Brooklyn1 wrote:
> 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. 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
>
>
That first photo, especially, was so cute! And yes, sleeping with
a cat/cats is one of the great joys of life.

--
Jean B.