Cat House

[Lady's Human]

If you've read any of my posts about Patch, I believe they're confirmation that cats get into much more trouble than dogs. Lady had her moments, but those were while she was a pup.

[Karen]

We chose the term "The Dog House" as it is not only a place you don't really want to be sent, but an animal-freindly term that is prevalent in popular culture as the place you get sent when you are in trouble. We had to pick a name for the place to put any political, controversial or upsetting threads, and this seemed a good match.

And Penalty Box only works if you are familiar with hockey, and players are just sent there for a period of time - and the threads in The Dog House are not gonna to get released back onto the rest of the board after a set period of time!

As you mentioned, the term "cat house" in popular culture is not associated with anything we would want to promote on Pet Talk.

One of the first thread that inspired the creations of The Dag House had to do with cats - the "kitty litter cake" thread, that made people go "ewwww, gross!"

[Catty1]

Seeing as cats sleep 18 hours a day, I figure someone could mention a contentious issue, and the Cat House people could just yawn and go for a nap.


Gee...that would create a lot of peace in the world!

[Pinot's Mom]

Cats may be more naughty, but they're better at getting the dog to take the blame.

[smokey the elder]

I love the KItty Litter Cake thread! What a blast from the past.

[phesina]

Many years ago my siblings and I had a 40th-anniversary party for our parents, inviting as many of their friends from over the years as we could get ahold of.

And what was the dessert but Kitty Litter Cake, baked by yours truly!

Everyone loved it! (really!).. especially Mom and Dad!

[pomtzu]

I wish I had that cake recipe when I was still working. We were always having luncheons in our department, and this would have been a perfect dessert to spring on everyone.