by skeeter1 39 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
Does the secret book of the Elduhs discuss the "incriminating" situation where a brother and an alsatian are alone overnight in the same house?
In view of what might happen they should be DF, just like those couples they spy on in similar circumstances.
HB
Shhhhhh .... you wouldn't want to put any ideas in their heads now.
Wow.
Bangalore
Not pets anymore. I call them "beasts of the field". My cat won't use either of the types of scratch posts and insists on clawing my chair. No more Fancy feast in a crystal dish. This cat is gonna have to be a ratter.
A few years ago, a neighbor found a cat frozen stiff outside one morning. (wasn't mine) That's the only reason I tolerate letting this beast in on freezing nights.
Have you ever tried to make a pet out of an animal that just does not have the makings of civility?
I think you're missing the point cameo. We aren't debating whether having pets or not is civil or not. We are discussing the fact that the WTS is dictating to it's members THEIR view of how the R&F should view their pets.
That's downright petty and idiotic on their part.
God, I love my dog so much. Not more than my children or grandchildren, but still, I love my dog so much. She's big, expensive, has to be taken on daily long walks, but she's worth all the time and money. She's a great animal and everyone who comes to the house thinks so too. Well behaved and friendly dogs are the most fabulous things. Bundles of love!
"Not pets anymore. I call them "beasts of the field". My cat won't use either of the types of scratch posts and insists on clawing my chair. No more Fancy feast in a crystal dish. This cat is gonna have to be a ratter. ..."
Cameo-D, I love cats, but I understand your problem completely....
Try these tricks...
Use a spray bottle on the cat (squirt it, don't throw the spray bottle at it...) every time it scratches the chair. [By the way, if this is your favorite chair and smells like you, the cat is attempting to 'mark' the chair as "his" turf, and by extension, YOU - because the cat actually likes you!!]
While you are away, you can : put tin foil on the chair [worked for me when the cats were clawing our carpeted stairs down to the wood...]
Spray it with perfume - test to see what repulses your cat...
Rub it lightly with cinnamon oil or clove oil - but ONLY if it appears to repel the cat...
Use citronella oil if the cinnamon or clove oil doesn't repulse the cat. Coffee grounds might also work...
About making the cat seek out its own food - DON'T do that!! It's cruel, and besides, a well-fed cat (with store-bought food) will hunt better than a starving cat...
I can give you more info about cats if you are interested - I love them, and have owned - er, been owned by them - for decades....
Oh, and I also have owned dogs and hamsters - currently have one of each... Love them, too!!
Zid (what?? no hamster smiley???)
The best friend a man has in the world may turn against him and become his enemy. His son or daughter that he has reared with loving care may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness and our good name may become traitors to their faith. The money that a man has, he may lose. It flies away from him, perhaps when he needs it most. A man's reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill-considered action. The people who are prone to fall on their knees to do us honor when success is with us, may be the first to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its cloud upon our heads.
The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous is his dog. A man's dog stands by him in prosperity and in poverty, in health and in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground, where the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fiercely, if only he may be near his master's side. He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer. He will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounters with the roughness of the world. He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince. When all other friends desert, he remains. When riches take wings, and reputation falls to pieces, he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journey through the heavens.
If fortune drives the master forth, an outcast in the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of accompanying him, to guard him against danger, to fight against his enemies. And when the last scene of all comes, and death takes his master in its embrace and his body is laid away in the cold ground, no matter if all other friends pursue their way, there by the graveside will the noble dog be found, his head between his paws, his eyes sad, but open in alert watchfulness, faithful and true even in death.
George Graham Vest - c. 1855
ziddina: "Use a spray bottle on the cat (squirt it, don't throw the spray bottle at it...) every time it scratches the chair."
Ok. I am sitting here with my full squirt bottle. problem is, it will probably happen when I am out of the room or kitty will scratch chair and run when she hears me coming. But I am armed.
ziddina: "Rub it lightly with cinnamon oil or clove oil - but ONLY if it appears to repel the cat...
Use citronella oil if the cinnamon or clove oil doesn't repulse the cat. Coffee grounds might also work..."
I can't believe you think I am going to dump coffee grounds in my chair to keep the cat out.
ziddina: " put tin foil on the chair [worked for me"
What did you do for a hat then?
ziddina:"About making the cat seek out its own food - DON'T do that!! It's cruel, and besides, a well-fed cat (with store-bought food) will hunt better than a starving cat.."
Actually I do feed the cat. All day long. I have never seen cat eat so much but maybe it's the cold weather. I don't like when cat kills birds because I feed birds also. But I do wish kitty would be a ratter because i know mice are around.
They probably don't have anything like this in Bethel
George
