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Cats VS. Dogs (Pet Owners Must Read...SOOOOO Funny!)

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Services for Real Estate Pros with Real Estate Pipeline, Inc.

HOW TO GIVE A PILL TO A CAT

  1. Sit on sofa. Pick up cat and cradle it in the crook of your elbow as though you were going to give a bottle to a baby. Talk softly to it.

  2. With right hand, position right forefinger and thumb on either side of cat's mouth and gently apply pressure to cheeks while holding pill in right hand. (be patient) As cat opens mouth pop pill into mouth. Allow cat to close mouth and swallow. Drop pill into mouth. Let go of cat, noticing the direction it runs.

  3. Pick the pill up off the floor and go get the cat from behind sofa. Cradle cat in left arm and repeat process. Sit on floor in kitchen, wrap arm around cat as before, drop pill in mouth. Let go of cat, noticing the direction it runs.

  4. Retrieve cat from bedroom, and throw soggy pill away. Scoot across floor to pick up pill, and go find the cat. Bring it back into the kitchen. Take new pill from foil wrap, cradle cat in left arm holding rear paws tightly with left hand. Force jaws open and push pill to back of mouth with right forefinger. Hold mouth shut for a count of ten. Drop pill into mouth.

  5. Pry claws from back legs out of your arm. Go get the cat, pick up half-dissolved pill from floor and drop it into garbage can.

  6. Retrieve pill from goldfish bowl and cat from top of closet. Call spouse from backyard. Kneel on floor with cat wedged firmly between knees, hold front and rear paws. Ignore low growls emitted by cat. Get spouse to hold head firmly with one hand while forcing wooden ruler into mouth. Drop pill down ruler and rub cat's throat vigorously.

  7. Retrieve cat from curtain rod, get another pill from foil wrap. Make note to buy new ruler and repair curtains. Carefully sweep shattered Doulton figures from hearth and set to one side for gluing later.

  8. Get spouse to lie on cat with head just visible from below armpit. Put pill in end of drinking straw, force mouth open with pencil and blow down drinking straw.

  9. Check label to make sure pill not harmful to humans, drink glass of water to take taste away. Apply Band-Aid to spouse's forearm and remove blood from carpet with cold water and soap.

  10. Retrieve cat from neighbor's shed. Get another pill. Place cat in cupboard and close door onto neck to leave head showing. Force mouth open with dessert spoon. Flick pill down throat with rubber band.

  11. Fetch screwdriver from garage and put door back on hinges. Apply cold compress to cheek and check records for date of last tetanus shot. Throw T-shirt away and fetch new one from bedroom.

  12. Call fire department to retrieve cat from tree across the road. Apologize to neighbor who crashed into fence while swerving to avoid cat. Take another pill from foil wrap.

  13. Tie cat's front paws to rear paws with garden twine and bind tightly to leg of dining table, find heavy duty pruning gloves from shed, force cat's mouth open with small spanner. Push pill into mouth followed by large piece of fillet steak. Hold head vertically and pour one cup of water down throat to wash pill down.

  14. Get spouse to drive you to the emergency room, sit quietly while doctor stitches fingers and forearm and removes pill remnants from right eye. Call at furniture shop on way home to order new table.

  15. Arrange for SPCA to get cat and call local pet shop to see if they have any hamsters.

 

HOW TO GIVE A DOG A PILL

  1. Take pill and wrap it up in bacon.

  2. Throw into the air.

 

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Lisa Friedman
Alliance Realtors - Bedminster, NJ
Central New Jersey Real Estate

Clint, this is hysterical. Thank you for the good laugh. This is oh so true!

May 14, 2008 01:18 AM
Clint Miller
Real Estate Pipeline, Inc. - Missoula, MT

Lisa -- Thanks!  Not sure if you can pick this one out yet, but Im a dog fan.  :-)

May 14, 2008 01:22 AM
Chip Jefferson
Gibbs Realty and Auction Company - Columbia, SC

LOL!! This is hilarious. Just what I needed to kick start my day! :)

May 14, 2008 01:44 AM
Clint Miller
Real Estate Pipeline, Inc. - Missoula, MT

Laura -- Youre welcome -- Thanks for the comments!

May 14, 2008 01:45 AM
* Rate A Home
Rate A Home - Saugatuck, MI

Clint, LROL, so true. I think I like dogs yet. Great post, made my day.

May 14, 2008 03:12 AM
Melody Botting
Broker Associate PenFed Realty - San Antonio, TX
You Deserve The Best

Too cute!  Dogs are certainly easier to get along with.

May 14, 2008 03:14 AM
Clint Miller
Real Estate Pipeline, Inc. - Missoula, MT

Duane -- Thanks!  I just had to clean out my mother-in-law's house...she had about 14 cats.  I have battle scars from trying to catch those devil beasts...lol

Melody -- I agree entirely!!!!  Ive had both...Im a dog person.

May 14, 2008 03:24 AM
* Rate A Home
Rate A Home - Saugatuck, MI

Clint, LOL, you are to funny.... wow, 14 cats, yow.

May 14, 2008 03:35 AM
Clint Miller
Real Estate Pipeline, Inc. - Missoula, MT

Duane -- Yeah, its a long story, but the short version is she ended up with 14 cats...My wife and I had catch them and haul them to a local animal shelter.  The hauling was the easy part.  The catching...Well, Id rather put my arm in a Cuisinart!  :-)

May 14, 2008 03:44 AM
Ron Tarvin
Residential, Investment properties, rehab projects, property management, luxury homes, new construction! - Katy, TX
Broker, Katy, Houston, Cypress 77450,77494,77095

As a former cat owner and a dog lover too...yes, yes, yes.  This is very true when it comes to pilling a cat!

Hey, you should have been the one giving my cat insulin shots twice a day when he became diabetic!

May 14, 2008 04:14 AM
* Rate A Home
Rate A Home - Saugatuck, MI

Clint, catching can be a challenge, loved your last statement. LOL

May 14, 2008 04:18 AM
Clint Miller
Real Estate Pipeline, Inc. - Missoula, MT

Ron -- Id rather pull out my own teeth with a jaws-of-life.  :-) 

Duane -- Yeah, I still have scars from those little demon souls furballs...lol.  (Sorry to the cat lovers of the world.)

May 14, 2008 04:28 AM
Bob Chiodo
Equity Home Mortgage - Portland, OR

and THAT would be the reason I have dog's!

May 14, 2008 06:06 AM
Clint Miller
Real Estate Pipeline, Inc. - Missoula, MT

Bob -- Amen, brotha!  Preachin to the choir, it seems...   :-)

May 14, 2008 06:18 AM
Jane Wallace
HomeSmart Realty - Denver, CO
CRS | SRES, Denver Real Estate

So True, I had to watch my neighbors 17 year old cat and give it a pill. it was a lesson in futility... I have a dog it is much easier

May 14, 2008 06:24 AM
Clint Miller
Real Estate Pipeline, Inc. - Missoula, MT

Jane -- See....then you know my pain!!  :-) 

May 14, 2008 06:35 AM
Not a real person
San Diego, CA

Too funny. I now have orange juice all over my desk from an acute spontaneous nasal reflex (ASNR; also known as orange juice through the nose).

Aug 07, 2008 08:41 PM
Jim Frimmer
HomeSmart Realty West - San Diego, CA
Realtor & CDPE, Mission Valley specialist

Reminds me of the cats I grew up with. One time my mother "let me" give a pill to the cat. That was the last time I "let her" "let me" give a pill to the cat. LOL

Aug 07, 2008 09:33 PM
Clint Miller
Real Estate Pipeline, Inc. - Missoula, MT

Russel -- Sorry about the potential coterizations of the sinuses...lol. 

Jim -- LOL!!!  Been there, my friend! 

Aug 08, 2008 12:18 AM