Cats (equal time)

[elicross]

Originally Posted by horsespatoot

We get to the end of the road and turn around. As we walk past this dogs yard again he starts barking again. Andy looks at me as if to say, "Can you believe this stupid ass dog?"

Heh. Maybe he was saying "If this gets ugly, let me handle it."

[Ironwolf]

I share my home with four little fuzzballs.

This is Guinevere. 18 years old and defiantly the boss.



This is Bob. A 10 year old part Manx. He's the lover of the bunch.



These are the War Kittens, Patton and Montgomery at 4 months.



Here they are all grown up.
Monty. He is the mischief maker.



Patton. The class clown.



However, this is how you are most likely to find Patton.

[TaylorPlayer]

My friend and confidant "LeMew". (He is named after the hockey great Mario Lemioux.)

He keeps me company as I work from home alone during the day until my wife and kids get home from school. He is also another one of those "Talking" cats. He is a Snow Bengal and has the softest fur ever, more like a bunny than a cat. Another unique feature is he has spots. I believe Bengels and two other breeds are the only cats who naturally get spots. He will be turning 10 years old very soon.





Here he was as a very recent addition to the house.....

[Westerly Sunn]

Originally Posted by horsespatoot

<snip> I think I was more rattled than he was. So we continue walking and he looks up at me and gives me a really short "Merow" which I interpret to mean "Dumb Ass Dog" and I reply "Yeah, he's smarter now"

LM_O! You gotta respect the Cat, Man...

[Boubou]

As an owner of both cats and dogs, just a warning to those macho cats owner, a husky is similar to a cat, it will stalk and go for the kill, no playing around no barking, just go to kill.So....
Bu then I remember my husky pretend chasing our old cat in the backyard...
Go to post some pics

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[Sleph]

not much of a cat person myself, but thought this kinda cute...I guess....

[Dan German]

Originally Posted by boris bubbanov

My Pup is my social Ambassador, and we meet other people, often with dogs as well, and this is a great way to get out of your shell. Cats are about staying in your shell.

One man's "staying in your shell" is another man's "refuge from the world." I am to a great extent a solitary person; for some that's a bad thing, for me I think it's perfectly healthy. Even so, it's nice to have my cats to keep me company when I'm at home. I suspect we don't disagree on the facts of the matter, boris, only on perspective.

[elicross]

If I had a dog, I would be no less introverted and no less of a homebody than I am now. I guess I'd have to get out once or twice a day to walk him if I didn't have a fenced-in yard...but walking around the neighborhood wouldn't magically make me outgoing, any more than going to the grocery store a few times a week does.

(For the record, I don't dislike dogs; I just prefer cats.)

[uriah1]

Yea, I dont dislike dogs, just like cats.
You got to be home for dogs. It would not be fair to have a dog if you are not around a lot.. ..got to take them out every day..even 10 below zero,..massive cleanups..

[newtwanger]

Dogs rock, cats just rock harder.

These are my guard cats, a Ragdoll and a Maine Coon. Both nearly 20 pounds of friendliness. In the pic they're defending the house from a flock of geese.

[wmsimpson]

I love cats! Here's Sasha at approximately 3 months old, just a couple weeks after I brought her home from PAWS... I think she's a Maine Coon mix.



Here she is last summer, about 2 yrs. old:



And my other cat Sophie the Torty... follows me around and jumps up on my lap every chance she gets.

[daniel89]

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...695091652.jpg/

Thats my kitty also called Mario LeMeow.

"Hiden in yer drawerz fholdin yer clowez"

[DaveCCF]

This is our latest rescue. Our other cat and previous dogs have been rescues as well. This one was kitten of a stray on the property where I work. We have a few thousand acres and it harbors all sorts of wildlife, wanted or otherwise. He was curled up behind someone's tire in the parking lot. When I went to grab him, he let out one little hiss and that was it. No cat-from-hell reaction like the feral cats (especially kittens) usually do.

I'm not a 'cat person' but I'm a hopeless, indiscriminate animal person. We'll get this guy fixed as soon as he's old enough and prevent a few more strays from being unwanted in the world.

He's been a bundle of joy. Adapted very well. He hasn't, however, been introduced to the dogs yet. We really need to do it too, because he's been darting out the door to explore the outside and doesn't know what awaits the unintroduced cat.

[tweeddeluxe]

Originally Posted by boris bubbanov

Kittens can be very cool; the first 12 weeks are so are very special.

But, in the end, cats is kinda like the LPGA.

Sorry.

I'm an outdoor person, and not a quick socializer.

My Pup is my social Ambassador, and we meet other people, often with dogs as well, and this is a great way to get out of your shell. Cats are about staying in your shell.

Seems like there's one in every thread. This one's all yours.

[banjohabit]

lovely cats ! my pumpkin (orange tabby) is near 20 pounds of personality. he was a stray kitten when he wondered up here and adopted my daughter. he is now 11 yrs. and comes in the house in cold weather a lot more than he used to, sometimes, actually mostimes now, he stays in all night.

he is working on about life # 9.5 now. we have twice found him unresponsive (once with ants crawling on him) and figured he was done, but picked him up and found a pulse, so off to the emergency vet, both times on a sunday. figure in the two broken legs (one front, a rear one later), a slit throat, and the damage inflicted when he somehow convinced a coyote to turn him loose, and i got about a $1600.00 cat, (not including maintanence).

but i wouldn't take that for him. or any other amount. he is my loyal friend, even if he is kind of a redneck.

[1962guitargeek]

One of my fatboys is lying next to my foot as I type this...wish I had a camera in reach!

We have two boys that were found as kittens...in a walmart parking lot...I love my boys!

here they are when they were babies...

[Cassady]

My three cats: Dorie, Marlin and Crash.

[rcole_sooner]

Our loveable tom kitty. He loves laps.



Our reclusive female kitty. She is odd, but will occasionally get into my lap. It is even hard to get a picture of her. She is skittish.

[Mike Eskimo]

Yea, I dont dislike dogs, just like cats.
You got to be home for dogs. It would not be fair to have a dog if you are not around a lot.. ..got to take them out every day..even 10 below zero,..massive cleanups..

Exactly why the dog situation in our town sucks.

Young couples move in to their first house and have a dog(s)*.

Couple years later they have a kid(s) and the dogs are forgotten.

Crap w/ no clean-up for months and they never walk them.

Put them out in the backyard and :

Bark

Bark

Bark

Bark

Bark

Bark

(repeat for 3 hours).

Our town is over-dogged.

Depending on who is living in our neighborhood at any one time, we have had as many as 16 dogs in a 2 house radius from us - and our lots are not big.

*Dog = expected lifestyle accessory.

[Mike Eskimo]

Sometimes Notch really digs having a fur-less brother.

Sometimes not...