"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:29:14 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>
>>Julie Bove wrote:
>>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:03:45 -0400, (ms. tonya)
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> (Julie Bove) claiming:
>>>>>> I have been having trouble with my little cat getting
>>>>>> on the counters and even on the stove! For obvious
>>>>>> reasons I do not want her there. Her mom has
>>>>>> never gotten up there AFAIK. But the other day, mom
>>>>>> discovered the bar stool. She hopped up there. Then the
>>>>>> baby wanted up there but they both wouldn't fit. So
>>>>>> today we bought another bar stool. They don't match but
>>>>>> both are the colors of the kitchen and the one
>>>>>> we got today is open at the bottom so my
>>>>>> step stool can tuck underneath.
>>>>>> Anyway... They are both super happy now. They can sit
>>>>>> up on them and watch us cook which is all
>>>>>> they wanted to do to begin with. They were both
>>>>>> smiling and purring. And the baby hasn't gotten on the
>>>>>> counter since!----------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>> I never would let pets in my kitchen period, my 2 late cats of 17
>>>>> years were trained from day one kitchen was off limits even the
>>>>> stool I had in corner now training new cat same rules.
>>>>>
>>>>> Risk of pets getting hurt is to high
>>>>
>>>> Cats are amazingly adept at avoiding being hurt inside a house, they
>>>> know their way about far better than you do, and it's easy to cat
>>>> proof the danger zones, far easier than to child proof a house.
>>>>
>>>>> especially in a very small one plus
>>>>> the risk you getting hurt with fur balls under your feet. And the
>>>>> thought of fur in the air getting in the food turns my stomach.
>>>>
>>>> Where are your cats kept that their hair can't travel in the air
>>>> throughout your entire abode? If you don't want to live with your
>>>> pets then you shouldn't have pets... they'd be happier without you
>>>> too.
>>>
>>> Indeed. Our current cats shed very little. Mom appears to be a black
>>> Siamese. Very short, sleek fur. Baby is a brown tabby and her fur is
>>> sparse but feels slightly fluffier. Still really on the short side.
>>> Our
>>> old brown tabby had slightly longer and much thicker fur all over and
>>> very
>>> thick, long fur on the tummy. A brushing session for her this time of
>>> year
>>> would yield enough fur to cover a young kitten. And yet even with her I
>>> did
>>> not ever find wads of fur in various places. The one dog that we had
>>> would
>>> leave wads of fur. And if she sat on my lap there would be fur all over
>>> me
>>> when she got up. I have never gotten fur on me from my cats except
>>> perhaps
>>> when they go to the vet. They will shed like mad there!
>>>
>>>
>>I seem to recall that stress can do that.
>
> Humans shed when stressed too, hair and skin... some even wet their
> pants. LOL The only people who complain about pet hair are those who
> are slobs themselves... if one dusts/vacuums their abode and brushes
> their pets regularly there will be very little pet hair.
I'm not a fanatic about housecleaning but then again, a little cat fur on
the chairs or the sofa doesn't bother me. Even if some cat fur wafts into
the kitchen I'm not afraid of cat fur. Then again, Persia NOT jump up on
the counters. (I can hear the nay-sayers now... of course she does, when
you're not looking.) Truly, she's never jumped on kitchen counters or on
tables. And now she's 14 years old and arthritic. She uses cat steps to
get up on the bed. Whoever owned this beautiful cat before me (pre-2001)
had trained her. She's simply never attempted to leap up on kitchen
counters or tables. And she's been with me since 2001
OB Food: She *did* swipe a hamburger off a plate I'd set down on the coffee
table. (She didn't have to jump on the table to do that, just lean up with
her front paws, snag the burger and run!) It was a nice, freshly grilled
hamburger. I wasn't out of the room more than 30 seconds. She left me the
bun. LOL It's a good thing I don't fire up the grill for just one burger
> My cats can
> go wherever they want, they have free reign of the house, naturally
> they sleep in my bed, that's how we like it. And cats belong in the
> kitchen, their main job is to protect the food from vermin.
> The cat's cradle: http://tinypic.com/r/126dbet/5
> Mice, what mice: http://tinypic.com/r/2ldzo91/5
>
>
Great photos, thanks. Persia doesn't like it when I'm in the kitchen.
She's allowed in the kitchen, of course. But if my going into the kitchen
and opening the refrigerator doesn't immediately mean she's going to get a
sip of milk, she starts fussing at me. Meow, meow, meow. She does not like
hanging out with me in the kitchen. I agree, it's pretty boring for a cat.
But I have to eat so I have to spend time in the kitchen. I don't have toys
on the kitchen floor because I don't want to trip over them (or Persia).
There is no sunshine on the kitchen floor for her to nap in. So she gets
grumpy when I'm in the kitchen.
Jill