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Ornery cats find a niche
Associated Press ^ | 10/22/2017

Posted on 10/22/2017 2:26:39 PM PDT by boatbums

Gary wasn't used to being around people. He didn't like being touched, or even looked at. If anyone came too close, he'd lash out.

He was perfect for the job. Because at the "Working Cats" program, no manners is no problem.

Philadelphia's Animal Care and Control Team established the program about four years ago to place unadoptable cats - the biters and the skittish, the swatters and the ones who won't use a litter box - into jobs as mousers at barns or stables.

The shelter recently expanded the program to move cats that were less-than-ideal pets into urban jobs at places like factories and warehouses as a sort of green pest control.


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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: cats; kittyping
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To: LUV W; MS.BEHAVIN; boatbums
That pic cracks me up when I see it. Ghost just doesn't seem to give a flip. LOL

Roxy and Shags play tag sometimes. Roxy doesn't appear to be very happy when it's Shags' turn to be "it".


61 posted on 10/22/2017 11:16:22 PM PDT by radu (God bless our military men and women, past and present)
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To: radu

The coat on that kitteh in the foreground is gorgeous!
Just wow!


62 posted on 10/22/2017 11:43:22 PM PDT by MS.BEHAVIN (Women who behave rarely make history)
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To: MS.BEHAVIN
That's Shags. He was scruffy and dirty when he first showed up and being a semi-longhair, his coat was thinner during summer. I called him the shaggy guy and when he decided he was going to stay with us, he became Shags.

He's getting his winter coat and is really pretty now. I love his markings. Here's a side view that also shows his handsome face.


63 posted on 10/22/2017 11:54:22 PM PDT by radu (God bless our military men and women, past and present)
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To: boatbums
Five years ago we had three feral kittens arrive at our back door. One all white, one all black and one a perfect oreo. Oreo was the runt but she was the one scrappy enough to survive or just stick around.

Here was the all white one enjoying the peace and quiet of GreenAcres...


64 posted on 10/23/2017 5:10:24 AM PDT by Prov1322 (Enjoy my wife's incredible artwork at www.watercolorARTwork.com! (This space no longer for rent))
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To: radu

Ghost is a very cool cat! I get so tickled when Peaches is all growling and hissing, and Ghost simply walks softly up to him, boops his nose, and sits down to wait. LOL!

Shags looks like he enjoys being “it”! :) He has such gorgeous markings! And I love black and whites.


65 posted on 10/23/2017 7:32:26 AM PDT by luvie (Our troops are the best of the best and we should honor them EVERY day!)
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To: MS.BEHAVIN

Hilarious!

See, dogs do goofy stuff. Kittehs actually help around the house. ;o)


66 posted on 10/23/2017 2:08:25 PM PDT by boatbums (The Law is a storm which wrecks your hopes of self-salvation, but washes you upon the Rock of Ages.)
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To: Prov1322

Love it! Nap time is VERY important.


67 posted on 10/23/2017 2:12:27 PM PDT by boatbums (The Law is a storm which wrecks your hopes of self-salvation, but washes you upon the Rock of Ages.)
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To: radu

He’s purty.


68 posted on 10/23/2017 2:12:47 PM PDT by boatbums (The Law is a storm which wrecks your hopes of self-salvation, but washes you upon the Rock of Ages.)
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To: radu

He’s beautiful!
Tigermaus is a semi long hair too.
He is just getting SO BIG!
I’ll see if I can get another pic of him soon.


69 posted on 10/23/2017 5:03:02 PM PDT by MS.BEHAVIN (Women who behave rarely make history)
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To: LUV W

You need to get a video clip of Ghost booping Peaches on the nose. That would be a hoot.
He just looks like he’s got a cool cattitude in the pic you posted.

Shags definitely enjoys being “it”. He plays tags with all the outside cats fairly regularly but with Roxy most often. She’s a small girlie but she can handle Shags quite well when it’s her turn to be “it”. LOL


70 posted on 10/23/2017 8:37:23 PM PDT by radu (God bless our military men and women, past and present)
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To: boatbums

He’s purty indeed. And though he always looks like he’ll bite your hand off, he’s a very sweet feller. No telling what he did to make his previous owner toss him out like trash but he doesn’t have to worry about it happening again. The cats that show up here are with us til death do us part. That’s why we have so many. LOL


71 posted on 10/23/2017 8:40:53 PM PDT by radu (God bless our military men and women, past and present)
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To: MS.BEHAVIN

I hope you get another pic of Tigermaus soon. I just love to admire that handsome young feller.

I’m beginning to wonder if Pixie’s girlies are ever going to grow up. It’s like she had a litter of midgets they’re so small for their age.


72 posted on 10/23/2017 8:44:21 PM PDT by radu (God bless our military men and women, past and present)
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To: radu

I’ll bug hubby to take a pic of him again.
He’s on vacation this week, so he should have time!

Tigermaus has some “heft” to him when you pick him up.
He’s nothing like those sweet little girlie kitehs that you have!
LOL
He runs through the house and raises hell most of the time!


73 posted on 10/23/2017 8:57:37 PM PDT by MS.BEHAVIN (Women who behave rarely make history)
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To: MS.BEHAVIN

Stay on your hubby’s case about a pic. LOL!

You’ll probably have trouble picking Tigermaus up when he’s full grown. He’s going to be a hoss!

I wouldn’t exactly call Pixie’s girlie sweeties. They’re small but they’re hellraisers. LOL! And they don’t take any guff off the other cats either. The live up to “dynamite comes in small packages”. :-)


74 posted on 10/23/2017 9:14:53 PM PDT by radu (God bless our military men and women, past and present)
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To: radu

I’ll try to get that video. I haven’t caught him doing it in a while. Peaches just hates it. LOL!


75 posted on 10/23/2017 9:15:20 PM PDT by luvie (Our troops are the best of the best and we should honor them EVERY day!)
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To: LUV W

Peaches’ reaction is what I want to see. LOL! He acts all big and bad and it must deflate his ego to get a boop on the nose for his efforts.

Cats are so funny.


76 posted on 10/23/2017 9:30:40 PM PDT by radu (God bless our military men and women, past and present)
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To: boatbums

Yes, God love the kittehs!!


77 posted on 10/24/2017 8:41:13 AM PDT by pallmallman
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78 posted on 10/24/2017 9:31:21 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg)
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To: boatbums

Where have you guys been!!!

At my local TOPS store there is a beautiful little black boy someone left in the parking lot.

There are recuse groups trying to catch him Thank God but have not yet. I go to that store almost daily. I look for him. You know what I mean. We are down to 5 at home. My Oreo just turned 18!!! 18 and he runs the house. Its pretty funny. The 120 pound doberman will not pass him in the hallway.

The plight of pets is ever on my mind. Yep, God made them to reproduce, this is what they do.

Freegards


79 posted on 10/24/2017 10:10:53 AM PDT by Uversabound (Might does not make right, but it does enforce the commonly recognized rights of each succeeding gen)
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To: ProudFossil

My KudzuCat played fetch. Loved it. His favorite was a tennis ball off the wall of the stairs landing.


80 posted on 10/24/2017 5:25:01 PM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensational perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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