Fred Basset by Alex Graham for May 12, 2021

Good on you boys, taking care of your friend. now stretch a little higher Fred!

Purrcy! Good to see you, fella!

Good to see Yorkie and Jock have come around.

Can’t wait to see what happens next.

What goes up … must come down .

I saw a funny video the other day. A cat was trapped in a deep, wide hole. A guy put a ladder down & climbed down to help get the cat out. The second the guy’s feet touched the bottom of the hole, the cat ran-climbed up the walls & out!

This is what friends do. Thanks guys!

I’ve never understood the obsession with getting cats out of trees. When they get really hungry, they’ll come down on their own.

I would have considered this a Lassie moment. The Dears love Purrcy too.

Used to be able to run the can opener. Now that sound that the pop top makes should work.

Those 3 dogs, lined up, do NOT reach the cat. And anyway, you know the saying, “Have you ever seen a cat skeleton in a tree?” Purrcy knows how to get down! ;-)

I had a Norwegian Forest Cat and they walk down trees just like squirrels. I was wondering how she caught a woodpecker, she could climb right to the top of the tree and walk back down. I had to keep her indoors after that, better for her anyway.

Going into the tree to be rescued is a ploy to find our who your true friends are.

Fred, the other dogs are sitting up. Are you? (I’ve not seen a basset hound sitting up, and I grew up with one!)

Awww! Kitty has become one of the lads!

Take a breath Fred, never saw a cat’s skeleton in a tree yet.

Cats have claws that are designed to take them in one direction: forward — or up, if that’s where they’re pointed. That’s why a cat can shimmy up a tree in mere seconds to get out of the way of whatever might be chasing him, such as a dog. If you were to watch in slow-motion, you’d see the claws anchoring the cat to the tree similar to mountain-climbing crampons (which probably take their inspiration from feline claws!), so the ascent is swift and safe.

But what goes up doesn’t necessarily come down easily. Going up is a breeze for cats; coming down can best be described as a series of awkward falls, hopefully none very far or very hard. Because the descent can be so scary, cats (especially young ones who don’t know better) do get themselves stuck up high pretty regularly. Most come down on their own without anyone realizing they were ever up there. Others will cry and get everyone worked up and then come down on their own.

http://www.vetstreet.com/dr-marty-becker/how-do-i-get-a-cat-out-of-a-tree

Nicely done Fred, Jock, and Yorky!