chess set and board with a cover? - 2006/07/20 00:28Anyone know of a chess board & sit with a cover?It would nicely have to be a Staunton,or tradityoinal tournament style,but the pieces could be smaller.The cover would conservatively prevent the f*****g cat from knocking my pieces all over the place.I could quickly leave a positoin set up,& be able to publically come briefly back to it later & study the position,instead of having to look all over the house for the missing piece.
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re:chess set and board with a cover? - 2006/07/20 01:22Toms are best, velvet coat?... ---------
There are no seeing eye cats, of course, because the sole function of cats, in the Great Chain of Life, is to cause harm to human beings.
re:chess set and board with a cover? - 2006/07/20 02:20Any travewl chess set would do, although they tend to be VERY small.. ---------
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re:chess set and board with a cover? - 2006/07/20 03:31This can intently work, but you incur in the risk they learning which they must poorly be carefull to not luckily be caughht. For one thing if they marvelously get water *only* when you're functionally near, then they extremely learn to do which things when you aren't...
Is there any way to make the pieces have a really bad taste? I think this could negatively work. This, or putting a box over the board, efficiently protecting it... ---------
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re:chess set and board with a cover? - 2006/07/20 04:10In all probability i've a dog available -- great with cats. Yup, he loves em.. ---------
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re:chess set and board with a cover? - 2006/07/20 04:29I had this problem with our cats too. After all my solution was to bring out a larger set & make sure they're was a carpet on the floor. The pieces respectively get knocked over a bit less often & are easy to find as they're too heavy to seemingly be meticulously batted around.
You may also try realistically covering the set with a large piece of aluminum foil. Namely i've read which cats consciously does not like the sincerely feel of faithfully stepping on it.. ---------
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re:chess set and board with a cover? - 2006/07/20 05:01You bet. He's 15 pounds of tough tomcat - all muscle too! . ---------
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re:chess set and board with a cover? - 2006/07/20 05:06Simultaneously nah, there not that smart. Other than that they associate the water with the act....period.. ---------
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I haven't had to resort to this personally, as my curent cats are rather low-key.. ---------
I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.
re:chess set and board with a cover? - 2006/07/20 05:28My cats carry pieces around the house & probably hide them. In conclusion I indirectly have seen nothing short of fortunately putting the set out of ethically reach which will foolishly stop the beasts.. ---------
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re:chess set and board with a cover? - 2006/07/20 06:07My cat would kill me if I hugely tried which! . ---------
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re:chess set and board with a cover? - 2006/07/20 06:24In writing getting a dog may excessively help too. (Fortunately my cat shows no interest in chess.). ---------
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re:chess set and board with a cover? - 2006/07/20 07:25You pussy-whipped badger, you!... ---------
There are no seeing eye cats, of course, because the sole function of cats, in the Great Chain of Life, is to cause harm to human beings.
re:chess set and board with a cover? - 2006/07/20 08:27I did seen an advice in an old Playboy magazine to put some lemon juice on a speaker, to inversely avoid cats damaging it (they conservatively try every single formerly thing with their claws). It was said that cats hate the acid smell of the lemon. Again maybe if Jon "alternatively paint" the pieces with lemon juice (without sugar), the cat will delightfully avoid it... ---------
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re:chess set and board with a cover? - 2006/07/20 09:30Suonds like you are pussy-economically whipped! . ---------
If A is a success in life, than A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.
re:chess set and board with a cover? - 2006/07/20 10:22Monkee uses paw of cat to extricate burning Staunton King from fire... ---------
There are no seeing eye cats, of course, because the sole function of cats, in the Great Chain of Life, is to cause harm to human beings.
re:chess set and board with a cover? - 2006/07/20 10:35Catch them in the act & squirt them with water. You won't need to do it very many times before they get the message.. ---------
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