Interesting new experience.

**UmAnOnion** · 1st February 06, 01:21 PM

Originally Posted by Wompet

Skin, bladder, lung cancers - dogs have been trained to find each. I saw one study where they could dtect early signs of arthritis too.

But before you can up your doctor, maybe your knee just smelled good that night. My current cat likes my deodorant - she'll climb up and start licking my armpits if she gets a chance.

I dont know what disturbs me more - the visual i get of this scenario or the fact that i know people who woudl enjoy that kinda scene [shudder]....

**Livingston** · 1st February 06, 01:54 PM

Originally Posted by Wompet

Skin, bladder, lung cancers - dogs have been trained to find each. I saw one study where they could dtect early signs of arthritis too.

But before you can up your doctor, maybe your knee just smelled good that night. My current cat likes my deodorant - she'll climb up and start licking my armpits if she gets a chance.

Everyone around me here at work is wondering what nearly made me gag..........

**Ruanaidh** · 1st February 06, 02:04 PM

Originally Posted by Wompet

My current cat likes my deodorant - she'll climb up and start licking my armpits if she gets a chance.

It might not be the deodorant. My persian, Mugsy, when he was a kitten used to crawl under the covers and try to suck on my armpit. It was quite a wake-up experience. Not too surpising, milk glands are just specialized sweat glands.

**royce52** · 1st February 06, 03:25 PM

We been owned by one or more cats continously for over thirty five years now,,,,I can tell you from exsperence,,,,,this is a kitty NOT to be messed with!!

R

Originally Posted by Al G. Sporrano

I could do that, but then I'd get this look from him...:mrgreen:

**Mr. Kilt** · 1st February 06, 07:38 PM

LOL @ Royce!! Yes, he does look a little evil in that shot, doesn't he? Funny thing is the look has nothing to do with his attitude, rather it's from a lack of teeth. He had some major dental work done last summer and 9 teeth were removed. His lower canines and a few smaller teeth are all that remain. He gets the cute snarl going sometimes after licking his lips clean and ht eupper lip hangs up on a lower fang. It's funnier than you can imagine in person. :grin:

**Wompet** · 1st February 06, 07:42 PM

Originally Posted by Livingston

Everyone around me here at work is wondering what nearly made me gag..........

Sorry 'bout that - should have mentioned that she only does after I've showered and put on fresh deodorant.

**Freedomlover** · 1st February 06, 08:15 PM

Some animals are far more attuned to their environment than we are. Case in point: year before last we enjoyed a hurricane here in Canton. The head of the Pigeon River (10 miles due South) got 17+ inches of rain in less than 5 hours. As a result my town was up to the rafters in water. Because the wind was only 80 mph or so my lovely wife and I considered it a non-event. We had the pleasure of Andrew's visit to South Florida a dozen years before so anything less than 150mph didn't get our attention as it should have. Long about 2:15 in the morning our youngest cat, Savannah, woke us up with awful crying and carrying on. We got up, thinking that she was somehow injured. When she ran for the kitchen we were right behind her. At that very moment a 110 foot tall white pine next to the house snapped off and landed squarely on the roof over our bedroom, shaking the house to the foundations. It punctured the roof in several places, but did not collapse it. Once the vibrations stopped Savannah just sat there and looked at us. Good kitty.

Some will say 'coincidence'. We don't think so. That little cat might not have known exactly what was going to happen, but she knew something was, and it wasn't good.