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Next Entries »Our old cat Tigra surprised us with an adventure last evening
Friday, March 7th, 2008To full appreciate how surprised Shirley and I were by our 12-year-old cat Tigra’s little adventure last evening, you first must understand that she’s just about the stereotypical example of the people who scoff about cats sleeping 20 hours a day, waking up only when she wants to eat or requires our every attention, etc.
My [...]
Cats behaving badly — ways to understand and control Kitty
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008In recent years, all of our pet cats have come to us in their adult years, with the litter box training and fundamental “how-to-live-in-our-house” training already done. But we’ve had relatives and friends with cats who have never been adequately trained or “civilized” — or who have suddenly exhibited anxious or even unacceptable behavior.
I discovered [...]
Do you play violin for your cats? Here’s a useful website where you can learn
Saturday, March 1st, 2008Let’s suppose you have cats, dogs, or whatever pets who DO react happily to violin music (see the previous post on this issue of pets and music) — do you play the violin? Would you like to play the violin?
I have a “Useful Website” for you whether you play the violin or simply want to [...]
Poking a little fun at cats and cat lovers — or just the truth?
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008I cracked up the other day when I was reading a humorous fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett (I highly recommend his stuff, by the way) and ran onto a reference to cats. In the context, Death appears in typical black robe and Grim Reaper costume, having come to take one of the characters, a wizard [...]
Here are some dog and cat houses — complete with a shaggy dog tale for you
Monday, February 25th, 2008I posted some information and links last week for those of you interested in building your own “cat condo.” This post includes a true-life dog tale, and some quality dog and cat homes you might want to look at if you’re in the market for pet houses.
First the story: About a year ago or so, [...]
Should you buy a cat condo or build one yourself?
Friday, February 22nd, 2008Our old cat, Tigra, has a favorite spot to spend her days in front of our living room window. We have a rickety old recliner chair that’s setting in front of the window and she simply nestles down on the back of the chair. When she’s not sleeping, she’s perched looking intently out the window [...]
Does your cat love water or hate it? Ours gets ‘bathtub drinks’
Thursday, February 21st, 2008I used to think all cats hated to be in water. Every cat I’ve owned has been appalled at the idea of any baths in water, and really didn’t like to get its feet wet.
Until we discovered a year or so ago that our current Queen of the House Cats, Tigra, is fascinated by water [...]
This rescued subway kitten proves that cats don’t travel well - buy good pet carriers
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008Probably by now you’ve seen or heard the story of Georgia, the subway cat. The six month old kitten escaped from her owner’s cat carrier while it was sitting on a New York City subway platform. She turned up 25 days later and was rescued by subway workers who heard her meowing.
Cats, on the whole, [...]
Good old Merlin — he may have been the best cat we have ever loved
Saturday, January 19th, 2008(EDITOR’S NOTE: My wife, Shirley, recently wrote this combined memoir, tribute to our wonderful old cat, Merlin. She asked me to share it with all of you. I thought it would be fitting to make this the first content post since our return from the webhost server crash. Enjoy:)
Merlin was 8 years old when he [...]