posted on June 22, 2004 09:58:29 AM new
The Ram is adorable!!!!
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
I hope the seller makes enough on it. I was making custom cat costumes and charging plenty, but too much time and not enough dough. Here's a few of my happy customers.
I thought he looked a bit PO'd too. Maybe just tired and wanted a nap. The owner found me on eBay and lives in California. I'm in Texas. After he bought a Dr. Suess hat for his cat Zimmy, he had me custom make ballet outfit, Hawaiian outfit, wrestling costume, more.
He said the cat was from a shelter and was sooo happy to have a human that he did not mind wearing the costumes and would go for a walk on a leash in them. One time, he took Zimmy to the neighbors in the ballet costume. Zimmy whacked the neighbor's cat (not something he usually does) while wearing his tutu and tiara. "Call me a sissy, will you?"
posted on June 22, 2004 10:47:07 PM new
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posted on June 23, 2004 12:17:55 AM new
Thanks sparkz, it's been too long since I last posted a picture & just plain forgot how to do it.
Great likeness, I would swear that was a real dog, your good.
What a neat pair they make. I have a Chihuahua & she would have none of that, no sense of humor as far as the cats go or anyone else for that matter. Everyone is afraid of her, well almost everyone. She's very typical.
posted on June 25, 2004 01:02:17 AM new
I Love My Cats....but, tell me how many stitches did you all get dressing up those babies? My oldest one is declawed....and I still don't think I'd try it. He is quite a proud child, you know! Cute-cute-cute-cute!!
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They are brother & sister. Not the same litter, they are about 4 years apart & very devoted, always together & love to groom each other.
Simon, older brother, is on the bottom.
I only asked my cat to wear the hats long enough to get a photo for auction listings. I don't bother trying to put the full costumes on him. That's why the toy cat in one photo.
I am always in very good communication with my cats.
I let him sniff it and yes, asked him could I put it on him for a pic. I waited until he had been resting for a while. I had the camera ready first. I verbally praised and coaxed him to sit still until I get a few shots snapped off. Then I quickly but gently remove it, and profusley thank him. Works for me. Otherwise, my cat won't stand for it.
Mine won't even wear a collar. He works on getting it off until it's stuck in his mouth and he can't eat or drink.
Intelligent cats can be trained to voice commands by the way. (not related to costuming, LOL!) My cat understands "Come On", "Get Down", "No", "Up", "Move" (out of the way), "Food", "Cat Treats?", simply because I've had the patience over 5 years to use the commands repeatedly. Yes, he does follow the commands too. When he doesn't want to, he will pretend he didn't hear. I repeat patiently, he responds.
"Get Down" was the first one I trained him on. It is accompanied by a pointing finger that goes quickly from counter to floor. Some times when there is raw chicken on the counter I am preparing, the "Get Down" must get sterner and get repeated.
I also taught him to sit up and beg for bits of cheese when he was 6 months.
He was the underweight runt of the litter when he was born in a litter of eight kittens. I took him to the vet at 8 weeks old and the vet refused to believe he was more than 4 weeks. See his size in the picture below.
posted on June 25, 2004 07:24:12 AM new
It sounds like you are patient and kind with your cats! They are lucky to have you! I have to admit, my Mathew Cat once modeled some jewelry -a necklace he liked- and enjoyed the attention! He was with me for 18 years and was my best friend.
The pics are adorable! What cute ideas!
rosycat
“We humans are indeed fortunate if we happen to be chosen to be owned by a cat.” - Unknown
posted on June 25, 2004 08:15:46 AM new
I accordance with the:
FAIR EQUAL TIME RULE,
Ralphie presents the following unpaid political announcement:
TOP 10 REASONS DOGS are BETTER than CATS:
1. Dogs will tilt their heads and try to understand every word you say. Cats will ignore you and take a nap.
2. Cats look silly on a leash.
3. When you come home from work, your dog will be happy and lick your face. Cats will still be mad at you for leaving in the first place.
4. Dogs will give you unconditional love until the day they die. Cats will make you pay for every mistake you've ever made since the day you were born.
5. A dog knows when you're sad. And he'll try to comfort you. Cats don't care how you feel, as long as you remember where the can opener is.
6. Dogs will bring you your slippers. Cats will drop a dead mouse in your slippers.
7. When you take them for a ride, dogs will sit on the seat next to you. Cats have to have their own private basket, or they won't go at all.
8. Dogs will come when you call them. And they'll be happy. Cats will have someone take a message and get back to you.
9. Dogs will play fetch with you all day long. The only thing cats will play with all day long are small rodents or bugs, preferably ones that look like they're in pain.
10. Dogs will wake you up if the house is on fire. Cats will quietly sneak out the back door.
posted on June 25, 2004 09:23:21 AM new
Tom, Ralphie wowfie is soooo cute!
Apologies to Tom and Ralphie, but Sammy the Wammy and I have a rebuttal
to what Tom said about cats. I tried to make the below humorous, but I’m
under the weather today. Sumpin’ I ate.
1. Dogs will tilt their heads and try to understand every word you say.
Cats will ignore you and take a nap.
[B]My cat, Sammy, understands everything I say and does not have to
tilt his head quizzically from side to side.[/B]
2. Cats look silly on a leash.
[B]Maybe. My last cat walked on a leash. He personally didn’t look silly.
But see silly pic of him in the bird feeder in the rain at the end of this post.[/B]
3. When you come home from work, your dog will be happy and lick your face.
Cats will still be mad at you for leaving in the first place.
[B]True with mine only if I was gone overnight or longer. My cat is very happy
when we arrive. He will even jump in the van if I don’t get out fast enough to
suit him.[/B]
4. Dogs will give you unconditional love until the day they die.
Cats will make you pay for every mistake you've ever made since the day
you were born.
[B]I’m perfect and don’t make mistakes. NOT! He nips me,
then forgives me when I apologize.[/B]
5. A dog knows when you're sad. And he'll try to comfort you.
Cats don't care how you feel, as long as you remember where the can opener is.
My cats have always tried to sooth me when I am very upset.
6. Dogs will bring you your slippers.
Cats will drop a dead mouse in your slippers.
But at least the mouse is dead now, right?
7. When you take them for a ride, dogs will sit on the seat next to you.
Cats have to have their own private basket, or they won't go at all.
[B]My cat lays on the seat next to me if I will let him. One time, my husband
drove 3 hours to pick me up in another city. He brought the cat with him,
because the cat used to like to go for a ride. (He was born in car.)
The A/C went out on the way, and he had the drive with the windows down.
We watered and fed him, let him potty (both the cat and the hubby!),
then drove 3 hours back home. Sammy stayed on the seat between us.
I don’t consider that safe, though, and make him get in the carrier now.[/B]
8. Dogs will come when you call them. And they'll be happy.
Cats will have someone take a message and get back to you.
[B]My cat comes when I call, even if I do it mentally, not a word spoken,
within one minute if he’s roaming outside. He comes within seconds in
the house if I call out loud. Pretty good for a cat, huh?
Well trained with food rewards. Dogs obey because it pleases you.
Cats obey because it pleases them.[/B]
9. Dogs will play fetch with you all day long. The only thing cats will play with
all day long are small rodents or bugs, preferably ones that look like they're in pain.
[B]Hmm…My cat and I play ping pong with a ball, wadded up paper,
or a plastic sewing machine bobbin on top of the kitchen table. We play
with other cat toys when I am on the couch. Yes, he is hell on the wildlife
though. He thinks everything he catches should be confined live to the
master bath tub. Mind you, he comes under the wooden gate, through
the cat door to the garage, through the cat door into the dining room,
up a staircase to the tub with all live prey in his mouth. Luckily, he kills
rats before bringing in and leaving on kitchen floor. TWICE I have been
showering and had a small live snake come slithering out of the drain
or overflow on the tub. Naked and wet with a snake. Oh boy! Startling,
but I am not afraid to handle them and take back outside. Usually, I have
just soaped up so I hand off the snake to the hubby.[/B]
[B]I have to hand-catch the birds and release. Quite a task when they
can fly downstairs and back. He has caught white wing doves, cardinals,
wrens, a grackle (really big black bird), mocking birds, blue Jays, more.
I have fussed at him very strongly for bringing in birds. He now specializes
in lizards and snakes.[/B]
10. Dogs will wake you up if the house is on fire. Cats will quietly sneak
out the back door.
10. Here are examples of cats waking up their owners when there is a fire:
So there. And Sammy always waits patiently outside the shower to make
sure I don’t wash down the drain while I’m in there. I finally trained him not
to get in the shower with me. He did from the time he was big enough to
jump over the side of the tub. Yeah, I know he’s a weird cat…
His predecessor, Mr. Harry in the bird feeder in the rain:
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posted on June 25, 2004 12:59:20 PM new
meadowlark-your cat sounds like some of mine. We have 5 spoiled cats. Junior our oldest male likes to try to hop in the van after we get home. I get the door open and if he's anywhere near he will try to hop in. He also likes to go behind the van and plop down. We have to check to make sure he isn't back there before we leave. His sister is the shower cat. If she's inside she will wait by the shower or she hops on the sink and paws the air at you and meows until you pay attention to her. She then will give you a love bite on the nose.
One of the younger males likes to take his "turds" out of the cat box and bat them around the kitchen---I hate that. His brother attacks bare feet in the morning. I guess that's his idea of an alarm clock. Both of them love to romp around in the tub until you turn the shower on them.
Our oldest cat is just finicky and set in her ways. She plays but growls and hisses at the other cats, especially the two brothers.
posted on June 25, 2004 03:29:26 PM new
Meow, sounds like you have quite a crew!
I especially laughed about the one who, umm... plays in the kitchen floor with his "doodies".
I figure most the guys have run from this thread, screaming? We girls do go on about our kitties. My husband dotes on our kitty too, just not online!
posted on June 25, 2004 11:57:46 PM new
We aren't the only ones who love cats - here are a few quotes and proverbs I found:
“With the qualities of cleanliness, affection, patience, dignity, and courage that cats have, how many of us, I ask you, would be capable of becoming cats?” - Fernand Mery
“People that hate cats, will come back as mice in their next life.” - Faith Resnick
“There are many intelligent species in the universe. They are all owned by cats.” - Anonymous
“I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.” - Hippolyte Taine
“We humans are indeed fortunate if we happen to be chosen to be owned by a cat.” - Unknown
“Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function.” - Unknown
“How we behave toward cats here below determines our status in heaven.” - Robert A. Heinlein
“No heaven will not ever be Heaven be; unless my cats are there to welcome me.” - Unknown
“There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.” - Albert Schweitzer
“Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this.” - Unknown
“Of all God’s creatures, there is only one that cannot be made slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve the man, but it would deteriorate the cat.” - Mark Twain
“Cats are smarter than dogs. You can’t get eight cats to pull a sled through snow.” - Jeff Valdez
Beware of people who dislike cats.” - Irish proverb
“I love my cats because I love my home, and little by little they become its visible soul.” - Jean Couteau
“I got rid of my husband. The cat was allergic” - Unknown
“My husband said it was him or the cat... I miss him sometimes.” - Unknown
--Had to add the last two, just for fun! >"<
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[ edited by meadowlark on Jun 25, 2004 03:53 AM ]
and enjoyed the attention! He was with me for 18 years and was my best friend.
