A tail of woe. Sort of a rant

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My wife wanted to do this farmers market/craft show in Corinth Mississippi, the weather wasn't too bad, we had a nice gentle breeze, with the temperature holding at 104 degrees. We had quite a few new pieces including Pepper Grinders, Bowls, and some of her bead work, and some pens, actually a few hundred pens.
Our booth fee was 10.00 which coinkydinkly is exactly what we managed to sell in 7 hours of selling.
And I mean chatting up any and everyone that would slow down, so your thinking "is this idiot nuts"?
OH yes!! our fuel was only about 8 or 10 dollars so not too bad. BUT these sneakingly devious people from the humane society attacked me!! they forced me/pulled on my heart strings (yes I do have one) and kept bringing this dumb ugly nasty smelly near rabid Calico kitten by my stand.
Now I'm a Dog guy right!! well this disgusting feline mauler kept rubbing on my leg and next thing is my wife is saying Oh we can get the dogs to accept the cat, 50.00 later we or should I say I were/are the proud owners of Cleopatra the neutered 8 month old feline, and all the necessary trimmings. We brought her home and had a wire cage we use for chickens and stuff, so we put Cleo down and see how the shepherds will react, they sniffed the cage and two of them got their noses pierced. My baby just looked at the cat and walked away.
Now I own a cat! I always sort of wanted a calico cat, they are colorful and different, but so are snapping turtles and I don't own one of them nor do I want to, same with Elephants, they look cool but do I need one, I think not.
Now the cat is living in the Jewelry shop, sleeping in my baby's bed and really doesn't appear to be weakening in her disgust for large I mean very large dogs. What the heck have I done?
My dog is going to freak if and when she gets her bed back, Oh will I be in trouble, I had to let her sleep in bed with my wife and I, Wife not a happy camper, Nola thought it was all right except my wife's a bed hog.
 
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What the heck have I done?

Ken, You are not the cat's owner; you are its new 'staff'....! :cat:

I had a big old pointer years ago, and I had to take in a kitten (long story...). After some initial spats, within a month they became inseparable friends. Give 'em time; they'll work it out... :wink:

Steve
 
Give them time to get to know and get used to one another. The cat will show them who's boss. We have three dogs and 6 cats and they all get along together very well, except for the oldest and youngest female cats. They have little tiffs all the time.
And one of the dogs (the oldest)and the youngest male cat (3yo) play together all the time (it really gets disgusting to watch sometimes).
 
If you want to keep you job as the grumpy doorman at the cat house, you and the dogs will just have to learn how to adjust!

Nothing comes between "mama" and a rescue kitty! Just a hard fact of life.
 
I knew I was in trouble when the wife said she wanted to "foster" a pregnant mother cat from the humane society. She assured me that once the kittens were born they would all go back. "Oh, they want you to return them so you will be able to continue being a foster home for the next ones" ... I knew better, I really did!
So four kittens .... five weeks old ... just a little longer and they will all go back.... THEN .... another cat (her side of the family) has a litter of 6 kittens and then gets run over! One by one we took in 5 of them to be raised by our foster cat. She took them on without a complaint!
Trouble is when the second batch were ready to go back it seems one of them hid under the bed (at least that's what SWMBO said) along with: "I couldn't possibly leave the MOTHER CAT OF THE YEAR there ... I had to bring her back home." :eek::confused::bulgy-eyes:

A friend once explained to me "A dog says: He pats me, he feeds me, he loves me ... He must be God! The Cat says: He pats me, he feeds me, he loves me ... I MUST BE GOD!!!
 
I swore I would never have another cat in my house, I've had all kinds of people offer me a cat FOR FREE!! But dummy me donates 25.00 to the Humane Society, then drop another 29.00 at Wally world. After making a whopping ten friggin dollars and come home with one more thing to feed! but she is kind of cute. And she really likes my Shepherds bed, that she's had for the past 9 years.
No wonder I'm dumb enough to be operated by a furry little thing, And at my age????
 
Pal, I've been avoiding this one for years. "Mama" keeps saying that she'd really like a kitten, but I normally find a way to divert the conversation to the current stock market crisis, mid-east peace, or how many goals Wayne Rooney might score on the pitch this weekend...Thank you for reminding me why I don't relent...Good Luck, pal. The last two cats we had were like Satan and his best friend...I hope your situation improves, but I'm not putting bets on it in Vegas.
 
You can listen to this "our cats and dogs get along great" line all you want, and for some that may be true. We thought my cat and our dogs got along great too. They were great friends for four years. Then when we were moving from a one room trailer to a two bedroom apartment less than one hundred feet away two of the dogs took out the cat. I heard the commotion and got there in time to get her away from them and rush her to the vet. She died of internal injuries on the way. Cats and dogs are natural enemies and that needs to be remembered. As long as we have more than three dogs at the house (the magic number supposedly needed to incite pack mentality) we will not have another cat. Just keep it in mind.
 
Haynie, I don't see the dogs, getting along, the cat doesn't like the dogs, so she owns the jewelry room and the photo area, (top of the freezer), I was thinking about taking her to my shop, but our dust collection flat doesn't exist. The main reason I don't take my baby girl with me.
 

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She is beautiful Ken. I never wanted a black lab so for my b'day LOML gives me a black lab- He has turned out to be great and my best friend of course, luckily he does not even take a second glance at cats as he grew up with two of them. Good luck friend.
 
Never found much use for cats. Their arrogant, I'm better than you attitude just never worked for me. They tease the mice to no end and then kill them. I would consider it very mean if I were a mouse. Plus they make my eyes itch. I do think they make very good tire chocks though. But I am liking the 2 can idea a lot. Sorry but it makes me laugh.
 
Ken, I am getting to worry about you buddy. I am not sure what got into you. At your baby girl's mouth size that cat is only size of a treat, and I am talking about one time only. Now, you need to make a decision soon, or you may become Nola's treat.:eek::biggrin: that humane society people read something in your face, that why they keep bringing that cat around. BTW, son't even think about making a cat poop casted blank too.:cat::bulgy-eyes:
 
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So Ken now you own a CAT house?

Naw, Ken's just the doorman at the cat house:)

He opens one door the dog runs in. Opens another door, the cat runs out. If he opens the wrong one at the wrong time, mama throws Ken out the door.

He may not know it yet, but mama owns the cat and the cat owns the house.
Furry little %#*^¥€!
 
Hmmmm

I keep thinking of my old Beagle - Field Trial Champion Susquehanna Acres Chippawa a.k.a Chipper. When he got old, he got arthritic and could walk only very slowly and not for long distances (his circuit in his prime was 2.5 miles plus or minus a tad in three directions from the house - the forth direction was blocked by the Susquehanna River) but he still made his rounds every day. We also had cats (barn kats that did not come in the house) and every day when Chipper went for his walk, he was attended by 4 or 5 cats. Many times we would see him returning from his walk and he looked like an air craft carrier surrounded by destroyers to protect him. A cat in front cats on both sides and a cat bringing up the rear. Those cats loved him they fussed over him whenever he went outside and he just allowed it as though he was king and it was just his do.
 
I swore I would never have another cat in my house, I've had all kinds of people offer me a cat FOR FREE!! But dummy me donates 25.00 to the Humane Society, then drop another 29.00 at Wally world. After making a whopping ten friggin dollars and come home with one more thing to feed! but she is kind of cute. And she really likes my Shepherds bed, that she's had for the past 9 years.
No wonder I'm dumb enough to be operated by a furry little thing, And at my age????


It's funny.... @#$%%$ cat to the dang old cat to cat to cute. Next comes the pictures of him putting cat nip on the lathe so he can spend quality time with it, and turning a cat toy for his buddy!
 
I do have to say I like the wheel chocks, the dog food cans are also a great Idea but my dogs just love cats too much....they make great doggy treats!!!
 
Our family cat got along with our border collie/golden mix. Dog was 70lbs and outweighed the cat. Cat knew the boundaries.

New dog, not much bigger than a barking guinnea pig - loves the cat, but the cat gets mean when the dog comes near - I think the cat I think wants to eat it. The cat does outweigh the new dog.

ADVERTISEMENT - FREE TO A GOOD HOME -- ONE "FLUFFY" CAT. BONUS - ONE BARKING GUINNEA PIG. EXTRA BONUS - FREE BAG OF DOG AND CAT CHOW. WILL BOX UP AND SHIP ANYWHERE.
 
I am sorry for your loss Ken. I assume Nola is the beautiful girl in the pic that you posted? It is a heart crushing loss for anyone especially when it comes unexpectedly. Take care.
 
Ken:
You have my deepest sympathies! From our conversations, I know just exactly how special Nola was to you.

That is tragic news.
 
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