My favorite two cats were a brother and sister pair. They were indoor/outdoor cats. We let them choose when they wanted to be where. If we ever wanted them to come in, we could just walk out on the back deck and yell "kitty kitty kitty". Sometimes, they would ignore us, but usually they would come running within a few minutes. They would also come running whenever we would come home, meeting us at the door like a dog. They slept in the house at night and played outside most of the day.
It's always a risk having outdoor pets. We lost the sister, Penny, at the age of two because the ass that lived behind us set out BEAVER traps on his property to keep rats away from his hunting dog pen. I mean, beaver traps? In a residential neighborhood? WTF? What if one of the neighborhood kids had stepped on one of those things? Luckily, and unfortunately, Penny found them first, which resulted in the police having a little chat with the man and the traps going bye bye. The brother, Sylvester, lived to be just shy of 20. He spent his last day outside and died inside during the night. I always felt that, tragic though it ended up for one of them, they preferred to be outside doing what cats are meant to do. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erika L. Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 10:12 AM Subject: Re: So, we have a cat... (littler training) >I ALWAYS adhered to this. Never let my cats out. But my current cat ... I > can't keep him inside and I gave up trying. We're in a cul de sac and it's > very quiet. He usually just hangs out around the house or in the woods > right > next to the house. He hears us pull into the street and is always waiting > by > the door to be let in if he's been out. I try to make sure he is in every > night (so he can have his shower in the morning) and if we are away for a > few days, we lock him inside. If it's storming or raining or REALLY cold, > he > won't go out. Sissy cat. > > I'm not fond of it, but he's happy. > > I want one of those cat cams ... > > > On 11/14/07, Scott Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Our vets have always said "better inside and fat, than outside and flat" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade to ColdFusion 8 and integrate with Adobe Flex http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:246388 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
