by Brooke Huntley

Created on: January 17, 2009

Cats, dogs, birds, and fish, the four most hardest animal to keep alive and nice. Fish are hard to maintain their aquariums, birds bite and seem to never be asleep. Dogs, you have to take out to the tree, bathe where you wont have to clean up. Now I bring up CATS, the one easy to own animal. Why are cats so well maintained? I believe because they don't only have that feline love, but a dogs behavioral status, there own cleaning maid, there potty trained, and unlike other pets, can pretty much read your mind. I have had over nine cats in my life, and I'm shocked about how they are so different from one another. Female cats are just plain cats, but it seems to me male cats are similar to canines. What is so great about male cats? If you cant have a dog, your male cat, typically, is the next best thing. My male cat SHELBY, whom was named after a ford Mustang, is pretty much like a Mustang. Shelby does not lack of around the house, he has a built in turbo. Just like a dog when a new face is in the house. Shelby can't bark obviously, but I wish he could, rather than be like he is. My dog, I mean cat who wishes and acts like one can be very annoying. You know when you go to a friends house that has a dog, they an calls it name and it appears out of nowhere? Well my cat comes to my demand. He lies next to my feet if im lucky, usually hes right on my chest, or around my neck. He welcomes you to our home if you ask for a shake, and will spread his legs out and lye down, spread out just like a dog does. You know there hind legs stretched straight out and there face between there front paws. Every male cat Ive own does this, they don't curl into balls like other cats, because then they wouldn't stand out, like these amazing wanna be dogs. Christmas was hilarious, talk about a mess. No, he did not climb the tree like typically cats. He would steal my ornaments and bring them under the bed or carry it in his mouth wherever he went. Yes, my cat plays fetch and plays ball with himself. Those jingle balls, well he only likes the ones with holes in them so he can run around with it in his mouth. Fetch, you said its only for dogs? Cats like to play this game to, unless it food them he tries to be a human and picks it up with his paws to eat. Do you love lap dogs? Then you should get a cat like mine, he'll never leave your side. I'm sure if I took him outside he'dwalk beside me. Shelby from the day I brought him home had always acted like a dog. When I'm in the kitchen doing anything he is lying down in the middle of the floor watching me. When I sit down at the table to eat or relax he jumps in my lap or lies on top of whatever I'm doing. He cant bark like a dog for attention, but he sure can get you to stop what I'm doing. When i walk past him, he hits me with his paw, and meows. At night when he know its shower time he runs past me to the bathroom, and waits for me to get there. He sits on the ledge of the shower while i shower and he talks to me. When i go to bed he's right beside me and he may as well be a big dog, he takes up half the bed. Dogs are known to be protective and I so happen to have a new two month year old in the house and he sits next to him as i feed and watch TV, if there's a noise he doesn't like hes so alert to find out. When my son cries Shelby is to the rescue before I can get to him. Cats can behave like so many animals but most of all like dogs, and thats good, because they seem to be more company and give more love.

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