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soul2share -> RE: Critter stories (2/25/2008 4:49:55 PM)
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My last dog, Shiloh, was a hoot! He always had a cat for company, and they'd start out as kittens....he would try to play with them, and he was so gentle with them....he seemed to know that as they grew up, he could play rougher with them. The cat I had when I lived in Tulsa was a HUGE tom cat......he weighed in at about 22 lbs, and Shiloh came in at 54.....they could trash a house better than any teenager could, and they did it about once a month.
His favorite for of "attack" on Buzz was to wait until Buzz was sleeping, sneak up on him and grab him by the head, literally. Then Buzz would wrap himself around Shiloh's neck and hang on. But Buzz was just as evil...he'd wait until Shiloh was asleep and jump on his head.......scared the living crap outta Shiloh every time. So, one day, it's springtime, the patio door is open, Buzz is outside working on his suntan, Shiloh is inside the house, I'm cleaning the bathroom.....all of a sudden, I hear a woman screaming bloody murder that someone is killing someone else and hollering for help. I almost kill myself running out of the bathroom to see what is going on, and apparently, the lady next door was outside sweeping her sidewalk, and Shiloh grabbed Buzz by the head and started shaking him....she was beating the bushes with her broom, and the two of them are sitting there looking at her like she's some sort of lunatic! Apparently, she thought Buzz was a hapless little kitty that wandered onto the patio, only to have this dog try to eat him. I expalined that they lived together, but she still didn't look too sure about Buzz's safety.
My one cat I have now, KB, is the one who wakes me up when it's time for breakfast, or lunch, or dinner, or dessert, or just if he's plain bored......he has a whole bag of tricks...he knocks things off counters, he'll walk across my pillow, stepping on my hair right at the roots....big time OWWWW!....sticks his foot in my ear, and occasionally, he'll meow in my ear. He seems to know when I set my alarm clock for a different time than normal, and wakes me up exactly 30 minutes prior to it going off.....however, he has also saved my butt from being late to work when the alarm didn't go off! He's also a great mom to his little brothers.....strangest thing I've ever seen. The babies are sweethearts, brothers, but each with thier own personalities. Smooch is my little lover, Boo is my little independent kitty.
I have as many stories as I've had pets.....grew up with a real menagerie.....had a Saint Bernard that used to love playing with my rabbit....neighbors thought she was going to eat him, but they were great friends! Another Saint treed two classmates of mine who were teasing him....he pulled the leash pulley out of the garage wall. I happened to be following them and saw the whole thing.....the closest branch to the ground was about 11 feet up......I don't think their feet touched the ground once they realized that a furious 185 lb dog was coming for their asses! I left them there with the dog sitting at the bottom of the tree and went in and called the police.....this was about 30 years ago, we lived in a small town.....left them there til the cop arrived.....that was the LAST time they even walked up our street! Loved it!
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