Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/12/27

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Subject: [Leica] Thirst
From: kanner at acm.org (Herbert Kanner)
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:30:51 -0800
References: <CB1EF54A.A580%chris@chriscrawfordphoto.com>

Thanks for that hilarious account. Cats are smarter than most people realize.

Herb


>Get a dog, he'll stop drinking from the faucet.
>
>My cat lived at my parents house because he was born there and I lived a
>lot of places where I couldn't have a pet, so he just stayed there. Like
>your cat, Simba would only drink from the faucet. He refused to have
>anything to do with a water bowl, even after my sister bought him one of
>those fancy water dishes that has a built in fountain. He got quite bitchy
>if he wanted water, and the faucet wasn't turned on quickly enough.
>
>When His Excellency was about 10 years old, my parents got a gigantic
>Great Pyrenees dog. 140lb dog. Huge. Simba DESPISED her. One day, he
>realized that if he drank her water, it would upset her. From that day on,
>he would drink only the dog's water. Wasn't interested in the faucet at
>all.
>
>An interesting side note: The dog's food dish had magical qualities. Simba
>was a picky eater, and didn't like a lot of things. Especially beef. He
>hated beef in any form and refused to eat any beef given him, even
>beef-flavored cat food. Hated it! If you put pieces of steak in his bowl,
>he'd complain while making motions with his front paw like he was trying
>to bury it. Like poop.
>
>After the dog arrived, Simba began stealing any good food (real meat)
>placed in her bowl, even going so far as to attack her while she ate so he
>could drive her off and take her food! Yes, this enormous dog let my fat
>old DECLAWED cat kick her ass and steal her food. All the time. One
>Thanksgiving day, my family decided to have steaks instead of turkey for
>Thanksgiving dinner. Simba was known to hate beef, so the scraps were
>placed in the dog's bowl. Simba went to the dog bowl and ate the beef,
>every piece, WITH ENTHUSIASM.
>
>I thought maybe he had decided he liked beef. So, I put more in his bowl,
>and HE TRIED TO BURY IT. Ok, so I put it in the dog's bowl, and that cat
>ran over there and ATE IT ALL. The dog bowl had magical qualities. It
>turned even the most revolting things into delicious cat food!
>
>A lesson on the power of HATRED!
>
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>On 12/27/11 3:43 AM, "Herbert Kanner" <kanner at acm.org> wrote:
>
>  >He'd rather drink from a running faucet than from his water ball.
>  >Turning the tap for him is becoming a daily duty.
>  >
>  >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/DSCN0183.JPG.html
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