jcstikfish 0 Report post Posted March 17, 2005 Does anyone else out there have a major problem with house cats and fly tying materials? If I leave anything at my bench, without being there,it is in there mouths. I can't tell you how many times I have found them rolling around on the floor with a bucktail. Or I wake up in the morning and the hackle I forgot to but away has been drug to the foot of the bed as a trophy! Finished flies have to go into a case or they will get attacked too. Any Suggestions? (no I can't get rid of the cats ) James Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gary Madore 0 Report post Posted March 17, 2005 Heh heh... I don't have cats anymore (due to wife's and daughter's allergies) but I have an identical problem with my dog... ANY time I'm doing ANY thing, he wants to investigate what I'm doing (especially if it's in the kitchen!) and, more often that not, tries to get involved in the activity. This goes QUADRUPLE when there are feathers or fur involved.... He just refuses to accept my assertion that the pink/green/red furry thing in my hand is not a live animal. At well over 100 lbs and still a pup, he's a little difficult to shoo away from the bench as well. At least I occasionally get to enjoy watching him freak out when he inhales bits of marabou during his investigations! LOL Suggestions for you? I dunno... maybe some "aversion training" carried out with a spray bottle: Give your cats a shot of water any time they approach your bench with intent. Me? I just keep telling the dog to pi$$ off and then, when that doesn't work (it never does!), holler for someone to come entertain him. When that doesn't work (it never does!) I just quit tying for a while. (sigh) Warm weather's coming, though, so I can put him outside when I start wrapping fur 'n' feathers..... Silly me, thinking I was the Alpha around here..... heh Cheers! Gary (feeling your pain, in Canada) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyfishingboys 0 Report post Posted March 17, 2005 Ditto on the dog problem, I have a black lab the total chewed up 6 necks (I learned not to leave materials out of a drawer while I'm not around). The dog didn't eat them, just chewed them apart. I was amazed how many individual feathers there are on 6 necks! Was picking them up for weeks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hexfli 0 Report post Posted March 17, 2005 I have 2 cats...t he same age. One could not care less that I am tying flies, the other will not leave me alone. Always trying to carry off a trophy, and always manages to drive me crazy. So I know what you are going through! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fishaholic 0 Report post Posted March 17, 2005 Im gonna have to go along with the dog owners on this one.I have a 10 month old black lab pup,and one night I had brought home some fresh pheasant feathers that a guy at work had shot.Well needless to say I had not yet introduced her to any kind of bird scent yet,but wholey s&it she got wind of those feathers and it took everything I had to get her under control and not end up destroying the house.Needless to say now, those feathers only come out when I am ready to use them,and she sometimes still has to go in here crate. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lance Kekel 0 Report post Posted March 17, 2005 Ohhh yeah. I've got three dogs and a cat. I used to have to pack up everything every time I got up. It was killer and wasted tons of time, so last spring I got a used roll top desk for my birthday. Get up close the top problem solved! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted March 17, 2005 Our cat isn't interested in materials but she does like to climb up on my lap and swat at the bobbin. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JeremyH 0 Report post Posted March 17, 2005 Our cats love the Muskrat, it's like catnip to them, everything else they run when they take a sniff but if I leave out the Muskrat, they will get it and roll and bury thier noses deep into it, chew on fight each other for and then pass out. . . .I tired sniffing it but nothing happens Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brewer 0 Report post Posted March 17, 2005 QUOTE (TroutBum @ Mar 17 2005, 12:06 PM) Our cat isn't interested in materials but she does like to climb up on my lap and swat at the bobbin. lazy cats r cool Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
appalachian angler (tn.) 0 Report post Posted March 17, 2005 My black&tan coon hound likes to chew up bucktails too. Isn't it funny how animals shame us into doing what we know we should have done in the first place...put away our toys when were done playing with them! A.A. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted March 18, 2005 When my cat was a kitten one whap took care of the problem. He could care less now when I'm tying. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JarrodRuggles 0 Report post Posted March 18, 2005 We've got three cats......violence is the answer .... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carver 0 Report post Posted March 18, 2005 I used to have a german sheppard and he loved to eat any material that was once in any way related to an animal. I just got used to making sure my stuff was away when I finished. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mozes 0 Report post Posted March 18, 2005 No dogs or cats here, but my parrot gives me dirty looks every time I pluck feathers from the hackle (Not his). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michigan Trout Guy 0 Report post Posted March 18, 2005 fishinlk, That's an awesome dog. I love german shorthars. I take it you're a hunter too? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
