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"Evelyn" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:28:28 +0100, Bjørn Steensrud
> > wrote:
>
>>Evelyn wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Now I ONLY own pets. I still insist on getting good dogs, but I buy
>>> from a breeder who breeds only from German imported stock. His dogs
>>> are all sold to the police and K-9 people, as well as the obedience
>>> crowd. I would never own another dog bred for the show ring. They
>>> don't care about the dogs mind, only conformation.
>>>
>>> This was my own fault for not insisting on both parents being OFA and
>>> having my dog X-rayed at 7 mos. to determine how his hips were. But
>>> the reason for that, is that no way would I give him up at 7 mos. even
>>> if he did have bad hips. I would already love the dog and would keep
>>> him till the problem became evident. So I hoped for the best.
>>>
>>> He is now 6 yrs old and he's been good till now.
>>>
>>> The anti-inflammatories seem to be doing a very good job, but we are
>>> keeping him from being over active. Moderate exercise only.

>>
>>That's good to hear, Evelyn.
>>The problem with having dogs and/or cats is that we come to love them so
>>much.
>>
>>I still miss Simba (he was a cream colored cat, hence the name) who just
>>disappeared, years ago. I have his litter brother, but he's quite
>>different.
>>I would have shown Simba to the highest titles, he was that nice, and with
>>a
>>temperament to match. I never showed cats that did not like the show
>>halls.

>
>
> I have one cat that is the most amazing, loving, trusting, gentle cat
> I have ever owned, and another who is a bit standoffish. She is
> loving too, but nothing like the other one, who is unbelievable.
> Everyone who comes over wants to steal her or clone her. :-) Animals
> have very different personalities, even if you raise them the same
> way.
>
> Evelyn


Ballerina and Jazzy are very different cats. The people at Paddywack (where
we got them) were astounded that Ballerina would sit in our laps. She does
to it rarely and even tolerates me picking her up for cuddles sometimes.
Mostly she just stiffens on me. She lets Angela pick her up all the time.
*sniff* She was about 7 months when we got her. Not sure when she was
taken in by Purrfect Pals but they were the first humans she ever
encountered. So basically feral but... Her mom had been raised by humans.
Sadly she was abandoned.

Jazzy sits in Angela's lap all the time but wouldn't sit in mine unless I
sat on the couch. Until yesterday. Both then and today she climbed in my
lap in the computer chair and purred loudly.

Both of them take turns sleeping with us. Jazzy likes to sit on some
storage boxes that are next to Angela's bed. She can see out the door from
there and I think she is keeping watch.

Jazzy usually sleeps on the pillow next to mine where Maui used to sleep.
But she also likes to climb on top of me and dig her paws into the blanket
if I put a really soft one on top of me. But recently she has developed an
annoying habit. She did it to Angela first. She bit her on the elbow then
the shoulder then her hair. Angela became hysterical because she didn't
know what to do. Then she determined that Jazzy just wanted to be petted.
She wasn't biting hard.

She did it to me the other day. The problem? I was on my side and she was
on top of my arm which was under the blanket. I couldn't move my arm to
reach her and the other arm was such that I couldn't fully pet her. Could
only reach a little bit. The biting is sort of like...with her top teeth,
the big two only. It did hurt!

Ballerina usually snuggles up very close at my knees or around my tummy. I
think she likes to be warm. But if she wants petted, she will start to
wiggle and squirm all over me. She likes to be petted all over with two
hands at once.

Jazzy will come to bed with me if I tell her to. But Ballerina generally
won't. She seems much more independent. She is the first one to come if
she thinks there will be food though. And she eats more than her mom does
even though she still appears to be a bit on the thin side.