[Sca-cooks] One little kitty cat

[Suey]

 Elaine Koogler wrote:
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> And, on the other side of the story, I have fond memories of watching our
> declawed orange tabby, Lao Tsu, chasing German Shepherds for fun and
> profit!  I guess they were startled that a mere cat would actually chase
> THEM.
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Totally, Michel, who came to us as a baby, did the same with our two 
springer spaniels till they became friends and they napped together, ate 
together, lived together and all three died within nine months of each 
other they were such a united family. Michel was 13 and our springers 
were 18 and 16.

Robin, our baby kitten, has conjunctivitis again. Vet took samples of 
the pus today to see if Robin has something else. It was a terrible 
session as someone or animal was aggressive with Robin when a baby. He 
is miserably defensive. I take him to therapy for free every week. He 
was born in the slums, in a room with a dirt floor, no kitchen or 
bathroom. He was one of 10 brothers and sisters and beside his mother he 
had two aunts. I took Peter there to his home for him to see and 
believe. He, a Chilean, could not believe such conditions exist. Robin 
is a gem except when in front of animals, vets or others who smell of 
animals. Then he goes crazy but defensively. It is tradegic to watch.

Robin is doing quite well with toilet training by the way. He is really 
so intelligent and now down to the toilet seat. We have discarded the 
trainer seat for kittens and we are trying to reduce the amount of 
sunflower seeds which we are using in place of cat liter as we can flush 
them down the toilet.

I become sad and discouraged with this training so we look for things on 
the web to help me be more patient. We saw one of those tube videos on 
toilet training a cat. The story goes that the girlfriend tells him, a 
comedian, that cat must be toilet trained. She goes away on a business 
trip. He comes home after the night show and a few beers and relieves 
himself in 'cat's toilet seat with the aluminum baking pan and cat liter 
below'. Next he has to shovel out his 'pancake' or was that bigger??? 
Yeah, I think he said after so many beers it was like a large cake!!! 
and he had to shovel all that into the trash. . . . Imagine having to 
shovel your own excretions in to the trash for one little kitty cat!!!!!

Peter, Robin and I have rented a room to see the Chilean fireworks which 
are the best in the world after Sydney here in Viña del Mar on 31 
December. Peter, on the other hand, is doubting. Is there anyone of you 
who can receive him in Sydney? He has lots of champagne but no shovel.
Suey :-)  Happy holidays to all of you!!!