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Skriven 2012-02-10 18:15:14 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
  Kommentar till text 25169 av Roger Nelson (1:3828/7)
Ärende: Canines and felines  Was Re: Facebook
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Hi Roger!

>> give her a vaccine.  The feisty girl went nuts on me with claws and
>> teeth, bolted and the vet and I decided we'd wait til "next time" <g>

> A wise decision.  Sammy likes to grab my hands with his teeth, but he never
>breaks the skin.  It took awhile to get used to that because when I was a chil
> I was bittten by a stray I was feeding and I now realize it wasn't trying to
> harm me.  Probably just some weird form of affection cats show toward humans.

Yeah, have those kind of events over here (laugh).. as I mentioned to Bob..
This one kitty we had would saunter up to you, rub hard against your let, then
swirl and bite your leg Lol..  never did break the skin, but it was always a
shock when she'd do that :)

>> dogs without personal contact.. It was a slow process of integration
>> haha.. but after a while, the kittens ventured out on their own.  And now
>> of course, they rule the place :)

> No worries about rodents or other unwanted creatures in your house then.  (-:

Well not of the kind that might want to burrow into your country home, like
mice, etc.. we HAVE had them bring in critters though to show off their hunting
skills or just to play with them inside (eeeek).. Mice, a baby squirrel once, a
mole or two, garter snakes, a bird or 5 (different times <grin>).. ah country
life is such fun...

>> Mom had a yorky.. neat breed. :)

Ah I was mistaken there, sorry.. her's was a Norwegian Elkhound.. very
different..but boy those Yory dogs are sure cute!

> A very expensive animal and very hard-headed, but he's cute and usually obeys
> the sound of my voice.  For example, I could say "Hey you!" (not his given
>name) and he'd stop what he's doing to see what I wanted.  The other two dogs,
> Peaches and Paco, know that isn't their names.  :-)

haha no kidding about cute.. I had to look them up because something seemed
wrong when I thought back to what she had <grin>

>> haha yes, I think everyone here knows Ron is the Alpha male here as well.

> It's an awesome responsibility.

Yes, he's the main pillow they try to sleep all over Lol  Seriously though,
they all know not to make Dad upset. But it's usually "after the fact" of their
chewing up something Lol

>> seems) I'll leave one or more about since the cats like to hide in
>> them...  The dogs then come upon them because they'll see a stray paw
>> darting out at random.. funny to watch :) :)

> I'll bet!  I finally figured out why Sammy darts back and forth in the house.
>I think he's practicing chasing down some imaginary creature.  I tried playing
> with him with an oven mitt on my hand, but he doesn't want to play that way.
> He wants to sink his claws in my skin.  The last time he tried that, he got a
> slap across his snout.

hehe.. well over here, after we spent a small amount of $$ on cat toys, we
finally figured out the one thing they all loved was the pop off tops of the
milk cartons.. they scoot those all over the house.. until a Dog has to
investigate what's so interesting <g>

> As an aside, there is a new drug on the market called Comfortis. It's a mild
>insecticide you give the dog orally (chewable tablets and beef flavored), but
>have read some horror stories about this drug warping a dog's intestines. This
> seems to be the case if you are also giving the dog a heartworm preventative.
>After checking with my vet, whom I've known for 20+ years, she assured me that
> it was okay.  I trust her inplicitly, so the result is no more fleas or dogs
> scratching and normal intestines.

Sounds interesting... I'll have to check that one out.

Take care,
Janis

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