Gissi and the Mirror

I have a picture of one of my cats when she was just a kitten freaking out at her own image in a mirror. Pretty funny. Yep, I guess being small enough to be carried has its good side as well as its bad side...

Hi Gabs, Lol, never a dull moment with Gissi, he does makes me laugh, keep warm and love and hugs. Tamara xxxx

Oh, how sweet, my cat used to do it when she was a kitten....running away and coming back to met the stranger in the mirror...

For sure.....and for cute! lOL.

I have a corner display cabinet,(full of dragons and one shelf of my husbands model cars). It has a mirrored back and the first time Dexter saw it , and himself, he was riveted. it was a bit worrying as he is not keen on other dogs and this 'other dog' was staring right back at him. He tried to get as close as he could , glass doors permitting. he was even more surprised when he realised there was another 'mummy and daddy' in the same mirror. that totally shook him. he still hasnt figured it out, but as his basket is in front of it facing outwards, he doesnt really see it. and I have put bigger dragons down the bottom of the unit so he can't see the 'other dog'. The picking up when you are a small dog, is very convenient for us owners, but very aggravating when, as a small dog, you get whisked up off your 4 paws out of reach, of having a good bark at another bigger dog, or to get under peoples feet and trip them up. As Dexter is getting older, and as he has little stumpy legs, he is finding it difficult to get upstairs of a night. (either that or he is just too lazy !!)I have to pick him up and carry him up and as he is a very thickset dog he is no lightweight. So very strange isn't it, that when there was a mighty loud thunderstorm not too long ago, he was up the stairs and up on our bed within seconds !!

Hey gabs! Gissi is so silly! I know that my cats do the same thing when they see themselves in the mirror! I have a full length mirror behind my bedroom door and when they happen to see themselves they think it is another cat and I also can't get them away from it! The have no idea either that it's them! They keep sniffing and looking and going back and forth and all I do is laugh! I can just imagine little Gissi thinking he found a new friend!lol

Well I have to say Gissi is a very brave doggie indeed, well naturally he's my bessie mate, but Wolfie doesn't like lifts, so he would rather walk up regardless of the stairs, mind you there's a point in which I reluctantly take the lift, if it's three or four floors or less I'll walk any more and I push myself to get into that little confined space. But I had to laugh I wish I had been there to see him, bet that was funny, you cheered me up, but then you and Gissi always know how to put a smile on this face x

oh how funny hugssssssssssssssss

I bet he had fun discovering himself. That may be why Gissi did not want to leave the mirror. He needs to have a mirror at home so he can see himself more often. CeeCee has a mirror that she checks once in awhile. A girl has to look good, ya know.

The roomie reminded me there was a mirror in the room at the hotel when we went down to Houston with Zoe. She didn't react in anyway that we noticed, she had her mom, her food and water and she was happy, well, happy until we got on the elevator. As soon as it moved, she dropped to the floor because she was convinced that floors shouldn't MOVE! The roomie did most of the walking, but the time I did, I took her all the way down the grassy walk to the end of the parking lot and then back up again - the roomie said I was nicer than she was as she only took her a few feet in. I told her it was because I could SEE where I was going! Zoe was also fine with being left in the room, tho when we went out to eat, we locked her in the bathroom because we didn't want her to have an accident on the carpet. The night we got to Houston, we went out to eat with a friend who picked us up. In the morning, we woke early and were hungry so went down to get directions to the nearest IHOP but discovered they had a nice breakfast in the hotel, so we ate there and then went back to our room and slept some more!

HaHaaaa! I could just see him now doing this! How cute is that? He thought he had a little friend, that's so sweet. I think you should get him a friend gabs, so you have two running around! Can you imagine the stories you could write here on myLot about their escapades. Well now I can go to bed soon with a smile on my face, thinking of Gissi and the magic mirror, lol!

That gISSI is a hoot. I know he has got to be a cute thing. I loved your discussion.

oh gissi .. i miss u dear ,if i had my tail still attached i will also wag my tail now love

Animals and even birds, and heck, children, too, are soooo funny when they first notice their reflections. Ah, a friend! So cute. Thank you for sharing it...made me laugh :D Karen

Memories. I used to tease my cats with my hand mirror. They couldn't understand why the cat disappeared at the edge of the mirror and kept looking behind the mirror. You'll have to get a hand mirror for Gissi and teach him what a handsome little guy he is - oh of course, he already knows that!

hi gabs still laughing picturing gissi and him seeing himself in the mirror, and wanting to stay with his pal, his self. boy I bet he could get heavy after a while but no hes your Gissi so that makes the difference.I don't think he much likes the cold wet stuff we call snow, as I can picture him sliding and maybe barking a bit too. I just hope nobody ever makes the error of picking up Gissi who does not have the right to, hope he would bite that person really hard. but dont worry hes too smart for that any way.hugs to you and my pal,the little man in the dog suit, Gissi.