The " Odapuss Complex ".

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Kevin the grey

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How many among you worship cats ? A show of paws please . Come on now admit it . You emulate them every chance you get .... ( Pawse for effect )
Lets be honest there are those among you who think cats are purrrrfect . They are the " Cats Meow " . Pandering to their desires and whims is your stock in trade . Special " Fancy Feasts " are their daily fare . They drink from burbling fountains and have cat hotels that make my futon look like a homeless person,s cardboard den .

Admit it , you worship at the temple of the " Cat God " . Every day or at least I hope its every day you stoop , kneel or otherwise demean yourself before their altar . You scoop up their droppings as if it was the wisdom of the ancients . Baby powder fresh , charcoal filtered palaces that only serve to show you your place in their existence . Most cats couldn,t care less about you and you keep what is for all intents and purposes a bucket of their poop in your house .

Who owns who ? In this enlightened age I would hope reasonably inteligent people could break free from such goings on .
 
Kevin, if you think a cat doesn't care about a human, you haven't had the right cat.


munk
 
Josh Feltman said:
My wife and I live with a cat. She's pretty special I guess.
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Is she your " Preicioussssss " ? L:O:L

Let me say this is all in good fun . I had a cat for eleven years until she felt I was no longer worthy of her affections . (It might have been the Rottweiler puppy , who knows ?) She stayed around long enough to show her displeasure and superiority and then vamoosed . She made mr. Rottie,s life uncomfortable which included proving that testes made just fine scratching posts .

I do think cats care about humans . They care to be fed , cleaned up after and generally pampered . I also think that it may be preference . While dogs are much more fawning than cats there is an open genuineness about them . I think it may be due to the fact that they smile . They show their intentions .Cats will hold a grudge and wait . Dogs will either bite yer A$$ or get over it .

This is just a bit of Sunday humour . For the most part anyway . I ilke cats in the great outdoors . They are keen hunters and I do admire their solitairy self sufficiency .
 
I was around cats all my life, until I married, and never 'pampered' one.

The last cat, Jake, was as loyal and good as any dog, perhaps better.
I guess love is where you find it, Kevin. Your description of worship and pampering bares no relation to the reality I've known in my life with cats.

Wonderful creatures. I like dogs too- don't see one as being any more eligable for pampering than the other.


munk
 
There are exceptions to every rule . Eligibility has not got that much to do with it . If anyone can say dogs are pampered as much or even nearly as much as cats they are getting too close to the kitty littler . Ammonia can do some crazy things . L:O:L I am sure there are some working cats out there . Sniffing out explosives , herding sheep , rescuing drowning victims , avalanche victims , finding the lost , retrieving game , guiding the blind , helping the disabled , watching over our homes , being mascots , taking the blame for our flatulence and just generally being open genuine loving companions .

Cats ? Oh yeah , cats purr .

I was hoping for some banter with the cat worshippers here . Must be out buying a cat toy . L:O:L
 
Oscar the Attack Cat is a working cat. He keeps the house free from rodents. Granted, we've never had a problem with them here in the first place but who's to say that this isn't his doing?

He does tend to follow me around outside, especially when I go down the hill to get the mail. Onlookers find it a bit unusual. He also (usually) obeys verbal commands and answers questions or comments directed at him with various meows and chirps. He has been observed by multiple people using a toilet at least once. He has not been trained to do any of this.

Definitely the weirdest cat that I've ever seen.

The same as a dog? No. Cooler in some ways, though.
 
Kevin, she's part of the family. My wife and I have had her for over fifteen years, almost as long as we've been together. She's an awesome cat; I prefer her company to that of most humans, but then again, I'm rather misanthropic.
 
Oscar the cat notwithstanding .

Hmmm Dave has a weird cat . Whodathunkit . L:O:L

Dave It is cool to see a cat following a human . It is so out of character .
Some people say its just because a cat refuses to be trained .
I beg to differ .I have trained a cat in my sights more than once .Just joking .
 
The cats I raised myself all followed me around- including going on hikes. They all answered to their names rather than kitty.

I know many people who baby talk to their animals, dogs, birds, cats; whatever. Never occured to me cats would be selected on this criteria. Cats are more independent than dogs, and respond less to this.

Strange point of view you have, Kevin. There are people who shoot cats happily. Not so sure we shouldn't be doing that in many locales for feral cats.

munk
 
It is not so much a point of view as purely observational humour . . We tend to humanise our pets . there is nothing more other than us than a cat among our furry friends . Let me say again I have nothing against cats . I appreciate their good points . I have written quite a few short stories about them that more than shows them to be our equals . (Oh Jeez now someone is going to take exception to that . ) L:O:L

If we can,t laugh at ourselves then we are truly lost .

As for independant ? Yessir as long as aloof is added to that .

As for shooting cats ? It was a joke as was made clear . Aside from that I never said I shot them . Most things I use don,t need sights . Feral cats are rampant here . Very few rats or mice . I accept the occasional spray job on my back gallery as their just due .
 
I'm not offended, nor worrying about laughing at myself, kevin; I just don't think your observations are accurate. Skewed. That's cool with me- I appreciate your offbeat threads.



munk
 
For those of you who do not know, male cats tend to make much better pets than females, which are much more aloof. Male cats are the cool ones. I've had 2 males and 3 females, and so far I've found this to be true. I've never bought a purebred, but I have spoken to a few breeders who have all confirmed this.
 
Askewed ? or just not prone to human frailties ? L:O:L
What is askewed to see cats for what they are or to humanise them .

B:T:W: I have not seen askewed used correctly in quite a while . May I askew to use other colorful words ? L:O:L
 
You're on to something there-
My family bred Siamese cats.
The males are characters.



munk
 
Siamese cats are true warriors . I have heard that they used to guard palaces .
I don,t know how true it is . I do know they can be ferocious fighters . Good looking too .
 
Josh Feltman said:
Kevin, she's part of the family. My wife and I have had her for over fifteen years, almost as long as we've been together. She's an awesome cat; I prefer her company to that of most humans, but then again, I'm rather misanthropic.
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Josh I think it is because the demands they make on us are predictable and the demands made by immature humans are less so .

Misanthropic ? Hmmm dehumanising yourself and humanising your cat .
Can it be you mean going back to a simpler more direct way of being ?
 
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