How many of you folks have cats?

[Tallison]

I have a theory. Most photography enthusiasts who are liberal also like cats. Most cat people who are liberal also appreciate photography. Most cat people who appreciate photography are also liberal.

Cat people in this group, please identify yourselves!

[blueraven95]

1. well, I'm one,

but I'm at work, so I can't give you new pictures.

Here are some old ones:

Mica



Muffins

[jhain]

2. I only have five.

here's some of them:

[Celebration]

3. oh, man

Precious dog/cat picture.

[jhain]

4. That was one

VERY lucky capture, I can tell you! They move FAST!

[Tallison]

9. Gardening is a forth frequent correlation

Since I see you have that bug, too. Fabulous tail in that collection! I think about doing a picture book of cat tails some time.

Off my balcony Sunday night:

[jhain]

16. I *live* to garden

this time of year .I can't wait to go to bed so I can get up and get out to the garden!!!!

I have an entire webshots album of cats in the garden..........I should update it.too busy gardening!

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/75506773eTIFqq

[DeepBlueC]

27. the one in the nightie...OMG ... *want*

and a beautiful portrait of the tabby. Cats always look good in the jungle, don't they?

[dbmk]

5. Liberal photographer, no cat

I like them like I like most animals. Would never consider one for a pet. More of a dog person.

[Tallison]

10. Thank you for the honesty

It's essential to the scientific integrity of this thread. :D

[Blue_In_AK]

6. I am definitely a cat person.

Dogs are okay for other people, but they're too dependent for my tastes. Presently, I only have one cat left standing, but previously I had four.

Here's Sugar.

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I don't know what all that "illegal code" stuff is. I still don't understand Macspeak.

[blueraven95]

7. Sugar looks like anything but...

"nice kitty, good kitty..." backs away slowly. :rofl:

[Tallison]

11. Looks like quite a foodie!

I'm down from four to one, as well - a 12 year-old who's supposed to get his teeth cleaned tomorrow. When this one goes, I'll adopt another geriatric from the pound. The last one was incredibly overweight and unadoptable and only lived for a year; I'm hoping the current one lives much longer...

[Blue_In_AK]

18. Yeah, she's a chubbo, I'm not sure why.

Her brother, who sadly I had to put down last year because of hip dysplasia, was always sleek and slim.

[DeepBlueC]

25. what a good dude to home the geriatrics

now that's a liberal for ya. :thumbsup:

[Tallison]

42. Yes, I've become a retirement home for the snaggle-tooth and senile

but the vet bills have got me reconsidering their 'code status.' As an RN, I'm not above slapping a Fentanyl patch on a pet and calling it home hospice.

[NV Whino]

8. Two here presently

Millie and Grayson

I've had as many as five at one time, which is about three too many.

[Tallison]

12. I love that pattern

And having had as many as four and now down to one, I agree with the two tops standard. More and you start *feeling* eccentric.

[DeepBlueC]

26. that is a lovely pic

btw I have five and your arithmetic is bang on. I feel as though I am cleaning out the Augean stables every day.

[Callalily]

13. My cat passed away

about 1-1/2 years ago, but this is my favorite picture of her.

[Tallison]

31. That is a wonderful portrait

And I can see your reflection in her eyes.

[JeffR]

14. Two cats here, FWIW.

Traditionally, I've liked other people's cats much more than ours.

Love the cat in the doorway, BTW!

[Mr. McD]

15. We have cats

Our boys. This is an old picture but they still look the same.

[Tallison]

32. Orange boys are the labradors of the cat world

Really, the best cats I've ever had were orange tabbies.

[GoneOffShore]

17. Two - Singha & Katie

In an atypical pose -

[Tallison]

33. They're in meatloaf camouflage! n/t

[Tindalos]

19. No pets currently

I'm allergic to most animals, otherwise I'd have adopted a menagerie by now.

[Tallison]

34. But if you WOULD if you COULD,

that qualifies you as a cat person. ;)

[Tindalos]

43. Oh, I definitely WOULD

Cats are always trying to adopt me, so I must have "sucker" written on my forehead.

[HappyCynic]

44. Sucker #2

I'm pretty sure I also have "sucker" written all over me in terms of cats (and to a lesser degree, dogs as well). If given the choice, cats would win hands down for me. My problem isn't with allergies. It's actually a matter of trust... namely self-trust. I can't seem to take care of a plant (I've managed to kill every plant I've owned) so there's no way I'd trust myself to take care of a cat.

[Tindalos]

45. The difference between plants and cats

The difference between plants and cats is that cats will let you know if you forget to feed or water them. It's a lesson you never forget.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

20. cats?

what's that?

[Mira]

21. No cats. Have never tried to understand cats. I really like shepherd dogs and canaries. n/t

[Island Blue]

22. I have two and a half

These two, Mojo & Luke who live indoors,




and Pilgrim who came to my back deck as a semi-feral cat several years ago and never left.
(She still has no interest in coming inside no matter how cold it is outside.)

[Tallison]

35. I checked where you live...

and am somewhat relieved. I mean, it's the cat's choice. He probably doesn't even know what an inside is like.

Ferals are almost impossible to convert. Do you know if he's been neutralized?

[DollyM]

23. cats and dolls I think . . .

I have four, all but one is a rescue. Here are pics of three of them. The fourth is an old Siamese that isn't very photogenic anymore. But in her day she was beautiful. At 17 years old she is a bit skinny and sad looking. The youngest is Cassie, the white baby with blue eyes. My son found her as a kitten and brought her home. She is three. Lucky is 9, pure black with gold eyes. Simba is 10, tiger stripped. The dolls are the ones that I make so there is usually a cat around who has to check them out too!

[Tallison]

36. OMG - I didn't realize those were dolls until take two!

You make those?!?! They're amazing - almost TOO amazing! Where do you market them?

[DollyM]

47. mostly online . . .

My web site: www.tinastots-dolls.com I used to have a small store but with the economy, it just didn't pay to have overhead. I do better with selling online.

[uppityperson]

24. 3 at present, here are 2...

who owns the dog bed?





pond water is best

[Tallison]

37. I see you're a gardener, too...

which makes four things you and I have in common.

That is such a beautiful dog... I don't recognize the breed offhand. Looks like he should have a brandy casket around his neck...

[tekisui]

28. Liberal, photographer and owner of one fat cat, see:

[Tallison]

38. That cat's gonna die of its own gravitational field.

It happened to mine last year. On her physical, the vet marked 'extremely obese,' wrote 'enlarged heart by auscultation,' and told me to have her undergo an echocardiogram at the cat cardiologist. I said 'Bullshit!' Months later, the cat was perfectly normal the morning I went to work, and dead and cold by the time I came home at 6:30. Never encountered sudden death in a cat before. I mean, with cat obesity, what are you gonna' do? The only cats I know who have successfully lost weight owe it to their hyperthyroidism.

You know, October is National Pet Obesity Awareness Month? I am not making this up...

http://www.petobesityprevention.com/awareness_day.htm

[ElsewheresDaughter]

29. Pancakes and Celo

[Tallison]

39. Oh, that is a sublime second shot

So lucky to be a cat in that place at that time!

[suzbaby]

30. Present!

Mr. Bojangles

[priller]

40. The cat's mine, the dog is the wife's

Now they live together.

[Tallison]

41. That top shot is fantastic

Cat's are my favorite subject, and I'm brutal in my judgment.

His conflicted, self-possessed expression there is so characteristic of the species. Good lighting, too!

[Butch350]

46. I am a liberal, cat person, dog person, and nature photographer.

[Sedona]

48. This is my cat Lucy...

and her dog Maggie