Cruel or Cool

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by Mortis

She's beautiful, I have always adopted cats, I can't imagine buying one. Having said that I would love a Bengel, but here they run about $1000USD (sometimes you see them cheaper but I suspect their true parentage may not be as advertised)

Personally if the dye isn't going to hurt the cat then the worst you would do to them is have them be upset by the process, but I can't see it being to hard on them.

I never ever EVER would have dreamed of buying cats! I always adopted!


then I met Savannah cats

[Mortis]

I was about to ask where you managed to adopt those beautiful monsters :P
I say "Monsters" because of their size

A few people her have what they simply call "Jungle Cats" and they are generally taken directly from the wild, the problem is that when they become a year or so, they go from loving cuddly cats into evil deranged "Wild" cats. I was offered one a few years ago but I know better then putting a wild cat in my house. These jungle cats weigh up to about 50 pounds, so not so little.

[SolRaven]

Originally Posted by Mortis

She's beautiful, I have always adopted cats, I can't imagine buying one. Having said that I would love a Bengel, but here they run about $1000USD (sometimes you see them cheaper but I suspect their true parentage may not be as advertised)

Personally if the dye isn't going to hurt the cat then the worst you would do to them is have them be upset by the process, but I can't see it being to hard on them.

Thanks Mortis. I always look at her and can't believe she was ever a stray. I had never seen a cat with her coat before. It's called black smoke. The coolest thing is she has tabby markings, Siamese markings and that two toned smoke effect all in one coat.

I'm sure my cat isn't a pure breed, but I just can't see the difference.

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by Mortis

I was about to ask where you managed to adopt those beautiful monsters :P
I say "Monsters" because of their size

A few people her have what they simply call "Jungle Cats" and they are generally taken directly from the wild, the problem is that when they become a year or so, they go from loving cuddly cats into evil deranged "Wild" cats. I was offered one a few years ago but I know better then putting a wild cat in my house. These jungle cats weigh up to about 50 pounds, so not so little.

is that to me? yeah, these are very carefully (and difficultly) bred cats.

I've always been fascinated with all animals actually

[SolRaven]

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

is that to me? yeah, these are very carefully (and difficultly) bred cats.

I've always been fascinated with all animals actually

I think so. My cat's not much bigger than the Sony readers!

[Mortis]

Originally Posted by SolRaven

Thanks Mortis. I always look at her and can't believe she was ever a stray. I had never seen a cat with her coat before. It's called black smoke. The coolest thing is she has tabby markings, Siamese markings and that two toned smoke effect all in one coat.

I'm sure my cat isn't a pure breed, but I just can't see the difference.

Well I don't think it matters about her pedigree, she beautiful. I'll bet she knows it too, I've yet to have a femail cat thats not a princess

[Mortis]

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

is that to me? yeah, these are very carefully (and difficultly) bred cats.

I've always been fascinated with all animals actually

Sorry KK, that was meant in response to your last post. I've always loved cats as well, My mother pretends to hate them but we always had a cat in the house, I can't imagine not having at least one cat, I'd love to add a dog to the house though, A "little" Rotty would be great

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by Mortis

Sorry KK, that was meant in response to your last post. I've always loved cats as well, My mother pretends to hate them but we always had a cat in the house, I can't imagine not having at least one cat, I'd love to add a dog to the house though, A "little" Rotty would be great

I can't imagine life without a cat OR a dog in my life either. the main thing I didn't like about military life in the barracks was not having an animal around. the first thing I did when I moved out was get a cat.

when you say "little" rotty, how big do you mean? I've seen some rottys at the puppy park that weren't much bigger than 60 pounds

[Mortis]

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

I can't imagine life without a cat OR a dog in my life either. the main thing I didn't like about military life in the barracks was not having an animal around. the first thing I did when I moved out was get a cat.

when you say "little" rotty, how big do you mean? I've seen some rottys at the puppy park that weren't much bigger than 60 pounds

I would love a big male, so about 130 pounds would be ok, I have seen bigger and smaller but I like that size for Rotty's.

My old German Shepherd, Max was big and at his biggest he weighed about 90 pounds, but he was a little over weight, he never had dysplasia or any other issues.. Max was a trained helper dog, I got him when he was already 2 years old, because he was too stubborn to be any real use as a helper dog. Max was a great companion and loved to ride in the Jeep with the roof off, I got into trouble when he ran beside the Jeep for a mile or so, I went very slow and he stayed on the sidewalk, I was stopped by the police and I had to convince them that I wasn't being cruel I took Max flying almost every time I was out, I only made him stay on the ground if I had a passenger, Max loved mild acrobatics especially negative g maneuvers for some reason. He would always be strapped in with a special flight harness, he did have a leather helmet and goggles, the goggles he would wear but the helmet was a chew toy I wanted to take Max skydiving, he would have without a pause, but my ex-wife refused I spent a lot of time with Max and was sad to leave him. When I came to Malaysia I gave him to my brother to keep, Max was already getting old, 14 years old, and he went to sleep about a month after I left and didn't wake. My brother was understandably upset and was afraid to call me. I knew he was very old and not likely to live much longer, thats why I didn't make him move with me, besides I would have had to lie to the airline to get him a seat in coach, because there is no way in hell Max would fly as cargo

Sorry for the long post, it brought back memories

Not photos of Max, I have none in digital.

Skydiving pooch


The same harness Max wore in the plane or the Jeep.

[kindlekitten]

a lot of airborne units have parachuting mascots, one of the platoons in the 82nd even had a turtle that would jump! if you ever get a dog that needs to be kitted out again, there are now "doggles" that you can get. even my pup has a pair of them.

I have been lowered out of helicopters with a Newfie between my legs for search and rescue missions, so I completely get the whole working dog bit!

[Mortis]

I loved the working dog, but the whole having to work bit bothered me

Max had a pair of goggles, they may have been Doggles, they sure look the same. I really wanted to skydive with Max, I had been doing it for years when I got him, but wives have the final say Max's harness was designed for jumping, it was a perfect way to put the seat belt on him, he hated kennels.

if I can't find a Rotty I'll look for another Shepherd, but the heat and humidity is a killer for a medium haired Shepherd. We'll see