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OutdoorFanatic
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# Posted: 19 Nov 2015 20:01 - Edited by: OutdoorFanatic
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Twas one of the coldest nights I can remember last January when I opened the door and my cat flew out between my feet and stood in the driveway looking like, "Something aint right."
I yelled, Poncho you fool, get back in here. He looked at me, went Meow and bounced off thru the snow headed towards the neighbors barn.
I ran out trying to catch him but when he made it to the barn I just figured he'd either freeze to death or find a warm place till tomorrow when he figured out the mistake he made and come back home.
6 months later still no sign of Poncho. Figured an owl or hawk or fox got him. Spring and summer went by and I got another cat, "Fizz" and now have had her for about 4 months.
So last night I let the dogs out to do their thing before bedtime and my Dog Hannah starts woofing the way she always does when she wants in.
SO I open the door and theres my two dogs, Hannah and Hayden and guess who standing beside them? Right! Ponch.
I cant believe it. I was like, Poooonchooooo? You gotta be kidding me.
10 months gone now back and acting like he just stepped out for a breath of fresh air.
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bobrok
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# Posted: 19 Nov 2015 20:51
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Cool story.
Ain't felines so much fun?
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hattie
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# Posted: 20 Nov 2015 00:52
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WOW what a story! I wonder where he went for 10 months? Amazing!!!
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countrygirl
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# Posted: 20 Nov 2015 10:18
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neat story, glad to hear the cat came back.
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LoonWhisperer
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# Posted: 20 Nov 2015 11:37
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That's crazy! Cats are pretty resilient but I would not have bet on those odds.
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OutdoorFanatic
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# Posted: 20 Nov 2015 20:10 - Edited by: OutdoorFanatic
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Ole Poncho was always an outdoor cat. Sometimes he would be gone for 2-3 weeks at a time but would always come back.
Once he came back with his shoulder cut wide open. I mean, a 3 inch long and 1/2" deep cut. Soon as I seen it I said, "Man, you aint going to make it."
So I grabbed him and put some antibiotic paste on the cut and started to wrap a clean t-shirt around his shoulder.
But before I could finish he jumped out of my arms and the last sight of him was watching him run across the road with a nice white t-shirt dragging behind him.
three weeks later he came home and the cut was almost completely healed. (no t-shirt)
Dang!
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naturelover66
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# Posted: 20 Nov 2015 21:06
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I wonder if hes cheating on you with another family??
Life gets a little dull for him at your house and he meanders down the road to his "other" family ?
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Gary O
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# Posted: 20 Nov 2015 21:23
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Yup, nine lives.
Next month, back to the first 'family'
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Steve_S
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# Posted: 20 Nov 2015 22:31 - Edited by: Steve_S
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Poncho is certainly a character... It is extremely interesting how humans actually "believe" they own a cat, when it's the cat who decides what humans can care for it... I've been owned by several felines but I finally figured it out... Smart little blighters
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OutdoorFanatic
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# Posted: 21 Nov 2015 16:40 - Edited by: OutdoorFanatic
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Quoting: Gary O Poncho is certainly a character... It is extremely how humans actually "believe" they own a cat, when it's the cat who decides what humans can care for it... I've been owned by several felines but I finally figured it out... Smart little blighters
Someone once told me. "dogs have owners, cats have staff."
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Steve_S
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# Posted: 21 Nov 2015 17:16
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Quoting: OutdoorFanatic Someone once told me. "dogs have owners, cats have staff."
Indeed but my last Siberian Husky might not agree with that statement, she was the Queen of Pupper-toes !
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rayyy
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# Posted: 22 Nov 2015 16:29
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Reminds me of old Bumcat.a kitten we brought to our new home when I was a kid.He would disappear every spring and come back around in the fall.
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