Guess who darted out the door?!!!

[Freedom]

I know around here, they are all (dogs and cats both) fascinated with closed doors, and once one opens . . . watch out!

I ams o glad you have Boo back inside. Whew!

[catmandu]

I have to be acreful with the Enclosed porch as its been getting warmer now, and the Younger Cats slip out without me noticing and if they ever got out I would have a tough time tracking and finding them!!!

They are SO FAST and I am SO OLD these days.

[Randi]

Gosh, even at 18 he's so fast! Glad you could grab him and get him inside.

Fister likes to go down in the yard still, but I have changed his schedule to only going out in the mornings. He would prefer to go out just when it's getting dark, but I'm too old to run around looking for him in the night. And there's no way I could get close enough to grab him - patience is the key word with Fister!

[Medusa]

Gosh, even at 18 he's so fast! Glad you could grab him and get him inside.

Fister likes to go down in the yard still, but I have changed his schedule to only going out in the mornings. He would prefer to go out just when it's getting dark, but I'm too old to run around looking for him in the night. And there's no way I could get close enough to grab him - patience is the key word with Fister!

If Boo Bear darts out the door at night, we're in trouble. He's as black as night. I'd never find him. When he was missing the last time he pulled this stunt, I thought I'd be able to see him against the white snow. Not. He pulled a Houdini on me. My son and I were out for hours searching for him, calling him, I fell on the ice, bawling the entire time. I thought I'd lost him for good. That night, right at midnight, I heard him crying in the garage. (I had left the door open just enough for him to squeeze underneath it.) Since he had never been outdoors after I rescued him and had since moved to a new house, I feared he wouldn't be able to find his way back but, of course, he did, covered in mud. I don't know what that bad boy had been up to but I thought that would've cured his wanderlust. Guess not.

[Randi]

Mary, I think all cats have it in them - the outside is just too exiting, and that goes even if they've had bad experiences or been fighting with another cat. They simply HAVE to go and show their muscles and defend "their" territory.

[pomtzu]

Bad Boo - don't scare your Mom like that ever again!!!

My RB Meezer Ming was a great one for darting out. One time he practically flew out the door and took off like a bat out of h3ll across the yard, towards the neighbor's yard. Little did he know that there was a wire fence along the property line where the shrubs were, and he hit it running full speed. Did you ever see a cat bounce off a fence and flip in mid air??? He knocked himself silly, but wasn't hurt, and I couldn't stop laughing! Bad me - but I only laughed after I determined that he wasn't hurt. If only I had a video camera at the time!!!

And sneaking out is also how my brother's Meezer Cocoa came to lose his tail. The door was faster than the cat this time!