[pyrnet] re Whiskers!!

["ARIEGE" <ARIEGE@xtra.co.nz>]

Nothing like a crusty old cat is there Kim. Rufus was the cat from hell and
was difficult to pick up even when in full possession of all his faculties.
He bit people, he scratched people, he savaged a dog that knocked one of our
toddler's over many years ago. He actually jumped onto the dog's back and
rode it off the property. Pyrs fell back as he cut a swathe to their food
bowls . A glare from those mean yellow eyes meant a lot to them if they
wanted to stay intact. You can then imagine how much more mean he became
with the loss of hearing and sight.  It was a common sight to see him
sitting in the middle of the floor with a Pyr on either side (not close)
waiting for his permission to move on out please Rufus. I got Rufus at 6
weeks from a pet shop, this snarling tiny bit of black fur and he stayed the
same, bigger but still snarling for 17 years!! Visitors used to ask us to
put him out please. had he been a dog then his life would have ended
earlier!!
Jan
----- Original Message -----
From: "kdbooth" <kdbooth@mindspring.com>
To: <pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, 18 July 2000 09:08
Subject: Re: [pyrnet] re Whiskers!!


> Jan,
>
> Speaking of old cats,  my old Kitty died two years ago at age 13.  She was
> stone deaf by then and mostly just slept.  Many times we would come home
in
> the evening and she would be sleeping on the sofa, unaware that we were
> home.  If someone sat down on the sofa or reached over to pat her, she'd
> literally jump out of her skin with fright!  It was hilarious to watch but
I
> wonder how many of her nine lives we went through doing that.  Kitty only
> had one or two whiskers left on either side.  She'd been sick with feline
> leukemia for a long time and we didn't know it.  She'd always been an
indoor
> cat and an only cat so we're not sure where and when she became infected.
I
> got her when she was 3.
>
> Nothing about pyrs but the mention of a deaf, crusty, old cat made me
> nostalgic.
>
> Kim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: ARIEGE <ARIEGE@xtra.co.nz>
> To: Pyrnet Pyrnet <Pyrnet-l@gamerz.net>
> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 5:03 PM
> Subject: [pyrnet] re Whiskers!!
>
>
> > Have never taken the whiskers off either but did catch a friend doing it
> one
> > day!! I asked why and she said because we had an American Judge. She
then
> > got my standard lecture re my 17 year old cat who went deaf and then
blind
> > and he used his whiskers to know when he was touching something (like a
> > couple of Pyreneans!!). The whiskers acted as a form of atennae for the
> poor
> > old critter. It's something we've never forgotten seeing this old cat
> using
> > his whiskers, bit like a white stick. he wasn't with us for much longer
> > after his sight had gone but long enough to note what he was doing.
> > Kind Regards, Jan,
> > Jan Chaplin Ariege-Roussillon Pyreneans. Visit my sites at
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> >  join here http://www.egroups.com/group/CaninePostcardCollectors
> > or visit here
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> > and site of PMDC http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Zoo/6339/
> >
> >
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