Post your cats ( or other worthy critters )

[Macca]

Mine rarely spoke but as you say they understand perfectly what you are saying to them.

[spendorman]

I like the saying:

"Dogs have owners, cats have servants."

[Macca]

Yep you don't own a cat, that whole concept is wrong. Nor are they 'pets'. It's a wild animal with its own agenda that you invite into your home; after that they take over!

[Marco]

Indeed, which is why we love them (their aloofness and independence). Dogs are too subservient and demanding, especially those yappy, slobbery little bastards.

Don't get me wrong, I like dogs, but only something chilled-out and 'low maintenance', like a nice labrador.

Marco.

[Macca]

I like dogs but you really have to be a dog lover to put up with the hassle of them.

If my cat could have opened his own food pouches he would have been completely self-sufficient. I suppose he could have done given sufficient motivation.

A friends cats managed to break into a locked pantry, locate a box of pouches, open it and scoff five of them. She still has no idea how they were able to open the pantry door, but they had all night to figure it out I guess.

Better than that a work colleague has a parrot that has figured out how to unlock its cage from the inside. Whilst it is breaking free it sings the theme tune from 'The Great Escape.' I'm not making it up. They bought an escape-proof cage but the bird refuses to enter it.

[struth]

beter wih neighbours cats n dogs. you get the fun without the trouble, mess and cost

[Marco]

If my cat could have opened his own food pouches he would have been completely self-sufficient. I suppose he could have done given sufficient motivation.

One of ours (Emrys, a long-haired ginger tom), slashes open food pouches and packets of biscuits with his claws - and rather deftly too, like Zorro! When left alone for a period of time, HE decides if we've left out enough food or not, and if not, simply helps himself to more! Quality

Marco.

[Macca]

Mine came from a strict Teutonic household where he was not allowed on the furniture, in the bedrooms and so forth. Took him a while to get used to the idea that he could do whatever he wanted.

[Marco]

So it wasn't a kitten when you got it? We get all our cats, as young as possible (usually only a few weeks old) from the local Cat Protection League, and then from day one, 'train' it, as much as one can a cat, to adjust to our surroundings and lifestyle.

As we always have three cats in the house, when one eventually dies, we simply replace it with another of the same type (either black and white, tortoiseshell or ginger, as we like their different personalities), and so the new one has two mates to play and grow up with.

Plus, giving a new home to another stray kitten seems the fitting thing to do, helps us deal with our loss, and thus turns a negative into a positive!

Marco.

[walpurgis]

We get all our cats, as young as possible (usually only a few weeks old) from the local Cat Protection League

Marco.

I do much the same, except I pick older pets. All my dogs and cats for the last thirty years have been 'rescue' animals re-homed to me.

They have each been a joy to have around. My current pooch 'Tippy the Lurcher' was estimated to be about eight years old when he arrived and has been with me five years. He's incredibly well behaved and sweet. He may be getting older now, but is very healthy.