Tue 20 May 2008

What is a Good Cat?

Posted in Cats, Kelly, What is a Good Cat? at 0:05

Kelly has made a new friend -- and made a liar out of John.

   While our cats are usually loving and devoted to us — especially when they want food — all of them are shy around people they don’t know well.  Their shyness doesn’t keep them from going outside, but if a passerby on the sidewalk notices them, they are quick to run and hide.

   Not always, though.  Kelly was in the front yard enjoying the sunshine of a summer day when a mother and her little girl approached along the sidewalk.

   The child asked if she could pet Kelly, and I began to explain that he’s shy with visitors.  The words were barely out of my mouth when Kelly strolled over to the little girl and rubbed against her.  For several minutes, he let her stroke his fur and generally behaved as though he enjoyed this sort of thing all the time.  Making a new friend while at the same time making a liar out of one’s human are sure signs of a Good Cat.

3 Comments

  1. Kiffer said,

    Tue 20 May 2008 at 3:49

    A footpath runs through are garden and people often think that we are here just for them to stroke. All the cats run away except for Pixie.She likes to find out where they have come from and where they are going.
    It is clouded here today, cold again like autumn.

  2. Faz the Cat said,

    Tue 20 May 2008 at 7:16

    Excellent. Us cats are independent and free thinking and completely unpredictable. FAZ

  3. Red said,

    Thu 22 May 2008 at 2:55

    “Making a new friend while at the same time making a liar out of one’s human are sure signs of a Good Cat.”

    Haahaa! So true…