Hi Mag,

  Your cat sounds very much like my Mr. Basil (RIP), a sleek black cat of supreme
intelligence. He would fetch and return a toy mouse. My first Cairn Mr. Clancy,
would sit and wait his turn to fetch and carry. I'd tell each to sit and they'd
plunk their butts down waiting for the mouse to fly through the air. I'd put a
hand in front of the one who had to wait while the other dashed after the mouse
and rushed back. Invariably, the toy would be dropped in front of the next animal
whose turn it was. Too funny.

  One of my current felines, Mr. Bazo (named after Basil) has the same fetching
thing going. I'm convinced my animals know I'm "different" somehow. They don't
mess with my feet, and Mr. Jake the Cairn will always wait til I'm seated before
approaching me. He never leaps up at me as he does with others. And at play time,
he waits for me to get down on the floor with him. Only thing with Jake is if
there is a cat in his way when he runs after his ball, he'll run right over it.
Gets pretty frantic when they swat at him as he goes by. He still doesn't realize
they're trying to play with him.

  Pets are great!

Cheers!

Carla
http://www.brunnet.net/terrier
http://www.brunnet.net/terrier/child.htm for pics of me as a kid - don't dare
laugh at my hair cut. I know where you live!

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> hi everybody. sorry about that blank message. it was acting up.
>
> anyway, over the weekend magic began doing something i never saw any cat
> doing. (well i don't know if i should be encouraging it but...)  she steals
> the straws out of my cups and glasses, plays with them, and then began
> bringing them to me, and I throw them for her and she fetches them and brings
> them back to be thrown again.  this afternoon we played that game for about an
> hour!  she definitely understands the phrase "go get it!"    But it s so funny
> to see this kitten play fetch!  She likes the straws because she figured out I
> can't sit on the floor as long as she would like, so i sit back in my recliner
> and she jumps up in the chair with the straw and drops it at my hand. then
> she'll pat my leg with her paw until i throw it for her.. good exercise for
> both of us.  and- this is from a couple of days a  week ago i worked on
> throwing a ball for her and getting her to roll it back to me! she's some
> smart genius cat!  but i am going to get her own box of straws.
>
> Love,
> Tamar