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Skriven 2012-02-08 07:53:35 av Roger Nelson (1:3828/7)
  Kommentar till text 25151 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: Canines and felines  Was Re: Facebook
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Hi,
 
JK> hehe I can imagine :)  One time I did have to pick up LuLu, the largest
JK> of the four we have (she was the size of of say an adult cat when she was
JK> just 6 months old, meanwhile, the other 3 kittens in the litter were very
JK> small.. so I can guess who was the feeding hog amongst the litter haha).
JK> Anyway, this was to get her across the room to the vet who was going to
JK> give her a vaccine.  The feisty girl went nuts on me with claws and
JK> 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 child
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.
 
JK> Yes, kittens when we got them.. very wild kittens.  The first month, I
JK> kept them in a separate room, where no dogs could get in, nor could any
JK> people except me.  While I initially had the whole doorway blocked, as
JK> time went by I allowed the dogs to look in, and the kittens to see the
JK> dogs without personal contact.. It was a slow process of integration
JK> haha.. but after a while, the kittens ventured out on their own.  And now
JK> of course, they rule the place :)
 
No worries about rodents or other unwanted creatures in your house then.  (-:
 
JK> > The "Yorky" thinks he is top dog here.
 
JK> Mom had a yorky.. neat breed. :)
 
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.  :-)
 
JK> haha yes, I think everyone here knows Ron is the Alpha male here as well.
 
It's an awesome responsibility.
 
JK> Sometimes if I get paper bags from shopping instead of plastic (rare it
JK> seems) I'll leave one or more about since the cats like to hide in
JK> them...  The dogs then come upon them because they'll see a stray paw
JK> 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.
 
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 I
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.
 
 
Regards,
 
Roger

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