Hi Mike,

>> Very cool.. but I wonder if it will attack strangers? 

>I don't know how deep they took it into the dog tendencies. 8) I will say this
> on a serious note as this struck a memory for me. When I was in High school,
>and I may have already told this here a while back. We had a Siamese cat. Ther
>was a bunch of us guys over to the house and this one guy was teasing my cat.
>kept telling him to knock it off, but he kept grabbing the cat by the face and
>would not let the cat move. I finally had to threaten him ( I hate when people
>tease animals ) and he finally let go. Bee ( which was short for Barnaby ) ran
> into the hall and to a bedroom. 2 minutes later Bee came flying out of the
>bedroom and jumped up in the air and swiped his claws right across Tomasettis'
> eye. Cutting him from above the eyebrow to the tearduct. He then ran back in

Wow - Bee was really pissed off I guess.


>the bedroom and stayed. It actually was a viscious attack. I have never seen a
> cat do that. I mean they may fight at the time, but to actually hold a grudge
> and come back minutes later out of the clear blue and get his licks in, was
> kinda bizarre. I'll be honest thinking as I high school kid, I thought
> Tomasetti deserved it and the whole bunch of us there had fun in school the
> next week as Tomasetti's eye turned black and blue and he looked like he had
>been in a bad fight. Everybody was walking around laughing and saying Roberts'
>Cat kicked Tomasetti's A$$ Heheheheh, he was so embarassed, he never picked on
> Bee again. So Cats can attack and the results aren't pretty 

hahahahaha.. the cat's revenge indeed :)

>> Seriously, though, it's kind of neat.. The Maine Coon we had years ago was
>> very much "like a dog".  He fetched Q-Tips if you tossed them, and he like

> My Mom Used to throw straws for one of her cats and they would play that game
> quite a bit. Some do Fetch.. It is cute to watch.

Pete, that Maine Coon cat,  was the only cat I've ever had that did that :)
None of the bunch I've got now would be interested, that's for sure. :)

>> taking showers .. he never attacked people though 

>Wow, never saw a cat that liked water at all, cept for maybe to drink a little
> dribble from the kitchen sink. In fact whenever I got a cat near water "I"
> almost got my A$$ kicked ;)

haha yes, that's what was so shocking to me, as well.. I've had to give cats a
bath (rarely, for sure) and it was no picnic, I know what you mean!

>Attack is not good and lets hope they don't pee on Your leg either. :) A
>friend
> of mines son came back for a visit from the service, he had his captain with
> him. As the guy was introducing the captain to his Father the family dog went
> up and peed on her leg.. Heheheheh, Not good!

Nope :) :)  Worst dog tale I have is when Ron's dad and mom came to meet my
parents for the first time, and my idiot Irish Setter bit Ron's Dad on the leg
as my dad was telling him, "Come in, the dog doesn't bite!"  Not quite the
welcome they were expecting :(  I was a bit mortified for sure, but really the
dog had never bitten anyone in it's life... :)

Take care,
Janis

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