Posted in General

The cats were not pleased that they spent most of the evening cooped up instead of roaming the back of the house behind a baby gate. I rushed in, fed the at home animals, and then ran off to the AHS ZooToo event. By the time I got home, I needed dinner, and the boys didn't get roaming time until nearly 9 PM. No, I don't think I'm in their good g… read more

Posted in Health & Wellness

One of the most difficult things in the annual vet visits for my pets is the request to bring in a fresh fecal sample. When you have five dogs and three cats, you have to SEE the poop come from the source to be sure which animal it's from. It's relatively easy for me to get fecal samples from the dogs, provided I remember the little sample contai… read more

Posted in Entertainment

It's not obvious in my profile photo, but I have extremely long hair. When it's loose, it falls down past my waist and generally whips around a little. Yesterday morning I decided to try to do my weight training stuff while I was spending time with the cats, which should have been mostly okay. Namir tends to scatter when I do anything really odd… read more

Posted in Health & Wellness

During the volunteer meeting we had a demonstration of T-Touch on a cat as well as two dogs. I was suitably impressed, and I thought I'd try it on the boys at home. So far I'm having to get Namir more comfortable with me wanting to touch him for an extended period of time. I've gotten on circle done on a side before he ran off. Rhys is convince… read more

Posted in Behavior & Training

I don't know what happened earlier this morning, but Rhys suddenly puffed up like a Halloween kitty and began hissing and swatting at Namir. I turned to try to soothe him, and he began acting skittish, so I just went back to my computing. Gabe and Namir tentatively touched noses with him once Rhys had calmed down, and then he went back to chasing… read more