Firm Rules for Living With a Dog AND Strict House Rules for Stray Cats

Chron Watch ^ | 10/16/06

[SelmaLee]

"(It starts to rain. Stray cat is now looking in the window with a pitiful expression.)"

True story: Many years ago, I begged my husband (who was a 'confirmed cat-hater') to let me get a cat. He finally agreed, but the cat was absolutely, positively stay outside in our screen porch. I was working night-shift at the time, and I came home one morning and there was no cat in the porch.

I ran inside, to tell my husband that the cat had escaped, and there I found Puff, lying on our bed. His excuse? "Well, it was raining." I pointed out that the porch had a roof. His answer was that the roof might have leaked. Long story short - he was taken in by the poor pitiful kitty act - and has been the loyal subject of many a cat over the years since then.

[Lauren BaRecall]

I had so much fun laughing over this one!

[Lauren BaRecall]

Absolutely adorable!

[U S Army EOD]

All jokes aside, you can't have a better smoke detector or burgular alarm than a dog or cat in your house.

[areafiftyone]

Oh you are welcome. These kind of posts always bring out the smiles! :-)

[wolfcreek]

Don't tell our Chihuahua (Medina) any of those rules. She thinks she's human and she doubles as a security alarm.

[areafiftyone]

My friend's husband hated her cat (or so he said). He would not pet the cat in front of her. One time she came home and found him with the cat on his lap and him talking to it and petting it. So funny!

[LSAggie]

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[HairOfTheDog]

Ping!

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[Joe 6-pack]

I highly recommend these two books for any current or prospective dog owner...

Use the money you were going to spend on a doghouse. You won't regret buying them.

[JimSEA]

you can't have a better smoke detector or burgular alarm than a dog or cat

Very true. When they think something is wrong, they will come and wake you up or bark. In partickular, our cats have woken us up because the stove was left on, when a window was left open, when a house down the street caught on fire, when the daughter was late getting home from work, and on other occasions. Of course, an emergency to a cat is not always one to a human. We have also been woken up for possums crossing the back yard, "foreign" cats and dogs in the yard, large spiders in unreachable locations, and for the "presentation" of mice (frequently but in exchange we have little evidence of mice beyond these "gifts").

[groanup]

Can we take him home?

We already have a dog.

But look at him, and our dog needs a friend.

Can we keep the kitty?

We already have a cat.

But look at her.

[proudofthesouth]

This is good. My dog(s) and cat have always been my "pet kids". I worry about them during severe weather when I can't be at home. They get birthday and Christmas presents. Every year (since my divorce) they get a new ornament for the Christmas tree.

[OregonRancher]

Reality folks: Our two dogs have a job with no specific duty except to bark at strangers after dark, they have the worlds best medical plan for life, the best retirement plan in the world, excellent food with the occasional rib-eye bone's, wonderful travel benefits, they see everything we do and they don't have to do anything. Warm quarters with very soft beds that are cleaned regularly.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Been there; done that!

[DollyCali]

He he he he he..

so true, so true...

the abandoned dog houses will accommodate a feral cat family, a raccoon family or can be use to store "things"..

[Emmett McCarthy]

I live in "domestic tranquility" with my dog, Sam. He's content to let me think that I've trained him not to poop in the house. I'm content to let him think that he's trained me not to poop in his yard. And we don't have to "TALK ABOUT IT". Talking causes divorce.

[NaughtiusMaximus]

And we don't have to "TALK ABOUT IT". Talking causes divorce.

Ain't it the truth. I knew a woman who stayed happily (more or less) married to the most dogmatic, intolerant man I ever knew by replying "I wouldn't be a bit surprised" to his every statement.

[Lauren BaRecall]

How the "Pitiful Expression" looks on a dog:

[JCEccles]

Our cat, fat ol' Elmo, lives outside year round. He gets two small handful of dry cat food a day. He's neutered, so he doesn't wander very far or create more stray cats.

We like Elmo, he likes us, and we do just fine.