Posted on 05/25/2024 12:55:26 PM PDT by DallasBiff
Dogs are trained to serve the needs of mankind in so many ways. And new skills and abilities are being found often.
But as a loyal friend and companion is still enough to outweigh the traits of the average feline.
(I don’t dislike cats, mostly. Just don’t find them winning my heart like a dog will)
The difference of how dogs and cats teach their young...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKkfMc4WVBU
I am 100% a ‘Dog Person’ and yet, I have ALWAYS had cats. I hate the whole litter box thang - so my current two are outside from sunset until morning and that helps - a lot. They are good mousers - never have seen a mouse in the house - unless one or the other of them have brought one in as a ‘gift.’
The big male (Boyd, Tuxedo Cat) sleeps with me from time to time. He snores!
We just lost our Beagle, Chief, (old age) so our ‘Reserve Beagle,’ Dolly, got a promotion and she is rising to the challenges of being Majordomo around here.
We raise Treeing Walker Coon Hounds and Plott Hounds for hunting raccoon and/or black bear. Just raised a litter of the Plotts, and the newest litter of Walker dogs are 2 weeks old and have just opened their eyes. So sweet.
When Dolly is gone, I really do NOT want another house dog and I will not replace the cats - but mark my words - a CAT will always seem to find me! Moochers! ;)
My favorite dog breeds are Labradors and Basset Hounds. Have had 3 Labs and 3 Bassets through the years with some overlap. The oldest Basset was pretty much raised by the two Labs, so he had some weird quirks, LOL!
I had a cocker who did not like her ears touched. Which was overcome over time by just being gentle and persistent. She eventually came to love me tousling her ears.
Dogs like to lick their balls and butts then lick their owners face and the owners think it’s cool.....,.Yuck!
Had a Siberian Husky that found perfume to be dead seals to roll in/on. Older the better.
Rush used to say ‘Dogs have masters; cats have staff’.
Cats like to scratch over poop in the litter box and then walk on your counters and table
Yum
And I might add, the two shelties that live behind me eat their own poops........BARF!
How To Give A Cat A Bath:
1. Thoroughly clean the toilet.
2. Add the required amount of shampoo to the toilet water and have both lids lifted.
3. Obtain the cat and soothe him while you carry him towards the bathroom.
4. In one smooth movement, put the cat in the toilet and close both lids (you may need to stand on the lid so that he cannot escape). CAUTION: Do not get any part of your body too close to the edge, as his paws will be reaching out for anything they can find. The cat will self-agitate and make ample suds. Never mind the noises that come from your toilet, the cat is actually enjoying this.
5. Flush the toilet three or four times. This provides a “power wash and rinse” which I found to be quite effective.
6. Have someone open the door to the outside and ensure that there are no people between the toilet and the outside door.
7. Stand behind the toilet as far as you can and quickly lift both lids.
8. The now-clean cat will rocket out of the toilet and run outside where he will dry himself.
Giving A Cat A Pill:
1. Pick cat up and cradle it in the crook of your left arm as if holding a baby. Position right forefinger and thumb on either side of cat’s mouth and gently apply pressure to cheeks while holding pill in right hand. As cat opens mouth, pop pill into mouth. Allow cat to close mouth and swallow.
2. Retrieve pill from floor and cat from behind sofa. Cradle cat in left arm and repeat process.
3. Retrieve cat from bedroom, and throw soggy pill away.
4. Take new pill from foil wrap, cradle cat in left arm holding rear paws tightly with left hand. Force jaws open and push pill to back of mouth with right forefinger. Hold mouth shut for a count of 10.
5. Retrieve pill from goldfish bowl and cat from top of wardrobe. Call spouse from garden.
6. Kneel on floor with cat wedged firmly between knees, holding front and rear paws. Ignore low growls emitted by cat. Get spouse to hold cat’s head firmly with one hand while forcing wooden ruler into mouth. Drop pill down ruler and rub cat’s throat vigorously.
7. Retrieve cat from curtain rail, get another pill from foil wrap. Make note to buy new ruler and repair curtains. Carefully sweep shattered figurines from hearth and set to one side for gluing later.
8. Wrap cat in large towel and get spouse to lie on cat with its head just visible from below spouse’s armpit. Put pill in end of drinking straw, force cat’s mouth open with pencil and blow down drinking straw.
9. Check label to make sure pill you just swallowed is not harmful to humans, drink glass of water to take taste away. Apply Band-Aid to spouse’s forearm and remove blood from carpet with cold water and soap.
10. Retrieve cat from neighbor’s shed. Get another pill. Place cat in cupboard and close door onto neck to leave head showing. Force mouth open with dessert spoon. Flick pill down throat with elastic band.
11. Get a screwdriver from garage and put door back on hinges. Clean and bandage slashed, bloody arms and face. Apply cold compress to cheek and check records for date of last tetanus shot. Throw bloody, shredded T-shirt away and get a new one from bedroom.
12. Call fire dept to retrieve cat from tree across the road. Apologize to neighbor who crashed into fence while swerving to avoid cat. Take last pill from foil wrap.
13. Tie cat’s front paws to rear paws with garden twine and bind tightly to leg of dining table. Find heavy duty pruning gloves from shed. Force cat’s mouth open with small adjustable wrench. Push pill into mouth followed by large piece of filet steak. Hold head vertically and pour pint of water down throat to wash pill down.
14. Get spouse to drive you to emergency room; sit quietly while doctor stitches fingers and forearm, and removes pill remnants from right eye. Also, be quite still for your tetanus shot before beginning your 10-day regimen of antibiotics. Stop by furniture shop on way home to order new table.
15. Arrange for vet to make a house call.
Cat Rules:
1) The cat is not allowed on the furniture.
2) Alright, the cat can go on the furniture, but NOT on the kitchen counter.
3) OK, the cat can go on the kitchen counter, too, but just not when I’m preparing meals.
4) Fine, The cat can go wherever it wants, whenever it wants, as long as it doesn’t swat me in the face at 4:30 in the morning, demanding to be fed.
5) Yes, the cat will be fed at 4:30 in the morning.
6) Dogs have masters, cats have staff.
Q: What’s the difference between a dog and a cat?
A: The dog accepts you at face value; the cat wants to see your resume.
I never cared for cats but we developed a seemingly intractable rodent problem after Hurricane Michaela and there was a neighborhood calico that would make the rounds of doorsteps looking for food put out by a couple of the neighbors. One day it came to my door and yowled. In my head I made the connection ((cats like rats)) invited it in, and opened up a can of tunafish for it. It ate then patrolled all through my house making a startling number of cat sounds. Then it went out. It came back the next day and stayed for the night wanting OUT as soon as I stood up from bed. It has been coming back for part of the day ever since and we have had no rat problem since shortly after that first visit.
My dog alerts me to danger even in the dead of night
My then 10 year old daughter brought a juvenile black cat home and over my strident objections her mother let her keep it. Occasionally daughter would wake in the morning with Kitty standing on the floor in her bedroom waiting for her to rise then releasing the stunned mouse which crawled away as a stunned crittur would do. Kitty meowed at daughter louder and louder until the mouse got out of sight then found it and repeated the process. D this time grabbed a T shirt from the end of the bed and got the mouse, took it outside and deposited it in the otherwise empty garbage can. Trash pickup carried it off that evening. Kitty seemed satisfied that D had learned the lesson and did not repeat. ne benefit of the procedure is that D, now grown up with her own family is not afraid of even large rats or snakes. They ara just obnoxious critters easy to dispose of by killing (rats) or relocation.
thx for the ping!!
I have both and love both. For totally separate reasons. The only similarity is they have fur and I can’t deduct them as dependents
Here’s a cat related SF classic by Cordwainer Smith.
The Game of Rat and Dragon.
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/29614/29614-h/29614-h.htm
Currently have no pets, but love black Labs and tuxedos.
Try some anticuchos, ceviche, aji de gallina and papas la Huancaina, washed down with a glass of chicha morada.
Just say no to cuy though!
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