Meet Ruby

We finally decided to get Max his baby, one that wouldn't be leaving him. We found our adorable little Ruby Thursday. We have Max, so we named her Ruby after the kids cartoon Max & Ruby. The name fits her, she is a little gem.

Max loves any little animal. Whenever they leave him he get's upset and won't eat, so we decided to get him a little friend for him to watch over. Since, we brought him little Ruby, he quit chewing on his feet. Wheaten Terriers were used to herd, watch and guard the sheep and farm animals. So, we thought maybe part of his anxiety problem is he doesn't have any animals to watch. So, we got him a little kitty cat to watch over and protect.

Best Buddies

Reigning Cats & Dogs

I am down here in North Carolina visiting my parents, we went to the Monroe Crossing Mall and they have a pet store called Reigning Cats & Dogs. You can also shop Reigning Cats & Dogs online at www.rcandd.com.  I was impressed to find out that everything in the store was made in the United States. Considering all the concern with some of the dog treats coming from China and over seas were causing liver failure and even death to dogs, it was nice to find a store where everything you picked up in the store was made in the United States. Its nice to know you can purchase items that are safe for our furry little family members.

It is only logical that overseas manufactured products may not be as safe for our pets as products manufactured in the United States, because they don't treat animals the same as most of us do in the United States do. In the United States our pets become family members, where as in some of the other countries animals wander the streets without a home.

Orbs?!

I made this video of my cat around 4:30 in the morning when I was up with my husband who was getting ready for work. I was waiting for her to tap on the door knob like she usually does, but in this video she didn't do it. I watched the video later and I noticed there are little lights that fly over her head while she is looking to the left, then there is another light that comes down and swoops next to her head on the left. I didn't see the lights while I was recording the video. Not until later, when I accidently uploaded the wrong video to my computer. There is nothing around that could have made the light. The kitchen curtains were closed and are dark brown with a lining.

Sunday's Silly Cats

Saturday's Silly Cats

Sleepy Saturday

Little Sasha looking cute and sweet in one of her favorite spots in the house, the computer chair. Her looks are deceiving though, she will come and pounce on you when your least expecting it or bite your foot while your sleeping. Cats have the life. All they worry about is eating, sleeping and getting pampered by their owners. At least we think we are the owners, but they actually own us.

Finally, Friday Is Here

I think even the cat is glad it is Friday, she looks exhausted. I usually kick her off the table, but she looked so cute, I couldn't do it today. She looks like how I feel.



Getting Cozy

My silly animals love sleeping under the blankets. My little one Sammy thinks Max is a baby & treats him like one. That could be why he is a little confused.

Sasha crawls up and under the blankets to get in. I discovered a bump under my blanket and I thought I forgot a pillow in the bed when I made it. So, I stuck my hand under the blanket and jumped because there was something furry in my bed.

Naughty Kitty Gets Stuck

There were many mornings sitting here in the kitchen with the curtains closed, drinking my morning cup of coffee and wondering why does this set of curtains have little pin holes and the others don't? With the curtains closed, you can see the sun shining through the pin holes. I always thought it was the cat making the holes, but I haven't caught her until last night when she got stuck hanging on the curtains. My husband and I were sitting there watching television last night when my youngest Sammy frantically yells from the kitchen, "Mom, come here, Sasha is stuck." This time the guilty little kitty couldn't run away when she heard foot steps coming her way, she was stuck hanging there for us to find her. I wonder how long she was hanging there before Sammy discovered her? It was hard to yell at her because, I was too busy laughing at the scene of her hanging there on the curtain with no way to get down.

Are We The Masters???

Sasha Marie (Sasha Kitty)

Sir Broderick Maximus (Max)

We think we are the masters of our pets. However, it's an illusion, our pets are the masters of us. They have us wrapped around their furry little paws. Shortly after we bring them home, they develop an unspoken communication with us. We feed them, we let them outside, we walk them, we buy them their toys and so on. Sasha for instance, last night when I was in the bathroom, she pushes the door open and sits there and stares at me. Then when I begin walking out of the bathroom she goes running into the kitchen. She's telling me to follow her into the kitchen and she is showing me she wants her canned food. I take the food out of the refrigerator and give it to her in her dish, she sniffs the food and sits down and looks at me as if she were saying "This is not the one I wanted." Then she runs away refusing to eat the food.
My cat is a little confused, she thinks she is a dog. She refuses to drink water from a cat dish, she will dump the water on the floor if you put water in her dish. Sasha has her bowl of cat food, but she also drinks water from the dog dish and will nibble on dog food through out the day, and she rarely ever uses her litter box unless it's raining outside or too cold for her to go out. She will stand at the back door and meow for someone to let her out. It's not the dog I have to watch when small children come over, it's the cat. She will bite if an unsuspecting little person picks her up. She let's us know when she wants fresh water, when she wants to eat or go outside and we jump.

Now Max on the other hand has mastered being cute to get what he wants. Sure we taught him tricks. Such as, sitting pretty, waving bye bye and to shake on command. When Max wants to go out he comes and stares at us or stands at the back door if someone is in the kitchen and we get up and let him out. When someone is eating something he wants, he starts with sitting pretty. Which he has mastered very well. He can sit there for a long time and he will until he gets what he wants. If that doesn't work, he waives bye bye. At least we think he is waving bye bye. In actuality, he is probably saying "hello, I'm down here doing tricks. Will you pay attention to me already?" If that doesn't work then he goes to the stare down.

It's like he is saying "I am going to stay here until you give me something. You can see the intensity in his eyes. On one occasion, we went to a family members house for the holiday. We left in the afternoon and didn't come back until late that night. Well, Max was obviously displeased with us for leaving him home alone most the day and took a dump on our sofa. It was like he was saying "I will teach you a lesson for leaving me home alone all day. Thank God, it was a leather sofa and easy to clean or I probably would have been more upset. We feed our pets, walk our pets, drive them around, buy them treats and toys, then we jump and get up when they want us to. So, who is the master? Are we the master of our pets or are they the masters of us?