My Cat Bit the Hose!

Goofproof · Post by **Goofproof** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:25 pm

birdshell wrote: Short of mouth-taping 24/7 for a few years, that's all I can suggest. [/color]

who do you decide who hold the Cat for this operation, Draw Straws? Jim

birdshell · Post by **birdshell** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:43 pm

Actually, I was referring to the kid, but that's not such a bad idea for the cat. If Siegfried and Roy had used some super sticky duct tape, Roy might be in better shape today!

Hey, I'll bet the duct tape guys didn't have that use in their books!

Liam1965 · Post by **Liam1965** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 7:01 am

We had a cat that bit my hose several times and we finally had to get rid of the cat.

Then again, I'm not using CPAP.

Liam, doubled over in painful memory.

dllfo · Post by **dllfo** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 7:25 am

OK, cat lovers skip to next posting...
We had the most precious little kitten. BUT being a kitten she clawed or bit pretty much anything she could reach. After she shredded our new Satin sheets
(hey..it was the 70s) I got an idea.

It broke her of running up, flying thru the air and shredding stuff, sort of.

I took a long string, put about an inch of water in a ballon, then tied the ballon to the string and swung it. The kitten ...was a kitten...she flew across the room to play with the new toy and she NAILED it. The ballon popped, the water flew and the kitten....wanted MORE! Yeah, she was soaked, but she looked around the room for more ballons. And after that...you guessed it, she chased ballons. After I cleaned the mess up, the lesson was learned. If you are NOT smarter than the kitten, leave it alone.

As for hoses? Put a cover on with the kitty "keep away" sprayed on it.

birdshell · Post by **birdshell** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 8:59 pm

I couldn't stay quiet after the balloon kitten story. It reminded me of the two stories below.

The cat story:

I house sat for a friend with 2 cats. My aunt brought me some mylar balloons attached to grosgrain ribbon. The two cats each grabbed a ribbon and STREAKED off with the balloons. Any opportunity and they would do so again, and the balloons very, very soon went out to the garage.

The dog story:

My aunt had adopted an Airedale, 1 year old. She was an ADHD type, and would not listen. Now, my aunt is a cat woman, and my mother is a dog woman. My mother told her sister that she would train the dog to leave her dishes (both food AND water) alone on the floor.

In comes Mom with her rolled up newspaper. This was back in the late 1960's, and the rolled newspaper was cutting edge dog discipline then.

Round 1:
Dog: "Oh, goody. a new person to play!" The dog throws her dish in the air Mom: "No," and hits the leather sofa with the newspaper. She takes the bowl away and puts it back in its place.

Round 2:
Dog thinks, "Cool! If I throw the dish, maybe I can hear that sound again!" She flips the bowl into the air again.
Mom: "No," whacks the sofa again. She takes the bowl away and puts it back in its place again.

Round 3:
Dog: "Hey, maybe she wants me to carry my dish and jump over the sofa! She keeps hitting it!" Dog does so.
Mom: Same as above.

Round 4:
Dog: "Now I'm really excited, I just have to grab the newspaper and run in a circle around the sofa with the newspaper in my mouth!"
Mom: "No."

Round 5:
(Done to hilarious laughter from my aunt, my cousins, and me!)
Dog: "I like this human. She plays way different games from my other humans. They just chase me when I jump over the fence and run. That is good but this is nice for a change."

So, this is how the dog was named Molly after the Unsinkable Molly Brown! Too bad this was way before ADHD medication for dogs was even a concept.

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