Well is finally time fur meez tu stawt tellin’ you all ’bout meez!!! Dis is me favowit topic. MOL Ifin yous wead meez blog fwum da beginnin’ den yous’ know dat mommy wescued meez fwum a vewy bad bweedew and meez wus da wunt of da littew. Meez wus vewy sickly when me came tu liv hewe at almost 4 weeks old. Meez didn’t eat weal food yet and meez wus all wowmy. Da bweedew had just ’bout killed me and meez littew mates wif OTC wowmews; and da wong ones at dat. But me didn’t know how good meez wus gunna hav it. Mommy took me home wiff hers and cleaned meez all up and gav meez a bottle and tawt meez how tu eat and use da pawdee box, and meez luved hers vewy much. Aftew all meez chose her not da uddew way wownd. Yous’ can wead a showt bio ’bout meez here. (https://dezizworld.wordpress.com/2014/02/) By da way, mommy sez dat we’s gunna add pages showtly wif more detailed stowwy’s ’bout Lexi and meez stawts in life. Lexi will tell hers fwum her point of view just like shes’ did on facebook. It’s just takin’ us a little bit tu leawn how evewfin’ works here. Der’s lots of fings we’s wanna du, just gotta figgew it all out. MOL
So one day mommy wus in da kitchen makin’ hers a dwink (just a coke. mol) and meez wus layin’ in da floow waitin’ on hers. Meez nevew wants tu be faw fwum mommy. 🙂 Anyway, meez felt dat sumfin wus wong. So meez got up and went ovew tu mommy and stawted pawin’ at hers ankle (dat’s all me kuld weach) and skweekin’ and tuwnin’ wownd and wownd. Well mommy fawt meez wus so cute and hers luved meez so much dat hers weached down and picked meez up and stawted kissin’ me. Me gotta tell ya’ dat meez luvs sum kisses, but sumfin bad wus gunna hapun. And even tho’ meez didn’t know what, meez had tu wawn mommy. So meez stawted pushin’ mommy away and pattin’ hers face and skweekin’ still. Mommy put meez back down and….now what, hers twied tu giv meez tweats. Meez just kep pawin’ at hers and dancin’ wownd, and den it hapund. Mommy lost all da colow in hers face and hers started wockin’ and den hers looked down at me and smiled and den, BOOM!! Wight on da floow she’s went. Meez wus vewy scawed but meez didn’t wanna leav mommy eevew, so meez stayed and laid down aside hers and stawted purrin’. It seemed like mommy wus der fuwevew so meez muved tu hers chest and stawted pattin and lickin’ hers face. Dat’s da site mommy saw when hers came tu. MOL Mommy still didn’t know what wus goin’ on wiff meez but hers gave me lots of luvin’ and dat wus okay tu. 🙂
A foo days latew, meez felt dat feelin’ agin and new sumfin bad wus gunna hapun. Dis time meez new what dat wus, but meez didn’t know what it wus called. Meez agin stawted pawin’ at mommy and skweekin’ and dancin’ wownd agin. Mommy still didn’t listen tu meez, and down hers went agin. MOL A foo more times, and mommy finally got da message me wus sendin’ hers. Meez knew dat hers wus gunna pass out afur hers did it. Almost 30 minutes afur. And once hers stawted payin’ tention tu meez den hers saved herself a many a bwuise and a dates wiff da floow. MOL Mommy did sum weseawch and leawned dat animals can smell changes in body chemistwy. In uddew wowds wes’ know when yous’ sick. It’s da same way wes’ know is gunna wain or da winds gunna blow and da like. Der are odow and tepewatuwe changes in da body dat wes’ smell and sense. Dat’s made meez able tu know when mommy’s gunna pass out, and meez luvs hers so much meez wants tu tell hers dat it’s gunna hapun. Mommy has named what meez du tu tell her, ‘da dance’. Dat’s just pawt of meez special bond wif mommy. Meez got lots more tu tell, but til da nex time; Hav a Pawsum Day!!!
Well meez vewy glad you’s all enjoyed weadin’ ’bout Shad. Aftew Shad went tu heaven mommy got anuddew kitty and twained him tu du da fings dat Shad had dun. Mommy also volunteewed wif a wescue gwoup and hers specialized in kitty’s wif no mommy. And dat’s where Lexi comes in. You’s can wead a bwief bio. ’bout hers stawt in life here (https://dezizworld.wordpress.com/2014/02/22/) As sum of you’s know, Lexi is 10 yeaws oldew den meez and since hers helped mommy teach meez how tu be a Service kitty, den meez fawt you’s shuld here a bit ’bout hers twainin’. We’s bof giv mommy massages evew day. Ow massages are bettew known as ‘makin’ biskits’, kneadin’, etc., but when focused on a pawticulaw awea at a specified time, den is called a ‘massage’. Well fur most kitty’s dis action comes natuwally, and it weally duz ifin a kitty gwows up wifout a fur mommy. So all mommy had tu du wus twain a natuwal action tu be dun when hers wanted and where hers wanted. Lexi luved mommy vewy much and hers wanted tu purrlease mommy. So mommy wuld take Lexi and lay down and put Lexi abuv hers head and den mommy wuld coo at hers. Dis wuld cause Lexi tu stawt purrin’ and massagin’ at mommy’s head. By da way, dis is pawsum fur migwaine headaches. Anyways, didn’t take long and Lexi wus a mastew at da massage and wuld take hers place at mommy’s head anytime mommy wuld lay down.
Massage mastewed, Lexi wus ontu biggew fings. MOL It wus time fur hers tu help wiff mommy’s showews. One kitty wusn’t able tu pull or push mommy outta da tub, but 2 kitty’s, well 2 kitty’s kuld du lots more. Once Lexi wus big ’nuff tu hold hers own den she’s wus spected tu help out da wesident cats. Devon and Lucky (Devon wus da kitty mommy wescued aftew Shad died and Lucky adopted mommy fwum a littew hers waised while volunteerin’, hims wus 28 days oldew den Lexi. Bof da boys were well twained. (Dey hav bof gone on tu heaven so meez won’t be covewin’ der twainin’). So, Lexi had been watchin’ da boys wiff mommy in da showew fur a foo munfs, and hers watched as Lucky wus twained, but hers just nevew twied tu help out. Well dis day, Lucky stayed in da bedwoom when mommy went tu take a showew, and mommy and Devon and Lexi all went tu da pawdee box woom. As usual, mommy got intu da showew and den, well it hapund. Down hers went, and Devon jumped in da tub wight away and meowed fur Lexi tu du da same. Lexi didn’t wanna get wet, and hers didn’t know what tu du. She’s luved mommy so much and mommy had taken such good cawe of hers so in she’s jumped. Just den Lucky showed up and jumped in tu. Deys all meowed at each uddew and Devon got undew one of mommy’s awms and Lucky and Lexi got undew da uddew arm and deys all pushed until mommy’s uppew body and awms wus hangin obew da edge ob da tub. Lexi stawted pawin’ and lickin’ mommy’s face til hers came tu. Didn’t take long, and Lexi wus old hat at da showew and hers and Lucky finally got big ’nuff tu help mommy alone.
Lexi also leawned tu dial 911 and dwive da wheelchaiw and bwing mommy small items. Mommy tawt hers these fings so meez gunna just tell you’s all ’bout these wiff meez twainin’. Meez had tu giv you’s all a little back stowwy afuw me kuld stawt tellin’ meez stowwy, but now is time. 🙂 So tune in tumowwo fur da beginnin’ of meez twainin’ tu leawn tu be a Service Cat. Til da nex time, Hav a Pawsum day!!
Dis is Devon (blue point Himi) and Lucky (flame point Siamese) and Lexi hangin’ out tugeddew.
Well mommy learned dat Shad could call fur help ifin it was needed. Now mommy was glad hers had never gotten onto Shad fur playin’ with da fone all those times. Mommy wondered what else Shad could do but mommy didn’t really know what all she needed. As bein’ disabled wus somethin’ mommy had never thought ’bout. Well as me told you yesfurday mommy passes out quite a lot. Ifin hers raises both of hers arms above her head then hers fur sure gunna pass out. So ever time she takes a shower and washes hers hair, down she goes. MOL Well of course any of you’s dat have a kitty knows dat you can’t go to da pawdee box room fur anythin’ alone. And well Shad and mommy was no different. Anytime mommy went to da pawdee box room Shad was hot on hers heels. Shad had been sittin’ on da hooman pawdee watchin’ mommy take showers fur years, and now dat mommy wus passin’ out, Shad was still der observin’ it all. As mommy would start to pass out hers would grab hold of da shower curtain or shower bar, or anythin’ else hers could tryin’ not to fall. But alas, she would end up in da tub with new bruises and bangs and a nose full of water. Til one day…..
Mommy had gone to take hers shower as usual, and sure ’nuff while washin’ hers hair she’s started to get dizzy. Dat was da last thing mommy membered til hers came to with Shad in da shower with her up under mommys’ arm and tryin’ to push mommy over da edge of da tub. After mommy finished hers shower and dried her and Shad , mommy noticed a wad of hers hair by da outside of da tub. Mommy didn’t know what to think, cuz she still had a head full of hair and it didn’t hurt so she’s didn’t worry much ’bout it at da time. But as da day wet on mommy kept thinkin’ ’bout it and thinkin’ how she’s didn’t come to this time with a nose full of water. So mommy set out to try tu figger out what had happened. After mommy had rested up hers went back to ‘take another shower’. Shad of course was right there with her. So mommy got da water runnin’ and purrtended to start washin’ hers hair and gettin dizzy. She’s noticed dat Shad jumped fwom da hooman pawdee to da edge of da tub. So mommy started grabbin at da shower curtain and Shad jumped in da tub. Mommy slid down, and Shad jumped on mommy and pawed at da shower curtain til it was moved back and then she’s started pawin’ mommys head and head bumpin’ hers head tryin’ to lift it up. And then she grabbed a mouth full of hair and pulled mommys head over so dat da water wasn’t hittin hers in da face. And then under mommy’s arm she’s went and started pushin’ with all hers might tryin’ to push mommy out of da tub.
Shad seemed to pick up on what mommy needed and she taught herself many more things befur she went to heaven. And because of her mommy knew dat hers could train any kitty cat to do da same things and more. And so dat’s zactly what mommy did and continues to do. Since Shad went to heaven mommy has trained or helped train (as you’s will learn with meez story) 5 more Service Cats includin’ me. 🙂 And each kitty has brought sumthin’ new to mommy. Kitty’s are very smart and very sensitive so we’s make great Service Animals. Me sure hopes you’s have enjoyed hearin’ ’bout Shad, mommy’s original Service Cat, and me can’t wait to start tellin’ you’s all ’bout sis Lexi and me. Til da nex time, Have a Happy and Blessed Easter!!
Happy and Blessed Easter!!Happy and Blessed Easter!!
Well yesfuwday wus definitions and tuday is back stowy. See der wulda nevew been a Lexi or a meez ifin not fuw Shad, mommy’s fiwst Service cat. We’s hav heawd dis stowy lots of times cuz mommy gets asked all da time how and why she’s ended up wiff Service kitty’s. So meez can tell da stowy like meez wus der. 🙂
Lots of yeaws ago afur mommy’s accident hers had a beautiful white Persian kitty named Shad. Deys wus weally close as dey had been fwu lots tugeddew. Mommy had gone back tu school and her and Shad lived tugeddew alone. Den one day mommy had a caw weck dat left hers disabled. Among many of hers purrawlems, she passed out. Sumtimes mommy wuld just lose consciousness outta da blu. And den der wus sum actions or suwwoundins dat wuld cause her tu pass out. She’s always got a little wawnin’, but it still hapuned. Aftew passin’ out at school and in da shoppin’ centew, mommy’s doctors stawdid talkin’ tu hers bout lookin’ intu a Service dog. Well, mommy likes doggy’s fine but hers had a kitty cat and lived in a small pawtment and kuldn’t hawdly affowd tu feed Shad and herself. Mommy just didn’t fink a doggy wus vewy feasible fuw her. So mommy just kep twudgin’ on and twyin’ tu make it. Now Shad had always been vewy clevew, and back in those days fones wus big and had answewin machines dat wecowded tu a tape and played aloud fuw evewpawdy in da woom tu heaw. When mommy wusn’t home and sumpawdy dat Shad knew wuld call, she’s wuld paw at da fone til she’s hit da speakew fone button and den twy tu talk tu dem. More den once mommy came home tu half messages and da fone off da hook. Mommy fawt it wus cute so hers didn’t wowwy ’bout it tu much specially since she’s only did it wiff people she’s knew.
So one day mommy wus makin’ sum dinnew and hers passed out and hit hers head on da cownew of da desk. Mommy is vewy tall and da floor is a long way down. MOL Anyway when mommy came tu hers heawd sumpawdy bangin’ on da doow hollewin’ POLICE. Mommy got up and answewed da doow and der stood a vewy nice policeman askin’ ifin she’s wus alwight. Mommy told him hers wus fine and asked why he’s wus der. He’s told mommy dat dey had wecieved a 911 call fwum hers addwess. Mommy told him hers had been unconscious and she’s hadn’t called 911. Hims asked ifin anypawdy else kulda called, and mommy told him dat she’s lived alone. So hims called intu dispatch and deys told him dat all deys heawd wus a cat meowin’ on da uddew end of da line. So he’s asked mommy ifin hers had a kitty cat and ifin wus pawssible dat da kitty called 911. You’s know is a cwime tu call 911 ifin you’s don’t hav an emewgency. Mommy told him of couwse she’s had a cat but she’s didn’t see how Shad kulda called 911 cuz she hadn’t been twained fuw anyfin like dat. At da time mommy didn’t know anyfin ’bout Service animals uddew den seein’ eye dogs herself. Hers doctors hadn’t been vewy specific ’bout what kinda help she’s wus gunna get fwum a Service dog when dey had suggested it. Da nice police officew came in and checked evewfin’ ovew an den he’s left only tu be called back out a foo days latew.
So dis time hims asked mommy ifin dey kuld twy tu wecweate what hapund. Cuz da 911 call had a kitty vewy fwantically and loudly meowin’ intu da fone and den da meowin’ wuld get faint and kuld barely be heawd in da backgwound. And den vewy loud agin and den vewy faint. So mommy agweed tu twy tu wecweate it and da officew left aftew callin’ dispatch and tellin’ ’em what dey wus gunna du and settin’ up a small camewa. A little latew da plan wus set intu motion. And mommy watched fwu squinted eyes as Shad wan tu da fone and pawed at it til she’s hit da speakew fone and got a dial tone. Den hers wuld paw da nummers on da fone til a voice answewed and sed, “911 what is your emegency??” and den Shad wuld begin tu meow and meow and den wun tu mommy meowin’ da whole time. Hers wuld paw mommy’s face and den wun back tu da fone and meow intu da speakew and den wun back tu mommy agin. She’s did dis 4 times and den laid down beside mommy and waited. Tu dis day mommy dusn’t know how Shad lewnd tu call fuw help, but dat set mommy on da woad tu havin’ Service cats.
We will tell da west of Shad’s stowy tumowwow, so purrlease stay tuned. And til da nex time, Hav a Pawsum day!!
Service Cats U.S. 