I’ve probably lost all credibility when I say I’m not a cat love but I really do not like cats except I love Boots.
Here he is sitting on my lap while I’m knitting. The camera kinda surprised him. I think he’s gotten a bit calmer as he’s gotten older, or maybe I’m just being overly optimistic. It’s been at least several months since he’s bitten me hard enough to draw blood. Today, only once did he grab my needles and crunch down on the cord. I keep the ball of working yarn hidden.
He’ll sit on my lap for an hour or so, then he moves to the closest yarn tub and snoozes up there for a while but he always makes his way to one of the very deep windowsills where he looks out to see what’s happening.
We were lucky with the critters who chose to live with us, especially Boots and Rita. Cat . . that’s a bit different. She’s such a challenge . . can’t really say I love her because I can’t get close to her but I do my best to make friends with her but don’t make much progress. She’s been around for about 5 years and I’d say things with her are about as good as they’re going to get. We give her food and water. She lets Vince pet her in the mornings. She knows our routine and she gets concerned about us when we don’t do things the way she expects them to be done. She’s a funny cat but she’s just not a cat that will let us close.
Linda in NE says
Cat is just feral and will never be the love bug that Boots is. I’m sure she likes you as much as she is capable of.
cassews says
How precious… Our pup (10 years old ) was put to sleep a couple of weeks ago and my Hubs decided I needed another dog right away.. So we picked out a Husky/Shepard mix from a local rescue. Bigger than my other pup and definitely MORE stubborn. Everyone tells me that I should of picked another breed (her breed title is Gerberian Shepsky) as they are stubborn (really?) very ambitious and highly prey driven (I have a neighbor whose dogs are fence yappers, run the fence and yap, oh lordy what a combo !!)
So training her has been a challenge in its self. No we aren’t gonna re-home her as we picked her out and she is ours. Come hades or high water, she is ours.
I am sure cat loves you both in her own way. Rita is probably very proud of you both as well for taking such good care of her and Boots
Dorothy says
I have a “Cat” in my life. His name is Pixie. He use to be taken care of by my next door neighbor. When they moved away, they “made me” promise to take care of Pixie. It took a year to move Pixie’s feeding station from their front porch to my front deck. He eats 3X a day on my deck now. It is only the past 9 months that he has “allowed” me to pet him. It’s taken close to 10 years to get to this point. Do I love him ? — yes. He is a strong feral cat (approximately 13 years old now) he’s never been a “house” cat, but he survives. If he can, I can, and so can you 🙂
dezertsuz says
Cats give a whole new meaning to the word “domesticated”! They come in all kinds, though. I had one who never knew a stranger, and others are more stand-offish. I’ve even been around a very few I didn’t like. I think I would like both your cats. I can relate well with Cat! LOL