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- From: ac999257@umbc.edu (ac999257)
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- Subject: Re: Cat on Counters, HELP
- Date: 22 Jan 1993 22:15:58 -0500
- Organization: University of Maryland, Baltimore County Campus
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- In article <1993Jan22.190937.2427@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> rkn3u@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Keith Norwood) writes:
- >
- >If we are surrogate parents to our pets, doesn't the responsibility exist
- >
-
- Cats are adult animals, and we are not necessarily their surrogate
- parents -- just their perpetual providers. They act like children,
- and treat us like their moms, but they really are adult animals that
- can fend for themselves if we didn't do everything for them. (Oh, God!
- I did what I despise most and took one line of a post and wrote my own
- opinion. Please forgive me, it's just my opinion and not a flame!) We
- do have a responsibility to provide our cats with a loving home and
- as healthy a life as possible. We do not, necessarily have the
- responsibility to make them conform to our way of life -- we just
- like doing it.
-
- >What do guests say when kiity is on the counter helping to prepare dinner?
-
- (I'm doing it again, but this is just a story, not really an opinion.)
- This is actually an interesting point. I've been very fortunate to have
- easily trained my cats to stay off the countertops. All I did was ignore
- them when they did it as kittens. When they realized it wouldn't get
- them any special attention, they quit doing it. I only had to put up
- with the countertop controversy for a few months. They have absolutely
- no desire to jump up there anymore. But when my mom comes to visit
- me, the first thing they do is jump on the countertop so that they get
- to hear her scream at me for having "those damn useless animals! no
- wonder you're not married!" I swear, they do it the minute she walks
- in the door, as well as frequently while she is visiting. No other guest
- gets to watch this truly enjoyable performance. (Reason #567 for not
- enjoying my mother's visits.)
-
- Mary
-