Mancat Monday and You Make My Day Award!!

Team Tabby and the guys at The Zoo gavededed us dis award!!! We ist furry honored and humbled! Thanks you guys!

Luf, Us

Easy Like Sunday

Fluffy Friday

Thursday Thirteen #37

Thirteen Places Where G.T. Yakked Sunday Night After His Allergy Shot 1. Under the dining room table. 2. In front of the dining room table. 3. In Paw's office. 4. In the hallway. 5. In the foyer. 6. In front of the dining room windows. 7. In front of Paw's chair. 8. Behind Paw's chair. 9. In the kitchen. 10. In the bedroom. 11. In the bathroom. 12. Next to the cycle that doesn't go anywhere. 13. In front of the TV. Luf, Us

Wordless Wednesday

Toosday Noosday

Well, we were very saddened to hear that Caesar passed over the bridge Sunday morning while sleeping with his dear sister Prinnie. We hadn't been on the blogosphere Sunday, so we didn't find out until yesterday morning. We are all sending lots of headbutts and purrs to Rosemary and her family and snuggles to Princess.

In udder noos, last week Bow had his old geezer blood tests. They came back showing that he is likely going diabetic. So the vet ran the fructosamine blood test which measures the average level of glucose control over the past several weeks. This was high also. So the vet told Maw to get Bow onto a canned food diet of M/D, or D/M or W/D only. Well, Bow doesn't like canned food. And for about the last 6 months, he has been begging for treats ALL THE TIME. So he has been getting lots of treats. And the vet told Maw to try and get Bow cut back on the amount of prednisolone he takes for his eosonophilic gastritis and enteritis. Well, Maw tried the canned foods and Bow is like, "Are you kidding me?" And she has cut his pred in half so that he is getting 2.5mg daily instead of 5mg and so far he hasn't yakked, knock on wood. And he has been cut cold turkey off his treats. Maw wants to retest his blood in a few weeks to see how he's doing without all those treats. Bow was once diagnosed with having hyperthyroidism and was on meds for a couple of years for that, and then he went to get the radiology treatment for it and they found out that his thyroids were just fine. So Maw doesn't want to jump to conclusions just yet on diabetes.

Maw bought us new grooming tools last week. Since many of you poodins luf your Zoom Grooms and your Furminators, Maw got us those. She also bought a "curry comb" (that's what she said it's called when you use it on a horse). And she bought this weird comb for Obi cause he's long haired. Anyway, the fur has been seriously flying around here. Most all of us luf the Zoom Groom. Some of us luf the Furminator. G.T. lufs anything because he is the ultimate brush whore.

Speaking of G.T. Sunday night, Maw gave him his monthly allergy shot. Then he started yakking. And he yakked for half an hour. There was yak in every room of the house. And Paw slept through the whole thing! So Maw calls the dermatologist yesterday and now they want G.T. to get 12.5mg of Benadryl 1/2 hour prior to his injection. Yeah, right. G.T. is an incredibly difficult cat to pill. And he doesn't like Pill Pockets. So Maw is gonna see if she can hide the pill in a piece of Costco salmon cake or a piece of Albertson's roast Chick-Hen. Because G.T. LOVES both of those. And he has an increased injection schedule over the next couple of months to get him desensitized again. Good grief. This is gonna be fun....

Last night, Reno fell in Maw's bath water. He was trying to jump to the window sill because either Bob(bie) or Orinch were outside. He missed and fell in. Luckily, Maw was not in the tub yet or she would have gotten all kinds of scratched up.

Finally, Maw has her ann-yool sinus infection and is on her second round of aunty-bi-ot-iks. But they are tearing up her tumbly and she is FURRY ill. So we hasn't been getting around to all your blogs. Sorry efurrybody. Weze trying!

Luf, Us

Farewell Caesar

Graphic courtesy of Skeezix.

Photo Hunt #36

It is very IMPORTANT for food bowls of stinky goodness to appear each morning.

Clarification Friday

So yesterday we told you where we had our OLBEs over the past week. Some of you asked who were the suspects. And some asked if we hang our butts over the edge. Well, the tub pooper is Obi. He has upset tummy a lot, probably because of stress, and so he poops in the tub. He also poops under Paw's desk and under the table in the office. Usually when G.T. or Dorf corner him in there. Thank goodness, there is vinyl flooring in the office! Maw wishes she had no carpeting at all in any of the house because of all our yakking.


Now, the "over the edge" kids are Sally and Smokey. There is a ginormous litter box in the master bath room that holds a full 40 lbs. of fresh litter after Maw scrubs it out and fills it. Smokey still hangs his hiney over the edge. Actually, he is kinda on the edge, because some gets in the box and some gets out of the box. Sally is sometimes in the box and sometimes out of the box.


Maw doesn't know who annointed her brand new throw rug, because she was taking a bath at the time, and most of us were in the bathroom or huddled around the electric heater when this happened. She figures someone decided the rug still smelled like the store, and it needed to be marked. Of course, Maw doesn't buy anything that can't be thrown in the washing machine, so now it has been properly washed and dried and smells like our house. Plus, we started another new type of D-I-E-T food this week for Gatsbi, so those of us who have been eating some of it might be having a little bit different feeling in our tumblys. And you all know what happens when poodins have a little bit different feeling in their tumblys!

And just so you know, we have 11 litter boxes in the house and garage. So it's not like there weren't clean ones. Maw is meticulous about keeping our boxes scooped, and she never tops off the old litter with fresh. She completely throws out the old litter when it gets about an inch deep, scrubs the box, and fills it with fresh. So we really don't have issues with disgusting facilities. Maw has been in foster homes where there were disgusting facilities and she doesn't approve. She gets that look like the buns have on Disapproving Rabbits.

Just saying....

Luf, Us

Thursday Thirteen #36

Thirteen Places Where We Have Left OLBEs (Out of Litter Box Experiences) This Week 1. On Maw's brand new throw rug in the foyer. 2. In the bathtub. 3. Under Paw's desk. 4. Under the table in Paw's office. 5. On the garage floor. 6. On the bathroom floor next to the little broom that Maw uses to sweep up litter. 7. Over the edge of the litterbox in the laundry room. 8. Over the edge of the litterbox in the bathroom. 9. Over the edge of the litterbox in the garage. 10. Under the table in Paw's office, again. 11. In the bathtub, again. 12. Over the edge of the litterbox in the bathroom, again. 13. Actually, that was only 12, but Maw says it sure seems like more. Luf, Us

Wordless Wednesday

Thinking Blogger Award Tuesday

In fantastic news, Annie has returned home to Krasota Castle!!! Yay! Now Mao and Annie are both home. We know Mao is grounded for the rest of his life. We don't know about Annie being grounded for the rest of her life yet, because her beans are so happy to have her back.

Eric and Flynn and Jan's Funny Farm both awarded us the Thinking Blogger Award.

We are very humbled and honored that all of you poodins and woofies feel that we are deserving of this award.

Here are the rules for this award:

1. You must write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think. (No fish or bird blogs, they'll just make you hungry)

2. Acknowledge the givers.

3. Optional: Proudly display the 'Thinking Blogger Award" with a link to the post that you wrote.
4. Go tell your humans to fork over the treats!

We are giving this award to:

1. J.B.'s Big World because she posts about all sorts of animals and it really makes us think.

2. D. Chedwick Bryant because he had his toofies pulled just like our little Dorfie, and he talks about perfumes and we try and try to understand what he is talking about, but our brains have trouble thinking that hard about something other than chasing squirrels and mice, or eating, or napping.

3. Fred the Cat at Morning Martini because he makes us think about the bigger world on Fridays when he takes over PoP's blog.

4. Dr. Tweety of da Fab Five. They totally crack us up, and we really have to think when they write their posts.

5. Scooby, Shaggy, and Shout because they are a funny trio whose Mom rescues guinea pigs and we really like guinea pigs and think about maybe getting some more ourselves from the rescue group here but Maw says they are a lot of work and that 10 poodins is already too much work.

Luf, Us

Varyeeous Items ov Inchrest

First off, we are SO HAPPY that Mao has gone home to his fambly. And, we are also happy that Annie has been spotted twice by her beans! This is SUCH GOOD NOOS!

Ok, last week, we wanted to show you the weird chair diapers that Maw put on the dining ruum chairs. But NO, she had to show you the Al Qaeda kitty. So, here are the chair diapers. See, Maw had the dining ruum chairs re-upholstered back in November because the old seats had gotten a bit kitty-clawed if you know what we mean. So she picked out this loverly fabric that she thought went with the drapes and the wall color in the dining ruum and kitchen, etc. And she looked up a re-upholstererererer dude on Angie's List. So this dude did a great job and put the welts on and efurrryting was fantastic. So Maw brought the seats home and started screwing them back on the chairs. Gatsbi immediately jumped on the first one and proceeded to claw the holy crap out of it. Maw is like, "ACK!" Obviously, the fabric she so carefully chose was not as kitty proof as the original fabric!!! So, Maw took the seat off and thought about it for a long time. She considered just throwing towels over the chairs, but she already does that with the kitchen chairs, and we pull those off all the time. So, she went out and bought this butt-ugly corduroy fabric, and wrapped it around the chair cushions and staple gunned it in place. So when company comes over, she is gonna take the diapers off temporarily. Good thing for her that company doesn't come over very often....

In udder noos, yestday was clippy claws day here at da Forty Paws. Datz also da day dat Bow & Gatsbi git wayyed on da baby scales. Well, as you know, Gatsbi has bin on a D-I-E-T for about a yeer. When she was on the prescription R/D, Maw & Paw called it the bulimia D-I-E-T because when she would eat too much, she would yak it back out. Well, it was an effective D-I-E-T because she lost 3 lbs. But Maw & Paw got tired of cleaning up yak, because all of us yakked R/D when we ate too much of it. It sorta expands in the belly with water intake. So, Maw switched to W/D. And now Gatsbi isn't yakking it all the time, but she has gained back 1 lb. So, Maw has to talk to da V-E-T today when she takes Bow in for his ol' geezur check-up. Bow will be 18 in March and he needs to have some blood taken and see how he's doing.

Ok, we've talked enuf fur now.

Luf, Us

Silly Sunday

This is another email funny that Maw received recently. We thought all you poodins and your beans might get a kick or a purr out of it....

The Four Cats!

Four men were bragging about how smart their cats were . The first man was an Engineer, the second man was an Accountant, the third man was a Chemist and the fourth man was a Government Employee.

To show off, the Engineer called his cat, "T-square, do your stuff."

T-square pranced over to the desk, took out some paper and pen and promptly drew a circle, a square, and a triangle.

Everyone agreed that was pretty smart.

But the Accountant said his cat could do better. He called his cat and said, "Spreadsheet, do your stuff."

Spreadsheet went out to the kitchen and returned with a dozen cookies. He divided them into 4 equal piles of 3 cookies ............

Everyone agreed that was good.

But the Chemist said his cat could do better. He called his cat and said "Measure, do your stuff."

Measure got up, walked to the fridge, took out a quart of milk, got a 10 ounce glass from the cupboard and poured exactly 8 ounces without spilling a drop into the glass.

Everyone agreed that was pretty good.

Then the three men turned to the Government Employee and said, "What can your cat do?"

The Government Employee called his cat and said.... "Coffee Break.....do your stuff."

Coffee Break jumped to his feet...........

ate the cookies.......

drank the milk..............

sh*t on the paper....................

screwed the other three cats.....................

claimed he injured his back while doing so..................

filed a grievance report for unsafe working conditions........

put in for Workers Compensation...............and

went home for the rest of the day on sick leave.............!!!!!!!!!!

Luf, Us

Annie and Maobert, Please Come Home!

Annie from Krasota Castle cats has been missing since Thursday and she is a Momma cat who needs to return home to her babies. She is not an outside cat, but escaped through a window.

Mao was accidentally let outside by his grandma on Wednesday and needs to come home because there are bobcats and coyotes close to his house.

Please join the entire cat blogosphere in purring and purraying for safe returns for both of these purrecious poodins. We are all very worried about them!

Luf, Us

Funny Fashion Friday

You know how Maw receives funny stuff on her email all the time? Well, she received this last night, and although WE wanted to show you our dining room chairs wearing diapers, she was ROTFLHAO about this picture, so she posted it, against OUR better judgement...

Thursday Thirteen #35 and Blogoversary!!!

Today is our 1 year Blogoversary! It is hard to believe that we have been blogging for one whole year! We have posted 354 times, so we almost did a post per day. Whew!

So we would like to tell you 13 things we have learned since we started blogging.

1. There are hundreds of poodins around the world who blog!
2. Dorf isn't the only poodin who has lost his teeth to Feline Odontoclastic Resorptive Lesions.
3. There are lots of caring, loving beans who rescue abandoned and lost animals and treat them respectfully.
4. There are poodins running for political office.
5. It is lots of fun to throw huge poodin parties for Valentine's Day and Purrfdays and any other event that we want. And we even went on Auntie Bee's croose.
6. Niptinis are the best.
7. Nip cigars and nip nanners are great.
8. Walking on the ceiling at the parties is tons of fun.
9. Other poodins like to howl in the middle of the night and wake their beans.
10. We have met buns and woofies and mice and rats and guinea pigs and a horse in blogosphere land!
11. We have learned that ham is universally luffed by most all poodins.
12. When there are poodins and beans in need, the blogosphere bands together to help them.
13. And we have learned that some poodins actually like to model clothes and get paid in Temp-tay-shuns!

Thanks to efurry one of you for making our first year great!

Luf, Us

Wordless Wednesday

Tabby Tuxie Tongue Tuesday

Bouquet and Meme

Karen Jo from Kitty Limericks passed on this wonderful bouquet to Maw & Paw for taking care of all of us special needs poodins here at the Forty Paws and helping out other kitties too. Maw & Paw really appreciate her kindness. We poodins really try to keep them happy by one of us puking at least daily, and sometimes we even reward them with OLEs (out-of-litterbox experiences). As a matter of fact, just this morning Paw stepped in yak in the hallway, and Maw stepped on a cling-on that had fallen on the floor. Wasn't that nice of us to remind them that we are all still here? Thanks Karen Jo!!!!

The kids from Jan's Funny Farm tagged us for the Seven Random/Weird Things Meme. Sally will tell you 7 random things about herself.

1. When Maw or Paw get home and leave the big metal monsters in the garage, I howl at the garage door for them to let me go out and warm myself on the hoods of the big metal monsters.

2. When I go through the cat flap to go into the enclosure, I let the flap close gently on my tail so it doesn't go "FLAP FLAP". Maw told me she appreciates this.

3. I like to take my special foods out of the food bowl and go elsewhere to eat them. Like last night Maw gave me some steak, and I had to take each piece from the bowl and go into the living room to eat it. I do the same with tuna and Chick-Hen.

4. I am NOT A LAP CAT.

5. Maw has to wash off my right eye almost daily because of the black gunk that builds up from my Feline Herpes.

6. I like to walk around the house and howl. That's why my nickname is Sgt. Sally--because I'm on patrol.

7. I rub against every corner in the house and against the legs of every piece of furniture so that Maw has to scrub off the black markings every once in awhile.

This Meme has been around the Cat Blogosphere a few times, so if there is anyone out there with a burning desire to tell us 7 random things about yourself, go for it!

Luf, Sally

Easy Like Sunday

Photo Hunt #35

The theme is delicious. G.T. says there is nothing more delicious than aerosol can whip cream.

Texas Humane Legislation Network

Anyone who has been reading this blog for awhile knows the story of Davy. If you don't know it, you need to read it. I became an activist after Davy was bloodlessly mutilated. At that time, I didn't even know about the THLN. Since 2001 when I testified to the Texas Senate and House committees I have been a supporter of THLN. They do amazing work, and have helped get many wonderful bills passed in Texas to stop animal cruelty, canned hunts, cock and dog fighting, horse slaughter for human consumption and many other important legislative changes. But there is still so much to be done!

If you live in Texas, please get involved. Many of their meetings are held in Austin, but this one is here in the DFW Metroplex. You can bet I'll be there!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS:

Please join us at the next General Meeting on
Saturday, January 19, 2008

General Meeting 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

We'll be discussing potential bills to pursue in the 2009 session, as well as different ways to further develop our membership and presence at the Capitol.

Directors and Advisory Directors, please plan on attending the Board Meeting from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. prior to the General Meeting

Both meetings will be held at:
The SPCA of Texas
2400 Lone Star Drive

Dallas, Texas 75212
(Note: This is the SPCA's new location off Interstate 30)

Directions and a map to the meeting can be accessed at:
SPCA of Texas

Click on "About Us" and then "Locations". The map to the meeting location at the SPCA Headquarters Office will then be displayed.

Obi on the Throne

Wordless Wednesday

Tabby Tuesday