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He's a good cat, actually... but sometimes he has this almost evil look on his face!
The pets of AAC...
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Interesting article about how the domestic cat came to be:
http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/how-the-domestic-cat-achieved-world-domination/
http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/how-the-domestic-cat-achieved-world-domination/
Ack! A mouse eye view of his mouth!
Call him anything you want...just don't call him late for dinner.
Seriously, cats and dogs don't care what you call them. Their real name might be Woof, or Meow. They just know which sound you make when you want to pay attention to them.
I know a Dachshund named Anna. I call her Shottsy and she treats it just the same as what her owners call her.
My puppies were numbered, and they knew the sound I made to call each one.
I don't think they ever figured out their names were numbers, and if they did, they didn't care.
(You can see number two in the birthing box.)
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Have to take mine into the Vet to get tooth extraction, I have 2 sisters here one a black and white, she will go in first. I haven't taken them to the Vet for 10 years, till now they've been good healthy but fat. I need to stop letting them feed from the bowl at will. They should only feed once in the morning and once at night. 13 years old and counting.Help! ... my cat has turned into a mafia Don, and he's acquired a taste for money and a fancy lifestyle!
kv
Ack! A mouse eye view of his mouth!
Call him anything you want...just don't call him late for dinner.
Seriously, cats and dogs don't care what you call them. Their real name might be Woof, or Meow. They just know which sound you make when you want to pay attention to them.
Here's a true story: When I was raising show dogs I got so familiar with dog language that I claimed, "I speak dog."
One day a strange dog (similar to a blonde Laborador) was hiding in a bush at my house and I approached the dog. I read that her daddy beat her and she wouldn't come out until the children showed up to protect her. I told this to a neighbor and she concluded that I was a raving maniac. An hour later, the family showed up and confirmed what I learned from the dog.
Point is, you can read a dog if you are soaked in their society long enough. I don't know if anybody can read cat language.
One day a strange dog (similar to a blonde Laborador) was hiding in a bush at my house and I approached the dog. I read that her daddy beat her and she wouldn't come out until the children showed up to protect her. I told this to a neighbor and she concluded that I was a raving maniac.
An hour later, the family showed up and confirmed what I learned from the dog.Point is, you can read a dog if you are soaked in their society long enough. I don't know if anybody can read cat language.
She is adorable. Yeah, my dog Bear who went about 14 1/2 years was a tiny fur ball when I brought him home. He ended up a Golden & (Something Big) at about 130 Lbs.
Charlotte is the newest and we also have Biscuit. Charlotte tortures poor Biscuit and I think he plans a hole in the yard to bury her.
When we got Charlotte she was one of 9 in a large litter and they all looked the same. I asked to see Charlotte simply because it was my mother's name. So now we have Charlotte who is growing very nicely. She is a Golden and actually all Golden Retriever. Charlotte at 12 weeks.
Charlotte annoying Biscuit.
Between these two and my neighbors cats and kittens it is constant entertainment. I had a dog when I met Kathy, my wife and she also had a dog. Now for over thirty years there have always been two or three dogs in our home. I tend to like dogs over people in many cases.
Ron
Oh absolutely. My mom used to say that cats are a lot like two-year olds and I've come to agree. Cats only seem unreadable to people that don't have them, and some can be tough to read with strangers around. Ditto a toddler. I could probably write a subroutine to simulate my two cats that would cover 90+% of their behavior.I don't know if anybody can read cat language.
Oh, and I'll add that interacting with a child will tell you more about their parents than about the child. Often true with pets as well.
That is really right on target. People have often commented how our pets have a nice disposition and actually seem "laid back". Pets do seem to take on certain traits of their owners. Knew a guy once who was totally neurotic (seriously) and his poor dog was a quivering basket case.
Ron
My cats are quite vocal, I want dinner and the bowl is empty, the water needs changing, I want to go outside open the front door or lift the doggy slider. Theres also one that while standing by the bed that say's hey I'm on my way up and over you to get to the other side of the bed on my wife side, she has a hoarding pile of cloths just for them. Oh, and yeah, there is a last type of meeeow that they want us to know there is a dead mouse I just brought you, it's in the kitchen dispatch it quickly or I'll have to eat it to make sure it's dead.Are you taking to meeeoowwww??
kv
I sold my #4 puppy to a couple dominated by a stereotypical New York neurotic Jewess. Two years later, I saw the dog and she was so neurotic that she was losing her fur.
My bad.
At least I refused to sell a puppy to a man that was so stupid that he drowned one in a hot tub. Dogs can't float in air bubbles!!!! My puppies seemed to be awfully slow in coming back to the surface after diving into a swimming pool, but I did not hesitate to jump in and save #5.
I don't think he needed saving, but I was taking no chances!
10-4 on the air bubbles. Most don't realize how dangerous an aerator is. Knew of a fellow who fell into a wastewater aerator. He was able to climb out on an air supply down riser. Barely made it. Then had to spend about four months in hospital for one lung and sinus infection after another. Never go around an aerator without a safely line or alone. Very dangerous.
Looking back over the years and all of the dogs I think among dogs while we all loved each and every one of them they all had their own distinct personalities and qualities. Bear was a dog I ended up with as a tiny puppy, vet estimated 6 weeks and he was too young to be separated from his mother. A regular customer came into my gun shop one evening with this ball of fur on a rope. He found the dog being abused by some kids so he took it. I had the pup on the counter playing with it as David was telling me the pup was pound bound as his apartment was no pets. As he prepared to leave I looked at him and said leave the dog. It had been several months since I lost my Tasha so I took Bear home (He looked like a baby bear cub) and told Kathy, my wife, look what I have. Bear was a great family orientated dog and this dog formed an unbelievable bond with our granddaughter. She would constantly drag him around and he was very, very protective of her. The vet guessed Golden Retriever and something else that was big.
That dog would remain exactly as you see him above till Alexis would wake from her naps. The only time I saw him vicious was once when my daughter tried to spank Alexis in front of him. He cornered my daughter and placed himself between my daughter and Alexis. I would guess Alexis, now 13 was about 5 in the above picture. I told my daughter never spank that child in his view as he may view you as an aggressor against her and turn on you. That dog peaked at close to 130 Lbs. He was one of the greatest dogs we ever had the pleasure of sharing life with.
Ron
That dog would remain exactly as you see him above till Alexis would wake from her naps. The only time I saw him vicious was once when my daughter tried to spank Alexis in front of him. He cornered my daughter and placed himself between my daughter and Alexis. I would guess Alexis, now 13 was about 5 in the above picture. I told my daughter never spank that child in his view as he may view you as an aggressor against her and turn on you. That dog peaked at close to 130 Lbs. He was one of the greatest dogs we ever had the pleasure of sharing life with.
Ron
A friend of mine died last year for the exact same situation you've just described... a very tragic incident...
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