Hello from northern New England!
My name is Jean, and I have lived on and off with cats for most of my life.
I live with my husband and two dogs in northern New England, practically in the woods. The nearest hosue is 1/4 mile away, and we have a 1/4 mile dirt driveway that goes to a dirt road, from there it is another 1/4 mile to the nearest paved road. We have seen everything from skunks to moose in our yard (like my husband says, we moved into THEIR space).
Our cat Grey went missing two months ago. He was 8 yrs and was fairly aloof. His thing was to sit near you on the sofa just far enough away so that you could not pet him. Maybe twice a week he wanted to be petted for 10 seconds and that was it. He was good about leaving us 'presents' (parts of birds, chipmunks etc.) in the garage. Actually that was his favorite place, the garage. I guess the hunting was pretty good in there.
Anyway, even though he was aloof, that did not stop him from joining us IN the bed for the 'morning snuggle'. Here is a photo of the gang back when Grey was still with us (if the link works). As you can see, dogs and cat were buddies.
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mymixe...nm=3a9are2.jpg
So like most forum newbies, my first post was not my introduction but a 'need help' post and I am really glad I found a forum where members can help me understand cats better.
PS can anyone explain why the forum logs me out after about 5 minutes? Can I change that?
My name is Jean, and I have lived on and off with cats for most of my life.
I live with my husband and two dogs in northern New England, practically in the woods. The nearest hosue is 1/4 mile away, and we have a 1/4 mile dirt driveway that goes to a dirt road, from there it is another 1/4 mile to the nearest paved road. We have seen everything from skunks to moose in our yard (like my husband says, we moved into THEIR space).
Our cat Grey went missing two months ago. He was 8 yrs and was fairly aloof. His thing was to sit near you on the sofa just far enough away so that you could not pet him. Maybe twice a week he wanted to be petted for 10 seconds and that was it. He was good about leaving us 'presents' (parts of birds, chipmunks etc.) in the garage. Actually that was his favorite place, the garage. I guess the hunting was pretty good in there.
Anyway, even though he was aloof, that did not stop him from joining us IN the bed for the 'morning snuggle'. Here is a photo of the gang back when Grey was still with us (if the link works). As you can see, dogs and cat were buddies.
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mymixe...nm=3a9are2.jpg
So like most forum newbies, my first post was not my introduction but a 'need help' post and I am really glad I found a forum where members can help me understand cats better.
PS can anyone explain why the forum logs me out after about 5 minutes? Can I change that?