Thread: Drop the ball, squash the ball, spank the ball

OMG Chris is back! we missed you! *smile*
yeah she's really funny - now that she's calmed down a lot she's no longer so cranky I can really enjoy the pirate I have at home!

My boy does the same thing, along with some soccer/ football moves. The wally moments are too numerous to mention!

Originally Posted by inexcelsis

My boy does the same thing, along with some soccer/ football moves. The wally moments are too numerous to mention!

I love to watch her do that - she did it just this morning! :-D
also - I noticed, while some cats and dogs go fetch a ball, then bring it back for you to throw it from where you are, right? - Neevie "runs" (it's pronounced "stampedes") after it, but then reaches it and just sits beside it expecantly - like "OK, I found it, it's here, you can come and get it and trow it again now". Rince/repeat indefinitely. Of course I'm happy to oblige, though my little brains are having difficulties understanding the point of this obviously too elaborate game.

I had a Persian cat (Kitty) that would chase a hockey puck across the tv, she spent may hours watching hockey with her mommy. She also enjoyed a cartoon that was on that was a cat silhouette in black and white, crazy kitty.

Originally Posted by donnad

I had a Persian cat (Kitty) that would chase a hockey puck across the tv, she spent may hours watching hockey with her mommy. She also enjoyed a cartoon that was on that was a cat silhouette in black and white, crazy kitty.

My cat's mesmerized by the Futurama theme song.

Originally Posted by Alekto

I love to watch her do that - she did it just this morning! :-D
also - I noticed, while some cats and dogs go fetch a ball, then bring it back for you to throw it from where you are, right? - Neevie "runs" (it's pronounced "stampedes") after it, but then reaches it and just sits beside it expecantly - like "OK, I found it, it's here, you can come and get it and trow it again now". Rince/repeat indefinitely. Of course I'm happy to oblige, though my little brains are having difficulties understanding the point of this obviously too elaborate game.

You have more energy and patience than I do! Somewhere I read to exchange the toy with a treat: After they run after the toy, go to them, give them a treat and take the toy away. After repeating it a bunch of times, they might learn that they can bring it back to you and speed up the trading process.

I had a MC named Buster and he just started doing it naturally, I would shoot hair ties across the room and he would bring them back to me. He also growled when someone came to the door, he thought he was a dog. He had a long love affair with my German Shepherd Muffin, but that's another story........ Love my Kitties