YES!!! The "I'm so happy" thread. 2009

[Carol Shaw]

Carol, I don't think anyone should have to clean up after other people's pets.
What really gets up my nose is that there are laws in place for dog owners to have to clean up after their pets and not even allow them to run free without a leash, whereas cats are allowed to do as they please and being cats they usually choose to do their business in someone else's garden.

We have a field at the end of our garden and once the farmer has harvested the crop the dog owners for miels around come and walk their dogs... I could count on the fingers of one hand those that clean up and as for keeping their not so little treasure on leads - ha! There excuse is that Fido needs the exercise. We have had to chase many a dog out of the garden because the owner could not or would not keep it under control. A big footed dog can do serious damage to wee plants not to mention the scare it gives the cats...

I am not anti dog pro cat just wish that more dog owners would act in a responsible way.

[maggiepie]

I am not anti dog pro cat just wish that more dog owners would act in a responsible way.

Me either Carol, I agree with you regarding the dog owners .
We adopted a cat from the SPCA 21/2 years ago and she has enriched our life no end, she is so funny and talks up a storm, but she's not allowed outside, even though she has had her rabies shot, am scared she might get run over.

[Carol Shaw]

Me either Carol, I agree with you regarding the dog owners .
We adopted a cat from the SPCA 21/2 years ago and she has enriched our life no end, she is so funny and talks up a storm, but she's not allowed outside, even though she has had her rabies shot, am scared she might get run over.

Oh when we took our two siamese girls on the breeder said we could never let them out of doors... having had several siamese children we ignored her concerns and our two are as happy as clams :-) Amazing thing is they, mostly, use the field to poop in :-)

[maggiepie]

Carol, the road that goes past our house is pretty busy considering we are out in the boonies, but everyone speeds, including huge logging semis.
The cat was almost 3 when we got her and had never been outside, so hasn't developed any survival instincts,
she is not going to like it when Spring comes as she is used to being with me day and night except when she naps in the arvo.
This is my cat

[Lesley Cox]

Maggie, do you seriously mean that your cat had NEVER been outside until 3 years old? Surely cruel and unusual punishment for an animal that likes to walk by itself and explore the great outdoors?

[Maggi Young]

I know plenty people with indoor cats ..... and happy rounded individuals those cats are, too.
In modern life we cannot expect that everything can be allowed to "act naturally".... otherwise we'd be encouraging dogs to form packs to hunt in towns  and I don't see that happening.

[maggiepie]

Lesley, I only know what was told to me at the shelter, plus when we brought her home she showed no interest in trying to get out the door when it was opened.
Apparently she had had 3  different homes before we adopted her.
She also shows absolutely no interest in 'people' food, for which I am thankful.
She loves to watch the birds through the window, and hides from the crows, ducks her head so they can't see her and makes a weird chattering noise in her throat, it is really funny, she also loves to play with the hummers.
I thought about getting another cat for company for her but am not sure she would appreciate it, she follows me around like a puppy and at the moment is stretched out behind me on my chair as I type.
I do think she has turned into a princess.

[Carol Shaw]

We also know folk who's cats never go outside - they are perfectly happy and would probably die of shock if they went outdoors. If our two had not wanted to go our we certainly would not have pushed them to do so but they rapidly made it known that they wanted OUT... Though we are in a little village we too get far too much traffic and I do worry that one of them will get hurt. Two of our neighbour's cats have been killed on the road but fingers crossed Cally & Pip are doing fine.

[fermi de Sousa]

When we got Lachie we intended for him to be an "indoors only" cat, but we got the hint that he wanted to get outdoors,

cheers
fermi

[Maggi Young]

Would have been simpler just to open the blinds, Fermi!

[maggiepie]

Nice tail Fermi

[David Shaw]

Maggiepie, I think that's the cat, not Fermi

[maggiepie]

Maggiepie, I think that's the cat, not Fermi

 

[Lesley Cox]

You're right David. Fermi's tail is quite a bit rounder, not so long. I can't say for sure about the stripes.

[maggiepie]

You're right David. Fermi's tail is quite a bit rounder.