Cat in plane

"George Patterson" wrote:

Perhaps to you. I've had several cats that loved me.

Have you noticed that all cat haters you've met are people who were not
raised with cats as pets? I think this is because these folks simply do
not speak Cat, a language one must learn young, apparently. Thus they
misinterpret cat signals as hostility, aloofness, sneakiness, etc. I've
met only one person who came to like cats as an adult, and never met a
cat hater who was raised with them.

A cat is a project. It requires proper rearing to become a good pet.
Some people have the knack for it (it seems your family does), some
don't. The best pets usually happen when the animals are acquired very
young and handled with gentle discipline and love.

Exactly the same thing is true of dogs, of course, but one can get away
with ignoring the proper rearing of a cat with less dire consequences
than one suffers from a delinquent dog. Cats are lower maintenance than
dogs and thus tend to get ignored more often, resulting in the aloof,
shy animals that contribute to cats' reputation among non-cat people.

--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

Dan Luke wrote:

Have you noticed that all cat haters you've met are people who were not
raised with cats as pets?

I suspect you're right; at least, I've noticed many cases of that. The reverse
isn't 100% true, however. We never had cats at my parent's house. I got adopted
by one when I was 22 years old.

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.

That is probably the least understood part about cats... once we
learned "catspeak" and understood what the cat's body language and
sounds meant, we were amazed how well they communicate..

Call a dog by name and it (usually) comes instantly, tail wagging,
OBVIOUSLY happy to see you..

The SAME response by a cat is usually an exaggerated squint...both
eyes.....

To the casual observer, the cat has not responded at all...

But to those who understand cat... the message is very clear...

There is lots more, but this an aviation thread right?

For those who have, cat carrier on a seat or in the baggage
compartment?

I think I would keep it on the seat, if space was available...

Dave


On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 20:31:14 GMT, George Patterson
wrote:

Dan Luke wrote:

Have you noticed that all cat haters you've met are people who were not
raised with cats as pets?

I suspect you're right; at least, I've noticed many cases of that. The reverse
isn't 100% true, however. We never had cats at my parent's house. I got adopted
by one when I was 22 years old.

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.

Have you noticed that all cat haters you've met are people who were not
raised with cats as pets?

Actually, the one, over-arching most common trait of cat-haters is being
allergic to them.

I've always been fascinated by cats, but they make me sneeze and puff up.
Therefore, I hate them just as much as I hate ragweed...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote:

I've always been fascinated by cats, but they make me sneeze and puff
up. Therefore, I hate them just as much as I hate ragweed...

I'll bet if you'd been around them from infancy you wouldn't be
allergic. I believe there is evidence that exposure to allergens from
an early age--even prenatally--confers immunity.

Dan Luke wrote:

I'll bet if you'd been around them from infancy you wouldn't be
allergic. I believe there is evidence that exposure to allergens from
an early age--even prenatally--confers immunity.

According to an allergist I used to see, it works both ways. You can develop an
allergy by excessive exposure to the allergen. In fact, he's absolutely certain
that I will have to get rid of my cats sooner or later.

And it is true that I developed an extreme allergy to dogs by keeping Scottish
terriers in the house for a couple decades.

I think your statement applies more to plants than other items. I grew up in the
South and have no allergies to any plant common in the area. I'm allergic to a
few that are common up here, though.

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.

I'll bet if you'd been around them from infancy you wouldn't be allergic.
I believe there is evidence that exposure to allergens from an early
age--even prenatally--confers immunity.

Well, that theory certainly didn't work for me with Timothy grass.

According to the "scratch tests", I'm as allergic to the stuff as a human
can be. And, of course, it's everywhere.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"