Text 39641, 134 rader
Skriven 2010-06-30 01:18:04 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
  Kommentar till text 39599 av Ruth Hanschka (1:123/140)
Ärende: Re: Dogs,again
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Hi Ruth,

> -> > Coon cats can run up to $1000 without much problem.
> -> for them here.. they are still the same price around Louisville as they
> were 10
> -> years ago, but not up here.. over $1000.00 for a full breed.
> ->
> Part of it depends on where you are.

Yep, I almost contacted a friend of mine in Louisville to ask him if he'd find
me a lab and ship it to me.  But after having one dog have to use an airplane,
and reading what it must be like, I couldn't do it.

> I can't see spending that kind of
> money for a pet.

You get what you pay for all in all...I think these pups will be fine, as will
be the kitties once they realize we're here to stay :)  Little slower maybe
coming to the conclusion but of course there are exceptions :)

> -> maybe you know what I mean.  Coons live a lot longer than some other
> cats, and
> -> his feet are tufted, not like his sisters which are straight, trim kitty
> feet.

> Max was a runt - he topped out at about ten pounds.

Pete looked so skinny, you'd have though he was either diabetic or dead.. but
he was at least 20 lbs, probably more. I gave up weighing him when he topped
25lbs, because I'd read that they can get up to 35lb..SMALL DOG Lol... lanky
long packed kitty.

> He had the tufted
> feet, but they weren't any bigger than an average cat's.

Wow... Pete's were "giganticus".. real snowshoes :) These other kitties almost
remind me of how in china they used to strap feet, in comparison :)  Or maybe
like racehorses ... delicate (mostly) ankles and toes.

> -> Yep, agree there.  Right now, Leo is the biggest and longest of the
> kitties,
> -> but his nature is so low key and quiet, he'd never stand up against the
> dogs.
> -> He cracked me up last night.. we were laying on the bed watching TV, and
> the
> -> puppies were sleeping there too.. So Leo comes up on the bed and starts
> picking
> -> up Indy's tail and chomping on it.. swatting with his paws.. I thought I
> was
> -> going to die laughing at that big baby who acts so scared of the dogs
> sometimes
> -> acting brave and like "take that" when the dog was sacked out  :) :)

> Passive aggressive behavior in a cat?  To quote Burt, now that's funny!

Tell me about it :) :) He concentrated on Indy, though Sophie, the little dog,
was right nearby.  He picked his up Indy's tail with his paws. took a chomp,
then batted it a little (still no reaction).  Indy didn't notice until I told
Leo, Cool it :) Lol

> Maybe it's a shepherd thing?  Or it could be a big outdoor working dog
> thing.  Huskies would probably love it when they "blow coat".

I dunno.. shepherds are one tough and really smart animal.  Before I married
Ron, I had a huskie that someone had abandoned.. talk about chicken - and
stupid (g). He never learned to go outside.. grrrr.. Ate all my rugs.. that or
peed on them <g>

> After
> -> her death, we got a Chow Chow (big mane, long hair chinese dog) but she
> -> couldn't STAND the vaccuum .. she'd run even when I was cleaning the
> house (g).

> Her and me both!

hahaha.. I had help the last two days.. My grandson has been here, he's 14.
He'll be 15 in September.  All of the "oh man " jobs he'd say, hey let me do
that. <grin>  Must be nice to be young and healthy (lol)

-> > Sometimes the full coat takes up to three years to grow in, with coon
> cats.
> ->
> -> That's why I wonder about the size of his feet :)  It would be cool if
> they
> -> continue to grow (g)

> One way to find out.

Yeah or not... just accept his feet are not according to the book (g). I have
only seen/owned ONE Maine Coon in my life and he had all the classic
characteristics, including the Holloween Scarey Cat stance you see on Halloween
cards with the Arched Back and teeth glowing :)

> -> > They're probably mixed with barn cat or alley rabbit.
> ->
> -> Sounds like it to me.. I figured Main Coon and barn cat given the area
> ..and
> -> the fact that they were feral.  Surviving on their own at only 3-4 mos.
> before
> -> we got them from the shelter.

> Definitely barn cat then.

Yeah, that's what I think.  I think about how many critters these kitties have
taken down since we got them <grin>  Before it was survival.... now it's "I
don't want dry food" Lol

> -> Yes it is - I'd never seen a siamese do that before either, the only
> ones I was
> -> familiar with had been sleepy lazy ones (g)

> They're talkative.

Yeah, they are that though. Lizzy and Lola are talkative.. Leo and LuLu are
not... unless you touch them or antagonize them... errrrr play with them (not
like I do that (haha) ). Leo does a kind of chirp <g>

> -> Sometimes I just put a pile of catnip on the rug and let them have at
> it.. it's
> -> comical to watch as you can imagine. Rolling around the floor in the
> stuff > -> acting like they are in heaven :)
> ->
> We put some on the scratching post sometimes.  They both go crazy for it.
> It's hysterical watching Thelma the Fat Cat rolling around in it.

Yeah I do that on their scratching post too... but the best results over here
are with a pile (big) on the rug :)  Shocking.. the dogs don't care until they
see the cats eating it Lol

Take care,
Janis

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