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I think Henri reminds me of the border collie that carries the cowboy monkey at the rodeos except that he is probably thinking, " what the %$%% is on my back? "
Poor Henri maybe the heatable puppy coat was not such a good idea! :headbag:

We don't care what Henri likes, he's got to pay for his room and board, and has no other means but entertaining the people that can open doors and cans. :whip:

Oh, oh I love the pic of Annie and King. What a lovely pair of dogs. The look of patience on the older dog's face is gorgeous.

And, 'vana, Henri is adorable.

I have a short piece of video (well, the video part sucks, but, the audio is awesome) of that game of keep-a-way...might post it sometime.

Poodle-cats????
 

Not my pet, but, if I ever run across one of these Selkirk Rex kittehs...............I'm stealing it, if'n it's black.

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Wow. Looks like a blanket. I love it.

I was curious as to their temperament, and found this:

http://www.petwave.com/Cats/Breeds/M...mperament.aspx

Sounds awesome! But I'm a pound cat girl...there are too many cats who need good homes: I can't imagine 'buying' a cat. Still...those are great.

Word.

Just taking some pictures of my little ones and thinking "aren't they cute in their little Hello Kitty bed? " :p:


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Then I realized the black little boy looks like he is wearing a bra :eyebrow:

Wouldn't have thought of it unless you mentioned it. They're too cute!!

I'm pining for a Border Collie - totally impractical at this point in my life. I want a super-intelligent dog who will happily run around keeping my theoretical heritage sheep (whose fleeces I'll spin and weave into blankets) and couple of dairy goats in order, and who will keep the foxes from the heritage chickens and turkeys. I've always liked Border Collies, never had one. I can always dream ... :rolleyes:

Of course, a donkey or two could also do a great job of guarding the poultry ... but would end up 'mistaken' for a deer in this neighborhood, at some point.

I get you completely. This is what I thought before I tried to adopt a cat when I lived on a main road in Leicester. Now this was a while back (I documented it on here I think) but the charities assessed me as only being suitable for having house cats and none of them had house cats to adopt.

So although I technically "bought" my boys, I also adopted them and rescued them. Diz was over a year and Dylan was 9 months. There was a significant discount compared to buying Singa kittens.

Y'all probably know I lost Dylan. And I mean he really meant missing, it's not a euphemism. That's the real downside of healthy pedigree cats. I still dream about him now.

I couldn't afford a Singa now, kitten or older. But if I had my 'druthers I would have another when Diz dies. The temprement breeds true (excepting cat-friendly which Dyl had and Diz doesn't - in spades!).
My word I love having such an attentive, intelligent, human-centric cat.

As it goes I probably won't even get a moggie. Not fair with an unsure future.

Last pic of Sassy.

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My next door neighbor, no not that one, the one on the other side, the one who has shared our property line for ~forty years came up to Momdigr a few weeks ago, asking if he "could let this loose in your yard?" He had a possum in a live-trap. Said something has been shitting in his boat shed. He asked if "that little white cat" belonged to us. Momdigr told him that, yes, they were feeding the cat, they were keeping the cat, and detailed to him how it took forever working hard w/Sassy to get to touch/pet her, and told him we would try to keep her at home. That night was the last we've seen of her.

This aggression will not stand.

I've since told the cocksucker man that he had pretty much destroyed any goodwill/good neighbor points he had with me, even though I didn't particularly like the damn cat.

I left him a pile of my shit on a plate on the hood of his truck. Every night I come in after 10 pm, I make it a point to park the Jeep right outside his bedroom window and rev the motor just a little...after forty years or so, I happen to know he can't sleep for shit, and every little thing wakes him up. He came to borrow a hoe from Popdigr, Popdigr wasn't home, I told him he was SOL (Shit Outta Luck). "He let's me use it all the time", he moaned. I told to come back when Popdigr was home.

This shit will continue until one of us dies, or moves.

He's in his 70s, and I ain't moving.

He has been told, plainly, to keep his hands off the black kitty.

The bastard.

Dude was the best neighbor, right up til this...:headshake

Orthodoc I love herding breeds. I have 4 herding dogs 2 cattle dogs and two Belgian Sheepdogs. If you can get past 2 years old you have it made! This is Suede, Mia is flirting with him. He is 7 and my right hand man! :)


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GD you think he live caught your sweet kitty? :eek:

Nirvana, how in the world did he manage to get that dog into that pen? That's some mad herding skillz, yo.

He's gorgeous!! What livestock do you keep? I've looked at Great Pyrs as well - haven't been able to check out cattle dogs. But I really love the herding breeds (I know, Great Pyrs are guarding rather than herding, but they're beautiful). It all has to wait, though, until I'm done with this residency. I really hate apartment living. No woods, no fields or gardens, no ability to just open the door and walk outside. No animals, domesticated or wild.

@Grav - I'm appalled. I'm so sorry ... it makes me SO furious that people consider themselves entitled to callously destroy animals who inconvenience them. So sorry, I loved your pics of Sassy in other threads. :(