Rose is Rose by Don Wimmer and Pat Brady for March 10, 2012

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    TheNihilist  over 12 years ago

    Cat-a-pult time… Time for Peekaboo to commune with the squirrels for a while

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    oskerw  over 12 years ago

    This cat needs to be disciplined. Spray bottle anyone?

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    Phatts  over 12 years ago

    … no, it was time to ditch that cat years ago.I believe in preemptive ditching.(of course I don’t mind it here, in the cartoon — it’s funny when it’s somebody else’s furniture)

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    chris_weaver  over 12 years ago

    Uh, Peekaboo, you missed a spot!

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    gypsyrose  over 12 years ago

    I’m allergic to cats, so I am no expert, but I really don’t understand why people buy nice furniture and then let their cats destroy it. It seems that people just expect and accept it.

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    Ray_C  over 12 years ago

    We bought a nice large scratching post for our three. It’s heavy and tall, and the kitties can stretch on it and pull and never drag it over. They all love it, and the furniture is safe. It was expensive, but nowhere near the cost of a reupholstering job..

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    buick322  over 12 years ago

    Not sure how cat lovers look at this, but a dog’s large cage [or kennel] should never be used for disipline. Hard to fight the urge at times, but ’ya have to. It is supposed to be their one safe place they depend on.

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    Thehag  over 12 years ago

    LOL. I have a dog that was so stressed when I first got her that she ate (literally) a good part of a leather couch. Luckily it was old and about ready to go. Happily she’s a different dog now and leaves the furniture alone.

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    ewalnut  over 12 years ago

    We used to have a cat that did that. The cat has long since died (got run over by a car because it expected the car to stop, but the driver didn’t see it), but the furniture, which we inherited from our grandparents, still bears the shred marks. If I had i to do again, the cat would either be an outdoor cat or be declawed.

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    VirginiaCityLady  over 12 years ago

    My cat lived to be 18 yrs. And in all that time, she never ever scratched anything except for my neighbor’s dog. She really hated that dog. You go girl!!

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    Doctor11  over 12 years ago

    Hey! It’s bad enough when that John guy says stuff like that, but I’m a cat person and I’m asking you POLITELY to lay off Peekaboo.

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    Linda Solomon  over 12 years ago

    you mean he wasnt? guess that must have been when I quit reading it…

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    Linda Solomon  over 12 years ago

    I am a cat person and dont believe in declawing a cat if it is EVER going to be outdoors. BUT, my cat is declawed because I never let her out. She is also spayed and therefore doesnt actually want out. She has 2 dog brothers who think she rules the world, (just as she does) and would never hurt her. Unless you have a cat that needs to defend itself or goes outside, you can have one declawed painlessly and never have to worry about your furniture or clothing.

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    Puddleglum2  over 12 years ago

    A ‘perfectionist’ doesn’t leave a shred of evidence!

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    Alaskahsm1  over 12 years ago

    A few strategically located spritzes of cologne keep the cats away from the furniture.

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    iced tea  over 12 years ago

    Carlyle does that to Kit’s chair in almost every strip.

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    dfowensby  over 12 years ago

    actually, a 16 oz garden squirt/mist bottle, filled with a mix of 1 oz. of ammonia, 2 tspn of tobbasco sauce, then filled up with water, set on straight stream discharge, and when the cat rips, let it rip. won’t hurt the cat, gives it the impression it’s being urinated on (by the odor), and when it cleans itself, the hot sauce guarrantees memory reenforcement. what gets sprinkled around in the area also “reminds” the cat of where it happened. 100% successful zero repeats.

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    Krumbs77  over 12 years ago

    Dogs are way more destructive than cats, I have one who found an entire box of eBay stuff and enjoyed a meal. The cat at least won’t destroy motor cycle stuff on a table

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    AKHenderson Premium Member over 12 years ago

    Someone should invent a couch with a motion detector that sounds an alarm identical to the that of a vacuum cleaner. Take that, kitty!

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    MadYank  over 12 years ago

    I don’t have a cat (because I’m allergic to cat dander) and I don’t have a dog because dogs are pack animals and we’re at work all day, most days; it wouldn’t be fair to the dog. Plus our house has too much stuff to be dog-safe.But when you have a pet, you accept that things such as furniture-scratching and chewing happen – or you DON’T have a pet. It’s just that simple.

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    jazzmoose  over 12 years ago

    Luckily for the cat, you don’t have it to do over again…

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    krisl73  over 12 years ago

    Declawing a cat involves amputating the first digit of each toe. It can cause health issues that require more surgery. It can cause issues with the way they walk. It may make them more likely to bite.

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    rugratz2222  over 12 years ago

    @krisl73 … incorrect. Not all vets declaw in that manner. Our 2 100%-indoor cats were declawed and the nail was carefully removed and the nerve behind it … the toes are intact. In fact, they STILL want to scratch most anything around, just now they are rubbing paw tabs, not nails on it. They could not do that with amputated toes. And my cats are perfectly happy. Their back claws remain, but they are never allowed outside. Our house in Escondido, CA has a very high coyote population and we’ve lost a small dog and 2 other cats to it in the past. (Fenced in yard, too.)

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    petruchio  over 12 years ago

    a scratching post and double-sided carpet tape will fix the problem……modify kitty’s behavior…..QED

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    sprint11  over 12 years ago

    Aww. Isn’t that key-yoot! It’ll be really cute when the vet rips those claws out by the roots. Cats don’t need ‘em because they SHOULDN’T BE RUNNING LOOSE OUTSIDE WANTONLY KILLING WILDLIFE AND CRAPPING/PISSING IN YOUR NEIGHBORS GARDENS ANYWAY. Declaw and neuter them all. Front and back!

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