Warning to future house guests
Notice anything funny about my shoe in the picture below (not that it is old, dirty and worn out)?
Yes, one of shoelace bows is missing.
Let me tell you a little bit about Data’s shoe fetish.
One time, Steven bought an expensive pair of shoes at the Kenneth Cole store downtown. Over $200 expensive. He only wore them on days he had to look “dressy” at work. I don’t know if they were very comfortable or not, but they sure looked nice on him.
Data didn’t think they looked so nice. He chewed them up during the night. Maybe Data just has expensive taste? That was the end of those shoes, anyway.
Steven learned his lesson – he shouldn’t leave his shoes out overnight. Now, he takes his shoes upstairs every night, to protect them.
Whenever Steven forgets his shoes downstairs, Data is drawn to them. Steven often unties the laces in the morning to find out he now has 2 extra, loose, pieces of shoelace. Or little bite marks around his shoes. Or toys in them. I always leave mine downstairs, because Data seems to leave them alone (probably because they stink so much).
Well, not anymore. After one year of living here, he finally pulled the shoelace trick on me, only this time, he left me with one bow on each shoe, instead of killing both. How nice.
He hasn’t attacked any of our house guests’ shoes yet, but don’t say I didn’t warn you!
Themocracy
I miss you guys 🙁
Bobbi! – We miss you too! When is your next trip to this area…? I bet you are super busy right now 🙁
My dog, after all this time decided to start chewing my shoes. But he picked my most favorite pair of heels (the only ones I can wear without wanting to die after 5 minutes)!!! ARGH! They always know which ones to chew up.
All I can say is my dog would be D-E-A-D if he started chewing my shoes.
How weird! But you know what they say about strings as pet toys!
Funny picture! He’s just keep himself entertained. I wouldn’t mind if data ate my shoe lace! :o)
Your kitty is SO CUTE!
See that pic of him eating the shoe was still kind of cute…but i wouldn’t like my shoes being eaten either…
my cats like to sprawl on my shoes and fall asleep (looks highly uncomfortable…) but so far only dogs have chewed up my shoes, no cats 🙂
Naughty Data! He really is so cute though. 🙂 My kitties will eat entire pages out of books and magazines, and plastic bags. Kitties are so weird.
Kyra – They DO always know! HOW?! How, I demand!
Lisa – AH! Let’s hope he never does!
Jess – Yeah. I knew I had it coming 😉 Maybe I should get him his own string. I know he’ll eat it though…
Gina (Mannyed) – Data would be honored to eat your shoelace! 🙂
Deutlich – Aw. Thank you. I love him to pieces.
Cheryl – I have a hard time punishing him because he is so cute. I could never have kids!
Alice – Aww! That is so sweet that they sleep there. Don’t cats sleep in the oddest spaces/positions?
diane – Oh man! Your kitties are just as funny as Data! What kind of books and magazines do they like to eat? Something interesting?
One time Bastet ate an entire article about Alzheimer’s out of Newsweek! I’m not making that up!
At least Data only chews on the shoe laces. When I first moved in with my (now) wife 7 years ago, one of her 4 cats initiated me into the home by peeing on my shoe laces.
To this day, I now have to put the laces inside each shoe. The urinating freak of a cat lives outside 95% of the time now, but the habit is still there.
diane – Was she worried about you and trying to give you a hint? LOL, just kidding 😛
martymankins – YOU ARE SO RIGHT. We are lucky he doesn’t spray and mark his territory. I can’t take that smell; it’s nearly impossible to clean.