Author: Service Cats U.S.

I Audra, am the human behind Service Cats U.S. aka DezizWorld. I am disabled and use cats as service animals instead of dogs. They are just as capable and can perform duties other animals cannot. We started our online journey to bring awareness to the ability of cats and to help others understand the relationship between a service animal and their handler/person. We offer training tips and tricks that I have learned through the years along with other information on all things feline. We began this journey in 2014 with Lexi and Dezi. They have since gone on to heaven, but our journey continues. This blog is about our daily life from the kitty's point of view. I want this blog to be interactive and get to know all of you, so comment and visit often. I will also offer advice, training tips and education when possible. Copyright © 2014 - 2021 {Audra High via Deztinee High and RaenaBelle High} All Rights Reserved All personal content (story's, poetry, etc., videos and music) are the property of the human behind Deziz World, and may not be used, copied or otherwise re-published without prior written permission/consent from the author (A. High-the human behind Deziz World). We have an amazon.com wish list and a PayPal account if you would like to help/donate to us.

To Lexi, With Love…

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Dear sweet Lexi, where do I start?. When I saw you for the first time only minutes old and laying there in a child’s shoe box stacked on top of your littermates; I couldn’t have known how profoundly you would change my life. You spoke for all of you. Mewing so loudly that you got the attention of everybody at the adoption event. I didn’t wait to hear your story or how you came to be there. I took you into the break room at the Petsmart and washed you off, wrapped you in a towel and got you a bottle. It was then that I took the time to hear your story. I knew you would be special. You were a fighter and wanted to live and be loved.

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I remember as I sat feeding you the president of the rescue I volunteered with told me they didn’t want to take in your litter because y’all were too “black” and would be hard to adopt. And that it would be better for everybody if you were put to sleep now. I remember the rage I felt hearing that, and refusing saying that someone will want y’all. I remember going to the vet later that day to have you checked out and being told none of you would make it. But I just knew you would. You had spunk, and fight, and the biggest purr I had ever heard on such a young kitten. I also remember how you wanted to snuggle up in my arms every chance you got. I would try to give you a bottle and you just wanted to be next to me.

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As y’all grew and it came time for you to find a forever home, I remember being a little more protective of you than I had been with other kittens. I remember the first adoption event you were a part of and how when we came home you wouldn’t leave my side. And then it happened…someone wanted you. An application had been put in to adopt you. It was then that I knew how much I truly loved you and could never let you go. I made apologies an changed your name and resigned myself to the fact that we were a 3 cat home now. It was like you relaxed when I told you that you were my baby, my daughter now and I would never leave you and you would always live with me no matter what.  

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You were a quick study when it came to learning how to help me and your brothers. You worked so hard it was as if you were trying to prove you belonged with me and that I had made the right choice. But Lexi, my heart, my love, you never had to prove anything to me; I made the only choice my heart would allow. Each time we moved you were always the steady one. The one who seemed to let your brothers know that we were always going to be together even though your worlds had been turned upside down. And as always you preferred being held over anything else. You scarfed your meals so you could get to my lap first. And no matter how hard I tried to get you to slow down you just didn’t listen. You were so tiny and your brothers so big that you didn’t want to have to compete with them. I so enjoyed lap time with the three of you.

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As the years passed you grew and things changed. First Devon left us and then Lucky. You and I grieved together and found comfort in each other. And you tolerated the addition of a new brother and eventually a new sister. Out of your toleration grew a deep love for them. You were so patient and loving with them and me. You worked so hard to help me train each of them. Even though you were getting older and slower you worked just as hard as when you were a youngster.

 00dw Lexi in lap

We’re both getting older now my sweet, and the gray hairs are creeping up and sprouting on both of us. But every time I look at you I still see that little kitten that fought so hard to live. I never had much in the way of money so you didn’t have every new toy that came out or pawsum cat furniture to play on. But Lexi my green eyed angel girl, you never lacked for my love.

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There is no one in this world who could love you more than me. Sometimes as I watch you sleep, and watch your chest rise and fall with each breath I’m in total awe. How could so much love be wrapped up in such a small package? We often communicate without saying anything. I look at you from across the room and you tilt your head and give me a slow blink and turn on your rumbling purr that can be heard throughout the house. And then you walk over to me and jump up in my lap and put out your paw to pull my hand over to you. I whisper, I love you angel, and you just purr louder. Sometimes I ask you if you love me too, and you always look over at me and meow. There are those who would say you have no idea what I said or what you are responding, but you and I know different don’t we.

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We share a bond that can never be broken. I was so blest to have been the first voice you heard and the first thing you saw and too be chosen by you. I am still so blest that you continue to share your love with me. Everyday with you is like a little piece of heaven here on earth. I try daily to let you know how much you mean to me and how much I love you. And with each passing day my love for you only grows stronger. So Lexi, my darling angel girl, I will continue to remind you that I love you and that we will always be together. Thank you for choosing me and thank you for loving me. I am yours and you are mine till the end of time and beyond.     

Love Forever,

Mommy      

Well evewypawdy as you can see, mommy hijacked meez bloggy today to write a love letter to sissy. She sez she’s gunna write me one next and me can’t wait. Me knows mommy luvs me cuz she tells me all da time. But it’s gunna be gweat to get a letter fwum her all meez own. It’s da mumff of luv, so ifin yous don’t say it evewyday or even ifin you do, then take da time this mumff to wemind those in yous life dat yous luv them. And don’t furget tomowwo be Valentine’s day and da Sadie Hawkins dance over at da Tabby Cat Club. Hope to see you there.

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And till da nex time…………….Be Blest!!!

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses 

Dezi and Lexi

Mews, Mews, and More Mews

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Meowllo evewypawdy, meez back! Hope yous had a gweat kupple of days. Guess yous all wunnewin’ how fings went here. Well of course Tuesday mommy spent mostly cleanin’ and twyin’ to get weady fur da big inspection, cuz not only had da manager mawked evewy box hers kuld, she also passed out a notice on Tuesday dat da snoopervisow wuz gunna be here fur da inspections. Mommy got almost evewyfin’ put away and da last foo fings fwown into da closet. MOL We even called it an early night and went to bed wound 3 a.m.. We got up bwight and early so mommy kuld get us fed and giv Lexi hers butter spoon (medicine) afur da commotion stawted. She finally opened da door and there they wuz, only a foo pawtments down, da manager, da idiot (maintenance man) and da exterminator. Now da extermiinator wuz talkin’ on hims fone and twyin’ to spway da bug stuffs wiff da udder hand. OMC Can’t anypawdy be purrfessional and do their job wiffout a fone hangin’ fwum their ear?   

 Dezi Valentines Day!! - 2HEoW-1dT - normal

Well they finally came to ow door and da manger sed dat idiot wuz gunna check da smoke alawm and pull da nosy chains (emergency), all da while mommy’s standin’ there wiff da door wide open. Da exterminator finally pushed past da manager and idiot cuz they wusn’t comin’ in. He stawted spwayin’ and mommy stawtted coughfin’. Finally idiot came in and da manager stepped just inside da door. Mommy sed nuffin’. Hers not gunna get a write up fur wefusin’ them entwy or bein’ wude. MOL Nosy chains pulled and floor saturwated wiff poison, and me duz mean saturwated; da manager handed mommy a paper and they all left, still no snopervisor in sight. Mommy put on hers glasses and wead da paper, and it sed…did not enter and check. So mommy purromptly wrote, was not refused entry, but stayed at door by choice. And she also wrote what meez alweady told ya’. Well now dat dat’s over wiff mommy had to get weady fur da case manager and nurse to come. 

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But long afur dat kuld happen mr. W (Buddy’s daddy) came wheelin’ up da walk. Hims stawted yellin’ at mommy and bangin’ on da door. When she opened it, he wuz wavin’ a piece of paper wound and tellin’ mommy she had a notice too. Mommy stawted to look at da notice and mr. W stawted tellin’ her what it sed. Now mind ya’ we liv in a complex fur da elderly and disabled. And as you know, older peeps like to sit wound on their porches and gossip visit. And they like to feed da birds and hummers, and plant little gawdens. These things hav always been allowed since afur weez moved here. As a matter of fact when mommy signed hers furst lease here she asked ifin hummer feeders and the like were allowed cuz there’s a clause in da lease dat sez nuffin’ can be placed on da outside of yous pawtment.

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She wuz told then dat da clause didn’t apply to these purropurrties. See da management company has lots of pawtments fur da elderly and disabled and lots of wegular pawtments too. But here we awe getting’ a notice dat sez nuffin’ purrsunal can be outside or we will be in violation of ow lease and be evicted. Well da whole complex is in a state just short of riotin’. And mr. W sed dat da snoopervisor wuz at da office goin’ fwu paperwork and dat da manager had been at da office since 7 a.m. wringin’ hers hands. MOL Mr. W took off to gwipe and rally da west of da tenants and mommy twied to get weady fur da case manager visit.

Da case manager showed up 20 minutes early, mommy wuz not happy ‘bout dat. She sat here yawnin’ fur da whole visit. Da nurse showed up on time, and wanted to visit. They wuz here fur 3 and a halff hours. 3 hours longer than wuz needed. So dat’s how ow day went.  

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Now fur sum good news. Member me tellin’ y’all ‘bout Sadie Hawkins? Ifin yous missed dat posty you can wead it here. Well da Sadie Hawkins Valentine’s dance at da Tabby Cat Club dat sis Lexi be hostin’ is wight wound da corner. We hav ow dates and sure hope da west of da tabbies hav there’s and awe weady to pawty. Ifin yous a TCC member, and haven’t checked, da foto ops awe up at da TCC fur ya’. We sure hope to see yous there. Meez also goin’ to a dance at Cat Scouts dat night, so it’s gunna be a full day fur sure. It’s a good fing mommy dusn’t hav a date. Anyways, hope yous all hav a wunnewful day and join us fur sum Valentines’ fun. Stop by here and da TCC on Valentine’s day fur sum gweat Suddern noms. And me sure hopes you will join me in celebwatin’ meez furst Blogoversawy nex Wednesday da 18ff.     

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Till da nex time……………….Be Blest!!!

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses  

 

Dezi

Duck, Duck, Goose

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Meowllo evewypawdy, hope yous havin’ a gweat day. We awe so ‘cited, we kuldn’t hawdly wait to write this weview. As you know sis Lexi has turned a bit picky as of late and is weally givin’ mommy da gway hairs twyin’ to figger out what she wants to eat evewyday. So when we saw what we wuz getting’ fur a weview this mumff, mommy cwossed hers paws and sed a little purrayer. Well when da package got here sissy wuz alseep in da bedwooom. Me, me wuz hangin’ on da new cat twee so me saw da package come in da house. Well natuwally me had to check it out. After all what kind of kitty wuld me be ifin me just let a package come in wiffout havin’ at least a little sniff. Mommy opened it wight up and sed, “Oh Dezi look, here’s your Chewy review treats.”  Weally me fawt. Well let me at ‘em me meowed.  

 dw Dezi eats NI chewy review Duck treats

Mommy took care of da business of takin’ a foto of da tweat bag and then she opened it. Well come on, you don’t fink me went to sleep did ya’? There wuz new tweats in da house, me had to twy ‘em out. We got da Nature’s Variety Instinct raw Boost minis in da Ducky flavor. You know we be da cats dat purrfur sumfin’ udder than chicken and turkey. Not to say they don’t hav their place, we just like udder options when they be available. So anyways, we got da duck flavor. Now these be fureeze dwied all natuwal tweats. Which usually makes mommy happy too. So just how do these fair?.

This be da list of ingwedients in these tubular shaped tweats. There duz seem to be a lot of fwuits/vegetables, but we wuld eat sum of thise ifin we wuz in da wild cuz lots of a kitties purrey be veggie and fwuit eaters.   

Duck (Including Ground Duck Bone), Turkey, Turkey Liver, Turkey Heart, Pumpkinseeds, Apples, Carrots, Butternut Squash, Ground Flaxseed, Montmorillonite Clay, Broccoli, Lettuce, Spinach, Dried Kelp, Apple Cider Vinegar, Parsley, Honey, Salmon Oil, Mixed Tocopherols, Olive Oil, Rosemary Extract, Blueberries, Alfalfa Sprouts, Persimmons, Inulin, Rosemary, Sage, Clove   

 dw chewy review Natures variety duck treats

And this be da key benefits listed on Chewy.com.  

Key Benefits

  • All natural, pure raw – it’s what cats crave

  • Does not contain: Wheat, corn, soy, grain, gluten, by-product meals, artificial colors, flavors or preservatives.

  • 100% freeze dried raw ingredients

  • Only 2 calories per piece 

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So this pawt makes mommy happy, but what ‘bout us? What did we fink? Me liked ‘em just fine. Me be a little pickier than maybe da avewage kitty (least dat’s what mommy sez), but they wuz purretty good. So me gives ‘em 2 paws up. So how ‘bout sissy you ask?. She luvved ‘em. All paws in fwum her. She liked ‘em so well mommy’s been givin’ her sum wiff each meal. And she scawfs ‘em down. They also come in chicken, beef, lamb and rabbit. And they make ‘em fur doggies too. Da duck wuz purretty soft and so da bigger pieces wuz easy to bweak into smaller pieces and it cwumbles fairly well too, so it makes a gweat topper. So ifin yous lookin’ fur a good fur ya’ low calowie tweat or food spwinkle, you might just wanna give these a twy. Me finks me will go and hav a foo pieces now. By da way, there’s no goose, me dusn’t know where mommy got dat. Hers sed a lot of you hoomans might member it, but we didn’t get no goose. Maybe nex time.    

Till da nex time…………………….Be Blest!!!

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses  

 

Dezi and Lexi

Late And Behind, What’s New

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Meowllo evewypawdy, hope yous havin’ a gweat Monday. Weez wunnin’ behind as usual. You wuld never know dat meez mommy wuz one of those peeps dat wuz 15 minutes early to evewyfin’ once upon a time. Now weez lucky to be only 15 minutes late. MOL Anyways mommy got so wrapped up in da Walkin’ Dead last night dat hers didn’t help me write a posty. Awe any of you Walkin’ Dead fans? Evewy season mommy sez, “I’m not watching this show anymore.” And evewy season there she is twyin’ to watchin’ or DVR’n it. She uses da ‘scuse dat nuffin’ els be on teevee. But ifin dat wuz twu she wuldn’t hav been so wrapped up in it dat she kuldn’t take dictation. Well dat bein’ sed, better late than never wight?. So here’s me posty fur today. Hopefully she’ll be better ‘bout getting’ meez posty out tomowwo.  

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It’s gunna be a busy week fur us tho’ so meez not holdin’ meez bweff or nuffin’. See da manger passed out notices da udder day while we wuz gone to da doctow fur an inspection. And not just any inspection, she checked evewy box she could. She’s mawked dat she’s gunna do a inspection on cleanliness (which mommy sez is subjective), occupied dwelling (meanin’ only those on da lease look like they be livin’ there: da mens shirts mommy wears kuld make it look like we gots a man in da house-ifin only), check da smoke alawms, pull da emergency chains (which only make loud noises and alert da whole complex dat you wuz cleanin’ da pawdee box woom), change da a/c filters and exterminate. Da only box dat didn’t get checked wuz da annual inspection. She even checked da “other” box. Don’t know what els she plans on checkin’ cuz there ain’t nuffiin’ left.

Dezi: Meez gotcha sissy. Awe you feelin' okay? Lexi: Yez Dezi I'z feel fine.
Dezi: Meez gotcha sissy. Awe you feelin’ okay?
Lexi: Yez Dezi I’z feel fine.

And of course mommy sez this is way too intwusiv in da furst place specially since sum of this is subjective. One purrsons clean is anudder purrsons filff. Mind ya’ we still hav a bit of a mess in sum aweas, cuz mommy got tiwed and sick and da wedder turned cold on us purretty quickly after comin’ home fwum this summer’s fiasco. And weez had purrawllems wiff one fing or anudder since then. Seems evewy mumff weez had to hav a wepairman out to fix sumfin’ dat got bwoke in da “wemodel”. So mommy will be duin’ sum cleanin’ this week and a little of dat “lady’s secwet stuff” of pushin’ all da west in da closet and shuttin’ da door till spwing. Mommy’s still got a touch of pneumonia and can’t get evewyfin’ dun.

Dezi: Glad yous feelin' so good sissy. Wanna play?
Dezi: Glad yous feelin’ so good sissy. Wanna play?

On top of all this, mommy’s new case manager wants to bwing a nurse out dat same day to change her PCA (purrsunal care attendant/maid=housekeeper) company, cuz da last company can’t staff us. It’s been da maids decade off wound here. Twuff is nopawdy wound here wants to work so nopawdy’s gunna hav much luck staffin’ us. Evewy good girl weez gotten quits cuz they can’t make enuff munny, and they hav twubble getting’ da little bit of munny they do make. Seems da companies awen’t very weliable ‘bout sendin’ out their paychecks. So looks like anudder week of us fallin’ behind. We may never get all caught up, but we will eventually get by to visit wiff you all. We miss ya’ when we don’t get to visit.

Dezi: Okay yous don't hav to be so hissy sissy.
Dezi: Okay yous don’t hav to be so hissy sissy.

And weez still holdin’ mommy to her purromise to take us fur a stwoll and play wiff us. We won this pawsum little toy a while back dat mommy wants to get ow fotos wiff, cuz we luv it. And awnty Jennifer got us a new attachment fur ow birdy toy dat we won in anudder giv away afur Christmas. In udder words, busy, busy, busy. Mommy’s always sayin’ there’s not enuff hours in da day to do evewyfin’. But we always come furst so even ifin dat means we get behind on visits and postin’ so long as we be happy then mommy sez she can’t pawlogize. All she ever wanted wuz to make us happy and let us know how much she luvs us. Guess me can’t complain too much ‘bout hers not takin’ dictation eever. Cuz afur hers got so wrapped up in da show last night she had spent a kupple hours cleanin’ up ow messes and playin’ wiff us. We can tiwe her out purretty quick. But she had to keep stoppin’ to blow hers nose last night so we played fur a weally long time afur getting’ pooped out. So we will see you soon. You oughtta be used to us bein’ late and behind by now. MOL

Meez still weady mommy.
Meez still weady mommy.

Till da nex time……………….Be Blest!!!

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses 

Dezi and Lexi