Thread: Extraordinary cats

Isn't their dog like behaviour the reason we choose MC's,I didn't want to be in the position of having another cat adopted by our "do good neighbour"who always swore she didn't entice him in but we would lay in bed & hear her call him in for his fresh chicken,we couldn't compete with that in early marriage days,I also didn't want to have to go & pick a little body up from the side of the road like the second little moggie thats why I said no more cats but having seen how my friends MC behaved knew that was the reason why they are happy to be if necessary indoor cats.They are just so people minded & playful but very often in that doggie way that you know you can keep them very happy pussies,even if it is leaving the sink tap running{forget about the water meter spinning round}& let them just have water running all over their heads,down their necks & then when they are sopping wet want a nice kiss please mum.
Daughter had a MC then got a puppy,after the puppy ate it would go out for a wee be told it was good & get a tit bit,Crystal started coming half way down stairs put her head through the bars & started wailing,took daughter two days to realise it was after she had used tray so then had to start telling cat she was a good girl & give her a titbit,what characters we are all living with & as stated extraodinary cats but thats why we luv em...

Yep, absolutely agree, but it's also true what they say one isn't enough ! ;)

This is all really intereting , my partner and I are having discussions on freedom or not when we finally get ours. Reading about them I believe that so long as we are home they would never wander far. He says yes but huge cat in neighbours garden may not be happy neighbour! I would so like to be able to watch them play outside whilst sitting with coffee.

[QUOTE I would so like to be able to watch them play outside whilst sitting with coffee.[/QUOTE]

There's no reason why you can't, Harry plays for hours in the garden, we have blocked it off and there isn't anywhere he can climb to get out, not that he's ever tried, he likes to have us in his sights. I don't think MC's are real jumpers, at least Harry isn't and tends to climb up to things in stages. With the summer coming there was no way I was going to shut him up in the house and the harness is good but not necessary in the garden.

We are the same as Harrymc,have garden fenced in back & when we are at home they play out there all the while,I invited someone round last year who thought it was cruel keeping them the way we do but once she saw the fun both cats & we have she had to agree that they were all happy cats,word of warning though you have to be quick to beat them to the sunbed,they seem to be able to judge at which point they can beat you to it,curl up & then look with half an eye open that says " I have been here all morning you can't make me move ".I have spent many an hour sitting on the little wall with my drink....
Cats 1 owner 0 !

Harrymc,if ever you are up our way you would be welcome,wouldn't have to warn you not to dress up because of the possibility of cats hairs...

It's been fun reading everyone's post. Seems like they are all very similar whether you have dogs or not then - I was beginning to think Simba thought he was a dog . I don't think they're worried about not being able to wonder far and so would be fairly easy to deter from leaving a garden. Simba could leave our garden quite easily if he wanted but chooses not to. I think as was said earlier they are people cats and like to stay near to their families. Because of this is why they also make great house cats for people without gardens or on busy roads - they just love being around us and are easily entertained. Great cats all round really and simply beautiful too

well I had to laugh this morning.... Gryfn knows which days I have to work....
This morning he was trying to get me out of bed at 6.30 by walking and smooching me, and then he tried to pick up my glasses...whether he was going to run off with them or give them to me I don't know...

But it really was... hey mum time to get up....

He is a great alarm clock then

Simba made me laugh today. The dogs were eating their dinner and Simba asked to go out so I opened the back door but he wanted to wait for the dogs to come too and sat in the doorway but I told him to either go out or come in as I wanted to shut the door and so he hopped out and I closed the door. A minute later Elsa finished her dinner and went to the back door to be let out. As I opened the door I saw Simba sitting their looking at the door waiting for the dogs and as Elsa went to go out he jumped up on his hind legs, slapped her round the face and ran off into the garden! Cheeky Monkey

Umm yep Harrymc,as both daughter & myself have found out to our cost,hard to believe though that they all tend to have same traits but the individual characters of each can differ so much,once again the reason why we luv em,couldn't imagine our home without them,will just have to keep working while we still have six wanting to be fed {plus daughters two at the moment as well} I love watching peoples faces when they come round,we always warn that there are cats about & then watch the response as they appear.