tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859669.post1355500085332163313..comments2024-01-27T01:29:47.634-05:00Comments on ~Tails from the Foster Kittens~: Do cats love us?Connie - Tails from the Foster Kittenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01127077337743262149noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859669.post-28631261501227108462012-02-22T19:53:38.339-05:002012-02-22T19:53:38.339-05:00That Dr. Coats is FULL of b.s. I will give you an ...That Dr. Coats is FULL of b.s. I will give you an example, although it has to do with Binga and not my human: I am TERRIFIED of the vet. I tremble so badly when I'm there, my human worries that my heart will give out. All I ever want to do while I'm there is sit in my carrier and make myself as small as possible. But when the other two cats come home from the vet, I hate them with a vengeance, and as a result whenever either of them have to go to the vet, I am forced to come along. Well, the last time I was there with Binga, the vet picked up her carrier to take her away for some tests. And I leaped out of my carrier and ran up to hers. You have NO idea what a HUGE act of bravery this was for me. I definitely was thinking of Binga and not myself. My human was shocked... and impressed by my courage.<br /><br />P.S. There is also the story of Homer, the blind cat of the book <i>Homer's Odyessy</i>, who protected his human from someone who broke into her apartment.Sparklehttp://www.sparklecat.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859669.post-84191062682842405122012-02-22T12:46:00.035-05:002012-02-22T12:46:00.035-05:00It absolutely depends on your definition of love. ...It absolutely depends on your definition of love. I've had many a job in my life (but only one guy - who turned into my husband so I can't talk about that), so I've been a part of many different groups of people. I have come to care for them when I saw them constantly and dare I say love them. But when the job ended and life moved on, I came to care for another group of people. Why should that be any less true of pets and their care takers. <br /><br />Just as there aren't always love matches with people, I'm sure there are pets that don't fall head over heals for their owners. that is why some of them are pets of our soul.. or in Kit's case with my husband, their beloved..Connie - Tails from the Foster Kittenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01127077337743262149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859669.post-55374713683610614272012-02-22T12:32:14.578-05:002012-02-22T12:32:14.578-05:00I went on that website and commented and am glad t...I went on that website and commented and am glad to see that most people are horrified by her attitude. I think I would not continue seeing a vet that would view cats as "unloving".Maine Kittieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05813501266938509291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859669.post-69972259673866384022012-02-22T11:59:31.689-05:002012-02-22T11:59:31.689-05:00Interesting post, Connie, and one's perspectiv...Interesting post, Connie, and one's perspective definitely depends upon one's definition of "love."<br /><br />I don't think my cats "love" me in a human way, in the way I love them. But in their cat-way, yes.<br /><br />I think they're likely more tied to their territory than they are to me, however. And I think they would "love" any human who was their good caretaker, in time.<br /><br />But the same can be said for humans, frankly. We can grow to love, in some way, many who come into our lives, especially if they are kind and loving to us first. Of course I don't mean "romantic love" here.Fuzzy Taleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09505853082591216696noreply@blogger.com