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Persia is my (former) Dog
It hit me the other night. While she's masked in cats clothing, Persia has
got to be my RB mutt dog, Sampson. I should have seen it from the start. She's protective of me, as he always was. She growls if she hears a strange noise, sounding much like a panther in the wild. Scared the crap out of me the first time I heard her do that! She sleeps where my dog used to sleep, curled up next to my side. But she also treats me like her mom in cat-behavior: kneading and gently nipping at me. Dog behavior included licking my hand until I can't stand it anymore! She does that (sandpaper tongue). She sits on a pillow in my computer room next to my chair just like my dog did. She follows me around, constantly. She's on the toilet seat when I'm taking a bath. Sampson used to love to get bathed; he'd sit outside the tub and whine. Persia walks along the rim of the tub if I take a shower and meows at me like she wants to get in. (I have not been brave enough to pull her into the shower.) She begs for people food (which she rarely gets; neither did he). She doesn't jump on counters or tables; she just knows not to do that. She doesn't like potato chips but likes cheese crackers. Just like Sampson did. My dog of nearly 18 years died in 1999. In 2001, this cat came yowling at my back door *insisting* she be let inside. The vet guessed she was 2-3 years old then. I'm thinking 2. Because she came to me when I was so sad, missing my dog, and he'd been gone 2 years. She stepped in at just the right moment and filled a void. Now I find myself laughing over cat antics and thinking, "You are my dog, aren't you?" Jill |
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Amazing!
Best wishes, -- Polonca & Soncek "jmcquown" wrote in message ... It hit me the other night. While she's masked in cats clothing, Persia has got to be my RB mutt dog, Sampson. snip |
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On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 08:54:56 -0500, "jmcquown"
wrote: It hit me the other night. While she's masked in cats clothing, Persia has got to be my RB mutt dog, Sampson. I should have seen it from the start. She's protective of me, as he always was. She growls if she hears a strange noise, sounding much like a panther in the wild. Scared the crap out of me the first time I heard her do that! She sleeps where my dog used to sleep, curled up next to my side. But she also treats me like her mom in cat-behavior: kneading and gently nipping at me. Dog behavior included licking my hand until I can't stand it anymore! She does that (sandpaper tongue). She sits on a pillow in my computer room next to my chair just like my dog did. She follows me around, constantly. She's on the toilet seat when I'm taking a bath. Sampson used to love to get bathed; he'd sit outside the tub and whine. Persia walks along the rim of the tub if I take a shower and meows at me like she wants to get in. (I have not been brave enough to pull her into the shower.) She begs for people food (which she rarely gets; neither did he). She doesn't jump on counters or tables; she just knows not to do that. She doesn't like potato chips but likes cheese crackers. Just like Sampson did. My dog of nearly 18 years died in 1999. In 2001, this cat came yowling at my back door *insisting* she be let inside. The vet guessed she was 2-3 years old then. I'm thinking 2. Because she came to me when I was so sad, missing my dog, and he'd been gone 2 years. She stepped in at just the right moment and filled a void. Now I find myself laughing over cat antics and thinking, "You are my dog, aren't you?" Jill Why not? |
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On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 17:05:39 -0600, m. L. Briggs
wrote: On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 08:54:56 -0500, "jmcquown" wrote: It hit me the other night. While she's masked in cats clothing, Persia has got to be my RB mutt dog, Sampson. I should have seen it from the start. She's protective of me, as he always was. She growls if she hears a strange noise, sounding much like a panther in the wild. Scared the crap out of me the first time I heard her do that! She sleeps where my dog used to sleep, curled up next to my side. But she also treats me like her mom in cat-behavior: kneading and gently nipping at me. Dog behavior included licking my hand until I can't stand it anymore! She does that (sandpaper tongue). She sits on a pillow in my computer room next to my chair just like my dog did. She follows me around, constantly. She's on the toilet seat when I'm taking a bath. Sampson used to love to get bathed; he'd sit outside the tub and whine. Persia walks along the rim of the tub if I take a shower and meows at me like she wants to get in. (I have not been brave enough to pull her into the shower.) She begs for people food (which she rarely gets; neither did he). She doesn't jump on counters or tables; she just knows not to do that. She doesn't like potato chips but likes cheese crackers. Just like Sampson did. My dog of nearly 18 years died in 1999. In 2001, this cat came yowling at my back door *insisting* she be let inside. The vet guessed she was 2-3 years old then. I'm thinking 2. Because she came to me when I was so sad, missing my dog, and he'd been gone 2 years. She stepped in at just the right moment and filled a void. Now I find myself laughing over cat antics and thinking, "You are my dog, aren't you?" Jill Why not? And nice to hear that Sampson was raised to a higher plain of existence - from lowly d*g to catdom |
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