Wildlife, living next to nature

[footfootfoot]

I had a cat that I trained to ride around on my shoulder, even when I rode my bike to the post office a block away. (Country, not city) When she was a kitten it was winter in VT and I had on a duofold union suit, wool pants and wool shirt and sometimes a sweater. She'd just climb up my leg, up my chest or back and perch next to my ear.

When summer came she got pretty good about not using her claws, instead, she'd hunch down, make eye contact as if to say, "Here I come!" then she'd leap from the ground to my shoulder in one spring. She was pretty cool. I also taught her from very very early, the Helicopter manuever, where I'd put one hand on the lfet sode of her near her chest and the other hand on the right side of her near her haunches, lift her slightly and giver her a twirl. She got up to being able to do 2 1/2 360s. She'd do several rounds of them. The trick is to start them young and they just assume that is what normal is.

Her cousin, on the other hand was a high strung airhead who was basically a salad spinner of razor blades.

Hi my name is Footfootfoot and today I'm 5 years. 6 months and 21 days cat-free...

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Hi my name is Footfootfoot and today I'm 5 years. 6 months and 21 days cat-free...

Hi, Footfootfoot. I see you're a cat-holic.

[glatt]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

The trick is to start them young and they just assume that is what normal is.

This should be a cookie quote. It applies to so much.