I think the kitties will vote "NO!" but adopt the doggy anyway. They'll get over it. I miss walking a dog.Quote:
Originally Posted by skhill
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I think the kitties will vote "NO!" but adopt the doggy anyway. They'll get over it. I miss walking a dog.Quote:
Originally Posted by skhill
+1 for getting the doggy! The cats will get over it pretty soon. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by bmccasland
Dear Chloe,
I'm glad you're feeling better, really, I am... but do you have to lie on the laptop keyboard, and my hands and look over your shoulder at the screen?
I wish someone was around to photograph this:
Notebook computer open on a lap desk.
Chloe lieing on her side, under left hand, head on right hand, belly towards me, her right side is up. She then roll her head looking over her right shoulder, so she's looking at the screen upside down.
At least she's breathing better. :rolleyes:
Went to visit Xandra on Sunday afternoon, and now I'm sure she's not the right dog for us. With all the people and chaos at that time, she was a different dog, totally keyed up and hyper. Maybe that's why she's been up for adoption for over 6 months... Anyway, sooner or later the cats will have to deal with a dog joining our household, but not quite yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by skhill
It's a hard call, deciding if a dog is a good fit. Living in a shelter is tough, and sometimes the dogs don't "show" well as a result. Is there a shelter staff member or volunteer who can give you more insight into her personality? Maybe you can visit with her somewhere quieter? Very often, the two can give a more realistic view of the dog.Quote:
Originally Posted by skhill
Good luck!
Dear Twiggy,
Thanks for always escorting me into the bathroom. I feel much safer.
you never know when you might fall into the toilet and the kitty needs to be there to save you.Quote:
Originally Posted by redrhodie
Both of mine just sit and stare. It can be disconcerting, but mostly its just funny .
marni
DBF's cat doesn't like closed doors. This includes bathroom doors. He'll come in and stare. I inevitably hear DBF saying something like "Dammit, cat, I don't stare at you while you're on your litterbox!" He also insists on staring while the bathroom occupant is taking a shower.
I just tell DBF that at least the cat doesn't look up and go "Ooh, dangly things!" with claws out...
My Bailey (the avatar) never let me go in the bathroom alone. And loved to sit on my lap when I was, well, using the bathroom. I've gotta say - I kind of miss that crazy habit. My two new ones want to come in with me, but not so much wanting to sit on my lap.
Tux the maine coon insists on a five minute cuddle on his back in my arms when I hit the toilet first thing in the morning. The issue is further complicated by the fact that miss ike insists on racing in and getting a drink out of the toilet first. Following this little exercise, they each pick a sink and insist that the taps drip while they drink and play with the water ehile I am getting dressed. When I come in to turn off the taps they know it is breakfast time and tear off into the kitchen and clalim their spots.
I love their little kitty rituals.
marni
Dear Cats:
I know your dad is out of town and that I'm a poor substitute. But - did you really have to eat my test knit and string yarn all over the house in the 10 minutes I left you alone to chop up veggies for dinner? I'm already feeling cruddy from a flu shot and a messed up ankle - your predecessors would have made me feel better. Please grow up already!
Dear Bandit,
I know Buttons has just come back from the vet. Quit growling and hissing at her as she has "vet smell". She's been spayed and doesn't feel good. You weren't a happy cat when I got you taken care of either.
Also, drinking chocolate milk with your paw while I'm typing is not allowed even though I know it's your favorite.
Dear kitty kat, you can stop hiding under the couch now. This morning's antibiotics was the last dose. Tomorrow, your stitches come out and you'll be fine. Besides, your vet did a pretty darn good job of repairing your face. Animal plastic surgery at it's finest, really.
Dear Chloe,
The computer screen's mouse arrow is NOT a bug that you must attack. Further, despite your penchant for lying across my right and and putting your paw on the keyboard, it will not make the arrow bug play with you. I know you're special, but I do like to communicate with the outside world.
Love,
your Mom
Dear cats
I'm so sorry that our new dog has decided that chasing you guys is great fun. We're working on discouraging it. Meanwhile, I'll think you'll find the baby-gate will let you have the upstairs all to yourselves. Give it some time, and I'm sure you guys and Stella will be friends.
Love, your protector
PS you all were so brave to come downstairs for your breakfast today!
Dear Miles,
We are all very impressed with the fact that you seem to have been taking lessons in Parkour. You're very acrobatic; you amuse and impress everyone who comes by to visit and I never get tired of seeing you bounce off the walls, doors, cabinetry and furniture. I just have one request: Would you please, please, please try to keep your activities confined to the hours when we're awake? It's very hard to sleep thinking that someone is breaking into the house at 2 am.
Thanks!
Your humble servants.
Kitty Parkour - I love it!
I've never seen anything like it. He's wild! It used to be that he did Parkour right after he ate, but now he does it at all times of day and night. He seems to also like to show off when we have guests and he'll do 5-6 moves in a row. I really need to get it on video.
Dear Little Cat,
I don't know what you did while you were outside, but you stink! I wish you'd chosen to clean yourself somewhere other than my bed.
Also, if I'm on the toilet, I'm going to be needing the sink in short order; my sitting down in the smallest room in the house should not be your cue to jump into the sink to curl up for a nap.
Holding my nose,
The woman who feeds you
Dear Chloe,
I really do need to balance the checkbook. I appreciate your help, but please move your lovely butt.
Dear Thor T. Kitty,
Do you think it is necessary to throw yourself at the wall each morning when the school bus passes by the front door? I am sorry the white strobe atop the bus dances on the living room wall and taunts you. Please refrain from climbing the walls, literally.
Love you,
Your persons
Dear Dickens,
Is it really necessary to steal a frosted mini-wheats from my ceral bowl each morning? I know the little square make a great hockey puck and you enjoy your game of hockey each morning. Congratulations, I know several goals have been scored this week!
Your breakfast buddy,
M.
Dear cats,
Please check my translation from what you were telling me this cold morning:
The furnace is the one true god; the space heaters are her prophets; the electric blanket is a site of holy pilgramage.
Love,
she who controls the thermostat
Dear Aggie thanks for being so absolutely sweet two nights ago when I was so bereft. Now can't you act like that every night?
what this silly cat does that drives me crazy is she likes to get into bed with me... sometimes she is just a perfect little hot pad, other times she kneads. but she kneads FAST and she MUST have skin contact. So she goes for my throat. nothing less sleep inducing than a cat poking you rapidly in the throat. I try and put blankets or pillow between us, but she's better than a heat seeking missle. i don't know how to turn that off. heh
Sophie used to chew on my head in the middle of the night. Ouch!
I miss sleeping with Henry. Beyond his penchant for licking whatever book(s) I had on my bedside table, he was a good snuggler. DH was and remains opposed to having the cats sleep with us. I suppose it's for the best. Izzy has the loudest motor I've ever heard on a cat and it only stops if she's totally asleep.
oh yes,
Dear Aggie, yes, it's really cute when you knock stuff off the dresser, one by one. But could you just do it in the daylight?
Don't MAKE me clean my dresser off.
She's just making sure gravity still works in the dark. You can never be too sure, you know! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Biciclista
This is too cute. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by skhill
Miss Ike sleeps curled around my head and wakes up 2 or 3 times a night to give me a good head cleaning. Her little tongue sure is sharp though. I swear she is trying to see how many cowlicks she can make stand up straight. Kitty bed head is very creative if somewhat uncomfortable in the process!Quote:
Originally Posted by indysteel
Tux is a good snuggler as long as he can get his forehead press into the crook of my neck and his left paw stuffed into my right ear as an ear plug.
marni
Dear Little Cat,
Yours does stink, indeed, and very powerfully at that.
Not breathing,
The woman who feeds you (and is at the moment rethinking that, considering the results)
Dear Mo,
It doesn't count if you're standing in the box, and still your poop falls outside of it. The Onion is satire, not suggestion.
sincerely,
Proud Owner Of Princess.
http://www.theonion.com/articles/fre...-the-box,8945/
Dear Cats,
The new puppy is a wonderful addition to our family. I promise you she (the new puppy) is not a monster! Figaroe, Thor T. Kitty and Dickens you were very brave today when you came out of the closets and ventured into the kitchen to look a the puppy.
Be Brave and Patient,
Your Humans
You have a kitty named Thor, too? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by makbike
Zoom-Zoom,
Here is the run down on the 4 legged creatures presently in our home:
Cats:
Figaroe, Churchill, Penelope, Twister, Thor T. Kitty, Mars, Snickers, Dickens
Dogs:
Gaston, Zorro, Harper, Marcie
Other:
Zephyr the chinchilla
Dear kitties,
thanks for always making sure to drop a big steaming bomb in time for us to enjoy during EVERY meal, no matter how often I scoop.
Dear Little Cat,
You're not allowed on the counters and tables. I don't know why, suddenly, you seem to think you are, but you're not, not now, not ever.
Signed,
The woman who feeds you
Dear little cat,
Why is it that you are eager to interact with the dog in the kitchen, but are scared of her everywhere else in the house? You were head-butting her and rubbing up against her and even licking her feet in the kitchen, but you won't even enter the living room if she's there. You are so strange....
Love, your mystified human servant
Perhaps they have decided that since food comes from that room that it is the "truce" zone? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by skhill
Dear cats:
I give you food and water. I scoop your poop. I provide a cozy place (and a heat source) for all of you to curl up and sleep comfortably at night. Critter, I even feed and water your friends on the outside.
Will one of you take a break from spying on the neighbors and pleeeeeaaaaasssseeeee go refill my cider so I don't have to get off the couch?
Dear Little Cat,
I DO NOT WANT YOUR BUTT THAT CLOSE TO MY FACE! MOVE!!
Thank you,
The woman who feeds you