Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]however im sure that > its not possible > to have 'completely unflappable and kidproof' animals. > Animals are > animals and regardless of their domestication they must > still have > animal instincts? > > > > Jason Vicinanza ============================================================ Not claiming to be an animal psychiatrist, I can only speak from my personal experience. Which now covers fifty years. I could relate stories from my family, but I was not old enough that I can remember them myself. Fluff was a 13 pound, mixed breed tomcat which we raised from a kitten. My little sister, as a toddler, used him as a dress-up doll, pillow, and "warm and fuzzy". In the nine years before his untimely death he was the object of attention of the four children in my immediate family, plus a half dozen playmates from the neighborhood. To my knowlege, he never scratched or bit a child. When he had had enough of their attention he would walk ( or run ) to one of the older kids or adults to be "rescued". I watched this cat almost kill an 80 pound German shepard. I also watched him leave the spot where he was lazing in the morning sun to walk to a spot between my father and a loose dog coming down the street. The dog changed his direction of travel. My family members have all had similar results with dogs, cats of varying breeds, and even a ferret. All I can say is seeing is believing. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards® http://movies.yahoo.com/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html