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Old 08-04-2005, 20:50 PM   #42 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Asim Aquil
Damn man, thats like no cat I've seen before. I mean not coz of the dog attacking thing. But the protective bit.
Dunno, I've trained mine a bit.
He definitely knows he's a part of our family. He knows I'm top dog, he only gets fed by me, and if he catches a bird and doesn't eat it he always brings it to me. I give him a pat and throw the bird away when he's not looking, not because I want him to kill birds but because he thinks he's contributing to the 'pride'.
If he's hurt he comes to me.
If I see him fighting I help him out, cats who live together help each other out in a fight against an outsider, and I've reinforced this with him.
When he wants a pat he goes to my wife and I think he regards my daughter as about equal in the pecking order. He got a really big pat when he went the dog.
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