BS: Our pets favorite things

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: LilyFestre
Date: 06 May 07 - 07:47 PM

Our cocker spaniel loves to play fetch with us. If he doesn't have someone to throw things for him, he often will play with a tuggie toy, shaking his head and romping around.
    The puppy loves to play with soft toys that squeak, especially balls. If she is left by herself (meaning the other animals let her play without stealing something), she loves to toss the toys up in the air and then chase them around the room as they roll along.
    Our cats really like ribbons...the curly-q kind that look like ringlets of curls. I have a bag of these upstairs in the spare bedroom and every few weeks, one of the kittens will come downstairs with a glittery bow hanging from his mouth. They love to bat it around and steal it from one another.
    In the summer time, the larger dogs love when we hang a gallon water jug from a tree branch...the jug is full of water and also full of small holes. The water sprinkles down from above and they jump and play under the gentle waterfall. They also love, LOVE to play fetch....it could be a branch, a canvas bird, a dog toy...anything!
    They all love to sit in our laps or beside us whenever we sit and relax for the evening. My oldest cat, loves to sit on the top of my rocking chair, right above my shoulder and purr most evenings. He doesn't want to be held, just to be near and to have his chin rubbed occasionally.

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: wysiwyg
Date: 06 May 07 - 10:48 PM

Another new fave for F is the new beagle next door. It yips, looking for anyone to play with, and F goes nuts, convinced that if I only understood I would let him jump the creek and go for a playdate. He swears he would come right back and not stray past the property line. Well maybe, he says, he'd take Beagel over to show him the pond... and the cow pastiure.... and off they would be. I would take him to play, if their yard was fully fenced, but both houses are right on the road and so their comradely desire to be united in play is unrequited thus far.

But I think it's a sign F is part beagle himself, as I have always suspected. He thinks this is his identical twin.

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: Scoville
Date: 07 May 07 - 12:56 PM

Diamond has her yard back as of Saturday and spent most of a very hot, muggy, Sunday asleep on the porch, enjoying not having to be tied up. I kept bringing her ice cubes but she refused to come in. I think she was just rubbing it in my face.

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: Scoville
Date: 07 May 07 - 12:58 PM

P.S. Anyone who thinks I'm anthropomorphizing has clearly never met my dog.

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: Helen
Date: 07 May 07 - 06:56 PM

Am I the only one who got RustyDobro's joke about anthropomorphising?

Helen

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: katlaughing
Date: 08 May 07 - 12:13 AM

Um, mine told me they hate it, too.:-)

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: JennyO
Date: 08 May 07 - 07:09 AM

My cats thought it was a very good joke.

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: wysiwyg
Date: 08 May 07 - 09:43 AM

Faulkner loves to rip the skin off prey, wolf-like, to get at the juicy insides. Of course his "prey" is merely a fuzzy tennis ball, and ripping the skin disables the ball as a toy, which he also loves as a toy-- chasing, fetching, parading in front of the cats to dare them to try to take it, exercising his jaws, etc. I suppose if he were a preschooler or toddler I'd try to reason with him, as foolish adults nowadays seem to try to do. :~) But no, that won;t work with a dog, I have to just be my smarter, human self.

One day I was out of functioning balls, but I had an old, mismatched sock. I remembered how he had loved using my son's rolled-up athletic socks-- foot smell and all-- as an "energency" toy when we stayed with them, so I rolled up the sock and tossed it. Fun! But he soon unrolled it no matter how I tucked or tied it, and then it wouldn't roll.

So I put the torn-up tennis ball inside and sewed the rolled sock shut.

It was the best toy ever!

Now I make these for him out of thrift-shop socks, and very cheap dog tennis balls. They bounce inside the socks fine, and the extra padding makes the rubber tooth-immune. No more punctures, no more torn seams.

He has his own bucket of fun, where the sock/ball toys are tossed as we find them under couches, etc., when we clean. He even knows to go look in there when he feels like playing and wants a ball. (Now we're trying to teach him to put them away-- we had a dog once who would police the living room floor, but her previous owner had taught her so I am not sure how they got her to do it.) He has favorites in there. I dunno what his criteria are, but he picks carefully for whatever one he prefers on any given day. By the smell, I guess.

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 08 May 07 - 10:16 AM

The bantam always wants to get inside the house - having been hand raised from an egg as a school project before being refused to allow being kept, my friend ended up with it...

Anyway, any time the back door is left open she acts like a locksmith and makes a bolt for it...

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: Ella who is Sooze
Date: 08 May 07 - 10:41 AM

flossie's favourite thing (she's a cat btw) is the fluffy red blanket at the end of the bed... That and coming in to the bathroom with us. And rascally rabbit, her teddybear/rabbit.

She's a rescue cat, so we don't quite know the full spectrum of her likes and dislikes at the moment...

EWIS

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: LilyFestre
Date: 08 May 07 - 10:43 AM

We have free ranging chickens here on our little homestead and they love to sit on the porch at night, catching any bugs the light attracts. Also, I have a deck full of pots filled with dirt, awaiting various kinds of vegetable plants. Two of my hens have laid a bunch of eggs in two different pots and are now sitting on the eggs. We are hoping the eggs hatch out. :) One variety will be Rhode Island Reds and the other will be Barred Rock chicks. :) Since they are both near a sliding glass door, we have had the pleasure of watching this process...very interesting to say the least!

Yesterday the sun was shining and it was warm outside but the inside of this old house was damp and chilly. I couldn't seem to warm up so I took the dogs outside, sat in the grass and sunshine. Our cocker spaniel was interested in playing fetch. He'd bring me his toy and I'd wing it as far as I could. The puppy, however, was more content to sit with her (ever growing) back against mine while I soaked up some heat. Pretty soon, one of the cats came over and tucked himself under the front legs of the puppy. They played for a bit and then sat quietly watching me toss a toy to the cocker spaniel....everyone content and most happy. I think this will become a family favorite.

One of the puppy's favorite things to do is to go for rides in the car. As I was loading up the kayak this morning and some gear, she hopped in the backseat and looked at me with eyes that wanted to know where we were going. Sadly, I had to tell her that she couldn't go today. If I was just going for a ride, she would be more than welcome but because I am going to knit with a group of ladies, hit the grocery store and go kayaking, it's far too long for her to be in the car (although she is allowed in the church to knit)....not to mention that it is entirely too warm.

As she grows, I'm sure the list of favorite things will increase as she shows us what she loves best.

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: katlaughing
Date: 08 May 07 - 12:23 PM

Our Kipling, the Siamese, is obsessed/fascinated by my printer. Whenever it starts up, he rushes to stand above it, on the monitor, then watch while the paper comes out. Sometimes he stands on his head, neck twisted while he tries to grab the paper before it is through printing!

My friend used to have a German Shepherd/Alsatian who kept his toys put away very neatly in a basket; he even picked them up and put them away! His favourite was a bowling pin known as "binkie."

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: gnu
Date: 08 May 07 - 04:09 PM

40 or so years ago, my old man would take me and Duke, a beagle, huntin fer rabbits up at his buddy's farm. Duke would make a beeline fer the cows on accounta his favourite thing in the whole world was rollin in fresh cow shit.... wasn't Dad's favourite thing.

Maybe that's why he gave Duke back to Old Man Towns when we moved "back home". I didn't speak to Dad for a year after he gave my dog away. Then again, I wasn't the one that cleaned the cow shit offina Duke neither. Spose, at 9 years old, I was as dumb as that dog maybe.

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: wysiwyg
Date: 08 May 07 - 04:30 PM

GREAT story, gnu.

I STILL think I'm not much smarter than our dog, but I think that's actually a good thing! Differently-smarted, but not more smart. His kind works for him, mine for me. Partners. Pack-mates.

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: Metchosin
Date: 14 May 07 - 10:26 AM

Well if we let him know about it, I'm sure our Duff's favourite thing would be Bonerol

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: GUEST,ibo
Date: 14 May 07 - 10:36 AM

the favourite things for pets around here is shitting,i think.

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: wysiwyg
Date: 14 May 07 - 10:56 AM

Faulkner has a new favorite. If I'm curled up on a bed big enough for him to join me, he will come up and snuggle, UNLESS it's a bed Hardi also uses. F just will not trespass on the Alpha wolf's bedsmell for ANYthing, even if I put Faulkner's bed on top of it and Hardi's far from home.

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: katlaughing
Date: 14 May 07 - 02:11 PM

Mets! LMAO!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: wysiwyg
Date: 01 Jun 07 - 04:09 PM

I was thinking, earlier today, that Faulkner's education is much like my son's-- homeschooling. Tonight he's getting another lesson, and FUN. He's visited homes, and homes with dogs, but never a home where the dog RUNS.

He's been especially invited by a dog-loving friend (and her dog) to come along for tonight's barbecue. They live on a hilltop safe for dogs to run, so Sarge is going to run Faulkner silly and bring him back when they are called (we hope!). F has already had his anti-carsick meds and knows something is up! He LOVES to run, but I've had a hard time finding a safe place (and time to wait for him to want to come back).

I told my friend we'd leave him home if it's rainy, but gosh, she loves dogs: "Bring him anyway-- we have porches-- unless a wet dog is a problem for you, because it's not, for us."

Of course he's bringing treats for his new friend.

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: wysiwyg
Date: 12 Jul 07 - 01:11 PM

Isis came to us a seriously-overweight, verging-on-diabetic adult cat. She had been one of 17 cats in a household; her elderly owner died and the lady's vet took on the task of placing the cats.

The lady's cats had been fed via shared dishes kept constantly stocked with dry food. Isis must have had an anxiety disorder in that setting and grazed constantly; by the time of her rescue she was a behemoth. Several months into the vet's diet, at the time we adopted her she was a 17-pound cat hiding a small, 5-pound cat's body. Of course our adoption orders were to shrink her.

First she showed the beginnings of a neck. Next the pads of fat left the base of her tail, and soon her natural rat tail was visible. The next area we noted was shoulder blades discernible under the thick fat that still remained. Next it was hips-- she actually had two of them, not a massive monohip.

She began to look more like a cat, and less like an overblown white football.

She's always been calm and friendly, here. She and Atticus slept together from the third day she was here, and he is kind enough to wash her (it takes hours). She even gives him a lick or two to start him off. :~) He allows her to use him as a pillow so that her shape (and the internal pressure of the fat) don't cause her to die from sleep apnea.

Her program is that she is on reduced rations (as directed) for several months at a time; when we notice the new body parts emerging, we increase the ration fractionally so that she gets a pause for maintenance. This allows her skin to shrink as she goes, as much as possible. It also allows her to re-orient her jumps, etc. as her gravity and center of gravity change. During maintenance, she can regroup and feel relatively secure physicially.


And now on to the favorite thing:

This week she apparently discovered that her weight had come down to a notable degree: she's suddenly to be found in areas she could never access before, sleeping like a normal cat in bizarre locations as they love to do. Open a closet-- there she is on a shelf. Or on top of the mess piled on the laundry room counter-- fast sleep. She may have been able to climb up on things to get to them before, but getting down would have been a nightmare.

She also has begun to try to take over Atticus' alternate napping spots-- the places he sleeps when he's on break from Isis-washing. One is the treadmill. It was funny to see Atticus splayed out there, asleep, in front of the fan-- a real athletic workout there. It's funnier to see Isis rolling over and over in the same spot, reveling in being able to roll over for the first time in some years-- showing off each time we pass by.

Maybe I'll turn that treadmill on for her sometime. :~)

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: Donuel
Date: 12 Jul 07 - 01:33 PM

My dog Gromit has become a lobbyist. Her main concern is her walk in the park.

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: HouseCat
Date: 12 Jul 07 - 01:43 PM

My cat Moonpie's favorite toy is the plastic hospital bracelet I wore home after my hysterectomy.

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: Greg B
Date: 12 Jul 07 - 01:57 PM

Boots the cat has fallen in love with a pair of wool socks.

When we leave the house, he opens the drawer in which they reside,
and apparently carries them through the house, depositing them
randomly somewhere. This can happen in as little as two minutes.

If we're here, he feigns no interest. You can toss those socks,
shake them in his face, drop them on them--- he's indifferent.

Until we leave. Then he opens the drawer, finds this particular
pair of socks, and puts them somewhere.

Go figure.

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: GUEST,ibo
Date: 12 Jul 07 - 03:22 PM

shitting and biting seem to be my dogs favourite

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: wysiwyg
Date: 14 Jul 07 - 09:43 AM

Oh no-- as of this AM the leaping has started. She's now leaping in mid-air from spot to spot, knocking off things at the take-off and the landing. Almost took my coffee off this time. Next she'll be typingggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg [swat!]

Must get Crazy Glue....

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
Date: 14 Jul 07 - 03:51 PM

Attacking the Mail Delivery - once the worker climbed the street light.

Ran out open door - Mail will no be delivered with open door any more.

Broke through six inch wide 3/4 inch thick boards of side gate. Inch thick marine plywood is now barrier before gate.

Broke through window screen....three times

Broke through glass window

In the doggy pokey at least six times.

Registered with city as

Loveliest, gentilest, 90 pound American RedNose Terrier you can imagine - until it smells the mailman. I think he likes the pepper spray. Loosing his nuts.... did not weaken his will.... one bite.

Sincerely,
Gargoyle

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: Helen
Date: 14 Jul 07 - 06:28 PM

Thanks for that, Gargoyle. That's some dog you've got.

Helen

Subject: DAVE'S SOCKS
From: wysiwyg
Date: 13 Aug 07 - 10:17 AM

DAVE'S SOCKS

Our son David was in the Navy, stationed in Hawaii, and was still living there post-Navy when Faulkner joined our household. Yet his smell lingered in the house. F was intrigued every time we let him upstairs, by the smells in each of the kids' old rooms.

One day I took F on a road trip to go see Dave and his wife Jaclyn, who had moved to Ohio. F knew Dave was part of his pack right away. I had failed to take any of F's favorite toys-- tennis balls-- but Dave offered a pair of old athletic socks to ball up as a substitute. And he played with F, wrestling with him as only a very tall, BIG young man can do. He also took turns walking F, morning and night, and it was Dave who checked on "frantic Faulkner" when F would be left in my van while we dined out-- the "frantic" dog fast asleep under a shady tree and peacefully waiting for me, every time.

D&J were wonderful doggie hosts, providing special treats, a brush, etc.

Later that year we visited Dave and Jaclyn without F, on vacation, and came back smelling like Dave. "My Dave!" said Faulkner on our return.

Last year D&J came to stay with US, and Faulkner was beside himself. The SOCK man! Dave had forgotten the bag of old, dirty socks I'd requested-- he works on his feet and wears them out fast-- but he cheerfully let F have his way with him the whole visit. F was again transported, and paid a lot of attention to Dave's feet in particular.


We've just seen D&J on vacation, and Dave brought a whole grocery bag full of kilt socks to our campsite. Washed, but of course the smell is never really GONE. They were duly hauled home in our gear, and unpacked promptly as a pending project.

F is having a bit of a problem with fleas at the moment, and all I can do to help him now (he's already been treated) is distract him with high-energy play when the itching and biting start. I've not had much luck with the tennis balls, which he drops to scratch himself.... Then I remembered-- DAVE'S SOCKS.

(Since the first sock play I've learned the BEST thing to do with them is use them to wrap cheap tennis balls-- stuff the ball into the toe, twist the sock and turn it inside out over the ball, and repeat till I run out of sock. Then I sew the cuff shut tight with a drawstring. Now I have a ball that fits a bg dog's big mouth, that bounces erratically, and that SMELLS. And the thick cotton wrap keeps F's teeth from puncturing and ruining the ball. He can rip fabric layer after layer, and get months use out of one old ball and sock before I have to add a fresh sock.)

F took one sniff of that sock as I moved from bag to recliner to sew it around a fraying ball. HAPPY???? "Mary's sock smell! DAVE's sock smell! Ball smell! MINE! Catch?!?!?!?"

I just finished the sewing ("is this DAVE?") and a round of play with F. He's happily crashed out waiting for the next round. I know some of that growling and barking was release of flea frustration. And I have a LOT of socks left to soothe him as flea treatment takes hold.

THANKS, DAVE! (And Jaclyn, who I am sure had something to do with Dave remembering.)

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: SINSULL
Date: 13 Aug 07 - 10:37 AM

Alice loves men. She too attacked the mailman. He finally had to ring the bell and ask me to keep her in. She kept following him to his truck and getting in. She is very fond of mail arm pits too. It sometimes gets embarrassing.

She seems to enjoy auto-asphyxiation too. The vet can't explain it. Alice picks out a chair, rests her head on the bottom rung and leans until she chokes. I sometimes have to pull her off. She looks blissfully happy - go figure. Very strange cat.

Her kittens like warm clothes. Reports are that ALL of them follow their owners into the bathroom, leap into downed underwear and snuggle in for a nap.

Freddie loves Seamus' dry food. He prefers it to his own.
Lizzie loves treats - preferably Temptations.
Ed (Oedipus Rex) loves his Mommie - big surprise. He has mapped out a section of my bed that is off limits to any of the other cats.

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: Becca72
Date: 13 Aug 07 - 06:49 PM

LOL, Sins, my Mikey (the cat...just to be clear) likes to nap in my underpants while I'm on the toidie too...weird boys.

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: John Hardly
Date: 13 Aug 07 - 07:02 PM

"Lizzie loves treats - preferably Temptations."

My cats prefer the Four Tops.

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: SharonA
Date: 14 Aug 07 - 03:45 AM

My big orange longhair tabby cat Chester (dearly departed now) loved laps. Anytime I sat down, he was trying to curl up on my thighs.. including when I sat down on the toidie. No underwear-snuggler he, but Chester preferred a clothed lap to a bare one, so I had to be sure not to drop trou very far. (This had the added benefit of saving my thigh-skin from being scratched!) In the living room, I had a glider rocker with glider footstool; whenever I sat and while I was settling in, Chester would do a balancing act on the glider footstool, waiting for his chance to get on my lap and settle in himself.

My small black longhair cat Arthur (also gone over that rainbow bridge and sorely missed) loved to ride that glider footstool, and could somehow manage to curl up on it and keep it still while sleeping. He loved to ride on the dining-chair-on-casters too, and would beg me to spin the seat round and round till he got so dizzy he would fall off. Another of his favorites was the staircase: he would rocket up the 15 steps and keep going up after the last step, arcing into the room beyond, then he'd run around and fly back down 5 steps at a time. When he got really wound up, his timid "mew" would transform into a low, gutteral gurgle -- it was hard to believe that such a big sound could come out of such a little body.

Current kitty (shorthair torbie) Madison's favorite thing is to talk to me -- A LOT. Loudly and long, on all subjects. I don't call her Chatty Maddie for nuthin'. One favorite topic is Why Mom Should Leave the Water Fountain (a.k.a. The Bathroom Sink Faucet) On All the Time For Me. She also loves scratching posts, and goes through one a year on average (and I do mean "through"!). Thank goodness she's not as fond of the furniture! At night she curls up on the bed next to me; she's not a snuggler unless it's very cold, but she loves to tunnel under the blankets and create her own cave. For a fierce warrior princess, she's really quite companionable!

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: Bee
Date: 14 Aug 07 - 07:51 AM

Ten month old Tommy's favourite thing lately appears to be falling out of spruce trees. He climbs too high, sits up there for a while, scaring the squirrels, then discovers coming down is a bit of an ordeal. So he launches himself downward, catching hold of random twigs and small branches on the way, with a crash at the end when he runs out of branches.

But Saturday he discovered that the aluminum pontoons under the wharf are not as safe for kitties. We didn't witness the event, but were alerted to its occurence when a dripping, soaked to the top of his head, very cross looking classic tabby came stalking across the deck and into the house. He obviously can swim. When husband and I were able to stop laughing, I dried him off with a towel - something he likes very much, as he seems to like being out in the rain, but gags after licking so much water out of his fur.

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: wysiwyg
Date: 16 Aug 07 - 11:27 PM

F has accidentally discovered squeaky toys, for the first time in his sheltered life. They alternately fascinate, incite, and slay him. He played dead on his own several times today-- his way of showing ultimate submission-- because I think he thought it was a baby of some sort to be avoided.

I fear for his sanity.

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 17 Aug 07 - 06:11 PM

My cats don't like anything except each other. Though middle-aged (10 years old) they start each day with a fifteen or twenty minute sparring session as if they were still kittens. Then they lie around and do nothing until the next morning.

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: Becca72
Date: 17 Aug 07 - 06:37 PM

LOL BWL...
after having kittens (well, I didn't HAVE them) for the first time in, oh, 8 or so years I can't wait until mine will sleep through the night. They're a year and a half now and we're getting closer. Instead of being up every 2-3 hours they let me sleep until around 5:30am and then all bets are off.   The 10 year old cat plays with them just like he was the same age, until they do something sneaky like assault him from behind and then he screeches until I make them stop. Mamma's boy.

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: Donuel
Date: 17 Aug 07 - 09:59 PM

We learned from experience that the common vegatable of cucumber or zucchini is poisonous and sometimes fatal to dogs. Their digestion reacts in bloody stool from as little as 6 small slices.

Yet imagine my surprise in finding a very silly wide eyed dog after one of the big laughing Jims sitting out to make a print came up missing. Imagine my surprise in finding them in the woods in the first place, and yes they are very blueing when the stem is bruised.
I'm glad the small one is the one missing. The big ones really are big.

Are dogs drawn to altered states?

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: Sorcha
Date: 17 Aug 07 - 10:15 PM

I think so. I have ladies bedstraw/veg. rennet in my garden. I'm told it is a close relative of sweet woodruff, an ingredient in May Wine, and thus May Wine (the real thing) is banned in the US because woodruff is a mild hallucinogen. Bedstraw must be to..the dogs all love it.

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: SharonA
Date: 17 Aug 07 - 10:33 PM

Do dogs react to catnip the way cats do?

My little guy Artie (cat) used to get stoned on a pain-relief ointment that my then-boyfriend used. It had a lot of aloe in it, but I don't know if it was just the aloe that turned Artie on, or the combination of chemicals and/or fragrances in the ointment. When my boyfriend he used this stuff, the cat would become VERY affectionate, his eyes would water, his mouth would drool copiously, and it was difficult to keep him away from the stuff.

Chester (cat) was drawn to the fragrance in Coast deodorant soap. He would lick the soap or, if he couldn't get to it, he'd fish the soap wrapper out of the trash and lick that. I had to give up using a scented toilet paper from the same manufacturer, because Chester would try to lick the TP and I was afraid he'd ingest it.

Maddie (cat) licks plastic grocery bags fresh from the store, but I think she's after the thin sheen of oil on the plastic rather than a fragrance (or else it just feels good to her tongue?).

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: Bee
Date: 17 Aug 07 - 11:59 PM

A cat I used to have (for 18 years) trated Valerian root the way other cats do catnip. I had to lock it up, as he'd go to great lengths to get hold of it, then would eat some, roll around in it, and go to sleep for hours. I was afraid he'd be ill - it's a strong herb.

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: wysiwyg
Date: 15 Sep 07 - 05:11 PM

My son found these:

... I remembered you talking about putting Isis on the treadmill when I saw these videos: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=peLD2vlxRM0 and
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg1oszADX04

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: CET
Date: 16 Sep 07 - 05:12 PM

Who knew there was a genre of cat and treadmill videos?

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: Lepus Rex
Date: 16 Sep 07 - 10:59 PM

Our dog, Juniper, loves her Pachachi. And, yes, I named it named after former US-appointed Iraqi Governing Council January-2004-president-of-the-month Adnan Pachachi. (Don't ask, because I'm not explaining.) She loves the rest of her toys, her many, many toys, as well. But I like saying "Pachachi," and I'm bigger than her, so that's what we play with most.

And socks. Clean ones. If we don't fold our clothes after taking them out of the dryer, and leave them in a laundry basket, she'll sometimes raid it while we sleep. My girlfriend has occasionally woken up with a dozen or so undamaged-but-slightly-drooly socks carefully laid out on her blanket, along the outline of her body.

Oh, and fuck cats.

---Lepus Rex

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 16 Sep 07 - 11:14 PM

My pit bull loves her life. I was driving home tonight and saw a similar-sized dog race from the side of the road into the street and toward the highway. I wonder if it is still alive now? My pit bull limped up my driveway 2 1/2 years ago, many scrapes and cuts, a toe torn off and broken teeth. I saw her from the kitchen window and stepped out on the porch. She limped over, I patted her head and she licked my hand, and stayed.

She rested in the corner near the garage all day, with a bowl of water nearby. At about six in the evening she limped into the front yard to find me planting stuff in a bed I'd been digging all day. She nudged my shoulder companionably and we sauntered to the back yard, where she still lives today, with a comfortable kennel in the garage. There is a gate and she and her companion wear collars that keep them in the yard. But this confinement on a 1/2 acre with lots of good walks and regular food and affection is far superior to being dead. The vet guessed that a week earlier she'd been struck a glancing blow and bounced off of the tire, hitting her face on the street at the same time, hence the broken teeth.

Yup. She loves her life.

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: Rapparee
Date: 17 Sep 07 - 09:33 AM

Rolling in dead things and barfing up hairballs,
Digging up flowers you've just planted in straight rows,
Filling the carpet with fleas that bite and sting,
These are a few of our pets' fav'rite things...

Shoving his nose in crotch of the pastor,
Giving the postman a bite which will fester,
Swallowing stuff like you gold wedding ring,
These are a few of our pets' fav'rite things...

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Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: Llanfair
Date: 18 Sep 07 - 04:24 AM

Our pack, Montgomery,large border collie rescued from the Montgomeryshire dog pound, first language Welsh, Willow, lab x New Zealand Huntaway, and their pup, Spike, who is two now, are a grossly over-affectionate, greedy, people orientated bunch of dogs. The huntaway strain makes Spike and Willow rather noisy, although Monty is virtually silent.
They have absorbed the spirit of Benson, our "crumbhound", who died nearly 4 years ago, and, once the empty plates have been licked clean, hoover me over for stray crumbs. They will eat anything but salad, Monty's fond of bananas, Willow scours the worksurfaces for anything edible (calls herself a lady!!), and Spike nearly died at 4 weeks from inhaling his food.

Favourite things? Willow loves morning breath, I have to be sniffed carefully first thing. Spike loves his bone collection, and Monty's favourite thing is me, and licking the settee, leaving damp patches.

Monty is a seasoned train traveller. He's coming to the Scottish gathering with me next month. I get free rail travel because Jim works for railtrack, and Monty comes with me when I go a-travelling. He has a special rug on the seat, if there's spaces, and I take wipes to get the nose marks off the windows when we alight. He homes in on anyone with food, and gives them his special collie stare, the one they use to scare the sheep. He's got light tan eyes, so it's especially effective. We make a lot of friends that way!!!

It does him good to get away from the family now and again!

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: Bee
Date: 18 Sep 07 - 06:51 AM

Well my own cat's favourite thing at the moment is definitely my sweater, but the favourite thing of the little feral (long story, may soon have relatively happy ending, I hope) I'm trying to do something about is my cat. She loves him. She comes (from wherever she goes at night) early in the morning and waits for him to come out. She follows him all day, lets him win the wrasslin' game every time, gazes admiringly when he climbs a tree, snuggles up to him when he lays in the sun (he has flea protection, but she doesn't appear to be flea infested). When I bring him in at dusk, she lays outside the patio door and cries for a while, then disappears for the night. I hope she has a safe place.

So far, I can't get closer to her than about a metre, if I sit very quiet she'll come that close. She's quite willing to sneak into the house if I leave the door open, and will steal food right from the kitchen - I think that's hopeful.

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 18 Sep 07 - 07:13 AM

Merlyn has decided that Harry's activity mat should be hers....all those dangling toys are just too much of a temptation for her!!

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: GUEST,ibo
Date: 18 Sep 07 - 02:08 PM

shitting,barking and biting

Subject: RE: BS: Our pets favorite things
From: Big Mick
Date: 18 Sep 07 - 02:24 PM

I have not read the whole thing, but a quick report on Riley J. Lane the Labradoodle's favorite things would look something like this:

1)    underwear, especially the crotch area.
2)    shoes and slippers
3)    food   
4)    Mary Lou
5)    Ciara
6)    taking a good dump
7)    digging a hole where he shouldn't
8)    chasing a cat, squirrel or bird
9)    playing with other dogs or kids
10)    flirting with the ladies at the hardware/building supply store
11)    me

I keep trying to warn him that if he persists in chewing up the underwear, She Who Can Kill With A Look is going to terminate him. He gives me this look that says, "Dad, I can suck up to her much better than you. You are in more danger than I am". I think the little bastard is right. BTW, Riles is now a little over 10 months old and weighs in at about 78 lbs/almost 6 stone.

Mick