Posted in Behavior & Training

Our little black cat, Baroness, has recently discovered how she can annoy our border collie lab mix Zeke. At Zeke's old home, he was allowed to chase cats. When we adopted him, within two days he had chased all of our cats up the lace curtains in the living room and into hiding. Baroness hid for two weeks in a closet. The cats have adjusted to him … read more

Posted in General

We took a nice long valentine's nap with Zeke, Baroness and Grayson at the foot of our bed. We also gave the cats some special wet food that we got as a sample. It is cold and snowy here so poor Zeke can't go chase any squirrels, and he didn't get a walk today! read more

Posted in General

While I was doing laundry this morning, Zeke had a squirrel "treed" in our backyard. Zeke sat at the base of the tree, his head fixed at an angle looking up at the tree, while the squirrel chattered and scolded. I felt sorry for the poor squirrel not being able to get down the tree and go look for some food, so I made Zeke come inside. Now we are g… read more

Posted in Health & Wellness

Here it is, in the middle of February in Colorado and the temperatures have been in the 50s and 60s the past couple of weeks. It has been great weather for walking our dog, Zeke. He loves going on walks and if we say, "Zeke, do you wanna go for a WALK? He jumps up and down and wiggles a lot. Walking him is great way to get out of the house and get… read more

Posted in General

I recently read a book called "Dewey" by Vicki Myron. It is about a kitten who is abandoned in the library drop box in Spencer, Iowa and becomes the library cat and a symbol of the community. I thought that it was a very heartwarming and fun story about feline antics and the impact an animal can have on a community. I highly recommend it! read more