Missy Fluffs

Missy Fluffs is still having some adjustment problems after her grooming session. Beasley is being a total putz! He hisses at her every time he sees her. It seems to be visual, not scent. The girls are doing better - Bugs is still having some trouble, but she's no longer hissing.

Poor Fluffy!

And she just can't get comfortable! Her skin is nearly exposed to the air, and it feels strange to her. She sits on the chair and shifts and twitches a lot. She finally gets comfy, and I scoot her off the chair so I can sit there, or so I can get up... Poor baby.

She's very snuggly, and she's her sweet self, but she is pouting a little bit. I almost wonder if I should make up a little kitty-sweater like those for chiuahua dogs. I know she'll get comfortable in a day or so, but the waiting and watching is hard to do.

Meanwhile, I keep telling her she's a pretty kitty and giving her as much love and affection as she will take. And I scold Beasley when he hisses at her. He pouts over that....

Can't win for losing, right now...

Pix when I can...

Fluffy got clipped!

Boy! Does she look great! And her skin is in much better condition than it seemed to be, after she had a bath.

The groomer was Susie at Loving Hands Pet Grooming on Washington Pike, in Knoxville.

The charge was reasonable, and the service fabulous!

So much hair! No wonder I went through 2 clippers! Susie went through 3 blades on Fluffy. Yep, lots of hair!

Incredible Story of a Rescued Cat!

This poor cat got into a couch and the couch was donated! Well, the cat was found, and would you believe it! The person who bought the couch worked at an animal shelter. Talk about synchronicity!

The cat made it home OK, and there's a video to watch, here...

Cat Found in a Spokane Couch Just click on the picture.

Fluffy is getting groomed!

Miss Fluffy, on the left here, is going to finally get to the groomer on the 17th. She's been covered with mats for over 2 years.

I've been trying to remove the mats myself, of course. I've used a de-matting tool, 2 clippers (burned one set out, and almost burned out the second set) and gave up. I'm now using scissors to remove and loosen the worst of them. But she really needs a good clipping. Even under the chin!

Well, I found a local groomer who is willing. Fluffy is so sweet that "she makes my teeth hurt" so we'll see how she does with a stranger.

Site Nominated for Paws Up Best of 2009!!!

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WOW! Vote early and often!

This is a great honor, and you can read all about the Paws Up Program here.

WOW!

I've been watching the world I'm used to melt away into nothing. The economy and the government are dealing with such serious issues, that talking about cats seems really trivial. I'm still here, still working behind the scenes, helping folks with their cats. But somehow, it doesn't seem like a really important thing right now.

Does anyone have any ideas to put folks to work? Let's do this ourselves. It looks like the government is pulling out "Politics as Usual" and fighting with themselves in a circle-jerk. I'm fed up with the lack of real help for people who are hurting. So, I'm asking all the readers - do you have any ideas? Let's just run them by each other, OK? No flaming, no judgements. Just toss out the ideas. After we get about 20-30 ideas on the table, we can start narrowing the field.

Morgen

New Page!

Brag on your kitty!

http://www.for-the-love-of-cats.com/Bragging-Rights.html

A new page, not yet linked in so that only the advance group gets it! It will be "Officially Announced" later this week in the e-zine. But you can add your entry now.

I've got a whole bunch of new books (Finally!) and I'll be putting them up. Also, I did some research with the various Veterinary colleges in the USA and got a feel for the entry requirements. It's always a good idea to do even more than they ask in some respects, but this new section will help those who are thinking about becoming a veterinarian. Never - EVER let someone say "Just a vet" in your hearing! These folks are amazing!

I've also got the goods on the textbooks for veterinary college, and vet tech courses. Great sources with excellent pricing. I'll be getting all that posted in a few days, so check the site.

Lots of love to you all!

Morgen

Nope, not following anyone at the moment

Although, if I find somebody to follow, I will. I was watching Cats 101 on Animal Planet last night, and there was a cat behaviorist I'd like to find on the Web. There was also a cat trainer in Las Vegas who picks up shelter cats and puts them in his stage act. I read Karen Pryor's stuff whenever she says something. I keep my pinky on that one.

I was originally trained to train dogs by Wodehouse. She is in England. I don't know who/what she was in life, but she taught me to train a very stubborn dog. It was the first time I ever tried to train a dog to do what I wanted it to do, not just what it picked up. I've always been able to train cats to do stuff. Some cats train better at one thing or another. Some like to jump, some like to attack, some will go through obstacles, or rings. Some love kennels and some want nothing to do with them. Each cat is different.

Anyways - just a quick post to let you know that no, I don't follow Google Forums or Groups. I probably should, but they get spammed by strange folks and animal cruelty freaks. There are some really knowledgable folks on the ones I used to follow. That was on the old computer, and I no longer have the links, sorry. That was Google, not Yahoo! or MSN.

Dont' get me started on MSN. I think the entire company needs to be taken apart and separated into the parts that it does best - programming. News is not it's forte' and it should get out.

And the programming team needs to fix what's wrong before it tries to force it on the rest of us.

I can't even read hotmail anymore because of the layers of crap that crash my computer. Anything of import is removed from Hotmail. The only stuff going there is a test of the e-zine, and junk. I can't even read the newsletters from my suppliers anymore. What a mess!

Flea Site is Gone

I took down Flea-fighters.com. I had a choice, and I made it. I look forward to really working on the big site, For-the-Love-of-Cats.com a lot. I hope you like the changes.

OOPS...

I sent out the newsletter unfinished. Instead of hitting up my readers with another issue right away to fix the oversight, I decided to leave it alone.

I've had a small fire at my house, restricted computer access and all manner of stuff going on. It's all an excuse but it did distract me. I guess something had to fall, and my newsletter issue was what fell.

Things are getting back to normal, but it will take a while yet for all the parts and pieces to balance out again.