips, though. Her ears were back, but it could be because she was soaking wet? If she really hated it, you'd think she'd be giving her owner more of a hard time about it, like trying to run away (before she was dragged into the water) or crying or something. I mean, my cat goes absolutely BALLISTIC when I try to make her do something she doesn't want to do. (i.e. take medicine, not attack other cat) But the whole thing did just seem like a plain old bad idea. I just don't think it's very fair to accuse this lady of being horrible when we really don't know what happened. You make a very good point. I know there are cats who like to swim. When I was a baby, my parents lived on a farm that had a reservoir. One of the cats (I don't remember whether it was Myih or Myah) was pestering my Dad and almost tripped him when he was walking near the reservoir. Finally he picked up the cat and threw it into the reservoir. He watched closely, and would have rescued it if it had been in trouble. The cat swam out easily. After that, every time my Dad went near the reservoir, that cat would come around and pester until my Dad threw him in the reservoir. Joy |
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"BricksInTheWall8" wrote in message ... I saw that show too. I thought the cat looked fine when she was actually swimming in the water, but she DID look kind of upset about the surfing part.It's hard to judge someone based on just a minute or two of clips, though. Her ears were back, but it could be because she was soaking wet? If she really hated it, you'd think she'd be giving her owner more of a hard time about it, like trying to run away (before she was dragged into the water) or crying or something. I mean, my cat goes absolutely BALLISTIC when I try to make her do something she doesn't want to do. (i.e. take medicine, not attack other cat) But the whole thing did just seem like a plain old bad idea. I just don't think it's very fair to accuse this lady of being horrible when we really don't know what happened. Like you, I'm only judging by what the program showed us, and I didn't like it at all. For one thing as I said, the angle of the camera indicated that the cat seemed to be swimming desperately for shore. If it were enjoying swimming it would more likely be heading for its owner, or swimming around, or playing. IMO, I saw the nothing to indicate the cat found any pleasure in being in the water - in fact quite the opposite. Besides, although there are exceptions, by far the greatest percentage of cats have an aversion to being wet than not. |
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Yoj wrote:
You make a very good point. I know there are cats who like to swim. Yeah, and it's true you can't normally get a cat near a *sink* of water that doesn't want to be. We just get so protective, don't we? Ann -- http://www.angelfire.com/ca/bewtifulfreak |
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Bobcat wrote:
"BricksInTheWall8" wrote in message ... I saw that show too. I thought the cat looked fine when she was actually swimming in the water, but she DID look kind of upset about the surfing part. Like you, I'm only judging by what the program showed us, and I didn't like it at all. For one thing as I said, the angle of the camera indicated that the cat seemed to be swimming desperately for shore. If it were enjoying swimming it would more likely be heading for its owner, or swimming around, or playing. IMO, I saw the nothing to indicate the cat found any pleasure in being in the water - in fact quite the opposite. Besides, although there are exceptions, by far the greatest percentage of cats have an aversion to being wet than not. Well, it does seem unlikely that a cat would enjoy something like that, but it really is hard to know for sure. I tend to agree with you, but I know I have a habit of jumping to conclusions about things when I feel protective, so I'm trying to reserve making judgements without all the facts from now on. But I certainly agree that it seems hard to believe that a cat could enjoy something like that, though there are, of course, exceptions to every rule. Ann -- http://www.angelfire.com/ca/bewtifulfreak |
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