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Pepper (the dog) [Sorta OT]
Well, OT in thats its about a dog rather than a cat. Not OT because its
abotu an honourary cat, Pepper. Pepper is a cat. She's a really ugly cat, but she is behaves in many ways more like a cat than say, Suki, who is mostly a very pretty looking waste of protoplasm. Pepper gets the zoomies Every. Single. Night. Pepper insists on sleeping behind my knees. Under the blankets. And gently nipping at me if I have the audacity to try to move. Pepper likes using the litterbox. Alas, she has missed the fact that its for 'outgoings' rather than 'incomings' (that bit is gross, sorry). And she desperately wants to play with the other two cats. Suki has no idea what she's supposed to do with Pepper. Pickle is Not Amused by the cat-imitator and is happy to bop Pepper across the nose if she gets out of hand, but will at least engage in a round of the lounge-room-floor-is-lava zoomies before doing so. But the funniest thing is trying to take Pepper for a walk. Since I've taken up walking as the exercise I do in my non-cycling days (and have lost 10kg - 22lb so far) and no-one else wants to join me, I take Pepper just for company. Except that she's a cat. Whilst she wears a regular collar 'around the house' its quickly obvious she can out-do Houdini if I used that collar to put a leash on. She's gone in a snap, and unlike the faithful Fluffy who would come back, and come back most contrite, if we yelled for her to come, Pepper will happily look at me whilst I'm yelling my damn fool head off, smirk, and trot off in the opposite direction. (She's the same with a ball. She'll go like a bat-out-of-hell after a rolling ball, but instead of catching in and coming back, she just keeps going and going as fast as her little legs will take her. We think she must have greyhound in her somewhere!). So, to stop her squirming and escaping, I use one of the cat's multi-point harnesses that just about fits her (the chest strap is quite snug, and the neck strap loose, but she can't - easily - escape). And as soon as I put the harness on,s he immediately sinks to the ground, and skulks around, just like a cat. However, just like a cat, as soon as I open the fron't door, she darts out like there's no tomorrow. I just run after her to keep up - and thats how I take the dog for a walk! Yowie |
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Pepper (the dog) [Sorta OT]
"Yowie" wrote in message
... Well, OT in thats its about a dog rather than a cat. Not OT because its abotu an honourary cat, Pepper. Pepper is a cat. She's a really ugly cat, but she is behaves in many ways more like a cat than say, Suki, who is mostly a very pretty looking waste of protoplasm. Pepper gets the zoomies Every. Single. Night. Pepper insists on sleeping behind my knees. Under the blankets. And gently nipping at me if I have the audacity to try to move. Pepper likes using the litterbox. Alas, she has missed the fact that its for 'outgoings' rather than 'incomings' (that bit is gross, sorry). And she desperately wants to play with the other two cats. Suki has no idea what she's supposed to do with Pepper. Pickle is Not Amused by the cat-imitator and is happy to bop Pepper across the nose if she gets out of hand, but will at least engage in a round of the lounge-room-floor-is-lava zoomies before doing so. But the funniest thing is trying to take Pepper for a walk. Since I've taken up walking as the exercise I do in my non-cycling days (and have lost 10kg - 22lb so far) and no-one else wants to join me, I take Pepper just for company. Except that she's a cat. Whilst she wears a regular collar 'around the house' its quickly obvious she can out-do Houdini if I used that collar to put a leash on. She's gone in a snap, and unlike the faithful Fluffy who would come back, and come back most contrite, if we yelled for her to come, Pepper will happily look at me whilst I'm yelling my damn fool head off, smirk, and trot off in the opposite direction. (She's the same with a ball. She'll go like a bat-out-of-hell after a rolling ball, but instead of catching in and coming back, she just keeps going and going as fast as her little legs will take her. We think she must have greyhound in her somewhere!). So, to stop her squirming and escaping, I use one of the cat's multi-point harnesses that just about fits her (the chest strap is quite snug, and the neck strap loose, but she can't - easily - escape). And as soon as I put the harness on,s he immediately sinks to the ground, and skulks around, just like a cat. However, just like a cat, as soon as I open the fron't door, she darts out like there's no tomorrow. I just run after her to keep up - and thats how I take the dog for a walk! Yowie LOL! She sounds like quite a character/ Joy |
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Pepper (the dog) [Sorta OT]
On 8/15/2011 7:01 PM, Yowie wrote:
Well, OT in thats its about a dog rather than a cat. Not OT because its abotu an honourary cat, Pepper. Pepper is a cat. She's a really ugly cat, but she is behaves in many ways more like a cat than say, Suki, who is mostly a very pretty looking waste of protoplasm. Pepper gets the zoomies Every. Single. Night. Pepper insists on sleeping behind my knees. Under the blankets. And gently nipping at me if I have the audacity to try to move. Pepper likes using the litterbox. Alas, she has missed the fact that its for 'outgoings' rather than 'incomings' (that bit is gross, sorry). And she desperately wants to play with the other two cats. Suki has no idea what she's supposed to do with Pepper. Pickle is Not Amused by the cat-imitator and is happy to bop Pepper across the nose if she gets out of hand, but will at least engage in a round of the lounge-room-floor-is-lava zoomies before doing so. But the funniest thing is trying to take Pepper for a walk. Since I've taken up walking as the exercise I do in my non-cycling days (and have lost 10kg - 22lb so far) and no-one else wants to join me, I take Pepper just for company. Except that she's a cat. Whilst she wears a regular collar 'around the house' its quickly obvious she can out-do Houdini if I used that collar to put a leash on. She's gone in a snap, and unlike the faithful Fluffy who would come back, and come back most contrite, if we yelled for her to come, Pepper will happily look at me whilst I'm yelling my damn fool head off, smirk, and trot off in the opposite direction. (She's the same with a ball. She'll go like a bat-out-of-hell after a rolling ball, but instead of catching in and coming back, she just keeps going and going as fast as her little legs will take her. We think she must have greyhound in her somewhere!). So, to stop her squirming and escaping, I use one of the cat's multi-point harnesses that just about fits her (the chest strap is quite snug, and the neck strap loose, but she can't - easily - escape). And as soon as I put the harness on,s he immediately sinks to the ground, and skulks around, just like a cat. However, just like a cat, as soon as I open the fron't door, she darts out like there's no tomorrow. I just run after her to keep up - and thats how I take the dog for a walk! Yowie First, thanks for the laugh, it was badly needed and much appreciated. Second *CONGRATULATIONS* on the weight loss and exercise routine. I know how very, very difficult it is to try to change your lifestyle to a healthy one whilst the whole world seems to be pushing sugar and couch-potato activities down your throat! It's very good of you to do so for the Yowlet, not only to set a good example, but so he'll have his mum around to love him for a long, long time. Third, have you ever seen the program "It's Me Or The Dog"? It originated in England, but I think Victoria moved it to the US a year or two ago. It's weird, I haven't owned a d*g since I was a child, but I was/am absolutely addicted to that program. I love it when a totally out-of-control pooch will *instantly* calm down and obey her to the stunned surprise of his/her owners. I also like the fact that she is a proponent of positive reinforcement. I've trained *cats* that way! For instance... Archer is a love bug and adores being petted - he never gets tired of it. The problem was he wanted to strut back and forth in front of me, both making me move and reach, which sometimes hurts me, and he would often block my view of the TV. So I started saying, in a calm, positive voice, "lay down, lay down, lay down" and, at first, pushing him gently into a laying position. When he was laying down I used and excited, high-pitched voice to praise him, "*GOOD BOY*, Archer, he mommy say *LAY DOWN* and he *LAY DOWN* and he get the good skritchins" - yes, bad grammar and all, but really stressing the words "lay down", and saying it over and over and over again. It took a while (most d*gs get the idea after 5 or 10 minutes, it takes a cat 5 or 10 days! ;). Now, if he starts to strut I just have to say "lay down" and he immediately lays down to be petted. I still give him the verbal responses to reinforce it constantly. But most of the times I don't even have to say "lay down" for him to lay down for good skritchins. Bandit was well trained to a *LOT* of words, but she was a really smart cat. Heck, I even used it on my children when they were growing up. I found that it works on anybody - human nature being what it is we will always repeat actions that result in pleasure. Anyway, now I'm rambling.... sorry! ; -- Hugs, CatNipped See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped See the RPCA FAQ site, created by "Yowie", maintained by Mark Edwards, at: http://www.professional-geek.net/rpcablog/ Email: L(dot)T(dot)Crews(at)comcast(dot)net |
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Pepper (the dog) [Sorta OT]
On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:01:59 +1000, "Yowie"
wrote: Well, OT in thats its about a dog rather than a cat. Not OT because its abotu an honourary cat, Pepper. Pepper is a cat. She's a really ugly cat, but she is behaves in many ways more like a cat than say, Suki, who is mostly a very pretty looking waste of protoplasm. Pepper gets the zoomies Every. Single. Night. Pepper insists on sleeping behind my knees. Under the blankets. And gently nipping at me if I have the audacity to try to move. Pepper likes using the litterbox. Alas, she has missed the fact that its for 'outgoings' rather than 'incomings' (that bit is gross, sorry). And she desperately wants to play with the other two cats. Suki has no idea what she's supposed to do with Pepper. Pickle is Not Amused by the cat-imitator and is happy to bop Pepper across the nose if she gets out of hand, but will at least engage in a round of the lounge-room-floor-is-lava zoomies before doing so. But the funniest thing is trying to take Pepper for a walk. Since I've taken up walking as the exercise I do in my non-cycling days (and have lost 10kg - 22lb so far) and no-one else wants to join me, I take Pepper just for company. Except that she's a cat. Whilst she wears a regular collar 'around the house' its quickly obvious she can out-do Houdini if I used that collar to put a leash on. She's gone in a snap, and unlike the faithful Fluffy who would come back, and come back most contrite, if we yelled for her to come, Pepper will happily look at me whilst I'm yelling my damn fool head off, smirk, and trot off in the opposite direction. (She's the same with a ball. She'll go like a bat-out-of-hell after a rolling ball, but instead of catching in and coming back, she just keeps going and going as fast as her little legs will take her. We think she must have greyhound in her somewhere!). So, to stop her squirming and escaping, I use one of the cat's multi-point harnesses that just about fits her (the chest strap is quite snug, and the neck strap loose, but she can't - easily - escape). And as soon as I put the harness on,s he immediately sinks to the ground, and skulks around, just like a cat. However, just like a cat, as soon as I open the fron't door, she darts out like there's no tomorrow. I just run after her to keep up - and thats how I take the dog for a walk! Yowie That is one very strange dog. Maybe it was one of those situations where she was raised by a mother cat? |
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Pepper (the dog) [Sorta OT]
"Yowie" wrote in message ... Well, OT in thats its about a dog rather than a cat. Not OT because its abotu an honourary cat, Pepper. Pepper is a cat. She's a really ugly cat, but she is behaves in many ways more like a cat than say, Suki, who is mostly a very pretty looking waste of protoplasm. Pepper gets the zoomies Every. Single. Night. Pepper insists on sleeping behind my knees. Under the blankets. And gently nipping at me if I have the audacity to try to move. Pepper likes using the litterbox. Alas, she has missed the fact that its for 'outgoings' rather than 'incomings' (that bit is gross, sorry). And she desperately wants to play with the other two cats. Suki has no idea what she's supposed to do with Pepper. Pickle is Not Amused by the cat-imitator and is happy to bop Pepper across the nose if she gets out of hand, but will at least engage in a round of the lounge-room-floor-is-lava zoomies before doing so. But the funniest thing is trying to take Pepper for a walk. Since I've taken up walking as the exercise I do in my non-cycling days (and have lost 10kg - 22lb so far) and no-one else wants to join me, I take Pepper just for company. Except that she's a cat. Whilst she wears a regular collar 'around the house' its quickly obvious she can out-do Houdini if I used that collar to put a leash on. She's gone in a snap, and unlike the faithful Fluffy who would come back, and come back most contrite, if we yelled for her to come, Pepper will happily look at me whilst I'm yelling my damn fool head off, smirk, and trot off in the opposite direction. (She's the same with a ball. She'll go like a bat-out-of-hell after a rolling ball, but instead of catching in and coming back, she just keeps going and going as fast as her little legs will take her. We think she must have greyhound in her somewhere!). So, to stop her squirming and escaping, I use one of the cat's multi-point harnesses that just about fits her (the chest strap is quite snug, and the neck strap loose, but she can't - easily - escape). And as soon as I put the harness on,s he immediately sinks to the ground, and skulks around, just like a cat. However, just like a cat, as soon as I open the fron't door, she darts out like there's no tomorrow. I just run after her to keep up - and thats how I take the dog for a walk! I am horrified by this- have you ever tried to train her, or just let her become a hooligan with no guidance at all? It is not funny. Tweed |
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Pepper (the dog) [Sorta OT]
"Christina Websell" wrote in message
... "Yowie" wrote in message ... Well, OT in thats its about a dog rather than a cat. Not OT because its abotu an honourary cat, Pepper. Pepper is a cat. She's a really ugly cat, but she is behaves in many ways more like a cat than say, Suki, who is mostly a very pretty looking waste of protoplasm. Pepper gets the zoomies Every. Single. Night. Pepper insists on sleeping behind my knees. Under the blankets. And gently nipping at me if I have the audacity to try to move. Pepper likes using the litterbox. Alas, she has missed the fact that its for 'outgoings' rather than 'incomings' (that bit is gross, sorry). And she desperately wants to play with the other two cats. Suki has no idea what she's supposed to do with Pepper. Pickle is Not Amused by the cat-imitator and is happy to bop Pepper across the nose if she gets out of hand, but will at least engage in a round of the lounge-room-floor-is-lava zoomies before doing so. But the funniest thing is trying to take Pepper for a walk. Since I've taken up walking as the exercise I do in my non-cycling days (and have lost 10kg - 22lb so far) and no-one else wants to join me, I take Pepper just for company. Except that she's a cat. Whilst she wears a regular collar 'around the house' its quickly obvious she can out-do Houdini if I used that collar to put a leash on. She's gone in a snap, and unlike the faithful Fluffy who would come back, and come back most contrite, if we yelled for her to come, Pepper will happily look at me whilst I'm yelling my damn fool head off, smirk, and trot off in the opposite direction. (She's the same with a ball. She'll go like a bat-out-of-hell after a rolling ball, but instead of catching in and coming back, she just keeps going and going as fast as her little legs will take her. We think she must have greyhound in her somewhere!). So, to stop her squirming and escaping, I use one of the cat's multi-point harnesses that just about fits her (the chest strap is quite snug, and the neck strap loose, but she can't - easily - escape). And as soon as I put the harness on,s he immediately sinks to the ground, and skulks around, just like a cat. This reminds me of an OT story about my grandmother's dog, sort of. Fluffy was a little ball of fire, except when you put a harness on her. Immediately she would droop - ears, tail and legs. She would walk with the harness on, but she became very subdued. My Dad liked to play games with words. He said that if "did" is the past tense of "do", then the past tense of "subdue" must be "subdid". The whole family picked up on that, and it became an in-joke in our family. We also thought Fluffy's behavior was funny, so we told a lot of people about it. One day a friend who was an English teacher came to visit. During the conversation, my mother started telling her about Fluffy and the harness. I watched interestedly, wondering if she would say "subdid". No fear. She obviously remembered she was speaking to an English teacher, so she corrected the grammar as she said, "Whenever we put the harness on her, she is very subdone." Joy |
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Pepper (the dog) [Sorta OT]
"Joy" wrote in message . .. watched interestedly, wondering if she would say "subdid". No fear. She obviously remembered she was speaking to an English teacher, so she corrected the grammar as she said, "Whenever we put the harness on her, she is very subdone." there is no such word. Joy |
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Pepper (the dog) [Sorta OT]
"Christina Websell" wrote in message
... "Joy" wrote in message . .. watched interestedly, wondering if she would say "subdid". No fear. She obviously remembered she was speaking to an English teacher, so she corrected the grammar as she said, "Whenever we put the harness on her, she is very subdone." there is no such word. Joy That's the joke. Mama thought she was correcting the grammar of the sentence, but she actually substituted one nonexistent word for another. Most people find that funny. I had to work to keep from laughing, and the English teacher probably did too, although she didn't know the reason for Mama's word choice. Joy |
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Pepper (the dog) [Sorta OT]
"Joy" wrote in message ... "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... "Joy" wrote in message . .. watched interestedly, wondering if she would say "subdid". No fear. She obviously remembered she was speaking to an English teacher, so she corrected the grammar as she said, "Whenever we put the harness on her, she is very subdone." there is no such word. Joy That's the joke. Mama thought she was correcting the grammar of the sentence, but she actually substituted one nonexistent word for another. Most people find that funny. I had to work to keep from laughing, and the English teacher probably did too, although she didn't know the reason for Mama's word choice. Sorry, I sometimes take things very literally. Tweed |
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