Comments on: Things not covered in the manual

By: Mog

Mog — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:15:18 +0000

Agreed, petting too is warranted. I avoided playing with legs as the kitties had each other, four kittens lot of choices who to play with who. And the elder cats had my daughter to play with as I got them about a year apart. That left me with pet and skritch duty. And attempt to train the untrainable. They unlearn stuff too especially if they see one of them get away with stuff like when I am asleep.

By: Rahel

Rahel — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:35:11 +0000

Makes me wish I could sneak up on the fuzzball and give him skritches.

By: Pamela

Pamela — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:57:52 +0000

He’s such a sleepy boy.

I had a cat years ago named Soot who loved sleeping in the washer.

By: annoying little twerp

annoying little twerp — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:18:50 +0000

Our 11 m.o. silver-tipped tabby “Sheldon” is a handfull.
Shady of blessed Memory(sobs)and Sasha were/are basically laid back lovers. Also, they were rescues. Shady had back claws, Sasha has none(I’d like to hurt the thing that did that to her.)
Sheldy has all his very sharp little claws and has a purr-sonality best described as the Energizer Bunny on steriods. I told my husband now I remember what it’s like having a toddler.
What an adorable, loving, little brat he is.

By: Meryl Yourish

Meryl Yourish — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:46:22 +0000

Well, they do say you shouldn’t allow your cat to bite you or wrestle with it in ways that it could learn that it’s okay to bite or scratch. But Tig knows “no,” “gentle,” and especially, “Ouch!” and immediately eases up when he hears any of those words.

My biggest problem is that my mother’s visit last summer taught him to play with movement underneath the quilt. He jumps at my feet now, pretty much any time of the night if he’s feeling playful. But then again, at nine months old, this too shall pass.

It’s a small price to pay for the hours of joy he gives me every day.

By: Alex Bensky

Alex Bensky — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:51:15 +0000

Greta was my first pet–I didn’t figure out until many years later that my mother’s allergy to cats wasn’t physical–and when I got her I bought a book titled “You Can Train Your Cat.” My review was: “Maybe you can.”

By: John M.

John M. — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:12:01 +0000

Kyoot!