Show us your pussy!

[arctictom]

We I see a picture of a cat it strikes me as what do I need to do , when I see a dog I see a partner/friend , hmmmmm.

[Darrell]

Since this hasn't been posted yet, I will--the world's ugliest cat? Geez Louise!

http://wbztv.com/watercooler/pets/ugly. ... 49524.html

ETA: Dang, I can't seem to upload pics anymore, what am I doing wrong? Trust me, that's one ugly cat! Found over at Drudge.

[Bandito]

Portia, still going strong after 20 years.

Though admittedly, she is more inclined these days to take naps than to pick fights with the neighbors' dobermans.

[Jeffro]

Here be Rooster, who replaced Duke. See a pattern?

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[randy]

Here be Rooster, who replaced Duke. See a pattern?

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Your next cat will be named JB?

[HTRN]

she is more inclined these days to take naps than to pick fights with the neighbors' dobermans.

Oddly enough, that describes my life as late pretty good too.


HTRN

[Jeffro]

Your next cat will be named JB?

Hey! There's a plan -just hope I don't have to just right away.

[Go 4 TLI]

I've never owned either a dog or cat, hell I'm even hard on desert plants. But here is my Mom's Murph. That's all fur and attitude, BTW. And Mom is still getting over her dogs' dying of late. And then there was that doe last spring ...

[308Mike]

We have three cats:

Teton: He's the Maine Coon cat - a HUGE ball of fur and an awesome disposition. He acts like he think's he a DOG instead of a cat (until he sees or hears a gopher, or a dog in the yard).

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Unfortunately, he also like to lay on ANYTHING you lay out, whether it's clothes, shooting gear, or TAX INFORMATION:

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Denali (Dolly) is the Lynx-Pointe Siamese, and she LOVES snuggling up to warm bodies (like my wife):

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Or stuffing herself along the edges of cushions:

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But our latest little bundle of torment is the kitty (Sierra) I rescued from between two concrete walls over at my mom's house, who'd been crying over two days after her mom dropped her between the walls while my mom was watering and she was moving her litter of weeks-old kittens.

We took her home, took her to the vet and had her checked out (feral cat and all) to make sure she wouldn't give any of our other cats any diseases. With a clean bill of health, we took her home. I think she bonded to me right away because I was the one who rescued her from certain death - and she hadn't eaten in over two days (according to the vet). So just a few days after her rescue, I took this photo of my wife feeding her using a bottle:

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When they are just a little fuzz-ball of energy, they are so INCREDIBLY cute:

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But they're already working on their instincts for attacking and tearing things apart - like a TRUE predator (WOO HOO!!):

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Then as she got older, she sought out places of warmth, like out laptop computers - which we had to lock or she'd screw up whatever document you were working on:

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But don't let her cuteness fool you, she's a PREDATOR in disguise and can (and WILL) attack from any hidden place to get the upper hand:

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Even so, we love our cats, PREDATORS all (and they've ALL brought dead animals to my wife at some time of another).

People who REFUSED to be confined wrote the Constitution, and cats extend that feeling to the animal world. Dogs are GREAT because they serve to make man happy, CATS are great because they LOVE FREEDOM.

Some people like them, and other don't (for various reasons). I see a LOT of our founding Fathers in many cats, not so much in dogs. Dog's don't mind being confined, cat's don't.

Something to think about.

[JimS]

This is my Harley. Fourteen years and fourteen pounds of pure, yellow striped love.

I have to give him a 0.5 unit injection of insulin every day now. I have so many stories, I could bust bandwidth on the forum. Suffice to say that he lived aboard the New Dawn with me till I swaller'd the anchor a couple years back, and he's more (far more) dog than cat in his appreciations.

He comes when I call or whistle, he greets me at the door every day, loudly hollering for affection, which he seeks before food or water. He bathes my face while wagging his tail, and his joyous chortles and purrs trip over one another into chokes, gasps and coughs of pure feline bliss.

He rides on my shoulders like a parrot imitating a mink stole, and doesn't so much sit on my lap, as to burrow repeatedly into my heart.

And, he loves my lady Iris like she had nursed him from kittenhood.

My friends, this is a cat.


Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX