To: Blue Snowshoe who wrote (360 ) 3/12/1999 11:00:00 AM From: Joana Tides Respond to
That new pup sounds like a future stockhound Joe, like Jed's dogs are...Congratulations! I'm getting a drift that what you guys are saying is that Dogs Rule and Cats are lower on the status pole as far as hunting, guarding, and market predicting goes! I love dogs, and sure wish I lived in a neighborhood where I could own one without being always pestered by complaints about the barking and when it escapes and runs loose, but I don't. Many people around here were born city folk, commute to NYC daily, and really don't understand dogs at all. Friends of mine who own dogs are driven crazy by some neighbors around here, regretfully. You guys are lucky. And maybe dogs are the only good market mavens ... yeah, so far either this spotted kitten isn't cutting it in that department, or maybe it's just my insensitivity to her signals. Cats are the most subtle of animals; soon to start keeping a log and we'll see what develops. Giving her a chance! If any cat can do it, this one can. An Ocicat Thoroughbred as in ocelot and the first thing said in any write-up is that this IS NOT bred from an ocelot so what do you think? She's got the longest toes I've ever seen in a cat and uses them like hands, with rare coloration (a silver/chocolate with golden highlights - same shade as the metal without the sparkle) and a real sense of smarts and humor this feline has a better chance to grokk the market than most! Cat hides my daughter's shoes, turns off the alarm clock with her nose, talks to an imaginary leprechaun friend who lives inside the heater vent, and covers up her food and water with a magazine page between nibblings. So, this cat is already showing she has actual thought processes, and we both just need more time to coordinate the communications about omens. And if she never gets there, so what?! It is afterall a cat, and so I must count myself lucky that she's chosen us as the friends who live in her home!
