New year's resolutions for the cat (written by the dogs) and for the dogs (written by the cats) redux

I ran these several years ago, but not much behavior has been modified in the meantime.

 

New Year's Resolutions for the cat
by the dogs

• I will not play Thundering Buffalo Stampeding across the Great Plains while humans and dogs are sleeping on the bed.

• I will patiently allow the dogs to sniff my mouth and nether regions when I return to the yard to bring them the news from the neighborhood.

• I will limit my going out/coming in to one time per each door opening

• I will not rub up against any dog while another dog or human is watching and laughing.

• I will allow the dogs some measure of doggie dignity by not curling up with them even though they are warm.

• When playing chase with the dogs, I must not embarrass them by getting in the rear.

• When playing with humans and dogs, I must remember I have retractable claws and keep them retracted.

• When launching myself from the bed to the window or dresser, I must not use humans or dogs as a launching pad. The same is true of a landing pad.

• I will not weave around feet in the hallway or on the steps even though it does cause some excitement.

• A human typing on a computer does not form a hammock for my enjoyment.

• I will remember that my human can see me when she first wakes up in the morning even when I am further than one inch from her face.

• Playing psycho cat from hell when I am put into the cat carrier only annoys the humans and amuses the dogs.

 

New Year's Resolutions for dogs

Steve Bartlett’s eight cats, Kepler, Casper, Tulip, Pippin, Travis, Gizmo, Ellie, and Marble submitted these resolutions after living with Lisa the Eskipoo and Buddy the Lab

• I will not bark at people walking past the house.

• I will not bark at leaves blowing in the street.

• I will not bark at the garbage or recycling collectors.

• I will not bark when the branches blow in the wind.

•  I will not bark when the shed doors rattle.

• I will not bark when squirrels run across the roof.

• I will not bark when the whistling kettle whistles.

• I will not bark when I hear a siren five miles away.

•  I will not bark when a car horn honks.

And finally…

• I will not grab cats by the tail and drag them around the living room just to hear them make really cool noises.

Comments

[jansfunnyfarm]

Happy New Year, Jan & woofies!

[jackie]

yeah, like that's ever going to happen

[Jodi]

That's funny! Happy New Year Jan!

[RumpyDog!]

Happy New Year you guys!!!! woo woo woo!

[Marion]

The dogs to cats one made me laugh...it reminded me of how cats think. It's been awhile since I've had one, but I think one may have adopted me. He's a feral cat, but seems to like me...I guess because I feed him! Haha

Happy New Year to you, Jan!! xx

[Clive]

Happy 2012 to you all!

best wishes from
Clive, Murray and family

[Jan]

Marion:
If you're feeding him and he's hanging around, you now have a cat. That is how it works with cats.

[Dennis the Vizsla]

hello jan its dennis the vizsla dog hay those ar grate rezolooshuns!!! wel i meen the wuns for the cats ar the wuns for the dogs seem to hav sum sort of negativ opinyun of barking witch kind of konfoozes me ha ha happy noo yeer!!! ok bye

[Pamela]

Very funny!

Hope you have a great 2012!

[Pup Fan]

Great list... Bella needs to take a cue from this list. Her motto is that if she can see it, she should bark at it!

Wishing you a wonderful 2012. :)

[Jodi]

Happy New Year Jan! I wanted to let you know I am sharing the Liebster award with you, you can get the info about it here

http://jodistone.wordpress.com/2012/01/01/hello-2012/

[Www]

this is such a cute post. i must post it on our FB page!