Treading on the paws

How many times have you trodden on your cat's paw? You know the thing, you
are busy in the kitchen, take a short step back and the floor feels soft;
there is a simulaneous yelp and a galloping noise and you are in the bad
books for a week. Costs a fortune in mogular sustenance to make amends.

Chakolate...

Not his paw, but I've stepped on Doc's tail a couple of times in the
dark. The trouble is that it's *not* dark for him, so he doesn't
understand why I would just tromp on him like that.

He forgives quickly, though, especially when I apologized kitty-style.

jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt...

"Mogular" - that's a cute word. :)

It happened again yesterday. Fortunately Cat is not injured.

Mognusticat Servant.

mlbriggs...

And this is why I walk around saying "move, moove, mooove!" MLB

polonca12000...

It happens in the dark when Soncek, who sees me, cannot understand I
cannot see him. So when it's dark, I deliberately walk slowly to try to
avoid stepping on Soncek. It still happens from time to time when I
accidently walk faster, and then he is scared of me. After I apologize
profusely, all is well again.
Best wishes,
Polonca and Soncek

jmcquown...

It's a BOX! All cats are curious about boxes.

But it might be a *heavy* box so get out of the way! :) You can sniff and
rub against it all you want to after I set it down but get out of my way!
She was so funny... she couldn't get in reverse. I laughed. Luckily it was
a light box. And yes, she rubbed all over it. It became *her* box. Goofy
cat.

Jill

jmcquown...

moment last week when the UPS guy came to deliver a package. I go out on
the front stoop and close the door to sign for packages. Persia has gotten
over her run-and-hide-when-someone-knocks. Now she follows me to the edge
of the entry way by the kitchen so I go outside and close the door lest she
be tempted to run out the door.

Anyway, I came back in carrying this big box. She was sitting in this
narrow entryway and I was trying to move into the dining area to set the box
down. Persia tried to backpeddle but she couldn't quite get into reverse
LOL For a moment it looked like one of those situations where you try to
get past a person in a hallway and it looks like you're dancing. She
finally just turned around rather than engaging the reversing engine :)

Sam...

Ooh. Bunches. Smokey *loves* to be underfoot -- until he actually is
and then he yowls pitifully. It's happened more times that we can count
but he seems none the worse for the experience. Seems to happen most
around the refrigerator, where I suppose he is eternally convinced we
are getting something out for him!

ladyjane...

Rita does this. She howls louder and louder, the closer I get to the
can, and winds herself around my feet while I fill her bowl, and only
shuts up when the bowl is on the floor and her mouth is full.
However, this usually happens early in the morning, BC, (before coffee),
and my big size-11 (women's!) feet often catch her tiny little paw,
sometimes more than once. She squawks and runs out of the kitchen,
watching carefully from the doorway until I'm done and leave the room
before coming back to eat. But eventually she forgets what happened,
and starts up the 'winding around the feet' thing again. *sigh*
I'm afraid I'm going to hurt her for real sometime. Like break something.

Jane
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