Posted on 02/22/2005 7:52:56 PM PST by Dinsdale
When your dog starts petting people. It's always a good sign somethings wrong.
Nice looking shepherd. Used to have one that was smarter than my neighbors kids. ;-)
"corner the cat" -- Right! Did you ever try to corner a cat? LOL!
You left off the flip side of the instruction sheet:
Instructions For Giving Your Dog a Pill:1. Wrap pill in bacon and drop on floor.
I wonder if the owner had a gun. I wouldn't have waited for the police. He'd have received a hollow-point between the eyes. Done!
If it were me I'd get a second opinion on that negative rabies report.
I agree. If one of my otherwise sweet cats suddenly went psycho one day, I'd capture it (I know, not real easy with a crazy cat), and take it to the vet -- if the vet couldn't find anything, then lock it in a room for at least a day or two to see if it wears off.
And along with other suggestions as to possible causes (poison, electric shock, etc.), I'd like to add that the cat may have had a stroke, aneurism, or concussion.
It really is amazing how scary even a ten-pound housecat can be if they go into full-out aggressive mode. There's always a lot of talk about "dangerous dogs" or "killer breeds" and such, because a handful of people get injured or killed by dog attacks each year, but if housecats grew to the same size as a German Shepherd or whatever, the human deathtoll would be in the thousands. It'd be like having a cougar in the house.
Why? The behavior changes due to rabies don't set in nearly that quickly. This sounds like any number of other things, but not rabies.
He saw a ghost. End of story.
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The officer shot the cat square in the chest with his Beretta .40-calibre handgun.
“Even after he shot it, that cat was so hopped up — we’re talking about a little, eight-pound cat — Mickey ran down the hall into the bathroom and jumped into the tub,” the husband recollected. “He didn’t die for at least five minutes ... he was all nerves and adrenaline ... he wasn’t in his right mind.”
Sounds like this cat got into some really powerful stuff (drugs). Someone should run some drug tests on his blood.
LOL...That book scared the crap out of me.
One of King's best and eeriest.
This is really funny. We have two new kittens who have been passing a virus back and forth between them for months now. We have to give pills to one or both every day. So far we have managed to escape serious harm, but they do like to put up a struggle!
So arasina was right? Bleach does affect cats!
I bet that is what the cat in this story got into when it went to the basement.
I also have a great heads up for when I bleach the kitchen Friday.
Bump and thanks!
Psycho cat PING.
No kidding. One morning I was driving along, minding my own business, and came across a goose standing in the middle of my lane. That goose was not about move. He just looked right at me, stood his ground, and honked at me.
And once in the woods, I had a wild turkey come after me. I have to assume she had a nest nearby. That bird made sure I left the area, and I wasn't about to argue.
I wouldn't mess with any big bird!
Two or three years ago I encountered a goose trying to walk across the Baltimore-Washington Parkway. During rush hour. The first couple of vehicles managed to swerve around it, but not me. It zigged right into the path of my Durango and that was the end of it.
I looked into my rear view mirror and it was like I'd hit a big pillow. Just a cloud of feathers.
It must have wandered down to the Pet Semetery
LOL! Not only are they mean, they're stupid too!
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