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It just doesn't pay to be my friend
woodsrunner
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For the past few months I've had the best friend I've ever known. He's always happy to see me and greets me at the door. Sits at the window with his hand on the glass and crying almost every time I leave. When we're together we're always in the same room. Even when I shower he sits on the top track to the shower door and watches. At 4:00am I'll get up for a drink. On the way back to bed I'll scoop him up off the ratty old couch that he loves to sit on. He'll crawl under the covers with me and just his little head will stick out right under my chin. Then he'll meow at me until I give him my hand, which he will hold between his paws. If I roll over and face the other way, he'll climb over and get back under the covers with his head right under my chin holding my hand. When morning comes he'll gently tap my cheek with his paw ubtil I wake up. He usually manages to do this just before the alarm goes off. If the alarm manages to go off before he can wake me, he will go over and bat it onto the floor just like I used to do. After he does that he's back under the covers purring at me.
How do I repay him for this.
The vet said no food after 8:00pm. I'll be at work at 8:00 so I take it away when I leave at 2:00. Then at 8:00am I have to abandon him with strangers who are going to lop off his pride and joy, his family jewels. To add insult to injury, when I bring him home he is going to find his favorite perch, the old couch, has been hauled to the dump.
Sometimes loyalty doesn't pay.
Hopefully he'll be quick to forgive.
Woods
"... there is much truth in the Italian saying, 'Make yourselves sheep, and the wolves will eat you.'" -- Benjamin Franklin
How do I repay him for this.
The vet said no food after 8:00pm. I'll be at work at 8:00 so I take it away when I leave at 2:00. Then at 8:00am I have to abandon him with strangers who are going to lop off his pride and joy, his family jewels. To add insult to injury, when I bring him home he is going to find his favorite perch, the old couch, has been hauled to the dump.
Sometimes loyalty doesn't pay.
Hopefully he'll be quick to forgive.
Woods
"... there is much truth in the Italian saying, 'Make yourselves sheep, and the wolves will eat you.'" -- Benjamin Franklin
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"When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil."
- Max Lerner
However, they'll be missing something to lick and they might hold that against you! [}:)]
I felt bad about having these things done to them but it was for their own good, If i hadn't they couldn't stay here.
After your cat heals up,you will have your friend back as he was.
He will be fine, and you will be thanked later on.....He will stay at home, and be the most loving "friend"....Sir Whatever his name will be just wandered in after being gone 3 days...and is more wild now that when he left...Want that for a best friend?....
Hunter will be fine, a bit sore for a day but thats all....Dont change any habits...when you go back to bed scoop him up etc...keep the routine....
What will hurt him more is his perch being gone....*LOL...
Lil' Stinker's Opinion
Hopefully it works out better for you than it did my wife when she took my cat Cali to be de-clawed ... that cat used to love her, didn't sleep with us but would sit and watch her sleep for hours ... Then Ms. Kimber dropped her off at the vet, I picked her up the next night ... That was the start of the loss of trust ... then Ms. dropped her off to get the stitches out and I picked her up that night ... for the next 5-6 years Cali would have little or nothing to do with my Ms. and she never got back to her loving "old self" ... best!
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... If you don't, you'll find any excuse.
? otherwise, you'll find an excuse.
NSDQ!
"The Lord knows the way I take, and when He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold" JOB 23:10
Lil' Stinker's Opinion
God Bless America and...
NEVER Forget WACO
NEVER, EVER Forget 911
Lock and load
Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
-Benjamin Franklin
Lil' Stinker's Opinion
God Bless America and...
NEVER Forget WACO
NEVER, EVER Forget 911
Lock and load
He lucked out for one more day. The guy that was supposed to help me load the old couch on the truck got called for an job interview. He gets one extra day of sitting on it. That old POS was left here by the previous owner of the house. Thier cats had tore it all up. It's so low to the ground I can't get up off it with my bad knees. The really bad thing is it's a hide-a-bed and weighs about 500lbs. He gets a real throne to replace it though. A year ago I pulled a antique wing chair out of a junk heap so I could teach myself to do upholstery. A couple months ago I picked up an old heavy burgundy colored velvet theatre curtain in a rummage sale. The curtain looked like a nice chair covering. Warning if anybody gets ideas about this. Some materials can be too heavy to work with, even when doing upholstery. So Hunter gets a kings throne when the couch is gone.
To be honest, I did consider declawing him. I'm a fanatic about researching things though. What I learned I would have a hard time doing to an enemy. I was actually even considering letting him keep his jewels seeing he still hasn't sprayed at 10 months old. The only reason I did it was because Bev is moving in next month with her neutered male cat. And my sister may need me to care for hers until my brother in law gets a permanant job location. My fear is Hunter would have become very territorial and took to fighting the other cat/s. Hopefully being neutered will keep him mellow.
Woods
"... there is much truth in the Italian saying, 'Make yourselves sheep, and the wolves will eat you.'" -- Benjamin Franklin
Ding-a-ling
Some people get up and say"Good Morning Lord"
Others get up and say "Good Lord,it's morning.
John : If I get to make it back to yur territory (Yankee Land ) this summer,I PROMISE I won't try to mess with Bev if you promise you won't try to do that to me. DEAL [?][?][?]
Ding-a-ling
Some people get up and say"Good Morning Lord"
Others get up and say "Good Lord,it's morning.
LOLOL
Ricky, no problem, besides I don't think you'd fit on the vets operating table. LOL.
Just make me the same promise should I ever drift back into the Tulsa area. I'm trying to talk Bev into that move. She still has a hang up about tornadoes though. She can't believe that as a kid I would lay in the back yard with a camera during tornado watches and warnings. The woman grew up in NYC and is scared of the weather. I still can't figure that out. The weather is nothing compared to dealing with people.
Woods
"... there is much truth in the Italian saying, 'Make yourselves sheep, and the wolves will eat you.'" -- Benjamin Franklin
Ding-a-ling
Some people get up and say"Good Morning Lord"
Others get up and say "Good Lord,it's morning.