Why is it cats won’t learn from their past mistakes? I don’t get it. Jack’s done it again, gotten himself stuck in a tree. He does this about every 8 months like clockwork. He has spent 2-3 days stuck in trees through snow storms and rain storms and blazing heat in the summer. Once up there he just can’t figure out how to get down. He doesn’t pick particularly difficult trees to descend but still gets stuck. We have climbed trees using ladders, rock climbing gear and just brute strength. We have had him fall out of them with exhaustion and injure himself afterwards. This time he selected a reasonable tree which normally if he had picked one like it anywhere else we would have just gotten a tall ladder and retrieved him. NO, this time he selected the one tree that has lots of branches….but it happens to be planted just above a 30 foot straight drop off a cliff. No way were we taking any chances falling down that while on the ladder. He’s nuts. This is a cat, who aside from his tree problem, has gotten trapped in the neighbors have a heart trap for raccoons, for three days through a rain storm. He has also taken a ride in our dryer….and lived. The person who said that cats have 9 lives was wrong. They are immortal. Well at least this one is. His survival instinct is not the greatest but his will to survive is. I’ve coaxed him down with fish…. By the way that works the best, especially if the neighbor’s cat appears from behind a bush to claim this treasure before he gets down. Competition really sparks motivation ...even in felines.
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Tuesday, December 7, 2010
On Cats and Trees
Why is it cats won’t learn from their past mistakes? I don’t get it. Jack’s done it again, gotten himself stuck in a tree. He does this about every 8 months like clockwork. He has spent 2-3 days stuck in trees through snow storms and rain storms and blazing heat in the summer. Once up there he just can’t figure out how to get down. He doesn’t pick particularly difficult trees to descend but still gets stuck. We have climbed trees using ladders, rock climbing gear and just brute strength. We have had him fall out of them with exhaustion and injure himself afterwards. This time he selected a reasonable tree which normally if he had picked one like it anywhere else we would have just gotten a tall ladder and retrieved him. NO, this time he selected the one tree that has lots of branches….but it happens to be planted just above a 30 foot straight drop off a cliff. No way were we taking any chances falling down that while on the ladder. He’s nuts. This is a cat, who aside from his tree problem, has gotten trapped in the neighbors have a heart trap for raccoons, for three days through a rain storm. He has also taken a ride in our dryer….and lived. The person who said that cats have 9 lives was wrong. They are immortal. Well at least this one is. His survival instinct is not the greatest but his will to survive is. I’ve coaxed him down with fish…. By the way that works the best, especially if the neighbor’s cat appears from behind a bush to claim this treasure before he gets down. Competition really sparks motivation ...even in felines. 
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
The Changing of the Clocks
Can someone please tell the animals its daylight savings time! Awake since 3:30 am. First the dog starts pacing around, expecting to be fed, and then the cat climbs on the bed. There is nothing like awakening to a 20 pound cat sitting on your chest. Ahhhh…. cat breath first thing in the morning. Oh, that’s right it’s not morning yet…..its 3:30 a.m. and no one has bothered to tell the animals that we humans have devised this wonderful system of changing the clocks back. I wanted my extra hour of sleep. Instead I wake to my 20-pound cat on my chest him lightly nibbling on my nose, just in case I happened to miss his fury body on top of me. He is very subtle.
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