Conference misery::feline_v1

    Pookie ahs a couple of sweaters.. may I ask where this place is
    located??... I live in nashua... it would be fun to take
    POOKIE shopping...
    regards
    Kate

    OK, I confess, Misha has a Mickey Mouse T-shirt...
    Fran
    

    I don't want to upset anyone, but surely the point of animals is
    that they are .. animals?
    
    I love my cats because they are cats, not dolls, or toys, and because
    they have minds and independent lives of their own.  I try to respect
    their "cat-ness", for want of a better word, and I wouldn't dream
    of "dressing them up".
    
    What does anyone else think?
    
    Helen.

    re .3
    
    Sure they're animals, but not wild animals.  We've done so much
    in the way of domesticating them by keeping them indoors, teaching them
    to use "bathroom facilities" indoors, teaching them right and wrong
    just like kids, why not dress them up?  The clothes that they have
    are made specifically for animals so they aren't restricted in anyway
    of movement or breathing or anything harmful.  They seem to love
    it!  When I put Corkie's stuff on her, she prances around as if
    to say "look at me!"  Then proceeds to place herself in the middle
    of things and lay there with her front paws crossed and her head
    high.  They know it's special treatment and I think that as long
    as you aren't doing something they object to, and believe me, if
    they objected I wouldn't have any skin left on my arms.  Sorry,
    I treat my animals better than some people do their kids.  In a sense,
    they are my kids.  I respect their "Cat-ness" and "dog-ness" and
    I don't think it takes away from that to have a little fun with
    them.
    
    Pat
    
    (You didn't upset me, just my opinions.)

    I don't see any reason to dress up my cats, but I can easily believe
    that dogs who go outside in the cold could use sweaters.  (Is there
    a danger of this stuff getting caught on things and so on...?)
    Sweetie (he asked me to make clear that he is NOT a dog) likes
    to nap under the blankets on chilly days.  He stands at the blanket
    edge and looks at it and then at me until I lift it up so he can
    settle down underneath.
    
    

    ...Maggie has her own sleeping bag.  She HATES pet beds -- at least
    standard ones.  She LOVES bags of any sort.  I had made a bunting
    as a baby gift and when I went to wrap it, she had coated the inside
    with long, orange, silky hairs [while it was in the top of the linen
    closet].  Rather than try to clean it, I just made another and let
    Maggie keep hers.
    
    I have tried on several occasions to get a straight answer to why
    a 'full grown woman-cat of taste and sophistication' -- as she is
    fond of portraying herself -- wants a bed with pink & blue & yellow
    ducks & bunnies on it; but she won't say...
    
      Annie

    
    chilly days in California?!  Gasp!!  :-)
    
    I have no desire to dress up my cats maybe because I have no desire
    to dress up little children.  I'm sure my cats thank me for this.
    :-)
    
    Sharon
    
    

    I think it would be kinda fun.  I would love to see the
    expression on my kitty kats faces if I put a little 
    bandana on them or a tee shirt.  I'm sure Dazdee and
    Whicket would both love a Spuds Mackenzie tee shirt :^>
    
    
    (OK, so would the mom :^>)
    
    Katie
    

    You should just see Kalliste strutting around in his super macho
    stud pants with little blue kittens dancing on them!
    
    Jo