Re: Cat breakthrough
gardenchat@hort.net
  • Subject: Re: Cat breakthrough
  • From: B* <b*@comcast.net>
  • Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 23:40:54 +0000 (UTC)
Gently and patiently winning the cat...good job. It will have a good home and soon will know it. 

Bonnie 
ETN Zone 7 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jesse Bell" <justjess01@gmail.com> 
To: gardenchat@hort.net 
Sent: Thursday, June 3, 2010 9:18:46 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Cat breakthrough 

What a great story. I love that. 


On 6/2/10, Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote: 
> Wonderful, you're winning him over! 
> Kitty 
> neIN, Zone 5 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daryl" <dp2413@comcast.net> 
> To: "gardenchat" <gardenchat@hort.net> 
> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 7:38 PM 
> Subject: [CHAT] Cat breakthrough 
> 
> 
> 
> > This evening, I went to feed the chickens. As I came out the door, Blackie 
> > came up to talk to me, and immediately flopped and rolled, making air 
> biscuits 
> > as I talked to him. I reached my hand down, and he sniffed my hand, then 
> > rolled again and touched my finger with his paw. 
> > 
> > When I went to check his food bowl, he ran, of course. I filled the bowl 
> and 
> > he came back, brushing against my leg. I stayed there, and touched his 
> tail. 
> > He didn't run, so I chanced touching his back. He still didn't run, though 
> he 
> > flinched. I started stroking his back from shoulder to tail and he 
> flinched 
> > again, but stayed there, then arched his back to enjoy it. I patted him 
> for a 
> > half a minute or so, then when he shied away, left to feed the chickens. 
> > 
> > When I was done with the chickens, he was nowhere in sight, but came when 
> I 
> > called. He again rubbed against my leg, so I reached down to pat him and 
> > stroked his back for several minutes. He was purring like a freight train. 
> I 
> > let him sniff my hand again and he licked it a little. Again, I stroked 
> his 
> > back for a while as he was eating. 
> > 
> > He doesn't want his head touched, as I discovered when I tried to shoo the 
> > mosquitoes, and he mouthed my hand (not bit) in protest. I said Ouch! and 
> > left, both because of the mouthing and the mosquitoes. 
> > 
> > We'll see what happens tomorrow. After more than a year, I can wait 
> > 
> > d 
> > www.theanimalrescuesite.com 
> > www.freekibble.com 
> > www.freekibblekat.com 
> > 
> > 
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