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[LevvyPoole]

On 4/23/2025 at 11:23 PM, akroorka said:

Ohh, I have owned many Cats--or they have owned me----.
My last cat,“Ragnar” put a fox down like he was a lion. 
Pretty cool to see it happening—I watched for a while and then I scared the fox off—the fox barked at me like I was the asshole—Ragnar was ready to kick his ass.
I love cats—nuff said.
 

They are wonderful creatures. I also remember seeing the one that I had in my teens seeing off a fox in our garden. Your Ragnar had a much more heroic sounding name that her though - she ended up named 'Kitten' until she passed on, aged 21. 

I always seem to end up with black and white ones for some reason and have 2 at the moment. One of which is very skittish, but switches into hunter mode when she sees a squirrel. She rushes out of the back door to chase it, then suddenly realises she's outside and scurries back in. 

[akroorka]

11 hours ago, LevvyPoole said:

Your Ragnar had a much more heroic sounding name that her though

Ragnar was a barn cat that kept creeping inside of where he previously lived to beat up the house cat.

I took him in just because of the chipmunk invasion. I kept him in a crate for two weeks in the garage--of course I took care of him--after that I let him out and walked him around the yard, he followed me around like a dog listening to what I had to say. He was an orange "Tabby". He defended his ground but just played with the chipmnks and let them go..My prevoius 0range "Tabby"--Larry--was a much better hunter--he ate them.

Now--today at least, we have a rescue center about 500 yards from our house. They fix strays and then let them go.. There are plenty of cats around for sure.

I Have three dogs and cats are not in my future.

I remember a young Vet telling my that Larry/Ragnar sounded more like a tool than a pet. They were both for sure. These two cats, even though they lived in the garage or outside were two of the few animals that I trusted with my grandkids--so gentle!

[LevvyPoole]

10 hours ago, akroorka said:

Ragnar was a barn cat that kept creeping inside of where he previously lived to beat up the house cat.

I took him in just because of the chipmunk invasion. I kept him in a crate for two weeks in the garage--of course I took care of him--after that I let him out and walked him around the yard, he followed me around like a dog listening to what I had to say. He was an orange "Tabby". He defended his ground but just played with the chipmnks and let them go..My prevoius 0range "Tabby"--Larry--was a much better hunter--he ate them.

Now--today at least, we have a rescue center about 500 yards from our house. They fix strays and then let them go.. There are plenty of cats around for sure.

I Have three dogs and cats are not in my future.

I remember a young Vet telling my that Larry/Ragnar sounded more like a tool than a pet. They were both for sure. These two cats, even though they lived in the garage or outside were two of the few animals that I trusted with my grandkids--so gentle!

This is a lovely story to hear. 

I understand the 'tool' description. When Kitten passed on, she was an elderly, senile, arthritic cat. By that time I was living in an inner city flat and within a few weeks I was overrun with mice. I'd had no idea what a great job she'd been doing! I never realised I would have to obtain a cat for working purposes, so off to the rescue place we went. 

In the past few years I've fostered strays for a local rescue, and that's where our scaredy cat came from. All my life I've wanted a dog, however that would not go down well at all with the current cats, so maybe in about 15 years or so I'll get to go down that route...