A few more of Darcy and Minsky

[angieh]

Does Darcy have any other "canine" traits?

[meep]

Originally Posted by angieh

Does Darcy have any other "canine" traits?

It's Minsky who fetches the ball, Darcy also likes to chase it but isn't as good at catching it in the air (to jump up) and he's never picked it up in his mouth.

Darcy frequently falls asleep at my feet though, wherever I'm sitting. I'm not quite sure what other canine traits would be; they don't pant or tail wag that's for sure

I guess fetching a ball is very unusual for a cat. They don't do it on command, like "fetch!" but if Minsky wants to keep playing ball and I dont go and find it for him he'll eventually bring it to me. He often wanders around with it in his mouth though.

[meep]

Oh I remember one that was so 'dog-like!' Minsky does crouch down and get ready to pounce when I roll the ball on the floor back and forth between my hands. He's gotten to recognise that if I pick it up and put my hand back I'm about to throw it into the other room, so he gets ready to run. Once I made the action of throwing but didnt actually throw it, and he still leaped out the room after the ball he thought I'd thrown

I know dogs do that quite often!

[dandysmom]

Dandy played fetch with a tinfoil ball when he was a kitten/young adult; but gave it up in later years, He also loved to ride in a car with his head out the window (very doglike)...safely harnessed, I might add~!

[calismum]

My cat Smudge used to do fetch and drop things at my feet to throw. She is the only cat I've had that did that.

CM

[meep]

Originally Posted by dandysmom

Dandy played fetch with a tinfoil ball when he was a kitten/young adult; but gave it up in later years, He also loved to ride in a car with his head out the window (very doglike)...safely harnessed, I might add~!

Oh DM, that is hilarious And so adorable! What a very strange thing for a cat to like, but so cute

[dandysmom]

Originally Posted by meep

Oh DM, that is hilarious And so adorable! What a very strange thing for a cat to like, but so cute

The very first time he got to ride in a car he was so excited he pooped a runny poop on the floor of my friend's new van!!! Needless to say, she was not amused........

[calismum]

oh - poor wee soul. It is quite unusual for a cat tho' to do that sort of thing.

[meep]

Awh bless him! Can I just ask, why were you taking him out in a van? And was he an outdoor or indoor cat? I always think it'd be so much fun to take my boys out on a lead or something, as they're so inquisitve and exciteable, but I know if they were allowed out once they'd just never give up yowling and scratching at the door till they were allowed out again.

[dandysmom]

Originally Posted by meep

Awh bless him! Can I just ask, why were you taking him out in a van? And was he an outdoor or indoor cat? I always think it'd be so much fun to take my boys out on a lead or something, as they're so inquisitve and exciteable, but I know if they were allowed out once they'd just never give up yowling and scratching at the door till they were allowed out again.

He was an indoor cat, but harness trained, and loved to go on his walks around the neighborhood. He was in a van because we were going to the CFA cat show in Gaithersburg (suburban Maryland). My friends were showing; their cats were in carriers; Dandy was on exhibition (he wasn't show quality but Puras were rare here in those days, so it was allowed). He yowled so much I let him out of the carrier on my lap in his harness. He adored the whole show thing...being fussed over, and all the new exciting scenes and smells! Pity he wasn't showable, he would have wowed the judges with his personality....Puras are known for being very sociable, people oriented cats!