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ACKshilly I just finished reading the entire municipal code, US Code and state codes and I NEVER saw a law like this you should be ASHAMED 😡

turn off replies. It's nice.

Sadly that rule is still under review

So, the 'Purranda Rights?'

Knowing her food intake effectively to the gram, and having to pick up her shit every morning, I cannot see how conservation of mass plays unless the hair supply draws on an extraneous matter source.

I await closer inspection. Beyond the accretion disc but before the singularity we may yet see The Cat Hair Disc.

Some astrophysicists might argue differently: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_ha...

No, you’re thinking of Fuzzy Wuzzy.

If I show my dog her fur, her immediate impulse is to eat the fur, so… no. In my case, at least.

This has been true of all my dogs. Of course I can also say, "how can you lose this much fur and not be naked."

I had a friend with two huskies. I’d never heard the term “blowing coat.” In the summer there were tumbleweeds of fur in their house.

I wonder how Dog Law relates to Tree Law...

In our jurisdiction, when we brush the dogs, we have to arrange the loose fur in the shape of another dog and then ask the brushed dog if they want to have a play date with the loose-fur dog. We do this because it pleases the dog to think they've grown a friend.

That would be me, Dallas. The wad-of-hair rule *does* apply to dogs.

We call brushing our husky/shepherd "making another dog."

It’s mandatory for Siberian huskies but only recommended for all other double-coated dogs

The cats are also doing this

I had to think about that for a second. "Wait, is it"

It’s right up there with “ooo big stretch”

Meowranda Rights 👍😎👍

I have 2 1/2 Maine Coons from the same litter. One got all the MC genes and the other got all the other genes (i think probably tabby or asian shorthair). Main Coons are one of the top tier cat breeds for sure.

I love them. Plus probably big enough to kick the dogs ass when he tries to hump them. I imagine brushing yours out would give enough hair to make a cougar or something :)

Mine sheds enough for a whole second cat. That long hair ain't no joke.

cat version of the law that requires you to say "that's not going anywhere" after ratchet strapping anything into the back of a truck

Cat justice is slow, but brutal. It’s karma-based: the worst offenders are no longer eligible for the cat distribution system.

I got quite a bit of hair cut recently. The hairdresser cut one big chunk off before she washed it and showed it to me. Now I know how cats feel.

🙋🏻‍♀️ Every. Single. Time.

I give you Mimi Ear Feathers.

Sorry bout the light in that pic. Didn't really realize the light was on red setting. Not very good for photos.

Mimi is going to groomer tomorrow. She's part feral due to the first couple years of life. We can't brush her at home. We try but.... She's completely calm at the vet so hoping groomer goes okay too. Need to try grooming gloves. That should be a good idea

Tiles are fucking slippery tho. They friggin know this. I'm convinced.

I do that and make sure that I have two Churus nearby, or else!

Too true!

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you also have to show them the brush or comb that you used so they can inspect it

My Siamese demands to see it when done. I show him the stickers we removed.

And then you gotta it on their head like a little wig and say "who's a fancy cat?"

We are saving the fur to make a sweater for her.

I instinctively knew this rule of engagement.

With dogs you have to express it in huskies by mass.

Lol. Every time.

This is enough fur to knit you a pair of kitten britches.

This is from one cat. ONE CAT!

This is a BDSM service scene between master and pet. After the pet(human) says "this is enough for another whole cat", the cat(master) must give the haughty look that communicates "and you'll do it again tomorrow you filthy little furdumpster". Then, aftercare. Or biting. Maybe both. Probably both.

Then say "For shame!" at least twice

Chow chows too!

Alternatively, one can skip directly to cat shaming.

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I always stick the fluff in their face and say “is this YOURS?”

And you can be a real professional about it too.

Every single time.

How are you not bald?

there’s a corollary for huskies

I might not say it, but I always show my boy all of the fur that I got off of him.

I sometimes add “now there’s less of you for me to love”

Who doesn’t know this? Seriously, who?

I know right, when I’m brushing my Persian.🙄🙄

How did you get my cat?

"A big stretchy-stretch" is the correct terminology, at least in my region.

Did I suffer max damage when she said “well I’ve never seen a partner, so…”…perhaps

Y'all serious about these cats, and honestly the big stretch does deserve a whole ceremony.

also dogs.

OMG I laughed out loud when I read your post. I do that every time!

I agree with you.

I did that to my bunny and he used to smell it x)

Always.

Same with huskies (the cat-dog if you will) w every pass where you actually brush off another dog’s worth and at the very end present them w the 10’ Yeti the hair pile has created. Repeat 3x a day for shed season.

Back when I had a wife and two cats, I used to suggest to her that we knit a sweater from each cat’s hair and then put that sweater on the other cat and wait to see what happened. She never went for it. I don’t think my idea contributed to the divorce though.

And you have to tell at least one other human

Im glad im in full compliance

Under the same legal subsection on saying "OOOOH BIG STRETCH!!!" when they stop to stretch.

I am happy to know we all do this. That and “big stretch!”.

I obey this law to the letter.

Same with double coated dogs. Also you can pluck the fur chunks that are hanging off when they blow their coat and show them as if you did street magic and pulled a coin from their ear

But how is it possible that when you do this, the cat is no smaller?

And let them smell it?

I’m in this and I do like it!

But ONLY if it IS enough to start another cat.

I've never had the guts to remove the "DO NOT REMOVE THIS TAG" tag from a cat. Someone always has already beaten me to it. Does the tag just spontaneously form when you finally have enough cat hair to make a mattress?

Try keeping up with 2.

@pathologiste08.bsky.social?

I have come to the conclusion that the hair was never really ON the cat in the first place. It's in a more or less strong orbit around said feline: Schrödinger's probability cloud.

There are two people in my town (that I know of…) who will spin yarn from your collection of cat/dog/chinchilla/aardvark/tribble fur. So, no, you’re not coming off as weird, just as “beginner” :)

I just wish my cat would let me brush him. We've tried all the brushes & he hates them all. He will let me vacuum him though. 🤷‍♀️ bsky.app/profile/elay...

Also, before you brush a cat, you must say, "Is this your brushy-brush? Do you want brushy-brush?"

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This is correct

My cat always looks back at me like “well?!?! What did you get?!”

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Ours always want to lick the hair…idk what that’s about

You have to do this to corgis as well.

First you are supposed to let the hair gently land somewhere beneath your eyes but above your chin... then find it.

Or Floof

Yep, do that all the time....

cat is the banach tarski of pets

Cats still don't care; you're just the servant.

Last time i tried to brush my cat i ended up in emergency.

Make that hair into a ball and it will be your cats favourite toy

Also acceptable, "I could make a whole second [insert name of cat here] with this!"

The same thing goes for when you brush a Bloody Marla

That's what i do! Or i say, now there is a hairball.

It’s the law.

Followed immediately by “No don’t eat that!”

Actually, you’re supposed to cough like you’re dying, then “BLEAGH!” and THEN show them the wad of hair with a triumphant look on your face so they know YOU can do it too!