Oh. This sweet little purrrrr face?

That's the prettiest find of all.

YES! That is the one that was smiling at us!

He's smirking from the top of the ladder. He was a little miffed because I was painting that room and he doesn't like anything out of place. Worse than a grumpy old man. If I move a chair, he pouts. As long as he sat on top of the ladder he thought I couldn't get up there to finish painting.

But oh yeah, today, he was smiling in the sunshine, Becky.

SongofJoy said:$2 ... you've got to be kidding me! Wonderful!!!

The colors are fabulous! Cute kitty too.

Vic, no, I haven't been to the Longest Yard Sale. Wouldn't that be a blast!!

Kitties, grumpy ... nuh, uh. Mine are always so perfect (or would that be purrfect?). Oops, my nose just grew.

Beautiful cat. What's his name?

Aww..what a sweet little furball

He is a Magnicent old Grump. I love him. Want to cuddle with that pretty kitty....Beautiful.

The magnificent old grump is exactly what he is, but he's only 4 years old.
His name is Jazzman, called Jazz.
Rescued from the undercarriage of an SUV where he had ridden 10 miles on the interstate. He was about 5 weeks old, weighed 14 ounces and was so terrified he couldn't walk for days, he just sat shivering. How he clung to that undercarriage (on top of the wheelwell is where he was found) I'll never know, but it's for sure he won't step a foot outside this house now.

OT, sorry.

He found you, so he is in right link, I'd say...What a blessing..

It's not OT for this cat lover whose name is on this thread. I have 3, remember.

OT: Cats

>> Worse than a grumpy old man.

And we all know how bad THAT is!

>> As long as he sat on top of the ladder he thought I couldn't get up there to finish painting.

My Signifigant Other takes very long trips and also has a separate residence, which our cat thinks is Just Wrong. For a long time, when he realized she was about to leave, he would stand in front of the door so she couldn't get out.

That didn't work very well, so now he alternates between affectionate head-butting and an utterly disdainful Cold Shoulder Of Who-Are-YOU?

When she comes back, he tries to do both at the same time, which REALLY doesn't work, but neither us us tell him we see through the game.

Then she REALLY confused him by taking a day trip and coming right back.

The hardest part for me to tkae is thast, as soon as she's gone, he turns on me and complains that I let her go, how COULD I?

It's as bad as being blamed for snow and rainy days. It's so hard for a cat to train humans.

Actually, he's right, Corey. How could you?

My favorite store called "Yard Sale" and in close second is Lowe's (should have stock in this one. dirt, & dirt,& dirt )

Yard Sale $3.00 for pair.

SCORE!!!

OT Cat:

>> Actually, he's right, Corey. How could you?

The pecking order in our little family is fairly clear.

Way up at the top is Alpha Becky.

I think I'm next in order of dominance.
Toby thinks he is.

It works out.

I tell Becky that I have to look for every possible opportunity to establish intellectual dominance over the cat, and she agrees that it must be a struggle.

I think my sleaziest move is to pretend to the cat that I don't understand what he wants when he goes to he box where we give him catnip, scratches on it, and makes demanding meows. I'm bad!

On the other hand, I'm cruel but fair when I put on shocked dismay when he does something that he KNOWS he shouldn't do. "I thought you KNEW better! How COULD you do THAT!!" To his credit, he usually hangs his head, because he is a very proper cat.

He only misbehaives to make a point, or if he hasn't had a scolding recently enough to feel sufficiently like a rascally scallywag. Since he's amazingly good-natured and co-operative, I used to not scold him enough.

I realized that once when I wasn't in the mood to yell at him harshly enough. That bothered him, so he got my attention and did it again ... so he could RUN AWAY in panic at my slight gesture, as if I had chased him with a squirt bottle and loud remonstrances. If his DUMB HUMAN didn't know the proper role, and when a scolding was due, HE would provide it, to show me the right way.

So now i watch more carefully for the little naughtinesses that mean he wants a scolding, I provide it, he bounds away happily, having "gotten away with something", then comes back later and is cocky but lovey-dovey.

I try to provide some rules that are easy for him to violate, that we don;t mind at all, so everyone can be happy.

I used to think the French phrase was "amor propre", meaning "loves propriety". Nope! I just looked up the spelling, and it means self-love or self-esteem. Oh, well!

When we were cat-shopping at the pound, there was a really little boy there, who was either a pound-groupie, or maybe his mother worked there. When we zeroed in on little Toby, ears almost biggertha his head, this little boy down at knee level looked up at us wisly, nodded, and said "that's a good one!" We took him at his word and have been happy since.

Yes, it is difficult to train us humans sometimes. Frequently we just don't get it.


dahtzu, what will do with your Yard Sale decorations?

$5.00 for all this, most expensive was the big bowl $2.00 the rest were all 80% off cutting them down to around .30-60 cents a piece.

VERY pretty and LOVE the colors!