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[supermom]

Yes a month ago I saw a cat who was bleeding out its eye and had been hit by a car an hour or so before and had a pile of its own feces and was critically wounded.

I got off the bus, ran to it, wrapped it in my sweatshirt, kept it warm until I could get a friend there ten minutes later, took it to a vet, paid several hundred dollars, got it taken care of and although it has some vision problems in the one eye and has a limp it is alive and well!

That is inceredibly inhumane that animal is obviously in pain-your subjecting it to your will by forcing it to live and worse it's half blind. Completely unconcionable. I demand you put it down immediately- it could never live it's life naturally without the help of humans and cats are meant to be part feral.

Want me to bring the shotgun over?

[Dave Burrell]

Easily.

how do you take the natural instinct out of an animal?

[chris v]

how do you take the natural instinct out of an animal?

or a human for that matter. You can suppress it in humans, but it will come out every once in awhile.

[Michael Hughes]

That is inceredibly inhumane that animal is obviously in pain-your subjecting it to your will by forcing it to live and worse it's half blind. Completely unconcionable. I demand you put it down immediately- it could never live it's life naturally without the help of humans and cats are meant to be part feral.

Want me to bring the shotgun over?

Again I state bull crap.

This animal is not feral. The cat was less than a year old, was already neutered, and was someone's pet who had escaped. The vision issue I speak of is the fact its eye gets excessively watery and must be watched and dabbed. The limp is normal, and a cat in the wild could have the same thing.

[Michael Hughes]

how do you take the natural instinct out of an animal?

Good training. My cat cuddles with my dogs, has just watched the mice when they came into our house, and does not go after birds.

It's not because the cat is lazy or is weak, I have trained it.

[ducky]

That is inceredibly inhumane that animal is obviously in pain-your subjecting it to your will by forcing it to live and worse it's half blind. Completely unconcionable. I demand you put it down immediately- it could never live it's life naturally without the help of humans and cats are meant to be part feral.

Want me to bring the shotgun over?

Wow, I hope supermom's not the first one to find me if I ever get hit by a car!

Please, ambulance crews, subject me to your will and save my life even if I end up half blind.

[chris v]

Good training. My cat cuddles with my dogs, has just watched the mice when they came into our house, and does not go after birds.

It's not because the cat is lazy or is weak, I have trained it.

Wrong, you've accustomed it to it's surroundings. Put it in someone elses house with their mice and see what happens.

[Michael Hughes]

Wrong, you've accustomed it to it's surroundings. Put it in someone elses house with their mice and see what happens.

Wrong I took it to my aunt's house who has both small rodents and a bird. The cat went for neither.

[Dave Burrell]

Good training. My cat cuddles with my dogs, has just watched the mice when they came into our house, and does not go after birds.

It's not because the cat is lazy or is weak, I have trained it.

How exactly did you train the cat?

I've got 2 cats and 2 dogs, they both get along great and I didn't really do anything to train them to be that way.

Both my cats are active and when they see something move they pounce on it - even if its the dogs wagging tail - its their nature - I don't know how it'd be possible to train a cat not to pounce or act like that and am very interested in hearing about the techniques you used, maybe I could learn to teach one of my cats to stop clawing on furniture (and she's got plenty of scratching posts available)

[supermom]

Wrong, you've accustomed it to it's surroundings. Put it in someone elses house with their mice and see what happens.

Or let it smell the sweet taste of mouse blood on a trap....
Cats go nuts for that.

Their eyes very much go nearly back in their heads.


Ps. StacyCam---I wouldn't put you down---at least not without a legal document saying I can.
But-that's only 'cause the state of California would put me down--if I put you down--without proper permissions.

Ps. anyone want to know the right way to train (minus a good momma cat around, ofcourse) a new kitten how to be a mouser. I found a tried and true way.

[Michael Hughes]

How exactly did you train the cat?

I've got 2 cats and 2 dogs, they both get along great and I didn't really do anything to train them to be that way.

Both my cats are active and when they see something move they pounce on it - even if its the dogs wagging tail - its their nature - I don't know how it'd be possible to train a cat not to pounce or act like that and am very interested in hearing about the techniques you used, maybe I could learn to teach one of my cats to stop clawing on furniture (and she's got plenty of scratching posts available)

I won't go into all my training here, but I have my cat trained where she will:
- come to me when i snap my fingers
- sit
- stay
- jump on command
- play dead

Yes I trained mine like a dog.

[Dave Burrell]

I won't go into all my training here, but I have my cat trained where she will:
- come to me when i snap my fingers
- sit
- stay
- jump on command
- play dead

Yes I trained mine like a dog.

with a leash?

oddly enuf it sounds like you took the nature out of your cat and turned it into a dog

not to be a pest, but do you think a cat really wants to live like a dog?

[MSgt]

Wrong I took it to my aunt's house who has both small rodents and a bird. The cat went for neither.

I think your cat is a wuss.

[Michael Hughes]

with a leash?

oddly enuf it sounds like you took the nature out of your cat and turned it into a dog

not to be a pest, but do you think a cat really wants to live like a dog?

My guard cat does. It protects me more than my dog!

And it wasn't my intent to take the nature out more of the fact I have an unusually attentive and smart cat. Now my dog on the other hand . . .

[chris v]

I think your cat is a wuss.

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