While I’ve been wiring Missy the cat has been keeping an eye on things!
Of course all that strenuous watching can make a cat very tired:
Ya Jay, I got a track inspector too! Her name is Chessie, and for some reason she loves to sleep on the rails!
These track inspectors can be awsome. My Golden Retriever and Lab Retriever are my conmpanions. Thank God they do not curl up on the right of way!
Chris
do ya know how to get the cat off the layout?..get the fur wet and turn on the power pack to full blast…moves a cat off the layout everytime!..sorry…but i draw the line on pets in the trainroom…I have a dog and she’s not allowed in the trainroom under any circumstance…all that sheading hair between the rails just doesn’t work out …chuck
[#ditto]
Just like a cat: Right in the middle of what you are workin’ on…or READING. [:)] Never fails. [(-D]
Jay, I hate to admit it but Chuck is right. I love cats and grew up with them. But hair and “playfulness” will be the demise of your RR. As Barnie Fife used to say on TV, you gotta “nip it in the bud!”. She is a cutie though. [:)]
Tom
Jay, very cute! I have three cats that I have inherited from my parents when they passed away (two kittens from my dad, and my mom’s old tiger kitty). I was never a cat person until I got these three very sweet, loving cats! They are wonderful companions and the dearest things that I have ever had as pets. That said…
NO WAY IN H&!! ARE THEY ALLOWED ANYWHERE NEAR THE TRAINS!!!
Sorry for shouting. Cats are very playful and don’t know that $300 loco will break when they knock it to the floor. In this case Chuck is very right! Keep her out of the train room before you end up not liking her any more…[;)]
Actually I have 2 cats, Max, a black cat, used to sleep in the train room when he was 2-3 years old, he loved sleeping on the styrofoam, but he grew out of it, he hardly ever even comes in the train room now. Missy is only a year and a half to 2 years (an adopted stray) old and hopefully will also grow out of it - especially once those spikey pine trees start getting planted.
Right now, I don’t mind because there’s still a lot of dust and debris from construction (I’m a messy builder) and I have to vacum anyway whenever I want to run trains, the rails have been polished and haven’t needed any additional cleaning. She’s very dainty and hasn’t yet sent anything to the floor. She leaves or moves to higher ground (the bare mountains) if trains are running!
In my house…well it really isn’t my house is it? They just allow us to occupy the space, feed them, clean out the litter box…