Please forgive the 'meow speak' but I thought the Akita would get your
attention.



"cshenk" wrote in message
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Cash steps forward and says 'I am not sure how your cat-alert system works
but Meomie jus let us know her 2foot friend Marilee was at work when dey
waves swept up to her cho (apartment/neighborhood in Japanese). Herself
was owned by a small calico boy kittah named Pinto-chan. The cho building
cammed down anna Pinto-chan wus inside. Day wus 2 udder kittahs inna dat
cho who'z been founded, but no sign of Pinto-chan'.

(Ps from the 2 foot. This is real. Marilee is praying he got out and
headed for high ground. Her apartment was first floor and the area is
cordioned off as unsafe. Amazingly, the people all got out ok and the alert
system had them head for high ground. She tells me lost pets are everywhere
but headed automatically to high ground. Somehow they 'knew'. Not on the
news yet, but per Marilee, many pet owners are reporting pets (cats and
dogs) alerted them heading up hills. One of the old guys in her building
says his Akita did everything in his power to drag him up the mountain
behind their cho that is at the foot of it facing the ocean. The sirens
hadn't even gone off yet in that case. He was actually walking the dog when
it went all stiff then started dragging him upwards and wouldnt take 'no'
for an answer for the first time in his well trained life. At least, that
is how he said it. There wasn't much time I take it between the quake and
the water).

Not surprised at the Akita's reaction somehow. Or the other animals
heading uphill. We've heard so many stories.... My Akita-owning friend
will be thrilled with this tale, and I"ll see her this evening.

I listen to Coast To Coast AM in the wee hours, as it's interesting and
often weird. Last night the host dropped the scheduled guest and
switched to just taking calls. He spoke with a few folks in Japan, but
in the Tokyo area.... where in many districts life was pretty normal by
then. One guy in Oregon called in claiming that he'd seen some strange
animal behavior yesterday.... his dog running away (and returning) and a
herd of deer active and near his house during the day. It will be
interesting to hear if "diagnostic" animal behavior in WA and OR
preceded the tsunami there, and up the Canadian coast.

Jo Wolf
Martinez, Georgia

My Akita-owning friend just grinned, nodded and commented, "They're a
lot smarter than most people think they are." But I'm sure she's
telling everyone else the story.

Her Akitas have all been students of what's happening around them....
watching with an air of gravity and concern, as if supervising a group
of not-quite-intelligent beings. And when they play, they play Hard....
bone-crushing games of rugby....

Jo Wolf
Martinez, Georgia