Inside cats are useless animals.
We have 3 cats all inside/outside cats. Mostly outside and only come in to sleep. well one comes in to sleep and groom the dog (Golden retriver)
This cat LOVEs the dog
Outside these cats at least have a use. havent had my garden raided by squirels,mice,moles or rabbits in years. although they often bring home rather sizable rabbits often bigger then the cats themselves. And couldnt tell ya the last time I saw a bird (other then our duck) on the ground in years.
Yes we have a Duck. We dont have a pond, but we have a duck
One of my wifes bright ideas.
Ever notice how each time your wife has a bright idea it turns into your headache?
Anyway
She first brought it home as a duckling my daugter named it "Angel" I promptly renamed it "Tender Vittles" figuring it wouldnt be long before it became catfood orrr dogfood.
I figgered wrong.
Eventually the duckling grew into a duck and we started letting it out of its cage/box to run around. This was the first contact the duck had with any of the cats
Each cat I saw get ready to stalk and pounce the duck, and each time I saw the duck see the cats first and charge the cats. This must be pretty unnerving for a cat to have its prey attack it instead because each time the cats turntailed and ran away. Its funny because our best hunting cat which is pretty big even by tomcat standards for the longest time wouldnt even come into the yard as long as the duck was out of its cage.
and in view. It would just sit on the other side of the fence and MEOWW untill we cleared the duck away from the door at which point it would bolt into the house.
Now I also mentioned that we had a dog. a golden retriever, which as we all know are bird dogs. usually used to retreive birds often geese and DUCKS specifically.
Well when the dog saw the duck it got this look on its fice like "what the hell did you bring home now"
showed some interest untill the duck the dock ran at it at which point he backed off in a hurry with a "what the hell is this" expression. After that he just got used to him and now the Duck loves him too. so I have a cat, and a duck that each enjoy grooming the dog. the dog loves it
Funny thing is the duck will quack at anything th e dog barks at also. A few eeks ago my neighbors had some landscapers doing some work and the dog charged the fence growling and barking. and there was the Duck right along side looking at the guys and quacking its head off
Eventually all three cats must have just accepted it into the family cause they dont even bother with the duck anymore. and as we speak I have 1 cat pawing on the door to be let in and not a foot away is the duck now renamed once again (Aflack) quacking its head off. Assumingly wanting to come in also.
Sorry Duck you stay outside.
But its pretty funny to think that the most fearless thing we have in our yard is the duck
He must agree cause as I am finishing this up he just started again
Quack quack quack quack quack!
LOUD little bastads too
