God's Rottweiler loves cats! Benedict XVI's penchant for felines

Knight Ridder Newspapers ^ | Thu Apr 21, 6:20 PM ET | Matthew Schofield

[DollyCali]

I am sorry that you experienced what most of us who are cat folks have. I
do cat rescue & have arms that look like road maps much too often.. ... Your event at an early ages make it worse. Most pets when frightened (and the energy of kids is frightening to many pets). Not every animal is gentlee & long suffering like a golden.

I have had cats like Goldens. Kids could pound, play etc. My own son was raised in a household where we bred persians. He would sit with them & be very rough & never a scratch.

At 2 years old the FIRST TIME Ileft him with a friend during the day as I went to a retreat (my hubby to pick him up a few hours later after work), Jeff was bitten & chewed on by a large dog. To this day Jeff is fearful of large dogs (he is now 33 & a strong, big body builder). The early images are vivid.

We are both right actually!

have a good weekend.

[Goodgirlinred]

Cats are very clean. They take good care to keep themselves well groomed. I love both cats and dogs. I have two old cats that two of my daughters left here when they got married, and I have my late husband's elderly dog, and I have my personal dog: 3 year old Harm. I love all of them. Harm is my constant companion. Cats and dogs rule together, but Harm ROCKS!

[LibKill]

I luv kat. Baked, mostly.

[Goodgirlinred]

Hey! The litter pan should be clean. If it is dirty, it is the human's fault. Excuse me, but don't dogs lick themselves in the same places? My beloved Harm does. I don't object. That is what he is supposed to do as are the cats. Humans are supposed to takes baths and showers.

[Antioch]

believe it or not, there's even a saint for that sort of thing :)

GERTRUDE of Nivelles

Younger daughter of Blessed Pepin I of Landen and Blessed Ida of Nivelles; sister of Saint Begga. Devoted to religious life from an early age, she turned down a noble marriage to pursue the religious life. On the death of Pepin in 639, and on the advice of Saint Amand of Maastricht, Ida built a double monastery at Nivelles where both she and her daughter retired. Gertrude became abbess about age 20.

Patronage: Against mice, against cats, fear of mice, fear of cats, fever, insanity, mental disorders.

[ihv2bme]

I have nothing against a dead cat...ha ha!

I decided along time ago that if I ever have to clean SH*T up after something it would be my child and I am not going to have kids so why would I want to clean a dirty, nasty, cat litter pan!

All in fun...someone has to like the little critters, POWER TO ALL YOU CAT LOVERS!

[madison10]

Besides, it's not cats that will eat their own crap.

Yeah, but they bury their crap with their paws & then walk all over counter tops, furniture, etc. Ewwwww.

[Huntress]

Ping!

I thought you'd enjoy this thread.

[tiredoflaundry]

Holy Father has to be a FReeper! Someone needs to "photo shop" a Papal Viking Kitty! ;-)
reserved only for really BIG zots!

[Spktyr]

That's why there are not one, but three different self-cleaning automated litterboxes on the market today.

[Spktyr]

Usually they don't make contact between their paws and their crap; they're usually very particular about not doing that.

[mupcat]

A cat scratched my forearm bloody when I was child. My "crime" was an attempt to pet the feline monster

so for that you sermonize ALL cats?

[mupcat]

Yeah, but they bury their crap with their paws & then walk all over counter tops, furniture, etc.

No they don't---they scratch the dirt over it and don't step in it. Watch them sometime it's actually quite a ceremony. Besides, I know a cat who has taught himself to use the toilet, and I can't remember the last time I saw a dog do that.

[mupcat]

Sorry, should have read demonize

[Spktyr]

Cats are definitely evolving - the number of cats that can use a human toilet are on the increase.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Besides, it's not cats that will eat their own crap.

Zing!! Zap, zap, zot!!

[Antioch]

The kitties have spoken

[Felicity Fahrquar]

nicely done, Antioch

[maryz]

Beautiful!

[mewzilla]

Awwwwww!