Tuesday at da Casa Forty Paws

Good grief was there a lot of yakking last night! Yak everywhere! Maybe the snow upset the poodins and they had to yak. Yes, it snowed here. Several inches as a matter of fact. It's melting fast and will probably be gone by noon.

We told you we were changing V-E-Ts. There are several reasons for this. Maw has changed V-E-Ts 7 times in the 20 years she has lived here. For one thing, she worked for 3 different V-E-Ts. Anyway, there has been a hyooooj personnel turnover at our regular V-E-T, and the practice keeps growing which is a really good thing for the clinic owners, but not so good for the clients. The parking lot is totally full sometimes. Maw liked it when all the receptionists and the techs knew who she was, and knew each of us poodins. Maw figures since there are 10 of us, and she spends thousands of green paypers there each year, then it would be really nice if they knew who she was. And when she took Bow in for his checkup in January and the V-E-T said he was diabetic, and Maw had to change his diet and change his medicine and bring him back in 3 weeks, Maw didn't believe he was diabetic. And so she scheduled his recheck, but the receptionist said that a tech could see Bow, and Maw said the doctor wanted to see Bow, but the receptionist said that she checked and the doctor didn't need to see Bow. But Maw insisted that the V-E-T see Bow.
And then when Maw tried to buy more Purina OM for Gatsbi, she was told that the office manager said they had never carried OM, so Maw asked then how in the bejeebers did she purchase a bag of it in January???? And then, having to re-educate all the receptionists and technicians each time Maw schedules one of us for dentals because we board overnight so that the other 9 poodins don't have to go without food and water. This always causes SO MUCH CONFUSION and Maw is SO TIRED OF THAT. How difficult is that anyway?

So, there is a new poodin only clinic and Maw went to check them out and consulted with the V-E-T and it's a very small, personalized practice. They knew everyone who was coming in, and the best part is that the V-E-T actually intubates and performs the dentals. She doesn't sedate the poodin and turn it over to a tech. Lots of you probably don't know this, but many V-E-Ts don't do the dentals on your animals. They sedate the animal, then let the technicians do the cleaning. And, many vets don't intubate. They sedate with an injection only and no mechanical breathing with anesthesia is used. Intubation is required by vets belonging to the AAHA (American Animal Hospital Association), but not all vets belong to AAHA.

So, Maw is furry impressed with this poodin only V-E-T and now we all get to go there and meet her and her staff. Uh, we don't know if we like that part of it....

Luf, Us

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Tabby Tuesday Snoopervising

Dis ist Dorf snoopervisin Paw's fixin ov da winder dat Maw broked whilst kleenin.

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Updates on Tuesday

Here is a closeup of Orinch's face. Isn't he a cute liddle bugger? If you look really close, you can see his bits under his tail. He's a BIG Man Cat!!!

We don't want to lead you astray in thinking that we are going to foster him and find him a home. We don't do that anymore. We're no longer with the group we were with for 3 years, and we gave up on fostering when we reached 10 poodins. We ended up keeping too many special needs cats and the ones we grew too attached to.

Orinch might belong to a neighbor who hasn't fixed him, we just don't know. But we're going to "fix" him so that he can't make babies. We don't think he has a family, because he was really skinny when he first started coming into our yard this winter.

Also, we have discovered that we have flying ants, not swarming termites which makes us extremely happy!!! Yippee Skippee!!!

And, in other noos, some "experts" say we are out of the drought, although the lake that supplies water to this county is still 6 feet below normal. Most cities in this county are still under mandatory Stage 3 Drought Restrictions which means automatic lawn watering restricted to one day a week, soaker hoses around foundations can be run 1 hour per day, no car washing, or runoff from yards allowed. And many cities impose a surcharge on water usage above maybe 15,000 gallons, or 20,000 gallons per month. Depending on your city. So we are very grateful that we have been receiving some very good, soaking rains once a week the last few weeks. The "experts" had predicted a dryer, and warmer, spring than normal. Of course, we still have 2 months of spring to go, so we aren't counting our gallons before they fall from the sky!!!

As we mentioned last week, foundations need to be watered here. Most foundations are cement slabs. Basements are rare here, although modern technology and money are building some basements in the multi-million dollar homes. The reason basements are rare is because when the ground contracts as it drys, the basements would cave in. Not a pleasant experience for the homeowner. Neither are shifting foundations which happens when the ground becomes so dry that is contracts. And then when we have soaking rains, it expands. So, when it contracts and the foundation begins shifting, doors begin to stick, and walls begin to crack and pull apart. I've been in homes where there were 2 inch gaps between the walls and the ceilings, or in the walls connecting rooms. Foundation problems cost thousands of dollars to repair. Sometimes it can all be done externally, and sometimes they have to come in and rip up the flooring and drill into the concrete slab and "do stuff". Don't know what it is they do, but it's a mess!!! So, last year during the hottest months of the year, there weren't soaker hoses to be found in stores and home improvement centers.

Having grown up in Indiana, and living 10 years in Omaha, NE, these types of issues were unknown to me.

Happy Tuesday to efurryone!

Luf, Us

Tired Tuesday

Dorf, Obi and G.T. preventing the bed from being made.

Tuxie Tuesday

Tabby Tuesday

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Tuxie Tuesday

Meet Catsby over at The Spoiled Cat blog. He's only been blogging a short time, but has introduced us to many other cats already. And, yesterday he showed us his new hammock that he received from Forty Paws. We think he likes it!!! What do you think?


And here is our own resident Reno modeling his evening attire.



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Tagged Tuesday

Dorf will answer this meme.

A) Four places I have lived:
1. A farm in Kaufman County
2. My furrever home with Maw & Paw

B) Four things I love to watch:
Birds
Bunnies
Squirrels
Geckos

C) Four places I have been outside my home:
My regular V-E-T
North Texas Veterinary Referral Center:
Surgery Center
Radiology Center
My V-E-T dentist

D) Four websites I visit daily:
MSNBC for news
Il Divo to see what the boys are up to
Tons of cat blogs
Anything else that needs researching

E) Four of my favorite foods:
Blueberry low fat Yogurt
Shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese
Science Diet Z/D
IAMs Original

F) Four places I would rather be right now:
Sleeping in the sun
On Paw's lap
Sleeping between Maw's legs on da big bean bed
On a cat bed

G) Four toys I have owned and played with:
G.T.
Cat dancer
Kitty kwicken
Galkie Co. Kitty Toy

H) Four nicknames my staff have tried to assign me:
Fish
Dorfington Fish Stanley
Bucky
Rubber Baby Buggy Bumper

I) Regarding Catnip:
Love it
It's nice
Could take it or leave it
Don't like it or can't have it
Answer: 1

J) Regarding Cat Grass:
Love it
It's nice
Could take it or leave it
Don't like it or can't have it
Answer: 2

K) First four things I'd buy after winning the lottery:
A shelter for all the homeless poodins
A V-E-T hospital to take care of all of them
A huge house with rooms for all ten of us
A huge cage off the back of our new house

L) Four things I do besides eat, sleep, and litterbox:
Scare the pee out of Obi
Scare the poop out of Obi
Traumatize Gatsbi
Follow Maw everywhere she goes

M) Four things I want to do this summer:
Scare the pee out of Obi
Scare the poop out of Obi
Get more of my teeth extracted
Feel better

N) My four most prized possessions that have limited value to anyone else:
My ability to scare the pee out of Obi
My ability to scare the poop out of Obi
My cage
My remaining teeth

O) What I’m going to do before tomorrow is over:
Scare the pee out of Obi
Scare the poop out of Obi
Sleep
Help Maw

P) Which of the following is your favorite place to hide and play?
Paper bags
Plastic bags
Boxes
Other (please describe)
Answer: 3

Q) Four other "pets" your staff have kept with you:
G.T.
Obi
Annie
Bow

R) Four furiends I tag to respond:
Any poodin who hasn't done it yet.

You know the drill. Copy this list and paste it into a new post. Insert your own answers, pass it on, and leave me a comment. I like comments. Yes, it's long. So skip some questions - you're a cat and don't have to do what anyone tells you.

Luf, Dorf

Tummy Toesie Tuesday

G.T. and Dorf (ACK! CORRECTION!! Reno) snuggling.

We had sefral kwesshuns bowt Dorf's poofy cloud. It wuz da stuffin owta da bak ov Maw's kuztum leffer chair. She asted fur soft an it wuz too soft. She wuz tryin to git da lumbar sport rite. She venshully tukked it bak to da plais dat made it an got it in medium. We all tot da stuffin wuz fun stuff!!!

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