From August 19, 2020
My brother had a German shepherd that had jaws like an alligator’s–two bites and the cat is gone–but also a benign, laid-back personality. But how does the cat know that the German shepherd in this video won’t eat him? “I think I’ll jump on his face while he’s trying to relax. That’ll be fun!” Where do cats get these notions–and why do they always turn out to be right?
Then again, we don’t get to see the cats who were wrong.
From May 15, 2018
This is sanity medicine, folks–just groove on the animals. All right, so somebody out there has a couple of giraffes as pets. And some large, aggressive mantises. But most of us make do with cats and dogs: it isn’t like they ever run out of tricks.
Both this video and Citizen Kane show scenes of subway cars full of people with owls. But then I haven’t seen Citizen Kane in a long time and I might be confusing it with some other classic film.
All the other animals in this video have fur instead of feathers.
From November 11, 2018
Here are some cats and dogs (and one bird) who have come to terms with machines and doo-dads designed by and for humans. You’d swear they fully understand what a telephone is for. My cat Henry used to scold me if I didn’t promptly answer the phone when it rang. It’s amazing how well our pets adapt to a human-centered world–better than some of us, eh?
From February 16, 2020
I’ve never had dogs and cats at the same time. It looks like fun. I did once have a large land crab and a small tortoise in the same cage, but all we got out of that was the world’s slowest romance. The crab had not the slightest interest in being caught by the tortoise. I think you need dogs and cats to get truly humorous moments.
Is it me, or does she sing this song like Gene Autry sings it? You Are My Sunshine–my father sang it, too.
Anyway, the nice lady sings, the little dog nods off, and somewhere offstage, the cat chimes in…
Behold a bunch of dogs afraid of cats. Some of them are three or four times the cat’s size, but they all act like they’re totally buffaloed. I suspect there’s something wrong with that metaphor, but I don’t know what.
Why are some dogs so terrified of cats? Search me–but it’s horrible public relations for Doggy Corp. Inc. Isn’t there some union that enforces the standards? Really, guys, you don’t want cats seeing this.
I couldn’t find the tortoise zoomies video that I was looking for, so I’ve gone with one of my all-time favorite critter videos.
Somewhere behind these crazy antics there must be a story. And I’ll be there are two very different sides to it.
I just couldn’t help posting this: crying puppy, comforting cat. And all of it while the grown-up dog, presumably the puppy’s mother, sits there contemplating whatever.
Consider it a sanity break.