Well, all's well that ends well at the Shaky K Dog Ranch. :-)
We (more specifically my mother and sister) recently acquired another cat,
so I'm feeling your pain. The new one, dubbed Nucat (not very original, but
I like it), wants to play with two of the three others (she's already
learned that the last will whoop her hide if she tries). With one, there's
occasionally some hissing etc. The other, however, doesn't have anything
much between snooze and full alert. When those two play chase, there's
yowling and things getting knocked over, etc. No one seems to get hurt, but
fur sometimes flies (literally!).
Last night, I got pretty startled. You know how cats like high places and
boxes? Well, Nucat seems to have found a place that fits both. Late last
night, I walked into my dark bathroom. A big mottled furry beast leaped out
of my bathroom sink right at me. Yowza! A few minutes later, I walked into
the kitchen to finish the dishes only to find the cat trying to decide
whether it was a good idea to jump into the dishwasher. I discouraged her.
At least /this/ cat doesn't try to sleep on my face.....
But that's another post.
--Ben Doom
Programmer & General Lackey
Moonbow Software
: -----Original Message-----
: From: Erika L. Walker-Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
: Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 11:52 AM
: To: CF-Community
: Subject: RE: A Greyhound called Maddy
:
:
: Funny you mention this, Maddy just caught the cat for the first time.
: And now won't settle down. I know it had to happen sooner or later, but
: boy was I shaking from it. Everyone's fine, Snoopy's missing a chunk of
: fur, my nerves are shot and Maddy's pacing back and forth ...
:
: But it could have been worse, and it is only Day 2. It happened right in
: front of me, so I was ready to rush to Snoopy's defense (I don't let
: Maddy out of my sight, and actually she's pretty good with sticking by
: my side.)
:
: I feel the worst for Snoopy, as it has to be traumatizing, and I know
: he's just a cat to most people, but he's my boy. With the cute fat face
: and the soft black and white fur. :(
:
: So this is what threads my mind while trying to get my work done. Ha!
: Someone make me a drink! All rum and a splash of coke please! So why do
: we want a dog? Cause we are insane!!!!
:
: But we will succeed, with or without Maddy ... If it's not Maddy we'll
: try again with another. And if that one doesn't work, we'll give another
: one a go.... <sigh>
:
: This is not for the weak hearted, and you people with kids! Oh my
: heaven's, I'm glad we aren't having kids, I could never be a parent.
: <shudder> Bad enough looking after fur kids.
:
: <sigh>
:
: *** gulp, gulp, gulp ***
:
: 'Nother round please!
:
: Erika
: With a Shaky K
:
: >>| From: Andre Turrettini [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
: >>|
: >>| Hi Erika,
: >>| I had this experience with my dog Max. Sweetest dog in the
: >>| world. That is unless youre not canine or human. So, of
: >>| course my girlfriend has guinea pigs. I didn't think it
: >>| would be too bad. Boy was I wrong! Anyway, a week into
: >>| ownership, I accidentally left both doors that access her
: >>| office open and I'm doing laundry in the basement directly
: >>| below the guineapig room.
: >>|
: >>| I hear a noise. I think to my self. 'hmm. Whats that?'
: >>|
: >>| I hear a lourder noise then a whole bunch of them. Sounds
: >>| like theres a hurricane in the guinea pig room.
: >>|
: >>| HOLY CRAP! Thoughts of myself being in the dog house and
: >>| max back in the pound fleet across my mind. I took off up
: >>| the stairs as fast as my legs can move. I'm powersliding
: >>| across the wood floor trying to make turns as fast as I
: >>| can. Theres like 6 turns. I got holes in my socks now. I
: >>| get to the bedroom which connects to the guineapig room. I
: >>| see the pig running toward a corner(yea its pretty
: >>| stooopid) and max moving towards him. I use the last of my
: >>| inertia to hurl myself across the room. I'm like superman
: >>| flying above the scene. In front of me I see the guineapig
: >>| get to the corner and turn around to meet its fate. Below
: >>| me, I see max moving smoothly towards him, eyes keenly
: >>| focused. I'm coming down now slowly it seems. Right on
: >>| top of him. I crash down on him and stop him 1 foot from
: >>| his prize. Luckily I don't hurt him.
: >>|
: >>| So he looks up at me wondering what the hell I'm doing.
: >>| Its almost like what did you do that for!
: >>|
: >>| Anyway, The guineapig lives but I still get into the dog
: >>| house. Apparently Max had grabbed it in his mouth and
: >>| shook it. It had huge swaths of fur missing. It was
: >>| pretty much a crisis in our relationship! But somehow
: >>| everyone survived.
: >>|
: >>| So just be carefull!
:
:
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