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denThe way the blocks in this estate are arranged, my back fence borders two back yards. There are dogs in these yards, a blue cattledog and a boarder collie. Where the three corners meet there is a tiny hole where Scruffy and the other two gather to exchange smells and other doggy things. The neighbour on the right has a minature poodle but it's half Scruffy's size doesn't count as a dog.
My neighbour on the left owns a cat, and in the house on the corner between the cattledog and poodle lives another cat, a big, hairy black thing.
The black cat uses the top of the color-bond fence as a path. It travels with impunity. It trots its way between the poodle and cattledog, then between cattledog and Scruffy, then pauses for a moment between Scruffy, cattledog and collie before continuing between Scruffy and the collie. The dogs, of course, go berserk, leaping and biting at the cat just above their heads, or, in Scruffy's case, many feet above his head.
Yesterday the collie owner bought his kids a trampoline and placed it near the back fence.
This morning I watched the cat walk the circuit. Just as it paused at the 3-way I heard a curious boingy-pattering, and the cat flattened out and prepared to run. The collie appeared above the top of the fence, soaring through the air, mouth open in a huge grin. I suspect he'd used the trampoline as a runway to launch himself at the cat.
Collie t-boned the cat on the fence and the pair tumbled into the cattledog yard. Much barking ensued. After a second there was a loud bang on the aluminium fence and the cat appeared at the top, covered with leaves and looking rather dishevelled I must say. It continued over the fence and into my yard.
I think that for a moment Scruffy thought he would actually catch the cat. The thing about perspective is that as things get closer they look bigger. Scruffy saw the rapidly expanding cat heading his way, so he ran away. The cat hit the ground with a thud. The silky terrier half of Scruffy's ancestry must have finally over-ridden his maltese terrier half. He turned and attacked. The cat may have been discouraged about this turn of events and being attacked by an animal half its size must have been the last straw. It ran, leaping over another fence to escape.
And landed in the poodle's yard.
There was much yipping and the sound of something in the fishpond, followed by the soggy bang of a wet animal leaping over an aluminium fence. Followed by a brief burst of barking and scuffling in the cattledog's yard and yet another fence leap.
How is a bloke supposed to do univerity studies when he's pissing himself laughing?
My neighbour on the left owns a cat, and in the house on the corner between the cattledog and poodle lives another cat, a big, hairy black thing.
The black cat uses the top of the color-bond fence as a path. It travels with impunity. It trots its way between the poodle and cattledog, then between cattledog and Scruffy, then pauses for a moment between Scruffy, cattledog and collie before continuing between Scruffy and the collie. The dogs, of course, go berserk, leaping and biting at the cat just above their heads, or, in Scruffy's case, many feet above his head.
Yesterday the collie owner bought his kids a trampoline and placed it near the back fence.
This morning I watched the cat walk the circuit. Just as it paused at the 3-way I heard a curious boingy-pattering, and the cat flattened out and prepared to run. The collie appeared above the top of the fence, soaring through the air, mouth open in a huge grin. I suspect he'd used the trampoline as a runway to launch himself at the cat.
Collie t-boned the cat on the fence and the pair tumbled into the cattledog yard. Much barking ensued. After a second there was a loud bang on the aluminium fence and the cat appeared at the top, covered with leaves and looking rather dishevelled I must say. It continued over the fence and into my yard.
I think that for a moment Scruffy thought he would actually catch the cat. The thing about perspective is that as things get closer they look bigger. Scruffy saw the rapidly expanding cat heading his way, so he ran away. The cat hit the ground with a thud. The silky terrier half of Scruffy's ancestry must have finally over-ridden his maltese terrier half. He turned and attacked. The cat may have been discouraged about this turn of events and being attacked by an animal half its size must have been the last straw. It ran, leaping over another fence to escape.
And landed in the poodle's yard.
There was much yipping and the sound of something in the fishpond, followed by the soggy bang of a wet animal leaping over an aluminium fence. Followed by a brief burst of barking and scuffling in the cattledog's yard and yet another fence leap.
How is a bloke supposed to do univerity studies when he's pissing himself laughing?
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Date: 21 May 2002 17:24 (UTC)Beware of Big Grinning Dog on Trampoline!
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Date: 21 May 2002 17:38 (UTC)no subject
Date: 21 May 2002 17:48 (UTC)*snrk*
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Date: 21 May 2002 18:10 (UTC)It's an *art form* I tell ya!:D
I'm sorry Jess didn't live to see it. She'd be the
one with the " gosh, and I thought *I* was geek" nine inch grin. If dogs have those. I just hope the nieghbors don't get done for some kind of aiding and abetting because of the trampoline...............
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Date: 21 May 2002 18:11 (UTC)no subject
Date: 21 May 2002 19:09 (UTC)::wants to laugh but wants to know kitty is okay::
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Date: 21 May 2002 19:53 (UTC)poor traumatised kitty. *snrk.*
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Date: 21 May 2002 20:24 (UTC)wow
Date: 21 May 2002 20:41 (UTC)Re: wow
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Date: 21 May 2002 23:36 (UTC)Thanks and Hi!
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Date: 22 May 2002 01:58 (UTC)no subject
Date: 22 May 2002 04:05 (UTC)I'd have paid good money to see that. =c)
Oh My god!
Date: 22 May 2002 04:29 (UTC)But as the owner of two border collies, I better NOT let anyone put a trampoline in my yard! (although it would be funny to watch them bounce)
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Date: 22 May 2002 04:37 (UTC)Im a cat lover and glad to know pussy is still ok, but I cant get the picture of the collie grinning on a trampoline out of my head ;)
Thanks to
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Date: 22 May 2002 05:08 (UTC)I wonder how everyone is finding it?
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Date: 22 May 2002 11:39 (UTC)Re:
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Date: 22 May 2002 04:42 (UTC)*chortle*
Date: 22 May 2002 06:02 (UTC)LMAO!
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Date: 22 May 2002 07:22 (UTC)And from that, don't tell ME that cats and dogs can't reason!
Collie: Heeeeeyyyyy.... I've seen people leap up high on those! I can leap up high and catch that cat!
Cat: Okay, that does it. I'm sticking to surface streets from now on. These alleyways just aren't safe, a cat can't take a proper walk without getting mugged. Damn flying Lassie's, poodles with superiority complexes... it's just not worth it.
Excellent *grins*
Date: 22 May 2002 08:53 (UTC)My parents have a part collie, part chow, part german shepherd. She's the most intelligent dog I've ever seen in my life, ever.
Like some collies and border collies, she can mimic speech.
Have a listen :)
http://www.furtropolis.com/~arcturax/Phoebe.wav
That was silly but she understands a lot of what she is saying and can ask to go out and even specifically to go for a walk. She also can speak the differences between a puppy (she calls all other dogs puppy), a cat, a rabbit and a squirrel (which come our RIRREL!). She's also more than happy to try to play with any of those, whether they want to play or not :)
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Date: 6 Nov 2002 08:43 (UTC)Get stuck into those studies, good luck!
Listening to the poor demented dog trying to tell "dad" to take him out for a walk. Poor Phoebe will have an accident on the carpet before he lets her out for a walk. giggles here.
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Date: 31 Mar 2006 18:55 (UTC)(Just so you know, I found you through
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Date: 9 May 2007 22:22 (UTC)Wow, you've set the wayback machine to 5 years ago. 8)
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Date: 9 May 2007 23:31 (UTC)