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Kashkakat v.2.0

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3. My cat Orange once got stuck high up in a tree - had the fire dept. come to get him down after about
Sat Mar 1, 2025, 11:12 AM
Mar 2025

10 or 12 hours. In the days after I would see him in the back yard, teaching himself how to shimmy up this one tall tree with no cross branches, hang there a second with all four paws and then lower himself back down using hind claws grip on the tree . Each time he would go up a little bit higher and then back down. One day he and the other cat Figgy were running around and in a fit of exuberance Figgy ran up one of the trees quite high and then realized he couldnt get back down. He hung there gripping the tree with all four paws crying pitifully. Orange came to the rescue - he ran up the tree behind Figgy and was meowing encouragement butpoor Figgy was too freaked out. So Orange went back down and then ran up the tree next to the one Figgy was in getting up high enough so Figgy could see and demonstrated several times how to back down. Finally Figgy understood and then I saw him too practicing in the days after. PS PLS NOTE- this was back in the day when people typically let cats run free so dont nobody yell at me!

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My cat basically knocks at the front door when she's ready to come in......... Lovie777 Mar 2025 #1
The most intelligent thing my cat has ever done is take up residence on my back deck. Until I relented and let him come Walleye Mar 2025 #2
My cat Orange once got stuck high up in a tree - had the fire dept. come to get him down after about Kashkakat v.2.0 Mar 2025 #3
When I born my parents had a German Shepherd Niagara Mar 2025 #4
Did you get to enjoy some years as a toddler with that dog? True Dough Mar 2025 #5
Unfortunately I don't remember him as a toddler Niagara Mar 2025 #6
Sorry to hear that, Niagara True Dough Mar 2025 #7
Ran away! Floyd R. Turbo Mar 2025 #8
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😁 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 2025 #10
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Our Zee, a female Russian Blue some_of_us_are_sane Mar 2025 #13
The most intelligent dogs we've had have been thieves and escape artists. hunter Mar 2025 #14
2 Cases. Dorothy V Mar 2025 #15
My Siamese cat Yum Yum. catbyte Mar 2025 #16
catbyte... Niagara Mar 2025 #19
She was a once-in-a-lifetime cat catbyte Mar 2025 #30
Thank you for sharing your enjoyable memories about Yum Yum Niagara Mar 2025 #34
I had a cat named Yum Yum too! womanofthehills Mar 2025 #23
My parents' calico cat used to walk... Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2025 #18
So many good stories! Marthe48 Mar 2025 #20
They sound like a great tandem, Marthe True Dough Mar 2025 #21
They were Marthe48 Mar 2025 #22
I'm sure that's true for a lot of pet owners True Dough Mar 2025 #24
Nefarious veterinarians! Marthe48 Mar 2025 #25
Yes, it would be! True Dough Mar 2025 #27
lol Marthe48 Mar 2025 #28
our dog briefly terrified a dog sitter DBoon Mar 2025 #26
Just big enough for plumbers to work if lying down. True Dough Mar 2025 #31
My Abyssinian cat Lizzie fetches. bif Mar 2025 #29
My beloved Borzoi, Jazzy, was a vegetable critic Bayard Mar 2025 #32
Ha! But you know what, Bayard? True Dough Mar 2025 #33
Six years before I lost her to cancer Bayard Mar 2025 #39
My first dog... GardenGnome Mar 2025 #35
I have witnessed similar behavior in a few dogs in our neighborhood True Dough Mar 2025 #36
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Her full name is Fiona. Codifer Mar 2025 #41
I'd be willing to bet that's the story of the majority of pets True Dough Mar 2025 #42
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