Comments on: Friday Cat Blogging

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 19:34:38 +0000

In reply to Badtux. Yes, Badtux, as soon as the student-teacher roles are established, the training proceeds apace. It is only humans who think they are the teachers that generate the negative reports.

By: Badtux

Badtux — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 02:55:26 +0000

TMF can yowl with the best of them if you try to lock him out of whatever room you’re in. So the question is what’s more annoying — TMF yowling and scratching at the door, or TMF interrupting your business to grab your hand demanding to be petted. My landlord’s paint says the scratching at the door is more annoying :shock:.

People say that cat training is difficult. I beg to differ. Cats train us cat staff with the greatest of ease ;).

– Badtux the Well-trained Penguin

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 01:10:57 +0000

I just put the camera down on my right side as I walked and pushed to the button. It was luck.

By: oldwhitelady

oldwhitelady — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 00:03:09 +0000

Goodness! She sure is a sweetheart! That’s a nice shot for a moving shot.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 01:23:40 +0000

And if you shut the door to keep him out, he will stand outside, scratch the door and complain loudly. Yep, I know about that one.

By: Badtux

Badtux — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 23:50:17 +0000

My lap is a prized possession in my household. If TMF is in my lap and Mencken decides he wants a tummy rub, he simply jumps up on my lap and starts tearing into TMF. EEEP! Needless to say, I don’t allow cats in my lap unless I’m wearing heavy jeans!

TMF has gotten a bad habit where if I am, say, sitting on the crapper, and he wants me to pet him, he’ll come to where I’m doing my business and grab my hand with his paw (claws semi-extended) and guide it towards his head. *NOT* appreciated in that particular circumstance, heh.

-Badtux the Cat-owned Penguin

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 21:25:24 +0000

Kryten, it sounds like they just want to know they are around. You do realize that many cats would hold the “fight’ in your lap.

I think Tip is annoyed with me, Steve, because at the neighbor’s house she doesn’t have to do this much work, but she does have to tolerate a lot of touching.

Well, Jams, you can’t allow ‘staff’ to wander about without direction.

By: jams o donnell

jams o donnell — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 17:37:10 +0000

Ah now now we mere humans need to be led. We just can’t be trusted to do what cats want!

By: Steve Bates

Steve Bates — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:02:30 +0000

It seems Tip is learning Esther’s trick. One hears jokes about some activity being just like herding cats, and I agree it’s an apt simile for managing certain kinds of projects. But there are most certainly cats that herd humans… walking in front of us, periodically stopping in a strategic spot and looking back to keep the overall walk directed firmly at the food bowl. Esther, being older, is better at it than Lily, and despite any residual maternal instincts, she clearly has no intention of teaching her kit the trick, because although they have separate bowls, they are heading for the same food service area.

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 05:08:37 +0000

Hah! 😀 That’s a good shot all things considered Bryan. 🙂 I have to say, Tip is my kinda kitty. 🙂 After your last photo op, she’s decided she needs to remind you of your duties, and to make sure you do them! 😆

I wish I could have a cat. 🙂 We have the two little dogs, and they are good company, usually. 😉 They’ve now decided that my bed (behind me when I’m at my desk) is the perfect place for a full on wrestling match! And They get annoyed if I don’t leave the door open so they can chase each other at full tilt through the house, leap on the bed, and start a loud (but harmless) fight, then take off again… etc! 😆 It was fun… at first! *sigh* 😉