Owner of Swimming, Hiking Cat: 'We Think He Might Be Part Dog'

KBOI2 ^ | Aug 28, 2015 | Michelle Esteban

[nickcarraway]

[nickcarraway]

Ping

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Free range cat.

Two wheels a turnin'
One heart that's yearnin'
Big motor burnin' the road . . .

[blackdog]

Cute story with a tasty ending for a predator. Most likely an owl or raptor of some sort.

I had a coworker who lost a Yorkie that way. You could still hear the Yorkie yelping as it flew off with it.

[shibumi]

[who knows what evil?]

Yawn...I have an orange ‘barn cat’ who walks thru the woods with my wife and I when the opportunity strikes...I’ve had Siamese that will hike with us...not unusual. ‘Part dog’, my ***.

[Leaning Right]

Cute story with a tasty ending for a predator. Most likely an owl or raptor of some sort.

Good point, and well worth mentioning.

[Cowboy Bob]

Referring to the cats owners as “mom” and “dad” is a bit creepy.

[Nep Nep]

I have a cat that had been indoors all its life, when I lived in the mountain forests for a year I let her have some free reign, she took to it like a fish to water. There’s nothing at all unusual about a cat who likes to prowl around.

[Nep Nep]

ack... “free rein” that is.

[Bubba_Leroy]

If Bruce Jenner can identify as a woman why can’t a cat identity as a dog?

[moovova]

What kind of trail mix does the cat prefer...tuna or chicken?

[Rodamala]

Cute story with a tasty ending for a predator. Most likely an owl or raptor of some sort

"He went from the backyard to the local park to Cougar Mountain last summer and has been hiking regularly ever since."

Cougar? Mountain?

What could possibly go wrong?

[blackdog]

We live next to a huge dense stand of old oaks about 125 years old. We adopted a feral cat over the course of a year, as it took that long to get her to trust us and come inside. She rarely goes out and when she does she runs from cover spot to cover spot, always looking up.

I found out from neighbors she's had two litters of kittens before we moved in. Hawks and owls picked off every single one of them. She has no real desire to be an outside cat at all anymore. I can't say I blame her?

We love having the predators around. Not one rat, mouse, mole, in the area. In the evening the owls dart thru our yard like a big brown bullet.

[redfreedom]

There’s really nothing new here. Our woods often have several feral cats. I feel sorry for them because they do not winter very well. They wind up with ears and tails frozen off. Not a good looking sight. By spring time they are gone, probably too weak or can’t find food and wind up a coyote snack.

[bgill]

I was thinking cougar dinner.

[Shugee]

My vet does this, too. I think it might be something cutesy that young, female vets tend to say, as I’ve never encountered this before from male or older vets. Sometimes the assistants even call the pets babies. It creeps me out, too. I don’t respond to it, and over time my vet stopped saying it to me. Maybe I got a black mark on my record, haha.

[Slyfox]

Looks like my Radar.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Certainly better than “Parental Unit 1” and “Parental Unit 2” which you would expect in Seattle.

[tcrlaf]

Saw a guy walking his cat, on a leash, while in Gulfport on Spring Break.

Cat didn’t mind it at all, and I never once saw it pulling against the leash. Owner was smart enough not to let him go into the reeds near the water, either.