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Lol deb. My Amira sits on my shoulders. Unless I just washed my hair and it is in a towel. Then she sprawls over the toel on my head. Cats are dorks. She likes to "fall" and grab the towel and swing. 
Denim Deb Hay, hay, hay. Thank the Lord!
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Rerun has been known to jump on my shoulder. Which wouldn't be a problem if she didn't use her claws! And, of course, at times, she's losing her balance, so the claws are really used!
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I had a declawed cat for 12 years, But the vet missed a dew claw. 
and she managed to snag it on everything.
She would make bisquits on my legs and never fail to catch that one stinking dew claw in my clothes and dig into my thigh. But I'd just reposition her and she'd go right back at it without missing a beat. She was the best, never had a cat since that was ever as good.
She had great manners. I never liked cats till I got her. she was special.
and she managed to snag it on everything. She would make bisquits on my legs and never fail to catch that one stinking dew claw in my clothes and dig into my thigh. But I'd just reposition her and she'd go right back at it without missing a beat. She was the best, never had a cat since that was ever as good.
She had great manners. I never liked cats till I got her. she was special.
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I'm at the farm. I had planned on getting here much earlier than I did, but had to run out to the store for some vanilla. My hubby lost it, and I needed it to make the chocolate mayo cake. So, as long as I can find both cats, I'll try and get them to both stay in here all night. And, I just realized, I forgot to clean the litter box! I had better do that B4 I shut the door. Cindy won't pee on the floor, but Rerun will. And, I'm finding that she doesn't really like using the litter box if it has more than 1 days worth of stuff in it. Hope she decides soon to start going outside.
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I had an exciting morning, or good thing I spent the night!
Normally, the roosters start to crow around 3:00 AM. This morning was no exception. (If I have the time this week, they'll be 2 less by next week!) But, since it's not a steady crowing, I'm normally able to go back to sleep w/no problem. Today was no exception. Around 5:00, they're getting more vocal. But, I also hear a noise that just didn't sound right. And, I needed to pee. So, I got up, grabbed my cheapy flip flops and open my door. What I saw made me forget all about the bathroom!
Recently, RU got a new horse. She has it in a small pen on the other side of my fence. We don't normally put horses in there because the fence isn't that good. The section that's along my fence line is one of the sections I still need to redo. The big, corner post has rotted, and it could really use another fence post in the line. The section between the corner post and where it needs the new post is the worst in all that I have to do. But, I have the electric going across, and blocking that whole corner-or so I thought.
At some point during the night, that section came down. I don't know if the new horse pushed on it or what, but down it came. My 4 ducked under the electric and went in that field. RU's new horse ducked under the electric, and came in my field! So I grabbed halters and a lead and got to work.
Honey was wearing a halter. She was the first one I grabbed. She walked across the section that was down w/no problem. I tied her in her stall. Licky was the next one I grabbed. I put her halter on. She led fine-until we got to the down section. She wouldn't go across it. And, since I was wearing flip flops, I wasn't ABOUT to force the issue. I let her go, and grab Stormy. He goes across, no problem. I tied him in his stall, and he gets upset, Misty isn't in there. So, I go back and grab Misty. She goes across no problem.
I tried once again to lead Licky over, but she wanted nothing to do w/it. So, I had to lead her thru 2 gates. There's a hydrant just past the first gate. The hose that's attached to it had a leak, so it was all mud there. I lost my flip flops. One has electric over the top of it and I had no place I could put the hook down while I was doing this. I was so glad the CL's horses weren't up! I got her thru, rehooked the one gate, put the electric back up and the pressure really got to me. I had to pee. There was just no way around it. So, I did, then grabbed my socks, put them on over my muddy feet, and then put on my boots.
Now, I have the new horse. I catch her, no problem. I decide to try and lead her over the downed section. She follows no problem. I tie her to a post I KNOW is sturdy. Then, I feed my horses. If I had had feed for the other one, I would have fed her too.
Once the horses are fed, I grab my post hole digger and tape measure. I figure out where the new fence post needs to be, and dig the hole. Then, I go and get the new fence post and put it in. The post went in straight, so that meant I could get rid of the post hole digger. I got rid of that, and grabbed my shovel, rake and tamper. I put the dirt all back around the new post, put the section of fence up, put the electric back up, put all my tools away, and let the my loose.
Once they're loose, I go and let the new horse loose, and retrieve my flip flops. I leave the field, go to another hydrant, and hose them down. All that took me about an hour! I'm ready to go back to bed now.
Oh, and I couldn't find Cindy last night, so Rerun and I were the only 2 in the tack shed. When I woke up this morning at 3, she was sitting on my right arm-right at the elbow. That's the arm I had the nerve moved in. I couldn't feel my arm for a few after that.
Normally, the roosters start to crow around 3:00 AM. This morning was no exception. (If I have the time this week, they'll be 2 less by next week!) But, since it's not a steady crowing, I'm normally able to go back to sleep w/no problem. Today was no exception. Around 5:00, they're getting more vocal. But, I also hear a noise that just didn't sound right. And, I needed to pee. So, I got up, grabbed my cheapy flip flops and open my door. What I saw made me forget all about the bathroom!
Recently, RU got a new horse. She has it in a small pen on the other side of my fence. We don't normally put horses in there because the fence isn't that good. The section that's along my fence line is one of the sections I still need to redo. The big, corner post has rotted, and it could really use another fence post in the line. The section between the corner post and where it needs the new post is the worst in all that I have to do. But, I have the electric going across, and blocking that whole corner-or so I thought.
At some point during the night, that section came down. I don't know if the new horse pushed on it or what, but down it came. My 4 ducked under the electric and went in that field. RU's new horse ducked under the electric, and came in my field! So I grabbed halters and a lead and got to work.
Honey was wearing a halter. She was the first one I grabbed. She walked across the section that was down w/no problem. I tied her in her stall. Licky was the next one I grabbed. I put her halter on. She led fine-until we got to the down section. She wouldn't go across it. And, since I was wearing flip flops, I wasn't ABOUT to force the issue. I let her go, and grab Stormy. He goes across, no problem. I tied him in his stall, and he gets upset, Misty isn't in there. So, I go back and grab Misty. She goes across no problem.
I tried once again to lead Licky over, but she wanted nothing to do w/it. So, I had to lead her thru 2 gates. There's a hydrant just past the first gate. The hose that's attached to it had a leak, so it was all mud there. I lost my flip flops. One has electric over the top of it and I had no place I could put the hook down while I was doing this. I was so glad the CL's horses weren't up! I got her thru, rehooked the one gate, put the electric back up and the pressure really got to me. I had to pee. There was just no way around it. So, I did, then grabbed my socks, put them on over my muddy feet, and then put on my boots.
Now, I have the new horse. I catch her, no problem. I decide to try and lead her over the downed section. She follows no problem. I tie her to a post I KNOW is sturdy. Then, I feed my horses. If I had had feed for the other one, I would have fed her too.
Once the horses are fed, I grab my post hole digger and tape measure. I figure out where the new fence post needs to be, and dig the hole. Then, I go and get the new fence post and put it in. The post went in straight, so that meant I could get rid of the post hole digger. I got rid of that, and grabbed my shovel, rake and tamper. I put the dirt all back around the new post, put the section of fence up, put the electric back up, put all my tools away, and let the my loose.
Once they're loose, I go and let the new horse loose, and retrieve my flip flops. I leave the field, go to another hydrant, and hose them down. All that took me about an hour! I'm ready to go back to bed now.
Oh, and I couldn't find Cindy last night, so Rerun and I were the only 2 in the tack shed. When I woke up this morning at 3, she was sitting on my right arm-right at the elbow. That's the arm I had the nerve moved in. I couldn't feel my arm for a few after that.
Oh, yuck- what a way to start the morning! I hate losing shoes in mud (I did the same thing the other day, except with those plastic gardening clogs. Just totally got sucked off in the sacrifice pasture mud).
I always find it weird that horses will go OUT over a downed electric fence, but then not take your word for it and come back IN over an electric fence.
I always find it weird that horses will go OUT over a downed electric fence, but then not take your word for it and come back IN over an electric fence.
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The electric wasn't down, just the fence panels themselves! And I had one time where I literally had to DRIVE horses out of a chicken pen because the gate wasn't wide enough to lead them thru, and they were throwing a fit about the electric that went over the top! It had no hook to unfasten it. Amazes me that they're fine getting into trouble, but so hard to handle to get them out of trouble.
