What my cat's have taught me.

[Branwen]

Watching my cat's this weekend has taught me a few things.

Entertainment can be as "cheap" as a 2lb bag of wild bird seed, 36 crickets and a open window or terrarium.

Sleeping can actually be a past time.

Eating is needed only to build strength for the marathon sleeping and bird/frog/toad/cricket watching.

At times it's necessary to cuddle up with someone.

A look can say much more than any words uttered from a persons mouth.

Cat's have the ability to say Mom, Food, Now, Why, No, Food, Food, Food, Mom, Stop, No, Food... with just a "Meow"

Any cup sitting out with a beverage in it is fair game. No matter the drink.

Mom is home base & safe.

My kidneys have built up somewhat of a resistance to a cat pounce. My bladder, not so much so.

I've found cat scratches on parts of my body that I don't remember the cats scratching me.

I need you and I knead you mean the same thing to a cat. Wake up and feed me.

Cats are better alarms than any radio alarm that can be produced. They can tell when your sleep cycle is over & start in before you realize you are awake.

Sometimes it's better to hide behind the sofa rather than meet the person at the door.

Cats don't care a wink about privacy. Every door in your home needs to be opened for their personal inspection.

Weather conditions that the cats don't approve of are usually my fault.

If the cats had the ability to open up the cat food bucket and operate the can opener, I would no longer be alive.

Cats rule the World, Humans and Dogs haven't figured it out yet.

Static electricity is fun around cats. Cats have blamed it's existence on me.

If I can't get physically violent at Mom when she pisses me off, I can attack her sock and do what I want to it.

Catnip..... The herb of the Gods.

Everything in the house is part of the obstacle course when a cat is wound up tighter than a 3 day clock.

Tails, ankles, feet can be attacked at anytime and are easy game when passing by a cat.

Sometimes you just have to stick your head into that boot.

Rolling over on my back for a belly rub is a trick. I just want to fight and I can't find your sock.

Putting a cat on a diet will ensure your death as soon as they learn how to open up the food containers.

Laser pens. The little red dot that can go where a cat can't and still entertain.

Cats know when it's time to go to bed, get ready for work, or do something that you have been putting off. They can sense those things & give you the kitty version of a Mom look.

Feigning disinterest is an art that cats have perfected.

Cats have been worshiped as Gods and have not forgotten it.


What have your pets (dogs, birds, ferrets etc... taught you?)

[lordwriothsley]

Damn girl you could write a book on all that if you ask me.

[Runa]

Snort... every written word is true!

Also dogs hate static electricity... especially when their wet noses touch your hand and they get zapped.

[eeyore]

Snort... every written word is true!

Also dogs hate static electricity... especially when their wet noses touch your hand and they get zapped.

I think my dog loves static. He always zaps me every chance he gets. His little stubby tail zapped me the other day when he walked by. You can almost see him chuckle. He is part cat so I'm sure that has something to do with it.

[Branwen]

Siren (http://www.bissell.com/MVP09/Week04/Vote4.aspx?ImageName=Siren&FileName=3640%2Ejpg&utm_campaign=MVP09%5FWeek04&cookie_test=1) is asking that you vote (http://www.bissell.com/MVP09/Week04/Vote4.aspx?ImageName=Siren&FileName=3640%2Ejpg&utm_campaign=MVP09%5FWeek04&cookie_test=1) for her in week 4 of the Bissel (http://www.bissell.com/MVP09/Week04/Vote4.aspx?ImageName=Siren&FileName=3640%2Ejpg&utm_campaign=MVP09%5FWeek04&cookie_test=1) contest.

Or, if I may quote Siren. "Meow. Meeeeow, meooooow, mmmmmmeeeeeoooooowwwww. Puuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....."

[serena]

Thank God my cats can't read or I would be in really big trouble. Here's one for my cats.

You are my door mat and bed any time I choose.

[Black Delia]

The world only continues to exist in some semblance of familiarity because cats were not graced with opposable thumbs... they do, however, have the next best thing... retractable claws
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[daBaroness]

My dogs have taught me to laugh at stupid pet tricks.

My dogs have figured out if you stand on my head and bark into my ear - I'll probably wake up.

My mini-dachsie (6 lb 4 oz) is the toughest dog on the block - three legs and all! She's also the most fearless and can leap her brother, sister and me in a single bound.

My plus-size diva has an uncanny ability to step on my nipple when I'm laying down.

My male dog and the little one are the best escape artists on the planet - which offers me an opportunity to see the nature all around our neighborhood cuz I have to go down hills, cross the creek, back up another hill and around some strangers house to corral them.

Nobody cheers me up more or makes me laugh more.

Nobody has stinkier breath.

I never have to rinse or prewash dishes, pots and pans before I put them in the dishwasher.

My dogs may not be that smart - but they're definitely the biggest lovebugs I know.

[Branwen]

My dogs have taught me to laugh at stupid pet tricks.

My dogs have figured out if you stand on my head and bark into my ear - I'll probably wake up.

My mini-dachsie (6 lb 4 oz) is the toughest dog on the block - three legs and all! She's also the most fearless and can leap her brother, sister and me in a single bound.

My plus-size diva has an uncanny ability to step on my nipple when I'm laying down.

My male dog and the little one are the best escape artists on the planet - which offers me an opportunity to see the nature all around our neighborhood cuz I have to go down hills, cross the creek, back up another hill and around some strangers house to corral them.

Nobody cheers me up more or makes me laugh more.

Nobody has stinkier breath.

I never have to rinse or prewash dishes, pots and pans before I put them in the dishwasher.

My dogs may not be that smart - but they're definitely the biggest lovebugs I know.


dB, Did you know that Doxies are 2 dogs in one?

They're half a dog high and a dog and a half long.

I wish I could bring a dog into my apartment, but I spend way too much time away from home & I don't have the time to potty train a puppy when I spend 12 hours at work. I can't hold it that long & I won't expect a puppy to do so either. Mom has her 3 Doxies. D.O.G (old man), BeBe and Buster. They are all spoiled rotten and each have their own personalities.

[Black Delia]

My plus-size diva has an uncanny ability to step on my nipple when I'm laying down.


Bladder.

[KissMeKate]

Laser pens. The little red dot that can go where a cat can't and still entertain.

My cat is crazy about the moving red dot. She was chasing it around the house for a while and I ran the dot "into" one of my shoes. She sat there for at least a half an hour trying to get the dot out of my show! *rotfl*Sometime later she managed to figured out that the click noise and the red dot going away were connected and would stop looking; so I would block the beam with my other hand rather than turing it off.





When I had ferrets, I learned that it took 3 people to try to hold onto one so the vet could take its temperature. And it's not like there's a whole lot of animal to hold on to!

[Black Delia]

One of my highly intelligent house-males tied an old Sandlar boot lace to the ceiling fan... last month I took the ratty thing down and hid it... Kysmet is still looking for the darn thing.

She sits under the ceiling fan and mewls for half an hour and looks at me like its my fault that her frenzy-friend is missing.

She also likes to come into the kitchen when I'm making coffee in the morning and put her front feet on my leg and say good morning...

This is what you get when you have a cat, raised by two dogs that were raised by a cat that was raised by a dog... o.O

[Branwen]

When I was living with my parents I had a very long chain to the ceiling fan (kept adding found ceiling fan chains to it). Siren started to play with the chain one evening and managed to turn off the light. I had to shorten the chain as she would turn on & off the light throughout the day. Shortening it didn't work. She still managed to jump up to it from my bed and turn on & off the light. When I moved into my new apartment last year, she looked at the ceiling fan & meowed 'cause the chain was much smaller than what I had at my parents.

Don't teach your cats how to open doors, turn on/off lights or fetch. You'll soon regret it. My Ash Cat was a natural fetcher just like Ursus. One morning I was getting ready for work & I was running the hot water in the shower waiting for it to heat up. I took off my glasses and set them on the sink & needed to get something out of the laundry room and left the shower running and my glasses on the sink. As I was heading back into the bathroom, Ash had my glasses in his mouth and was bringing them back to me. I learned very quickly to make sure that my glasses are put in their case instead of just leaving them on a counter/shelf etc... I would end up having to search for them everytime if I forgot.

[Black Delia]

Aye, dogs will 'mostly' wait to be told/asked to fetch.. cats just fetch whatever they want when they get it in their head it might be fun.

Kysmet has decided that the water bowl is her personal storage unit. Whatever she decides should go in it.. does ... I had to clean the tank out two weeks ago because she dropped her freshly filled catnip stuffy toy in there and sullied the water. If you can't find what you're looking for, and its light enough to be carried by the cat, check the water dish.

... especially nail files.. its some sort of obsessive fetish with her, to companion the makeup brush fetish.

[lordwriothsley]

My dogs have taught me to laugh at stupid pet tricks.

My dogs have figured out if you stand on my head and bark into my ear - I'll probably wake up.

My mini-dachsie (6 lb 4 oz) is the toughest dog on the block - three legs and all! She's also the most fearless and can leap her brother, sister and me in a single bound.

My plus-size diva has an uncanny ability to step on my nipple when I'm laying down.

My male dog and the little one are the best escape artists on the planet - which offers me an opportunity to see the nature all around our neighborhood cuz I have to go down hills, cross the creek, back up another hill and around some strangers house to corral them.

Nobody cheers me up more or makes me laugh more.

Nobody has stinkier breath.

I never have to rinse or prewash dishes, pots and pans before I put them in the dishwasher.

My dogs may not be that smart - but they're definitely the biggest lovebugs I know.
:lol: LOL! The part about how nobody has stinkier breath than a dog is so true. Every time I've ever had a dog breath on me or near me it's made me wanna go off some where by myself and hurl. But you are right that they are the most lovable animals ever.