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- From: wall@cc.swarthmore.edu (Matthew Wall)
- Subject: Re: Fetch-aholic cat
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- References: <1992Dec18.135118.18254@schbbs.mot.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 18:31:13 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec18.135118.18254@schbbs.mot.com>,
- C14383@maccvm.corp.mot.com (Marie Cannizzaro) wrote:
- >
- > My 5 month old Tonk Sam somehow taught herself fetch be bringing me the
- > foam ball one day and since then I am hounded by her to throw the ball
- > so she can get it and bring it back. She'll leap two feet in the air and
- > catch it in her mouth like a dog!
-
- > Has anyone else had the same
- > experience?? Marie
-
-
-
- Yep. Both our cats have learned to Fetch. The older one was very fond of
- plastic rings you get from milk bottles and would unceremoniously dump one
- on one of us in bed, on the couch, and in the tub, and insist on playing
- for long periods of time (uusually until its little pee brain couldn't find
- the milk ring and forgot what it was doing). She tired of this at about 2
- years and doesn't do it much.
-
- Our kitten plays fetch with its collar, which it no longer has to wear now
- that it's big enough to not get stuck in something in the house. She is
- less discriminant about what she'll fetch - basically anything can become a
- fetch toy. We once saw her stalking through the house with an 8" plastic
- food container cover in her mouth. On a whim, I took it from her, threw it
- like a frisbee, and said "Fetch!" She successfully followed the disc about
- 20 times and returned it right to my lap before forgetting about it and
- finding a fascinating dust ball.
-
- - matt
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