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7 things made much more difficult with a cat: Tying your shoes Making the bed Packing Cooking Typing Sleeping Putting laundry away But… then there’s this: And this: And – swoon – this: Oh, and this: But best of all: Who knew I was a cat lady… 🙂
So, I have this issue. From what I understand, this is pretty typical. Newt wants to be in the middle of my workspace, no matter what I’m doing. I love her company. I really do. My problem comes in when she settles in, and then decides that me doing my work is …
If you’ve been following along, you may remember last summer when I moved down to Louisiana with the boys and had to introduce them to Newt. Emmett ignored her immediately. Cooper thought we got him the best toy ever. And Lucas? Well, Lucas wanted to eat her. So, over the course of nearly six months, …
Newt’s been getting neglected around here. She’s up to a lot of shenanigans, and I’ve been working on some cat-centric projects, but I never think to post about it. Poor, Newt. Anyway, I’m stating publicly: If I can get my act together Newt will get a “Caturday” post from now on! Starting with her most …
For the past six months or so, Newt has been attempting to scoot out the door that goes into the garage and leads to the backyard. We’ve had to catch her on many occasions in the garage. Not good. Not safe. For one thing, there’s a hole in the wall (of course.) that leads to …
Mental exercise is crucial to our dogs’ overall wellness. The same thing applies to cats, but there seem to be fewer products designed to get them thinking. (At least that I’ve found! If you know of any, do share!) So, I decided to whip one up: a DIY cat puzzle! This is the easiest DIY …
No, Teddy isn’t another feline addition to the household. Instead, Teddy belongs to the feline member of the household. Back when John and Newt first became roomies, the pet sitters brought Newt this little teddy bear. She loves him. It’s the funniest thing because he’s almost as big as she is, but she drags him …
If you follow along on Facebook, you know that Newt started wearing a collar camera on occasion in conjunction with the Nature’s Recipe for Moments campaign. It’s my fault we haven’t kept our scrapbook more up-to-date, but I’m working to remedy that situation. In the meantime, check out Newt’s pictures here! (Please don’t judge the orange-toned house …
At this exact moment, all four of my fur-balls are asleep, mere inches away from each other. And, late Sunday morning, we found this: Yep. That’s Newt snuggled behind a dozing Lucas. Pretty amazing since six months ago, all he wanted to do was eat her. Of course, it’s taken that entire six months to …
We’ve been training the dogs to get along with the cat for nearly five months. If you’re just joining or you’re looking for a cat-meets-dog training plan, here’s what’s happened so far: We started with a thorough plan, which suited Emmett and Cooper perfectly. But not Lucas. Then, we tweaked the plan to deal with …
Cooper learned a new trick! Coop learns a new trick! from Maggie Marton on Vimeo. While he learned it quickly, not every session went swimmingly. (BTW – Does anyone else have an issue with their dogs chewing on their cat’s scratching post? Or is this a problem unique to Coop?) Coop learns a …
Have I mentioned that we’re renting a haunted mansion? We found one landlord with one house willing to rent to 3 dogs and a cat. The house is humongous, but it’s in terrible shape. It creaks. It leaks, so drips echo across the wood floors. Many of the windows aren’t sealed, so when it storms, …
Somehow we’ve already been in Louisiana for just shy of two months. My, how time flies… If you had asked me when we crafted our plan to introduce the dogs to the cat how long I thought it would take, I probably would’ve said a few weeks, maybe a month. We made some excellent progress at …
Happy Friday! I hope you and your dogs got through the Fourth unscathed! Here’s hoping the neighborhood kids use up all their backyard fireworks so we can close that book for the year… After I wrote about how we were introducing dogs and cats, you guys shared some phenomenal advice – thank you! So I …
Before we moved to Louisiana, I obsessed researched like crazy, read everything I could find, and talked to people with combined households about introducing dogs and cats. Emmett, Lucas, and Cooper had almost no experience with cats, and Newt had no experience with dogs. The one factor that I thought would work in our favor …
Oh, hello there! I didn’t see you behind this mountain of boxes! How are you? So if you were following along on Facebook or Instagram, you know we (finally) made it to Louisiana. It’s been a whirlwind few days, though I finally feel like my head is above water. Once we get the internet set …
Before I can get to the main point, a little back story: For the past seven months, John has been working in Louisiana. Long story short, when he finished up at the university here, I was starting cancer treatments. Since I’m a freelancer, I’ve always been on his health insurance. He needed to line up …
