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Toby can actually meow without opening his mouth. It is an interesting sound! He will walk around the house with "prey" (aka-stuffed toys) in his mouth making this gutteral rrroowww sound and we know he is bringing us a

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My Joey ALWAYS forgets to open his mouth when he meows, so he is a pretty quiet little guy. When I talk back to him, I keep my mouth closed too!

My Meathead is just the opposite. He will open his mouth up as wide as he can, but nothing comes out...or sometimes the most pitiful little squeak I've ever heard!

While trying to train our Bear to stay of the table and counters, we decided to try a "time-out" method. The squirt gun didn`t seem to work for him....he thought we were playing. So, every time we saw him on the dining room table or counter tops we would say "get down!", and put him in the carrier for 10 minutes. One night we had guests, and he was especially pesky. It seems we were forever saying "get down!", and putting him in the carrier. The next morning he jumped up on the table. I shouted,"get down!", but before I could get to him he not only jumped down, but ran into the nearby carrier and sat down. He even pulled on the door, shutting it a little bit.

My very first cat, Rusty, was the apple of my eye. He was just so smart and personable. He used to hide at the side of the door to the living room, and when I would come in he would jump up from behind and smack me on the butt with his paws. When I first got Rusty(he was snatched away from a litter of ferals) he didn`t take to people. Even after he got to trust me, he still hid when I had company. I taught Rusty to sit on command and to extend his paw for a shake when I said the words "how do you do?" He actuaally became very good at it when he found out there were treats involved. I used this as a tool to get him used to people. I would give my guests a can of treats and have them say "how do you do?", and Rusty would extend his paw for a shake every time. Well, if the guest forgot the ritual, Rusty would just sit there by the guests feet patiently with his paw extended. If they didn`t have the manners to greet the TRUE master of the house, he would initiate it. When Rusty was 2 he weighed about 16 lbs. He was a big boy, and he had a lot of treats. At this time we got a little 6 week old kitten, Tigger. He and Rusty used to roughhouse. I was so worried that the big brute, Rusty would hurt the little guy, until one day I really watched them and saw that Tigger initiated it, and Rusty always "fell over" on the floor when Tigger attacked him. It reminded me of when I was a little girl racing my father, and he would let me win.

Donna! That was so funny about MooShoo and the toilet!!! LOL

Now I remember to close the lid. The other night I was running the bath water to bathe my two cats for the cat show. MooShoo got on the edge of the tub and put his front feet in the water while his naked butt was sticking up in the air. It was quite a sight. I only wish I could've gotten my camera fast enough. Unfortunately, Kodak moments never last as long as you need them to. And, little did he know, the bath was for him. He-he.

Squirt goes through this bizarre ritual over black olives. He absolutely loves them! If you give him a black olive off of a pizza, he rolls all over it on the floor forever! He then pounces on it and plays with it. Finally he eats it. Joey just sits there and watches Squirt in confusion. It's the only time he acts completely nuts!

Tiggeytoes, Love the story about your cat "putting himself in the crate". Sounds like my dog's trick.! Animals are a joy, aren't they! :

I had a similar bag incident, Donna. Fritzy got a shopping bag handle caught around his neck, and the look of terror was unmistakable, not only on his face, but on mine, thinking what could haave happened if we were not home when it happened. Now we keep things like shopping bags, the plastic rings from six packs of soda or beeraway from our babies. we also make sure the strings from our blinds are cut to prevent tangling/strangling

These stories are too funny! Deb25 you're kittty's are so much like Opie...(he's a golden tabby with gold eyes) Anyway, this might not be the most funniest story, but one of the most coolest things that have ever happened to me in my life. I have a raccoon that my cats and I have lived with for years. Each year she has a kit...maybe 3 - 5 babies...A lot! So, one day, she came up and wanted me to feed her...she brought the babies..I was so excited...so, I poured the food in a straight horizontal line for all to eat...(raccoon's aren't real friendly towards one another if you feed them too closely) Anyway, I had them all eating, and I laid down in front of them (about 3 feet) to watch...well, one by one my cats each lied down on each side of me! Me right in the middle and three of them on each side! Totally a Kodak moment...where was anyone then!!!! Oh, well, I have lots of stories, but that was too cool not to share!
God Bless You gotta love em all!
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Oh Catarina! What a cute story!! I think baby racoons are so cute! We always have a littler every year in one of the hollow trees near our house....I love to look up at them, and watch them play....but our dog killed most of them last year when they finally ventured out of the tree. I was so upset!!! I cried and scolded him, but I am afraid it may happen this year too. I can't tie the dogs up just because of the coon, my hubby would have a fit....he says it's good the dogs got them, or else they would be in the garden.

I just have too soft a heart I guess.

Guess I should maybe post a funny story now....to get back on the subject of this thread (sorry my mind wanders...lol)

Merlin got his head stuck one time in the rungs on the back of the kitchen chair.....he was terrified! So was I until I got him unstuck! But it was still funny to see the look on his face when it happened, and he didn't get hurt at all, so I still consider it a funny story! Needless to say...it never happened again!!!