Prior Lake American - Gores: Cat shreds pet-trick aspirations - Comments

I guess I'm not sure how to

Mark Gores — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:49:03 -0600

I guess I'm not sure how to respond to this. At the time Guido was purchased, maintenance free was the only selling point I needed. I was in college and I couldn't picture myself saying phrases like, "I have to get home and let the dog out" or "I have to spend all my money to kennel my dog while I go on spring break" or "It's 90 degrees out, I can't wait to pick up steamy piles of..."
I needed a pet that was a little more independent. I just didn't understand that cats live to be 30 years old.

Those kind of cats sound

Mark Gores — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:15:53 -0600

Those kind of cats sound fun. Multiple vets have referred to Guido as "unathletic". Basically, she lays around all day like Yellow Dog from the movie Funny Farm.

Mark, Mark, Mark. Cats CAN

Ruth Anne Maddox — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:50:07 -0600

Mark, Mark, Mark.

Cats CAN be trained to do tricks but the trick is not to let them know they're in training. You've got to be one step ahead of the cat-itude of your pet.

My cat, for instance, plays fetch with a plastic ball about the size of a golf ball that looks like a neon green cage for a little silver bell.

She will carry it in her mouth to the top of the stairs, drop it down the stairs, chase it and fetch it and repeat. Of course, this is all done on her own and involves no interaction on the part of any human beings and the activity usual ends as soon as someone says, "Hey, look, Skeeter's (short for Mosquito) playing."

Then there's the game that she developed called "Tease the 85-pound German shepherd." It involves walking within 18 inches of the dog, meowing like she's being given a shower and running like crazy for the safety of the bathroom counter.

She outlived the shepherd and has now adapted the game to "Tease the pit bulls" (we have two). The puppy almost caught her once but Skeeter gave her a cross-cut with her clawless paw and left the stunned and confused dog to wonder what had happened. I just have to remember to never close the bathroom door.

As for you, I hope you didn't add insult to injury by using the blow dryer on that poor widdle sweet Boopy.

I still don't understand how

Rosie — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:13:07 -0600

I still don't understand how you ever ended up with a cat when you hate them so. Besides her point that they are "maintenance-free" what in the world were her other selling points?... AND why in the world couldn't you argue that dogs are better? You're usually pretty good at arguing your point too. Hmmm, interesting...

Here's a little poem someone once sent me:
A dog is truly a man's best friend.
If you don't believe it, just try this experiment.
Put your dog and your wife in the trunk of the car for an hour.
When you open the trunk, who is really happy to see you!

From one dog owner to a wanna-be dog owner, I think the real question here is - Would you ever get another cat again?

Gores: Cat shreds pet-trick aspirations

Lori Carlson — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:12:34 -0600

Two days ago, I received a call from my wife that I just never expected to receive at the age of 27.Mark Gores