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Anonymous
Get a Maine Coon in you like dogs.
Maine coons fetch, they're full of energy and they are intelligent and can be taught things like "don't jump on that" or "I don't like it when you bite me". But not so much "fetch the paper" or "sit on command". They're expert mousers and love to be outside, but they're also affectionate and social.
My maine coon kitten is like a puppy. Very entertaining and energetic. She wants to play with EVERYTHING. We wash out hands, dry them with a paper towel and then toss it into the garbage and she dives after it (into the garbage D=) She loves any wadded up paper. Toss it and she grabs it with her mouth and runs away to hide it or shred it up. She sometimes fetches, but I'm still working on getter her to bring it back to me always. She plays with water and likes to go in the bathtub when it had a little bit of water in it.
She's fearless to the point of being dumb like a dog. For example, the maine coon (who is a huge kitten) harasses my other cats until they attack her, and then she does it again. She thinks it's a game, but the adult cats aren't playing. They're completely freaked out by her because she isn't afraid of them even when they're snarling at her and smacking her in the face.
She's also unafraid of children, which is unusual for a cat. Her first encounter with them was late in her kitten-hood, and yet she was ok. It was love at first sight: "Yay, little people that are running around all crazy like me!!!"
You can play with her and mess with her and she just keeps coming back for more. She follows people everywhere, tries to "help" with whatever we're doing. She also meows fairly often, pretty, trilling mews. She's laid back and ok with pretty much anything.
A downside is that she attacks anything that moves. Usually.
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