"CATCH MEEEE!"
Posted on 07/22/2005 9:58:38 PM PDT by bayourod
Not that we've been searching for details, but reportedly in Colin Farrell's homemade sex tape, he turns the camera from his playmate, Nicole Narian, to focus on her cat.
Each time an amateur porn tape surfaces, the unsympathetic shake their heads and say: "What were they thinking?" But this time we wonder: "What was the cat thinking?"
And, perhaps more disturbing: "What do our pets think about our sex lives?"
Man's best friend It's no mystery that pets are often present when humans feel the urge for romance. A 2003 American Animal Hospital Association Pet Owner survey found that 47 percent of pets sleep on their owners' beds.
Molly Gill, 32, who own's Molly's Mutt House on West Gray, said she has never had a problem with her four dogs while she and her husband dance the matrimonial polka. But her man — he takes some issue.
A few weeks ago, clients brought in a ragged black dog they found on a street corner with a heavy rope around its neck. The little dog was too emaciated to walk. Gill nurtured it back to health and — perhaps, as a sign of gratitude — the pup, which is about 8 years old, doesn't take her bulging brown eyes away from Gill.
So on a recent night, when things got hot and heavy in the Gill house, Minky, as the dog is called, just stared.
"My husband stopped. He said, 'I can't do this; she's staring.' "
What pets know Dr. Katherine Houpt, a veterinary behaviorist and professor of animal behavior at Cornell University, said it's hard to tell whether pets really know what's going on.
"Different odors can and will excite a dog," she said, but there's no scientific data as to whether they can smell sex.
"(But even) when people hug one another or dance, the dog will get excited, so when people are flouncing around, it might easily arouse a dog," because dogs just like being a part of things, Houpt said.
Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist Dr. Suzanne Hetts, who has a private practice in Lakewood, Colo., said dogs think of the household as a social group, and when they feel they're being left out of any activity, they naturally get antsy.
Cats are different, said Linda O'Connor, 56, of Houston. She owns three cats, Baby, Stinker and Callie, plus a German shepherd, Lucky.
"Cats are always around. They don't get in your way," O'Connor said. "Cats could care less, but dogs are impossible. The dog has to be gone."
That's because a cat's social behavior is completely opposite from a dog's, Hetts said. Cats don't hang out in groups, and if they do, their social group isn't stratified, as is a dog's.
So if the owners are getting romantic, "cats just tend to leave," Hetts said.
On the other hand, parrots and other large birds can get just as giddy as old Bowser. They are possessive of their environment and of their owner, especially if it's a male pet with a female owner.
Mate-guarding acts Hetts and Houpt said most of the cases that pass through their clinics involve aggression when a human male is getting into a bed with his partner and her male dog.
"It's mate-guarding behavior," Houpt said.
Dogs see the man as competition for the woman.
Pets can also get rowdy if they misinterpret what they're seeing or hearing, Hetts said. If a dog is outside the door, "the vocalizations can cause the pet to think that someone is in trouble, (and) he's just pacing around trying to figure out what's going on," Hetts said.
Houpt said that while aggression is rare, especially if the dog knows both people, she thinks people should keep their dogs outside the door or in a crate. "I'd think most people don't like to be watched," she said.
Then again, Sara Anderson, 65, of Houston, who owns a dog, Sherry, and cat, Beau, doesn't worry about her pets interrupting.
"They are so old. One's blind (cat), and one's deaf (dog), so it doesn't matter," Anderson said.
Claude Hill, who owns a 1-year-old schnauzer, Mikey, said when it comes to pets and the bedroom, people do some weird stuff. His dog isn't allowed in the boudoir.
"I have a three-story house. He stays downstairs. He's confined to the kitchen and breakfast area," said Hill, 58, of Houston.
Marc Evans, 35, of Houston, who takes care of 13-month-old Duke, a cocker spaniel, plus other dogs and horses, is another guy who wants pets locked out of the bedroom during romance.
"The man likes to be alone, but if it's the lady's pet, then he will deal with the dog or cat so he can get next to the lady," Evans said.
Beth, who didn't want her last name used, said her 11-year-old little dog often scratches at the door when he's shut out.
"I've had pets in the bedroom, but it's usually a spur of the moment thing — not when I'm making a tape," said the single 23-year-old.
LOL...well you've convinced me to make an appointment with the vet or I'll feel wierd about shooting pool with the dog around. It's nueterin' time
Better yet, close the door. My cat is 22 lbs and isn't real easy to launch.
You have one of them, too?
Mine's black and friggin HUGH! It'll sit on my chest and I can't breathe!
Yours is a little fuzzier, hard to tell which is bigger. Elvis is damned heavy, 22.5 lbs at vet checkup last month I got the cat kind of by accident, but he's become a fixture now. I wanted a dog, but I travel at times, so it's impossible.
We had the fat one for about a year and just 2 minths ago, my Dad asked if we could take another cat. They've been best pals ever since.
They just LOVE chasing each other at 4AM. It's SOO cute!
grrrrrrrrr.
minths = months
again...
grrrrrrrrr
Mine is territorial. He'd kill another cat if I brought one in. A stray can pop up on the back deck and Elvis goes ballistic.
"Elvis?!" LOL!!
The fat one is called, "Dutch," and the gray one is, "Jones."
If he could manage to get off his duff on the window sill, he'd say "Thank ya, thank ya very much".
Mine's grey....he does the chest thing, but instead of merely climbing onto you, he dive bombs from the headboard of the bed. He's also managed to coldnose hubby in the rearend once when we didn't realize he'd gone quietly to sleep under the bed previously...better than claws tho!
That was an hysterical book. I loved Wambaugh.
Thanks for the ping!
We have to remove Tomas from the premises, but Phoebe stays put on her chair and leaves us alone. :-)
In Arkansas, the animals know to run when they see a naked guy!
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