Well, it would be hard to beat Pierce's Great Escape story, but since we're
into cat tales here's how we came to be the servants of Casper the Wonder
Cat.

We lost a beloved cat, "Mousebait", to illness. Frank said, through tears,
never again, which is the way lots of people feel after losing a pet friend.
But time went by, and I believe every house should have a cat, so there we
were at the Humane Society one day. Amid all the adorable kittens, Frank
said, "How about him?", pointing at a white cat with a dirty face and blue
eyes. He was about a year old. Thinking *kitten*, I asked, "Him?".

The attendant opened the cage and handed the white cat with the dirty face
and blue eyes to Frank, whereupon our future house mate proceeded to place
both front paws around Frank's neck, strain to reach his face, and give him
copious French kisses all over both ears.

~ The end ~

Diana

"Ray B" wrote in message
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I've got a good one for you:

We have a long-haired tabby - Pierce - who likes to go on "walkabout".
One time he was away for 9 months...

He "escaped" the week between Christmas and New Years. We feed him on the
front porch, but he gets freaky when he's outside and appears to be afraid
to come in. The SOB rolls around on the ground looking cute, but bolts if
you make a move to approach him.

I am NOT going to stand for that, so I rigged a simple trap using a steel
milk crate held up with a stick to which a string is attached; food
underneath.

After a few days, I saw him under it, so pulled, but he got away. I reset
it and watched a little TV. About 30 minutes later, now mostly dark, he's
fully under it and I GOT HIM!!!!!

with him howling and yowling, I slipped a piece of plywood under the front
door mat he was trapped on, used bungee cords to hold the crate down, and
my wife and I lifted the whole shebang and brought it indoors.

He's still pitching a fit, clawed the crap out of my shoe, drew blood on
my wife, and before we release him into the house, we realize...

It wasn't our cat.

We traumatized a neighbor's cat and alternated between feeling terrible
and uproarious laughter.

He hasn't come back and eater our cat's food since, and just Sunday, I DID
catch ours.
--

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"Wendy7" wrote in message
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One of my cats will roll over on command and walks with me to get the
paper and mail at the top of the property. He really likes attention
and he is very smart. The other cat doesn't do anything but vibrate
when I pet it; which is actually sufficient...

My recently deceased (3 years ago) dog, Bam-Bam would sneeze on
command. It was real hoot. Talk about Pavlovian conditioning. She
never did learn to roll over, however and she never took a bus
anywhere.

"Your cat rolls over and your dog sneezes when you tell it to. You
most have a lot of time on your hands."


Ok, I simply couldn't pass on this one........ He is a Dr. Do Little! !
! !
Cheers Wendy