Now she will sit at our feet with stick, head on one side, a heart renching mioaw (play with me) that only the hardest of hearts could ignore. Its quite clear she is training us!
But thats not where it ends. After stick retrival we tried balls, mice, toy spiders-and yes! Retrieve them she did!
Walkies? Well no, Ellie wouldn't put up with being on a lead. This would be too below her. She does however do something that is remeniscent of dog behaviour. She has to be where people are. So if you get up and leave a room, Ellie (if she is not asleep) will follow you.
A Short History Of Burmese Cats
Burmese are probably the most popular breeds of cat in the world today.
Myth states that the Burmese were the original 'Guard Cats' for the Burmese temples.
The first Burmese was seen in the west in 1930 in America .
Wong Mau was the first Burmese brought from the east to the west.
They crossed the Atlantic to the UK in 1948.
Seal Coat Blue Suprise was the first blue burmese born in 1955.
Now colours of Burmese are brown; chocolate; lilac; red; cream; blue; brown-tortie; blue-tortie; chocolate-tortie.
It did cross our minds. When we were thinking of buying a cat, we contemplated getting a dog. After all there are things....small things...that a dog can offer over and above a cat. For instance, you can go for a walk with a dog. You can play games with a dog. A dog will retrieve. All these things a cat can't do.
Oh no?! Let me introduce you to Ellie. Our One year old blue Burmese. From the beginning we thought it was just kittenish behaviour but it grew and grew and now, well its clear Ellie is training us.
It started when we were playing with her favourite toy-a feather on the end of a stick and elastic. She would chase this for hours on end. Then one night after playing with her in the kitchen we moved to the living room-leaving her with the feather. it wasn't long before we heard this dragging sound down the hallway. Next thing we know Ellie's backing into the living room with the stick in her mouth.
