Can you treat a cat like a dog.......
Oct 17th 2008, 6:11 am
#16
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Re: Can you treat a cat like a dog.......
Cats are curiously uninterested in playing fetch with bones/balls or other tossed miscellany. They are fascinated by their own hairballs while dogs seem to just puke and run?
I tend to treat all animals as if they were one short step away from appearing in a supermarket fridge neatly packaged with the sell by date.
I tend to treat all animals as if they were one short step away from appearing in a supermarket fridge neatly packaged with the sell by date.
Oct 17th 2008, 6:15 am
#17
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Re: Can you treat a cat like a dog.......
Cats are curiously uninterested in playing fetch with bones/balls or other tossed miscellany. They are fascinated by their own hairballs while dogs seem to just puke and run?
I tend to treat all animals as if they were one short step away from appearing in a supermarket fridge neatly packaged with the sell by date.
I tend to treat all animals as if they were one short step away from appearing in a supermarket fridge neatly packaged with the sell by date.
Oct 17th 2008, 6:52 pm
#18
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Re: Can you treat a cat like a dog.......
Mrs H a friend of mine has rescued three kittens, one female and two male that will be ready for rehoming in three weeks. She wants the boys to stay together but the female can be rehomed on her own. E mail me if your interested.
Persians are boring!
Persians are boring!
Oct 18th 2008, 4:18 pm
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Re: Can you treat a cat like a dog.......
We have a Siamese and a Burmese that will be coming over soon. The Burmese is very dog like. He comes when you call him, plays fetch with bits of paper etc. He will drop a toy in your lap when he wants to play and shout at you if you ignore him.
Both our cats greet us when we get home, waiting just by the door.
Burmese are supposedly the most dog like of all cats
Both our cats greet us when we get home, waiting just by the door.
Burmese are supposedly the most dog like of all cats
Oct 18th 2008, 4:24 pm
#20
hmmmm...nice
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Re: Can you treat a cat like a dog.......
why have a cat if what you really want is a dog...
Oct 18th 2008, 5:48 pm
#21
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We have a Siamese and a Burmese that will be coming over soon. The Burmese is very dog like. He comes when you call him, plays fetch with bits of paper etc. He will drop a toy in your lap when he wants to play and shout at you if you ignore him.
Both our cats greet us when we get home, waiting just by the door.
Burmese are supposedly the most dog like of all cats
Both our cats greet us when we get home, waiting just by the door.
Burmese are supposedly the most dog like of all cats
Oct 18th 2008, 6:24 pm
#22
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As i said early, cats seem to be much more self sufficient here and seem to be easier to look after AND my neighbours have cats so i would be keeping in with them too!
Ive always been around pets and i miss coming home to an empty house
Ive always been around pets and i miss coming home to an empty house
Oct 18th 2008, 6:25 pm
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my neighbour's cat has just given birth to kittens that need rehomed so she has offered me first pick...! Im still researching!
Oct 18th 2008, 6:28 pm
#24
hmmmm...nice
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Re: Can you treat a cat like a dog.......
cats are very different from dogs though...if you are 'lucky' you might get one that is a bit 'doglike' but most of them will just do as they please, whether you like it or not...I am a cat person...
My cats are all outside 24/7...and they are fine...
Oct 18th 2008, 10:57 pm
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Re: Can you treat a cat like a dog.......
Show me!
Here are mine:
Philip and Felix. Phillip is Siamese/Ragdoll and Felix an alley cat of unknown origin (cattery).
They really do sleep togeather
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Oct 18th 2008, 11:11 pm
#26
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Radley as a kitten (siamese)
Oct 18th 2008, 11:14 pm
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Hugo - possibly Burmese?
Oct 18th 2008, 11:16 pm
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Oct 18th 2008, 11:21 pm
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and BC
Oct 18th 2008, 11:21 pm
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