Confessions of a "Cat Person"...

Promise Ranch · 04-24-2006, 02:09 PM

Why oh why am I not a dog person?

Dogs are so loving and sweet. I've taken in strays, rehabilitated them, and then I keep them. I care very much for them, but I'm just not a "Dog Person".

Now, there's a huge Great Pyrenes stray at my house. He's got a collar, but he just doesn't seem to want to go home. Most of the strays around here run off at the very sight of a person, but not this guy. He positively smiles when you talk to him. Today I put a note on his collar, so if he chooses to go home, his owners will take charge of him... As I was attaching the note I noticed how very filthy this dog was, he's covered in ticks, and even had a huge tick on his upper eyelid! Poor baby!

But, I am not a dog person... I want to help him, but I don't necessarily want another dog! We currently have four dogs residing here. Two are mine (well, my husband's) and two are our roommate's...

I really want to give him a bath and take off all those ticks...

divinemisselle · 04-24-2006, 02:24 PM

This, my dear, is how we ended up with 7 dogs! And I'm like you, definitely more of a cat person.

Is there anyone you can call? How about putting up flyers to see if his owner surfaces?

Giving him a flea/tick bath will spoil him for sure, but will also alleviate his irritation and suffering from the ticks.

Good luck finding his owner!

pasomystic · 04-24-2006, 02:30 PM

Yep--you are definitely a cat person--LOL.

Range · 04-24-2006, 02:35 PM

C'mon...just give him a bath and love him up for a while! Luka is going to another home soon and you will need another dog! Maybe he'll stick for a while....

Promise Ranch · 04-24-2006, 02:49 PM

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Luka is going to another home soon and you will need another dog!

Right! Luka is going to another home. My job is done. I got her clean, happy, reasonably socialized, fattened up, and I even made her a coat and a sweater... But now she's going to live with my sister, a dog person, and I'm happy.

Luka is sweet, and very high energy. My neice is also high energy, they're a perfect match!

I do not need another dog... (What harm could a good bath and dinner do? I mean, really?)

divinemisselle · 04-24-2006, 02:54 PM

I heard that, Bonnie!

And I wouldn't have it any other way!

You're right, what harm would a bath and square meal do? Go for it, the angels are watching...

04-24-2006, 02:09 PM
Promise Ranch Coming two Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: North Texas Posts: 1,797	Confessions of a "Cat Person"... Why oh why am I not a dog person? Dogs are so loving and sweet. I've taken in strays, rehabilitated them, and then I keep them. I care very much for them, but I'm just not a "Dog Person". Now, there's a huge Great Pyrenes stray at my house. He's got a collar, but he just doesn't seem to want to go home. Most of the strays around here run off at the very sight of a person, but not this guy. He positively smiles when you talk to him. Today I put a note on his collar, so if he chooses to go home, his owners will take charge of him... As I was attaching the note I noticed how very filthy this dog was, he's covered in ticks, and even had a huge tick on his upper eyelid! Poor baby! But, I am not a dog person... I want to help him, but I don't necessarily want another dog! We currently have four dogs residing here. Two are mine (well, my husband's) and two are our roommate's... I really want to give him a bath and take off all those ticks... __________________ It is the eternal struggle between these two principles - right and wrong. They are the two principles that have stood face to face from the beginning of time and will ever continue to struggle. It is the same spirit that says, "You work and toil and earn bread, and I'll eat it." - Abraham Lincoln

04-24-2006, 02:24 PM
divinemisselle Bombproof Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: At the bar... Posts: 8,359	This, my dear, is how we ended up with 7 dogs! And I'm like you, definitely more of a cat person. Is there anyone you can call? How about putting up flyers to see if his owner surfaces? Giving him a flea/tick bath will spoil him for sure, but will also alleviate his irritation and suffering from the ticks. Good luck finding his owner! __________________ . Lead me not into temptation..... I can find it just fine on my own.....

04-24-2006, 02:30 PM
pasomystic Coming two Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Alberta Posts: 1,935	Yep--you are definitely a cat person--LOL. __________________ We don't see things as they are. We see things as we are.

04-24-2006, 02:35 PM
Range Kid Safe Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Back of Beyond Posts: 6,740	dog person C'mon...just give him a bath and love him up for a while! Luka is going to another home soon and you will need another dog! Maybe he'll stick for a while.... __________________ "Be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it all... you just might get it all, and then some you don't want." Chris Daughtery

04-24-2006, 02:54 PM
divinemisselle Bombproof Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: At the bar... Posts: 8,359	I heard that, Bonnie! And I wouldn't have it any other way! You're right, what harm would a bath and square meal do? Go for it, the angels are watching... __________________ . Lead me not into temptation..... I can find it just fine on my own.....