Posted on 10/17/2013 6:23:52 AM PDT by Innovative
Cats are the world’s most popular pets, outnumbering dogs by as many as three to one. This popularity is undoubtedly helped by the fact that cats are simultaneously affectionate and self-reliant...
Even so, cats remain aloof and inscrutable. Dogs tend to be open, honest and biddable. Cats, on the other hand, demand we accept them on their terms but never quite reveal what those terms might be.
Studies of dogs in the 1950s established the notion of a “primary socialization period,” when puppies are especially sensitive to learning how to interact with people. For dogs, this is between 7 and 14 weeks of age. The concept also applies to cats, but it starts earlier. A kitten that is handled regularly between 4 and 8 weeks generally develops a powerful attraction to people. One that does not meet a human until 10 weeks or later is likely to fear people for the rest of its life.
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No electronic alarm system will take chunk out of the ass of an intruder like mine can and will.
Both of my dogs weigh over 100 pounds and when they bark it scares me and I am the owner....
At one point in my life, I had four dogs and I lived across the street from a meth lab. Had very little trouble with those people. (They finally all got arrested and carted of.) I believe to this day that I hadn’t suffered a home invasion because of those wonderful pets!
What kind of dogs do you have?
Oops. “of”=”off”
One is a german Shepard husky sled dog looking thing. The other is a lab doberman mix. Both mutts and both can get real pissed off when they want to. Their combined bark will put the fear in anyone. When they are barking at a stranger or something they are not familiar with it is a bark like they are mad they cant get at you. I keep them in the house. Oddly they love children....
I’ve always kept mine in the house because where I needed the protection of a warning was inside, not out. When they alarmed I used to lock the dogs IN the house and then patrol the perimeter myself. If the dogs had attacked anyone, they’re the ones who would have been punished by being quarantined or euthanized. Granted, they were all mixed breeds but terrific, bright and loyal. Since one does not allow one’s good buddies to be sentenced to death unnecessarily, I’d be the one to go out.. I become extremely irritable when any member of my family might get hurt. It worked well.
Well, I like both kinds of music, country and Western! :')
“tyrants generally dislike cats.”
I expect that’s ‘cause tyrants can’t control cats.
Regarding #32.
If you’re both alive, he is.
http://www.pothos.org/content/index.php?page=myths-trivia
I suspect the other strawmen ‘tyrants who hated cats’ are probably myths, too.
Oddly enough, when researching this alleged “fact”, I only found it being parroted in liberal forums, usually associated with some conservative who they hoped to smear.
And then there’s
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2004/nov/06/weekend.justinehankins
So, no, those who do not worship at the cat altar are *not* closeted dictators and to imply such was quite a reckless, wanton thing to do, IMO.
Oddly enough, legend has Muhammad firmly as a cat person, to the extent he cut the sleeve off a garment rather than disturb his cat who was sleeping on it.
The first mention of it I ever saw was in the humor book, How To Live With A Neurotic Cat (1985).
But one source about Napoleon is Carl Van Vechten, who wrote The Tiger in the House in 1922.
“Probably the most celebrated ailurophobe in history was Napoleon. According to a popular legend, not long after the battle of Wagram and the second occupation of Vienna by the French, an aide-de-camp of the Corsican, who at the time occupied, together with his suite, the Palace of Schönbrunn, was proceeding to bed at an unusually late hour when, on passing the door of Napoleon’s bedroom, he was surprised to hear a most singular noise and repeated calls for assistance from the Emperor.
“Opening the door hastily, and rushing into the room, he saw the greatest soldier of the age, half undressed, his countenance agitated, beaded drops of perspiration standing on his brow, making frequent and convulsive lunges with his sword through the tapestry that lined the walls, behind which a cat had secreted herself. Madame Junot was aware of this weakness and is reported to have gained an important political advantage over the Little Corporal merely by mentioning a cat at the right moment.”
Importantly, this indicates that Napoleon was not a cat hater as much as a cat phobic.
My tortoise was not a close cat for years. Eventually she would lie nearby on the couch and hold paws. After about 10 years of that she sleeps on top of me mostly because she sleeps a lot and wants to stay warm but also make sure I don’t try to go outside without her.
I have yet to hear of a cat ripping someone to shreds within an inch of his life, if not killing.
That doesn’t sound very Christian to me.
I have yet to hear of a cat ripping someone to shreds within an inch of his life, if not killing.
That doesn’t sound very Christian to me.
Well, God did tell Israel to wipe out entire nations.
I have yet to hear of a cat ripping someone to shreds within an inch of his life, if not killing.
That doesn’t sound very Christian to me.
Well, God did tell Israel to wipe out entire nations.
But that is more Judeaism.
Cats have their place here on the farm, dogs have their place.
Love them both and they both love me.
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