I’ve read that cats are one of only a few animals that can learn from watching. I’ve been able to see it several times. A week ago Muffy was playing with a toy mouse on the stairs. She hit it with her paw and sent it flying but at the same time she hit one …
“Meo-o-ow.” “MEo-o-W.” “meoa-a-a.” “mm-m-m-w.” “meeow-ow-ow.” “MEOW!” “The more you talk to your cat the more she will try to communicate and talk to you.” I read that somewhere and thought I would try it. After three years, I can say it works. Muffy communicates constantly. I am told when it is time to get up …
My kitty said she was sorry the other day. Really! I was sitting on the floor going through a pile and throwing away out of date stuff when Muff jumped up on my desk and missed—a wiggling pile of fluff and claws landed in my lap. As any intelligent person would, I yelled “OW!” as …
Cats need to have a safe place. A place where they can go and know that no one will bother them. Muffy’s favorite place is under our bed. She waits, rather impatiently, for me to make it every morning and immediately runs under to check my work when I’m done. She sleeps under it during …
Muffy has seen a lot of Star Trek over the years. I don’t think she’s missed an episode. And she has learned a lot. She does a perfect imitation of Red Alert. Her sensors are always on full sweep. We can get animated about the country, the world, the traffic, anything. As soon as she …
Muffy has a record. I guess it had to happen someday. She gets crammed into a small box, carted off to a strange place, to sit in a room full of dogs. She’s a furry ball of panic on four legs. The last time we visited the Vet was like all the others except that …
It’s like a Jaws movie. The sound from a distance, getting closer and closer. Bum-Bum. Bum-Bum. Bum-Bum. Until, BOOM, the four running kitty feet land on my stomach and a few well chosen meows tell me that the food dish is empty. Depending on when the dish gets emptied, this can happen several times during …
Muffy is our ninja cat. She loves to hide behind our floor length curtains and pounce at our feet or wait to be found. We call “Where’s the kitty? Where is she?” And eventually she will jump out with a triumphant look on her furry face that seems to say “I fooled you!” What she …
Cats are extremely territory-oriented so, before we moved, I read everything I could find to help make it easier for Muffy. To help you understand how important their territory is to cats— one of the books I read said that it would actually be easier on some cats to stay at the house with new …
My favorite kitty gets very tense every fall. She paces.She’s jumpy. She’s cranky. And she doesn’t get enough sleep. All because she must remain ever vigilant to the attacking forces. As soon as they start changing color she seems to know that they will soon be attacking her territory again. And she waits and watches. …
