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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO
Created:Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5089
Total number of notes:60366

2146.0. "Massage your cat = More, more, more" by BRAT::GERMANN () Tue Jan 17 1989 16:17

    In the February issue of Better Homes and Gardens, there is a short
    article in the pets section on how to give your cat a massage. 
    When I read it, I sort of chuckled at the thought.
    
    Well, last night, for some strange reason, I decided to give my
    foster-cat, Bandit, a massage just like they described.  What a
    trip!!!  Bandit got purring so loudly that she started to squeek...
    Then she bugged me the rest of the evening for more.  After I went
    to bed, I couldn't get her away from me.  And when I woke up this
    morning, she was asleep UNDER the covers as close to me as possible.
    
    I think I've created a monster......
                              
    If any one is interested, I can enter here the directions, after
    I reread them to be sure.  Of course, you may not want the results
    if your experience is anything like mine!!!
    
    Ellen
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2146.1Hey!! I wanna create a "monster"!!CPDW::MCDONOUGHTue Jan 17 1989 16:2110
    
    
    
    
                 So....DO IT!!!
    
    
    
                (give the directions, that is...)
    JM
2146.2yes, please do!BLKWDO::PARKSTue Jan 17 1989 16:560
2146.3FRAGLE::PELUSOTue Jan 17 1989 17:433
    please, do!
    
    
2146.4warning!PARITY::DENISEAnd may the traffic be with youTue Jan 17 1989 20:163
      I saw that article and tried it too.  And boy does it work!!!
    
           They LOVE it!
2146.5Pretty Please - Do Enter ThemWITNES::HANNULARound Up the Usual SuspectsTue Jan 17 1989 20:201
    
2146.6*YES, YES, YES...*AIMHI::OFFENTue Jan 17 1989 20:507
    My girlfriend bought the book but wouldn't share it with me.
    
    Please enter it here.
    
    Sandi (Lightning, DejaVu & Thunder's mom)
    
    
2146.7CRUISE::NDCWed Jan 18 1989 10:457
    Mee toooooo!!!!!!!!!!  (With one 11 year old and one 9 1/2 year
    old it would be very helpful for them).  By the way - we had
    good news last Saturday.   The vet had been concerned that 
    Mao had been losing weight for the past 1 1/2 years.  He was
    afraid that she was developing heart or kidney problems.
    We weighed her on Saturday and she's up 14 oz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    (What a relief!)
2146.8me too - me too!USEM::JOHNSONWed Jan 18 1989 10:506
    Good to hear that, Nan.
    
    Me too -- me too - I want to know how to massage!
    
    Bj
    
2146.9Another YES !!!!RUTLND::SWITCHBOARDWed Jan 18 1989 11:472
    
    	My cats would love you for it !   Please do enter it !!!
2146.10here it isBRAT::GERMANNWed Jan 18 1989 12:0834
    Well, I really didn't expect this much interest.  Anyway, here is
    the article.
    
    
    			THE PURRRRRRRFECT TOUCH
    
    			Rubbing your cat the right way
    
    	Reprinted without permission from the February issue of Better
    Homes and Gardens.
    
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    Nothings gets a cat purring like a good massage. Use our method,
    and even the most independent feline will be a friend for life: 
    Start by getting down on your hands and knees (to meet the cat on
    its own level).  When your pet appears relaxed, begin its massage
    by scratching gently behind the ears.  Gradually, move your hands
    down to fluff the fur on both sides of its neck.  Next, scratch
    the chest and stroke the sides of its body.  Continue the massage
    by lifting each of your pet's legs one by one.  Place your hands
    on either side of a leg, petting up and down in a relaxed circular
    motion - thighs to toes.  Finish up with a light scratch of the
    lower belly.  Purrrrfect.
        
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    I kept returning to Bandit's neck between.  She really was one happy
    cat!!
    
    Hope all your feline friends enjoy this!!!
    
    Ellen
2146.11also see note 909VAXWRK::SKALTSISDebThu Jan 19 1989 01:261