I owe more posts from the big trip, but they are going to take a big time commitment that I’m not up for at the moment. Sometimes I work harder, you know? Why don’t you believe me? I’m getting even further behind the updates because we took advantage of another Chizzy work trip and parlayed it into a getaway weekend. It was London this time. Neither of us had ever been to London. I’ll make the time soon to write that up.
Anyway, what I do still have plenty of time for is thinking in general. Thinking and wondering. Jeff and I had a cat that went ballistic on us a while back. I mean, it was to the point where you actually dreaded coming home. The cat was not healthy in the head. The vet had no idea what was up because she would totally be fine in the office. So Chizzy buys a book the other day about cat behavior and there were tons of similar stories. Cats can simply turn on their owners for many reasons. Tolsty is starting to cry a lot more. We are getting scared.
Do dogs do this? Is it known to happen with dogs too?
I also learned that cats are big on psychological warfare (e.g. sitting near the cat box so the other one can't go). This is probably the type of warfare that Chico waged on Tolsty.
Wheelson, September 21, 2005 10:11 PM:We've been thinking about getting a pet and the debate is on as to whether it should be a cat or small dog. There's something about cats I just don't trust. This story doesn't make me trust them any more. I'll be interested to know however if there are similar stories for dogs.
Bryan, September 22, 2005 10:07 AM:I was actually joking a bit about the current cat, but the story of the other one was true. Cats are a lot different from dogs in how they learn and how they communicate. I think you can kind of know what a dog wants, but you never really know what a cat wants.
If you do go with a cat, try to get one that was able to spend a little bit of time with its mother and litter mates. They learn a lot in that short period of time that will stick with them. Namely, how hard to bite when playing.
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