Pistachio and Mags have arrived
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As you may know, we occasionally board dogs. Today, we had a return guest. Lucas is an 80lb Labradoodle that stayed with us last year for a week. Before he came over, we confirmed that he is good with kitties. He’s a great dog… When Finley woke up this morning and saw the dog, he immediately got excited saying “Lucas is here!” Having a 4 year old remember a dog from a year ago is really impressive!
3 minutes ago, Finley ran by me carrying Pistachio in both hands at arms length towards the sleeping labradoodle with a shit eating grin on his face. My mind immediately registered “uh oh!” But trying to get the brain to put the various warning signs together was like trying to start a gasoline lawn mower with a flooded engine. You keep pulling the cord and nothing happens..
So Finle drops the kitty onto the labradoodle’s butt, the labradoodle jumps to his feet, and the cat is holding on to the dogs behind for dear life with back arched and fur raised. The dog runs around the living room twice before the cat jumps off and climbs the kitty tree. The dog has been standing under the tree staring at the kitty since then.
I have been told that it’s my job to go upstairs snd punish the child.
Just as soon as I stop laughing.
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Education is extremely important.
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@Horace said in Pistachio and Mags have arrived:
Gotta love varmints and their shenanigans.
Toss in a 4-year-old that is showing disturbing signs of making an evil mastermind…
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@George-K said in Pistachio and Mags have arrived:
Sunshine for Boris and Maggie
George, do they use the basket? We have a tree that has a basket in it, but they never get in it. Karla wants to get these baskets that can go directly into the window, but I’m not sure.
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It’s official… We took them down to the shelter on Wednesday for spaying and neutering, they were kept overnight for observation, and Karla completed the adoption paperwork and brought them home on Thursday.
We’re having to keep them separated and a little confined for a few days until they are fully recovered, so both kitties have been wanting constant attention and love. This is a big change from Magneto’s typical behavior, and Karla’s worried about a personality shift.
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Congrats!
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Kindly explain to me why the cat that doesn’t want a lot of love and attention picks the times I am sitting at the desk working to jump on to my lap and demand love and affection?
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@LuFins-Dad said in Pistachio and Mags have arrived:
Kindly explain to me why the cat that doesn’t want a lot of love and attention picks the times I am sitting at the desk working to jump on to my lap and demand love and affection?
They have an innate sense of what will inconvenience you.
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She played and snuggled for 15 minutes, then napped on my lap for 20-30 minutes…
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@LuFins-Dad said in Pistachio and Mags have arrived:
Kindly explain to me why the cat that doesn’t want a lot of love and attention picks the times I am sitting at the desk working to jump on to my lap and demand love and affection?
Is the cat a female?
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Pistachio earned her keep last night! Finley was taking his dishes into the kitchen last night and hollers “What’s that?” Over by Magneto’s food bowl is a tiny mouse sniffing around, bold as can be. The two cats are over in the corner just lounging… I’m a little ticked at the cats at this point… It’s right there…
So I get a box and a dust pan, but the mouse gets away. A couple of hours later, I am getting ready to feed the cats their evening meal, and Jerry’s over by Pistachio’s bowl, brave as can be. Pistachio was following me with the food, saw the mouse, and snatched it up, Karla immediately snatched Pistachio up, we took her outside and got her to let go of the mouse who took off.
After that, Pistachio was a wild kitty. She was like “I’ve never felt so alive!” And spent the next two hours zooming and stalking everything in the house.
Me/rry/Christmas
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We clearly feed them too much as they just want to play with them while I want them to kill it immediately.
"My pronouns are FA/FO." - Mik, 2024
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@Mik said in Pistachio and Mags have arrived:
We clearly feed them too much as they just want to play with them while I want them to kill it immediately.
Here was the text exchange I had with Lucas and his girlfriend.
