Fort Worden Trip

[Ron Saueracker]

Cats certainly are smart and evil. My cat Neely used to scratch the crap out of my record collection edges, and she would sit next to them and place her paw on them when she wanted something. I'd say "hey...hey...hey"...as she would repeatedly between heys touch the albums. Really amazing behavior. She was pretty peeved when I built a proper glass door shelving unit for them. Evil little bitch.[:D]

[Nikademus]

trust me...this one is dumb as a stone. The only + side is that it makes him much more friendly. never scratches and rarely bites. A rare bite occured too nights ago and the GF unit beat the crap out of him, then PUNTed him. I don't think he'll try that again for some time. (GF unit is quite the disciplanarian when it comes to animals.....one hard stare from her makes the Yellow dog of Annoyance cringe and skulk behind dad)

[DuckofTindalos]

The GF Mk I unit, aka "Miss Negative Reinforcement"...

[Nikademus]

She can be a bit hard at times, but no question her animals are extremely well behaved. (though trash can dog keeps thinking he can be sneaky)

[anarchyintheuk]

Dogs have that mindless optimism thing going for them, which is pretty unique. I'm sure you've heard explanation for the difference between dogs and cats. A dog looks up at this creature who provides him w/ food and shelter and thinks "Wow! It must be a god". A cat looks up at the creature who provides him food and shelter and thinks "Wow! I must be a god".

Wrong thread but, did you take any pictures of the Texas when you were there, Nik?

[Mynok]

When animal does something over and over despite negative reinforcement, it is simply because the reward outweighs the consequences. Time for more negative reinforcement!

I'm thinking a fertilizer bomb in the trash can would do it?

[Nikademus]

Yes....a ton.

[Mynok]

Careful...if you put too much in, you might damage the GF Mk I unit, or worse, her den! [X(] [X(] [X(]

GF Mk I units are notoriously difficult to repair (lack of available spare parts) and are ferocious when defending their dens.

[Nikademus]

i almost find it kind of funny....nothing like coming out of the bathroom at 4:30am in the morning half asleep....walking into the living room noticing a bunch of wrappers and chewed paper plates......walking into the kitchen for a juice.....walking out...past the wreckage, and pausing as the mind registers at last what it's seeing on the ground.