Halloween Around the Pond

[Chad]

Since it is getting to cold to mess around with the pond and since it is
almost Halloween... here is something new to try.

http://members.cox.net/bokowski/catkoi.jpg

....actually my wife found this while looking for costume ideas for our
dog...

[Mike Davis]

LOL! That's great.

Aren't computers wonderful...


"Chad" > wrote in message ...
> Since it is getting to cold to mess around with the pond and since it is
> almost Halloween... here is something new to try.
>
> http://members.cox.net/bokowski/catkoi.jpg
>
> ...actually my wife found this while looking for costume ideas for our
> dog...
>

[Zookeeper]

Chad wrote:
> Since it is getting to cold to mess around with the pond and since it is
> almost Halloween... here is something new to try.
>
> http://members.cox.net/bokowski/catkoi.jpg
>
> ....actually my wife found this while looking for costume ideas for our
> dog...
>

That is sooooo cute!!! And a great costume idea -- if you could get a
cat or dog to sit still long enough to do something like that. WOW!!
--
Zk
3500gal pond, 13 pond piggies
Oregon, USDA Zone 7

[K30a]

Rosie, the black labrador, is going trick or treating
as the Black Hole. Heidi, the yellow labrador,
is going as a Dumb Blond.
This year, in the graveyard, we added Gray
Davis and Saddam Hussien as new bury-ees.
Osama Bin Laden, Martha Stewart and Tom Riddle
as returning favorites. Next year they all get
painted over and all the presidential and vp candidates and governor (for our
state) candidates will be
honorary bury-ees. It will be my third Bush family member I've been doing it
that long!

k30a (") <-- boo!

[Chad]

> That is sooooo cute!!! And a great costume idea -- if you could get a
> cat or dog to sit still long enough to do something like that. WOW!!

Apparently, this is quite a hobby... to paint cats.... I have found
books and calendars on the subject.... and

www.whypaintcats.com

I guess anything can be a canvas...

[Anne Lurie]

Well, with enough cat treats -- and the right cat -- it's amazing what
can be done!

I never tried painting my first cat, but she let me vacuum her! No kidding!
Not a ****ant little battery-powered "pet vacuum," but the real thing. (I
was very careful to keep the vacuum hose away from her ears, lest I remove
any brain cells she might have left.)

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC





"Zookeeper" > wrote in message
...
> Chad wrote:
> > Since it is getting to cold to mess around with the pond and since it is
> > almost Halloween... here is something new to try.
> >
> > http://members.cox.net/bokowski/catkoi.jpg
> >
> > ....actually my wife found this while looking for costume ideas for our
> > dog...
> >
>
> That is sooooo cute!!! And a great costume idea -- if you could get a
> cat or dog to sit still long enough to do something like that. WOW!!
> --
> Zk
> 3500gal pond, 13 pond piggies
> Oregon, USDA Zone 7
>

[Zookeeper]

K30a wrote:
> Rosie, the black labrador, is going trick or treating
> as the Black Hole. Heidi, the yellow labrador,
> is going as a Dumb Blond.
> This year, in the graveyard, we added Gray
> Davis and Saddam Hussien as new bury-ees.
> Osama Bin Laden, Martha Stewart and Tom Riddle
> as returning favorites. Next year they all get
> painted over and all the presidential and vp candidates and governor (for our
> state) candidates will be
> honorary bury-ees. It will be my third Bush family member I've been doing it
> that long!
>
> k30a (") <-- boo!

Great ideas! Love the dog's "costume" ideas! I thought we were going to
get away without any "trick or treating" kids this year as younger son
is going to a haunted corn maze with friends, but older son just met a
new female friend who wants to go door-to-door, etc. But she's loads of
fun, so maybe "Halloween taxi" service won't be too boring this year.
--
Zk

[Happy'Cam'per]

ROFLMAO

Reminds of a mate of mine who owned a pitbull called Roxy, lovely dog and
not half as vicious as they say they are. My mate would sit on the couch
next to the dog with the pipe end of the vac-cleaner and howl down it. Roxy
would chime right in and begin howling herself......it was priceless, had
tears rolling down my cheeks everytime :)



"Anne Lurie" > wrote in message
. com...
> Well, with enough cat treats -- and the right cat -- it's amazing what
> can be done!
>
> I never tried painting my first cat, but she let me vacuum her! No
kidding!
> Not a ****ant little battery-powered "pet vacuum," but the real thing. (I
> was very careful to keep the vacuum hose away from her ears, lest I remove
> any brain cells she might have left.)
>
> Anne Lurie
> Raleigh, NC
>
>
>
>
>
> "Zookeeper" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Chad wrote:
> > > Since it is getting to cold to mess around with the pond and since it
is
> > > almost Halloween... here is something new to try.
> > >
> > > http://members.cox.net/bokowski/catkoi.jpg
> > >
> > > ....actually my wife found this while looking for costume ideas for
our
> > > dog...
> > >
> >
> > That is sooooo cute!!! And a great costume idea -- if you could get a
> > cat or dog to sit still long enough to do something like that. WOW!!
> > --
> > Zk
> > 3500gal pond, 13 pond piggies
> > Oregon, USDA Zone 7
> >
>
>

[Susan H. Simko]

I can't imagine any of my four cats allowing me to paint them. OTOH, I
have one who gets in the shower with me every morning and *loudly*
demands his shower massage time. Hand held shower massage head set on
deep, pulsating massage all over his body.

Worst part is mopping up the puddles off the floor after this twenty
pound cat gets out of the shower. Oh yeah, he also pouts if he doesn't
get his massage. *laugh*

Susan
shsimko (at) duke<dot>edu

[Gail Futoran]

"Susan H. Simko" > wrote in message
...
> I can't imagine any of my four cats allowing me to paint
them. OTOH, I
> have one who gets in the shower with me every morning and
*loudly*
> demands his shower massage time. Hand held shower massage
head set on
> deep, pulsating massage all over his body.
>
> Worst part is mopping up the puddles off the floor after
this twenty
> pound cat gets out of the shower. Oh yeah, he also pouts
if he doesn't
> get his massage. *laugh*
>
> Susan
> shsimko (at) duke<dot>ed

Good..... grief! I've had cats since the 1960s and I've
never had a cat that liked water for anything other than
drinking! I can't even get my cats close to my ground level
pond to watch the fish - no fountain to disturb them. You
have a truly weird cat, Susan. :)

Gail

[Kathleen]

Gail Futoran wrote:
> "Susan H. Simko" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>I can't imagine any of my four cats allowing me to paint
>
> them. OTOH, I
>
>>have one who gets in the shower with me every morning and
>
> *loudly*
>
>>demands his shower massage time. Hand held shower massage
>
> head set on
>
>>deep, pulsating massage all over his body.
>>
>>Worst part is mopping up the puddles off the floor after
>
> this twenty
>
>>pound cat gets out of the shower. Oh yeah, he also pouts
>
> if he doesn't
>
>>get his massage. *laugh*
>>
>>Susan
>>shsimko (at) duke<dot>ed
>
>
> Good..... grief! I've had cats since the 1960s and I've
> never had a cat that liked water for anything other than
> drinking! I can't even get my cats close to my ground level
> pond to watch the fish - no fountain to disturb them. You
> have a truly weird cat, Susan. :)

Truly weird, or possibly at least part Siamese. I had a Siamese that
liked to take tub baths with me but hated showers. Considered them
dangerous and propably immoral as well, and would sit outside the shower
stall howling at the top of his lungs until you got done. I tried
grabbing him and hauling him in with me to shut him up. Once. It was a
learning experience for both of us.

Kathleen

[Nedra]

I've had cats all my natural life and that's a considerable number ...
but have never had a cat who would get in the tub or shower
with me. DRAT! Looks like I've missed out on loads of fun.

I do love cat stories ... hope more chime in.

Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

"Kathleen" > wrote in message
...
> Gail Futoran wrote:
> > "Susan H. Simko" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >
> >>I can't imagine any of my four cats allowing me to paint
> >
> > them. OTOH, I
> >
> >>have one who gets in the shower with me every morning and
> >
> > *loudly*
> >
> >>demands his shower massage time. Hand held shower massage
> >
> > head set on
> >
> >>deep, pulsating massage all over his body.
> >>
> >>Worst part is mopping up the puddles off the floor after
> >
> > this twenty
> >
> >>pound cat gets out of the shower. Oh yeah, he also pouts
> >
> > if he doesn't
> >
> >>get his massage. *laugh*
> >>
> >>Susan
> >>shsimko (at) duke<dot>ed
> >
> >
> > Good..... grief! I've had cats since the 1960s and I've
> > never had a cat that liked water for anything other than
> > drinking! I can't even get my cats close to my ground level
> > pond to watch the fish - no fountain to disturb them. You
> > have a truly weird cat, Susan. :)
>
> Truly weird, or possibly at least part Siamese. I had a Siamese that
> liked to take tub baths with me but hated showers. Considered them
> dangerous and propably immoral as well, and would sit outside the shower
> stall howling at the top of his lungs until you got done. I tried
> grabbing him and hauling him in with me to shut him up. Once. It was a
> learning experience for both of us.
>
> Kathleen
>

[KenCo]

Gail Futoran wrote:
> Good..... grief! I've had cats since the 1960s and I've
> never had a cat that liked water for anything other than
> drinking! I can't even get my cats close to my ground level
> pond to watch the fish - no fountain to disturb them. You
> have a truly weird cat, Susan. :)
>
> Gail

I hate cats but have a friend who had a Siamese
that would jump in the pool on command, damm
cat was weird......




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Absolutely loves water.

[Cybe R. Wizard]

On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 00:45:16 GMT
"Gail Futoran" > wrote:

>
> "Susan H. Simko" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I can't imagine any of my four cats allowing me to paint
> them. OTOH, I
> > have one who gets in the shower with me every morning and
> *loudly*
> > demands his shower massage time. Hand held shower massage
> head set on
> > deep, pulsating massage all over his body.
> >
> > Worst part is mopping up the puddles off the floor after
> this twenty
> > pound cat gets out of the shower. Oh yeah, he also pouts
> if he doesn't
> > get his massage. *laugh*
> >
> > Susan
> > shsimko (at) duke<dot>ed
>
> Good..... grief! I've had cats since the 1960s and I've
> never had a cat that liked water for anything other than
> drinking! I can't even get my cats close to my ground level
> pond to watch the fish - no fountain to disturb them. You
> have a truly weird cat, Susan. :)
>
> Gail
>
Our black cat will get into the shower with us. He also likes a tub
bath and will let you pour water over his head with no problem. The
other cat, white, will not go near water if she knows about it.
Bengal cats love water and will seek it out to go swimming.
(No, not tigers, Google, "Bengal cat")

Cybe R. Wizard
--
Unofficial "Wizard of Odds," A.H.P.
Original PORG "Water Wizard," R.P.
"Wize(ned) Wizard," A.P.F-P-Y.
Barely Tolerated Wizard, A.J.L & A.A.L

[dt]

Kathleen wrote:

> Gail Futoran wrote:
>
>> "Susan H. Simko" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>> I can't imagine any of my four cats allowing me to paint
>>
>>
>> them. OTOH, I
>>
>>> have one who gets in the shower with me every morning and
>>
>>
>> *loudly*
>>
>>> demands his shower massage time. Hand held shower massage
>>
>>
>> head set on
>>
>>> deep, pulsating massage all over his body.
>>>
>>> Worst part is mopping up the puddles off the floor after
>>
>>
>> this twenty
>>
>>> pound cat gets out of the shower. Oh yeah, he also pouts
>>
>>
>> if he doesn't
>>
>>> get his massage. *laugh*
>>>
>>> Susan
>>> shsimko (at) duke<dot>ed
>>
>>
>>
>> Good..... grief! I've had cats since the 1960s and I've
>> never had a cat that liked water for anything other than
>> drinking! I can't even get my cats close to my ground level
>> pond to watch the fish - no fountain to disturb them. You
>> have a truly weird cat, Susan. :)
>
>
> Truly weird, or possibly at least part Siamese. I had a Siamese that
> liked to take tub baths with me but hated showers. Considered them
> dangerous and propably immoral as well, and would sit outside the shower
> stall howling at the top of his lungs until you got done. I tried
> grabbing him and hauling him in with me to shut him up. Once. It was a
> learning experience for both of us.

My dad used to shave in the tub. Our old tomcat would jump up on the
side of the tub and watch this procedure.

Until the morning he slipped on the side, and went into the tub. The
old man took to putting the cat out after that.

DT

[Susan H. Simko]

Kathleen wrote:

> Truly weird, or possibly at least part Siamese. I had a Siamese that
> liked to take tub baths with me but hated showers. Considered them
> dangerous and propably immoral as well, and would sit outside the shower
> stall howling at the top of his lungs until you got done. I tried
> grabbing him and hauling him in with me to shut him up. Once. It was a
> learning experience for both of us.

He's just your garden variety shorthaired tiger. Funny though, he's
the exact opposite - hates tub baths but loves the shower. There is a
downside to this, I must add, in that we have to dump drain cleaner into
the tub about every six weeks. He sheds like mad and between my waist
lenght hair and his adbundant amount of short hair, the drain gets
clogged. I've tried numerous things to prevent the hair from going down
- screens, inverted strainers, etc. but with a pull up type drain
release, nothing has worked so far.

More goofy cat stories are easy to come by in our house since we have
four - all very strange in their own way. Squeak, our oriental
shorthair "kitten" (he's now a little over a year old), loves to be held
- particularly on his back as if you were holding a baby. This is his
favourite position for watching the fish in the 55 gallon aquarium.
Somehow, they must look better upside down. *laugh* He's also our
other shower cat but he usually sits on the side of the tub, observing
the action. He also likes the shower massage but only through the clear
vinyl inner shower liner.

Chelsea, our Maine Coon, if given a chance will jump in the pond to go
after the frogs. (Her favoured prey are reptiles of all sorts.) She's
also been known to jump in the 55 gallon aquarium if given the
opportunity. OTOH, shes *hates* getting wet if it isn't by her choise.
She also goes bonkers for sauerkraut, refried beans and diced
tomatoes. I guess someone forgot to tell her that cats are supposed to
be carnivores.

Last but not least, we have our bread raider. You can't leave any bread
product out where Spike, our other Maine Coon, can get it. Ginger snap
cookies and graham crackers are his particular favourites.

Susan
shsimko (at) duke<dot>edu

[Philip Edward Lewis]

Kathleen wrote:
> dangerous and propably immoral as well, and would sit outside the shower
> stall howling at the top of his lungs until you got done.

<inside cat's brain>
oh my goodness.... water.... everywhere... you must have been *really bad*.
</inside cat's brain>

Well, that's my Mia's brain anyway... she does the same thing.
:)


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[Cichlidiot]

Gail Futoran > wrote:

> "Susan H. Simko" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I can't imagine any of my four cats allowing me to paint
> them. OTOH, I
>> have one who gets in the shower with me every morning and
> *loudly*
>> demands his shower massage time. Hand held shower massage
> head set on
>> deep, pulsating massage all over his body.
>>
>> Worst part is mopping up the puddles off the floor after
> this twenty
>> pound cat gets out of the shower. Oh yeah, he also pouts
> if he doesn't
>> get his massage. *laugh*
>>
> Good..... grief! I've had cats since the 1960s and I've
> never had a cat that liked water for anything other than
> drinking! I can't even get my cats close to my ground level
> pond to watch the fish - no fountain to disturb them. You
> have a truly weird cat, Susan. :)

My parents had one grey cat (it was part Siamese though), that loved to go
outside in the rain so that she could come back in and get her towel
massage (see, you gotta train cats that love water to also love being
dried). She would even go running through the sprinklers when it wasn't
raining and then come running inside for her towel rub down.

I have a black cat (also part Siamese) that loves water. He bats at the
water in his water bowl. I've had to put a plastic placemat underneath the
water dish because he splashes it so much. He also jumps in the shower as
soon as it turns off (he hates the sound of the running shower though) and
plays in the water. Once he even jumped in the toilet, oi, that wasn't
nearly as cute (but at least he didn't mind the bath that followed too
much).

My other cat, a black and white stray, tries her darnedest to get up on
top of the tanks and go fishing. She's scared some of my tetras into
hiding for hours doing that. She'll also get in the tub on occasion, but
only when it's dry (and usually to chase the other cat). She too is a
bread stealer... she'll even stand beneath me when I make a sandwich to
catch a few crumbs.

[~ jan JJsPond.us]

What kind of cat is this? ~ jan

>On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 12:43:29 -0500, "Susan H. Simko" > wrote:

>I can't imagine any of my four cats allowing me to paint them. OTOH, I
>have one who gets in the shower with me every morning and *loudly*
>demands his shower massage time. Hand held shower massage head set on
>deep, pulsating massage all over his body.
>
>Worst part is mopping up the puddles off the floor after this twenty
>pound cat gets out of the shower. Oh yeah, he also pouts if he doesn't
>get his massage. *laugh*
>
>Susan
>shsimko (at) duke<dot>edu
>

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[D Kat]

I'm informing my 4 cats that they are far too normal. I only wish I could
get my Mainecoon in the shower. The dog already takes care of clogging the
drain.. DKat

"Susan H. Simko" > wrote in message
...
> Kathleen wrote:
>
> > Truly weird, or possibly at least part Siamese. I had a Siamese that
> > liked to take tub baths with me but hated showers. Considered them
> > dangerous and propably immoral as well, and would sit outside the shower
> > stall howling at the top of his lungs until you got done. I tried
> > grabbing him and hauling him in with me to shut him up. Once. It was a
> > learning experience for both of us.
>
> He's just your garden variety shorthaired tiger. Funny though, he's
> the exact opposite - hates tub baths but loves the shower. There is a
> downside to this, I must add, in that we have to dump drain cleaner into
> the tub about every six weeks. He sheds like mad and between my waist
> lenght hair and his adbundant amount of short hair, the drain gets
> clogged. I've tried numerous things to prevent the hair from going down
> - screens, inverted strainers, etc. but with a pull up type drain
> release, nothing has worked so far.
>
> More goofy cat stories are easy to come by in our house since we have
> four - all very strange in their own way. Squeak, our oriental
> shorthair "kitten" (he's now a little over a year old), loves to be held
> - particularly on his back as if you were holding a baby. This is his
> favourite position for watching the fish in the 55 gallon aquarium.
> Somehow, they must look better upside down. *laugh* He's also our
> other shower cat but he usually sits on the side of the tub, observing
> the action. He also likes the shower massage but only through the clear
> vinyl inner shower liner.
>
> Chelsea, our Maine Coon, if given a chance will jump in the pond to go
> after the frogs. (Her favoured prey are reptiles of all sorts.) She's
> also been known to jump in the 55 gallon aquarium if given the
> opportunity. OTOH, shes *hates* getting wet if it isn't by her choise.
> She also goes bonkers for sauerkraut, refried beans and diced
> tomatoes. I guess someone forgot to tell her that cats are supposed to
> be carnivores.
>
> Last but not least, we have our bread raider. You can't leave any bread
> product out where Spike, our other Maine Coon, can get it. Ginger snap
> cookies and graham crackers are his particular favourites.
>
> Susan
> shsimko (at) duke<dot>edu
>

[Steve Wolfe]

> I've had cats all my natural life and that's a considerable number ...
> but have never had a cat who would get in the tub or shower
> with me. DRAT! Looks like I've missed out on loads of fun.

Why would you have missed any fun when the cats went in *willingly*?

;-)

steve

[BenignVanilla]

"~ jan JJsPond.us" > wrote in message
...
> What kind of cat is this? ~ jan
>
> >On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 12:43:29 -0500, "Susan H. Simko"
> wrote:
>
> >I can't imagine any of my four cats allowing me to paint them. OTOH, I
> >have one who gets in the shower with me every morning and *loudly*
> >demands his shower massage time. Hand held shower massage head set on
> >deep, pulsating massage all over his body.
> >
> >Worst part is mopping up the puddles off the floor after this twenty
> >pound cat gets out of the shower. Oh yeah, he also pouts if he doesn't
> >get his massage. *laugh*
<snip>

Clearly...a brain damaged one.

BV.

[Nedra]

Okay ... I'm dense and I know it! Your post is zinging waayy
over my head.

Nedra

"Steve Wolfe" > wrote in message
...
> > I've had cats all my natural life and that's a considerable number ...
> > but have never had a cat who would get in the tub or shower
> > with me. DRAT! Looks like I've missed out on loads of fun.
>
> Why would you have missed any fun when the cats went in *willingly*?
>
> ;-)
>
> steve
>
>

[jr]

Kathleen wrote:
> Gail Futoran wrote:
>
>> "Susan H. Simko" > wrote
>
> Truly weird, or possibly at least part Siamese. I had a Siamese that
> liked to take tub baths with me but hated showers. Considered them
> dangerous and propably immoral as well, and would sit outside the shower
> stall howling at the top of his lungs until you got done. I tried
> grabbing him and hauling him in with me to shut him up. Once. It was a
> learning experience for both of us.
>
> Kathleen
>
OUCH!!!!!!

[Susan H. Simko]

>>What kind of cat is this? ~ jan

BenignVanilla wrote:
> Clearly...a brain damaged one.

*laugh* Actually, he's one of the smarter ones. He's just a big old
tiger striped domestic short hair. He's quite funny because the
bathroom is the only room where we wants to be petted. Anywhere else
and you get growled at. Cassidy is seven and a half. We've had him for
about three years. The water obsession didn't start until we had him
about a year and keeps getting stronger.

Susan
shsimko (at) duke<dot>edu