Denise Flaim, a Newsday staffer since 1994, covers companion animals
– not pets -- every Monday in her Animal House column. Denise
is owned by two Rhodesian Ridgebacks, and is involved in breeding,
conformation (code for "dog shows"), lure-coursing (don’t
worry, no one else knows what that is, either), obedience, agility
and therapy-dog work. She is the historian of the Rhodesian Ridgeback
Club of the United States, and author of "The Holistic Dog
Book: Canine Care for the 21st Century" (Wiley, 2003) and "Getting
Lucky: How One Special Dog Found Love and a Second Chance at Angel’s
Gate" (Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 2005).
Willy, a 1-year-old cat, with a display of several pairs of garden gloves that he took from unknown yards in his neighborhood in Pelham, N.Y. Willy has brought home nine pairs of gloves and five singles over several weeks, laying them on his owners' front or back porches.
Willy and my cat could go into business fencing "hot goods". My cat steals sponges, pencils, socks, an occasional dead bug he's killed and silk flowers! I do have a missing glove, maybe I should check his hiding place.
(very cute cat and story)
Posted by: ruby | July 21, 2006 at 01:49 PM
My cat Lily is older now, but when she was young she enjoyed stealing loose money from purses and credit cards too! She was funny but embarrassing.
Posted by: Joanne in Massachusetts | July 21, 2006 at 03:37 PM
I used to be a smoker and my cat would steal cigarettes from my pack. He would walk around with one hanging out of his mouth, but he never inhaled. :)
Posted by: Elizabeth | January 12, 2008 at 12:14 PM