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Oh! how silly we cat lovers are: a commentary
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I have cats.
Her name is pepper and squeeky and baby.
I have another cat whose name is shadow
and puppy and cat.
My cats get along because pepper knows
to be subservient to shadow.
I get along with shadow and pepper
because I know to be subservient to both
of them. It is a happy family when
you know the chain of command:
cat and then people.
it is the role of a cat owner to be at
the mercy of her cats' whims. we cannot
help ourselves. we live to please our
cats. this is so unlike dog lovers whose
dogs live for them. they can never
understand that animals are meant to
rule humans lives. i could never
(and would never want to)command my cats
to sit, roll over, come or, in short,
command them to do anything. If they did
do something it is because they wanted to,
not because I said to. Yet, the slightest
meow brings me running, the most expensive
cat food is stocked in my closets.
It seems to me that you have to earn cat's
love and respect. It is so unlike dogs,
who seem compelled to love their masters.
a cat's love is special, but it isn't
given to just anyone. so the owner is
driven to securing cat's emotions by
catering to every finicky whim. and there
are many.
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