Cat Stuff
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Tuesday, October 05, 2004
Two Shoes: June 1984 - September 27, 2004
Sadly, we had to finally say good-bye to the cat that has shared our lives for twenty years. Two Shoes had been failing in health since April and during the last two weeks had really started to show her age. We decided her quality of life had deteriorated to the point of no return when Rick found her on our gas stove at the cabin with her fur smoldering. She didn’t even know she was about to burst into flames! We had to make the difficult decision to euthanise her.
Two Shoes came to us at the same time as a very good friend of ours: Piper Worcester. We had just returned from living in Germany and we not yet moved into our new home. Our dog, Manda and cats Patches and Pud were all staying at the local pet kennel. I saw this gorgeous white and black cat with seven toes on her feet (instead of the normal five) in the cage next to our cats and found out that she was a stray and was destined for the Humane Society. Piper, who was at that time a groomer at the kennel, had found her wandering lost near her cabin in Allenspark. No way was that cat going anywhere but home with us! And so began her journey through life with us.
And what a journey it was…she came with us on our moves to the Netherlands and then France. She had to learn to understand Dutch and French when she went to the pet kennel! Most recently in her life the only travelling she did was to our mountain cabin every available weekend.
Rest well, sweet kitty. We shall all miss you.
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Saturday, April 24, 2004
Sam is at His First Show—Updated
Yesterday, Sam’s breeder came and picked him up to take him to his first cat show in Colorado Springs this weekend. It was really hard to let the little critter go. We’ve become very attached to him over the past couple of weeks.
He’ll get a bath and all groomed up, and he should be showing today and tomorrow. We hope to get word on his experience tonight. We’ve even thought about driving down tomorrow, but that is 4 hours of driving time down and back to see cats in cages…don’t know.
Sam was great in the motorhome last week on a long trip to New Mexico and back. And, he has adapted to life with 8 big dogs quite well. He pretty much rules the house now.
He is up to about 6-1/2 pounds at 19 weeks old…he’s going to be a big boy.
Update! Sam’s breeders, Trudie and Dennis Allen of TruTails Maine Coon Cats, sent us an email with their comments on Sam’s first show and some photos. Click on “comments” below to see them. (For some reason the “more” link is not working on this article).
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Wednesday, April 07, 2004
Call us Crazy! “Sam I Am” Joins the Family
Tonight we brought Sam home. Sam is a 13-week old Maine Coon Cat. Here are a couple of photos. I’ll post more as comments as we take them.
He is adapting to the household and the dogs pretty well. He has Sailor scared to death—won’t walk past him. For the most part, the dogs are curious, but could care less. Ebay seems to be a bit upset. Two Shoes hasn’t a clue…
Sam’s breeders are going to be showing him in regional cat shows. Cat showing is a whole new world—one we are probably not going to get into. But, if Sam likes showing, they will take him on the occasional weekend and try to get his kitty championship (not the right vocabulary for cats, I know).
He will accompany us to New Mexico for a week in mid-April and have his first show in Colorado Springs the last weekend in April.
Stay tuned!
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Sunday, January 18, 2004
A Cat Show Comes to Town
Most of you know that we show Bernese Mountain Dogs, and have been in the dog show world for 10 years or so. But, this weekend, we decided to attend a cat show being held at the county fair grounds. Cat shows are run very differently from dog shows and seem to be a lot of fun. We walked around and looked at all the different cats (over 200 representing over 30 breeds), and we watched some judging.
A local breeder with his Maine Coon Cat
I took a few more photos which you can see by clicking on “more…”
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Monday, December 08, 2003
Natural Pet Repellent
Lynne sent along the following information the other day. We have a need to keep the dogs out of the garden, so we’ll be trying this next year!
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