tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post5566282085585801447..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Il n'est si petit chat...Ken Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-8189950767690834582010-11-15T21:45:46.507+01:002010-11-15T21:45:46.507+01:00Hi Tim, the woman Bertie scratched loves cats! She...Hi Tim, the woman Bertie scratched loves cats! She keep three of them. That's the part I don't understand.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-40810969300885317522010-11-15T21:41:36.609+01:002010-11-15T21:41:36.609+01:00I hope Bertie will be fine. You would think the n...I hope Bertie will be fine. You would think the neighbor would get the message after a year or two.Starmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12386841450183061541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-52680373785021131722010-11-15T21:02:12.972+01:002010-11-15T21:02:12.972+01:00Also Ken... don't forget that cats can recogni...Also Ken... don't forget that cats can recognise cat-people! Equally, they recognise cat-haters... our two will slink off elsewhere if a cat hater appears... I had a ginger and white [tom] that would appear to do the same and attack from under which ever chair the person was sitting on [which meant ankles got it first]... another cat, inherited from my brother when he moved into a flat, knew from old that my mother hated her.... so she always made a bee-line for her lap!! Such are the subtle ways [or not] of our feline chums. Butter wouldn't melt.... like HE**!!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-72354434824429035862010-11-15T16:10:55.290+01:002010-11-15T16:10:55.290+01:00Evelyn, hi. I don't know. We've tried to b...Evelyn, hi. I don't know. We've tried to be friendly with those particular neighbors, and the younger woman (my age or a little younger) has been understanding. She's the one who got scratched. She disagreed when her mother said we should take Bertie to the SPA immediately. I hate conflict with neighbors. I just wish I could modify Bertie's behavior somehow.<br /><br />Judy, yes, I wish we could "soften her up." We've been friendly and we've had mostly friendly relations with her, and more so with her daughter.<br /><br />Melinda, I think you've put your finger on it. Over-reaction on their part. I do however worry about Bertie's safety, fearing something like Meredith mentioned in the first comment. Especially since Bertie was injured last spring, just after we took him in. I'll never know whether somebody clubbed him, or if he got hit by a car, or what. He did recover, obviously.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-57062565945397140112010-11-15T15:00:49.523+01:002010-11-15T15:00:49.523+01:00Oh, now I know the rest of the story. I take back ...Oh, now I know the rest of the story. I take back what I said about finding a new home for Bertie. Your neighbor sounds like the problem from what you've posted today. <br /><br />Your idea of talking to the vet sounds like a good one. I hope that this situation will be resolved without any more flare ups from the neighbors.Evelynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-62975265697768646092010-11-15T13:33:58.732+01:002010-11-15T13:33:58.732+01:00yay for keeping bertie......cats are just territor...yay for keeping bertie......cats are just territorial and there will likely always be stand offs with neighbor cats......maybe bertie will get the picture to stay away from that neighbor ...esp if she hoses him down a couple more times.....she might be making a mountain out of a mole hill too (one of my neighbors did that and i was guilted into paying for a vet check on his cat when it was nothing at all)melindanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-75834151648462226582010-11-15T13:12:55.255+01:002010-11-15T13:12:55.255+01:00Youpiii for all four family members chez vous :))
...Youpiii for all four family members <i>chez vous</i> :))<br /><br />Silly neighbor. Although, it's sad to know that she's on the outs with everyone. It makes you wonder if she isn't just cranky from being lonely. You could just imagine this as the start of a children's book... ending with the elderly lady softening up despite herself when the neighbors begin to dote on her and bring her goodies and pay attention to her :)) <br /><br />JudySeine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-1058943921129202532010-11-15T09:49:54.431+01:002010-11-15T09:49:54.431+01:00We have a cat saga in our neighborhood. It is rumo...We have a cat saga in our neighborhood. It is rumored that one crazy lady is poisoning cats that dare wander her yard, but no one can prove it's her behind the disappearing cats mystery.deedeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10278468497564430383noreply@blogger.com