Pet StoriesWhen one of my cats was younger and a lot fatter, he came bowling in from the garden with an almighty crash. Looking slightly stunned, he'd arrived into the kitchen having ripped the cat flap from the door and was still wearing it as a cat-tutu. Did I mention he was quite fat?
In honour of Jake, a well loved cat, who died on Wednesday, tell us your pet stories and cheer us up.
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chthonic, Fri 8 Jun 2007, 9:15)
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Pepper's training.A coworker lent me a book, called "Smarter than you think," about training your dog to obey.
I read it, and a very interesting idea was to let the dog off the leash, then call him. When he doesn't respond, you gently throw something soft at him, he'll smell you on it, and come running to you.
So I tried that with balled up socks. "Pepper come!" then tossed the socks at him.
And it worked! Exactly once.
The next time, I yelled "Pepper come!" He didn't come so I tossed the socks at him. They bounced off his shoulders. He looked at them, sniffed and went back to what he was doing. I pulled him back to me and tried again. I called him and he just looked at me like "what are you yelling at?" The socks bounced off him again and he didn't even look up. The plan was a total dud.
"Smarter than you think?" Smarter than the writer of books and owners, more like.
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setimret likes his metaphors mixed, not stirred, Fri 8 Jun 2007, 17:23,
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