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.

Blest Sunday Hijack

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Well here it is Blest Sunday again. And let me tell you, we awe fur suwe Blest. As you all know this is ow favowit posty to make. And weez been finkin’ all week ‘bout what we wanted to say today, and well………

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Lexi: And I’z hijackin’ youz blog little sis. Meowllo furiendz and framly, habz I’z got a storee fur you. Weez kinda told diz storee afur on Facebook, but fingz habz chaynjed a bit sinz din and Dezi habz growed up a bit soz now itz eeben funneer. Seez weez habz diz toy, itz a little red bellvet bare wiff noze nip anywhere. And I’z meenz nun, nada zip. Noze nip. Too beez awnezt weez nawt eeben noze where weez gawdid it frum. And by da looks of it, weez had it a while. Mommyz shur itz nawt sumpin’ shez wulda bawt. Abter awl weez nip kitteez. Weez lubz awl fingz nip. Well anywayz, weez gawdid diz bare and don’t eeben noze how lawng weez had it fur. But lazt year Dezi fownd diz fing and stardid playin’ wiff it. Mommy nu she wuz playin’ wiff it cuz she wuld find it moobed frum one playz too da next. Youz awl follow Dezi, youz noze she habz diz hi picht mew dat sowndz more like a skweek din a meow. But wun day when mommy and me wuz on da pooter chekin’ emaylz suddenlee Dezi mayd diz sownd dat skeerd mommy halv too deff. Herz jumpt up and ran too da bak of da howz finkin’ she wuz gunna find Dezi strung up in da mini blindz or sumpin’. Ownlee when she gawdid too Dezi awl she fownd wuz diz toy and Dezi playin’ pawssum. Fur those of ya’ nawt frum da sowff, a pawssum iz an animal node too play ded when der beez dayn-jer abowt. Well mommy saw dat red bare layin’ der and didn’t gib it anudder fawt. And she kaym and set bak down wiff me. Finelee weez kawt Dezi chortlin’ and uzin’ dat big girlee voyz when she played wiff dat red no nip bare. Mommy wuz glad datt Dezi had a big girlee voyz but wisht herz wuld uze wun dat didn’t skeer us halv too deff. 

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Well time went on and eeber Dezi lawzt da bare or lawzt interezt in it cuz she didn’t play wiff it much. And of korz deez lazt foo mumffz weez nawt reelee bin aybull too play much kuz purretty much eberfin’ wuz packed up. Soz az youz noze eberfinz unpakt now and weez gittin’ fingz bak too normull soz mommy fownd da noze nip red bellvet bare, and she pudid it in da floor fur us too play wiff. Az afur, nuffin. Weez didn’t tuch it. Der it lay day abter day and nopawdee eeben gayb it a sekund look. Well mommyz bin habbin’ sum trub-bull sleepin’ of layt soz nite afur lazt, orr radder yezfurday meownin’ abter krawlin’ intoo da bed at 5:30 a.m. fur like da fiff time diz week, mommy went too sleep. Now while mommy snord, not reelee, but it sowndid good. Anywayz while mommy slept Dezi gawdid down off da bed too goze too da pawdee. While on herz way bak too da bed, she spawdid dat no nip red bellvet bare.

It muzta bin kawlin’ herz naym, kuz she juzt kuldn’t help but too pick it up and play a bit. Well I’z wuz a bit sleepee minez selff soz I’z kerld up and went bak to sleep next too mommy too. When awl of a suddin’ der wuz diz meow and din chortle dat jiz playn skeerd me awayk. Soz I’z jumped up and looked down off da bed and der wuz Dezi wiff dat no nip red bellvet bare in herz mowff maykin’ awl deez sowndz weez nebber herd frum herz afur. Well mommy didn’t kwite wayk up at firzt, and herz sleep-pillee skreemed, “Dezi, Darlin’ are you okay? Honey please come back to bed. Come on honey, it’s time for night nights now.” Did Dezi lissin? Noze ob korz nawt. Herz jiz kepp on chortlin’ and meowin’ deez reelee big skeeree meows. Finelee mommy opund herz eyez and looked ober at Dezi and saw dat no nip bellvet baree and stardid laffin’ and sed, “Dezi, darlin’, please come to bed. We can play with the bear when we wake up.” Dezi finelee kaym bak too bed but gezz where dat no nip red bellvet bare went? Yep rite in da bed wiff us. 

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Dezi: Okay sissy fanks fur tellin’ on me. Anyways, today be Blest Sunday, and weez awe vewy blest. Me cuz mommy found meez red bear toy, and all of us, cuz weez hav each udder. And weez hav all of yous. And ifin yous visitin’ meez blog stead of readin’ this posty in a reader thn yous see all da pawsum new fotos and changes. This is all fanks to Miss Ann of Zoolatry. Weez weally purreciate da new header and backgwound foto and sidebaw foto she did fur us. Fank yous so vewy much. Awen’t we just too cute? Purrlease say yes. Mommy sez it’s not nice to ask fur a compliment but me can say weez cute cuz sis Lexi be in da foto an it’s okay to compliment meez sissyfur. 

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And then when we got into ow emails today we had a message fwum Miss Penelope and Miss Nellie. They had sent us this adowable punkin’. Isn’t it just too much? Weez awe so twuly blest. Fank yous Nellie. 

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And today is also Selfie Sunday wiff ow furiends Kitties Blue. Ifin yous wanna pawticipate in honorin’ da black cats on October 3off here be da infurmation and poster. Weez suwe hope lots of yous will shawe ‘bout da mini black panfers all ovew social media and help to dispel all those cwazy myffs ‘bout such pawsum kitties. And OMC meez Meowday is comin’ up weally fast. Meez gunna be 5 years old this November 1st. Me can’t believ it and mommy’s holdin’ hers bweff and will be till meez 6ff Meowday. Anyways mommy’s twyin’ to figger out what to do fur meez big day, got any suggestions?

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Till da nex time………………………Be Blest!!!

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses 

Dezi and Lexi

OMC It’s Caturday

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OMC Weez finally got ow innewnets back. It wuz like livin’ in da dawk ages wound here wiffout it. MOL At least dat’s what mommy scweamed to da lady when hers told her dat nopawdy kuld come out to fix it fur a kupple days. MOL  Yous shulda seen her. She wuz standin’ outside on da sidewalk purropped up on da rails in da dawk wiff da new neighbor hollewin’ ’bout da snake and twyin’ to get a signal on da cell fone. Weez hav Magic Jack, so no innewnets, no fone. Anyways, there mommy stood twyin’ to get sumpawdy out to fix da net and not get eaten by whatevew kinda snake wuz out there in da dawkness and hers wuz not a happy camper.

They finally came ovew and fixed us up tho’ and while standin’ there talkin’ to mommy hims fone, located in hims shirt pawcket,  flashed. Well mommy didn’t hav on hers makeup, or hers hair fixed and so hers panicked. “Did you just take a photo of me?” she asked. Hims laffed and sed, “Yep, I take pictures of all my clients.” Then hims sed, “No, it flashes to let me know I have a new message. It’s the latest iphone.” Mommy looked at it and sed, “OMC that thing is huge.” Hims sed, “Yeah, I call it my mini mini ipad. It’s 5 inches, so it’s purretty close to the mini.”  After hims left, mommy looked at hers itty bitty old fashioned cell fone and sed, “Now that’s a phone even us old gals can see.” And hers laffed.  So innewnet back on what did mommy do?  Did hers get on da puter and check meez blog or sis Lexi’s Facebook page or twitter, or even emails? No, she didn’t do nuffin’, but sit back down in da chair and welax.  Guess meez mommy needed a day off.  So purrlease furgiv us, weez will be wound to visit wiff yous all shortly. Now fur a little Caturday Art wiff Athena.  

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Weez also want to say a meowsy big Fank yous to da anonymous furiends of ow sweet Timmy Tomcat and furmily fur their kind donation to da fundraiser. It’s still goin’ and weez gettin’ closer and closer to ow goal. Ifin yous wanna check it out, yous can do so here.  Weez wanna mention one udder fing afur weez go, National Black Cat Day is comin’ up on October 30ff. It’s a day to raise awareness ’bout da wunnewful black kitties out there and to twy to dispel all da myffs dat keep peeps fwum wantin’ to adopt ’em. Me suwe hopes yous will join us in sayin’ a little sumpin sumpin’ at least ’bout those big black luvvin’ bootys.

So till da nex time…………………..Be Blest!!!

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses  

Dezi and Lexi

Workin’ Through the Difficulties pt. 2

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Well first me wants to pawlogize fur not makin’ it to all of yous blogs. Da neighbor let us borrow hers innewnet connection to do sum visitin’ and commentin’ yesfurday, and hers sed weez kuld use it to send out this posty. Fankfully da net wepairman will be here sumtime today to get us back up and runnin’. Altho’ mommy’s not a happy camper. They make what they call open pointments. Dat means they kuld come anytime tween 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.. Now’s one of those times dat mommy be happy hers found da Windows Live Writer so we can get da posty weady to publish even wiffout da innewnet. So anyways, we stawted yesfurday tellin’ ya’ how we worked duwin’ da last foo mumffs wiffout da use of the wheelchair. Purrlease member, weez not tellin’ this stowwy fur pity or fur anypawdy to feel sowwy fur mommy, but to show how we adjust. And obviously weez not hav fotos of any of this so weez just addin’ sum cute sleepy fotos fur yous to look at. And yes, life is much better when fings awe nowmal and weez hav da use of da wheelchair like now, but weez still work and life still goes on wiffout it. So, let’s get back to ow stowwy now.

Me left off wiff mommy leanin’ on da vanity to bwush hers teef and sis Lexi sittin’ close by. Well me didn’t wanna be left out so me jumped up on da udder side of da vanity next to mommy too. Wiff a mouff full of bubbles mommy looked down at me and Lexi and smiled. What? Me knows a smile when me sees it. Mommy smiled. After all da business wuz dun in da pawdee box room it wuz time to head to da kitchen and fix us bwekky and mommy sum coffee. Dat’s what we do evewy meownin’. So Lexi jumped down to da toilet and sat there, and mommy stawted feelin’ hers way back down til she wuz sittin’ on da floor again. Sis Lexi jumped down and so did me. Sissy went on in fwunt of mommy and mommy stawted pullin’ hers selff along da floor and down da hall. Sissy moved a kupple toys outta da way and went on into da dinin’ room. When mommy and me followin’ close behind got there, sissy wuz alweady sittin’ in da wheelchair dat wemained pawked by da table where it had chawged da day of da flood. Mommy pulled hers selff ovew to da chair and then used it to pull hers selff up. Hers still kuldn’t use da chair cuz fings had been moved wound while twyin’ to clean up da water and there wuz no space fur da chair to move. And this is da way it stayed fur most of da past kupple mumffs.

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Once up, mommy maneuvered over to da cabinet and sissy stood close by her. So me followed hers lead and stood on da udder side of mommy.  Our bwekky plates awe washed aftew each meal and set on da countertop, so they wuz weady, and mommy pulled open a drawer wiff one hand and kep hers balance against da cabinet wiff da udder. Mommy fixed ow plates and then put sissy’s on da table and then got my plate and put it on hers head, and then down to da floor she went again. She pulled hers self to da livin’ room where me eats, and put meez plate down on meez mat. In da livin’ room yous ask? Well since me came to liv here wiff mommy me has always wanted to eat wight acwoss fwum mommy so me kuld watch hers while me ate at da same time. Me still duz dat today. Anyways, aftew hers set me plate down she pulled hers selff up into a sittin’ position and turned on da puter to check sum emails. Member, at this time da sittin’ chair had bwoke so hers wuz sittin’ on da floor. Ifin hers had had a chair she wulda pulled hers selff up and sat in it. And then hers sits and waits fur hers legs to kick in. Once they do/did she wuld go and make hers a cup of coffee and twy to welax and read and reply to emails and da blog or facebook. So, this wuz how we managed ow meownins duwin’ all da mess of da last foo mumffs.

We awe glad to be back in a dwy home where we can use da wheelchair again. Wiff da use of da wheelchair it means dat mommy dusn’t hav to fall off da bed and crawl wound on da floor. It means dat hers can hav a cup of coffee wight aftew givin’ Lexi and me ow bwekky. And it means dat hers not hav to carry meez plate on her head. MOL And it also means dat hers legs stawt functionin’ quicker. Once mommy stawts dwinkin’ hers coffee hers adwenaline stawts pumpin’ as duz da blood flow, and dat’s what “thaws” hers out quicker. And we awe all so fankful dat mommy has a sittin’ chair to “thaw out” in now.

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Weez hope yous enjoyed or at least found innewestin’ how weez worked and purrformed ow duties while fings wuz stwained wound ow house. Pawt of ow twainin’ is learnin’ to adapt to change and diffewent situations. Mommy sez we awe purrfect and dat she luvs us vewy much. Because of ow twainin and abilities mommy can continue to liv independently. Altho’ wiff da exception of da meownins and mommys syncope (passing out) hers can liv a purrfectly nowmal life. Once hers body comes back to life in da meownins she duz purretty good on her own. Suwe she loses her balance and can’t feel her extwemeties a lot and tolewates an enormous amount of pain, but she looks like most of you. And feels vewy blest to hav each new day.

Weez also wanna wemind evewypawdy ‘bout da fundwaiser. Altho’ weez got mommy’s chair weez still need stairs fur sis Lexi and a new dwy mattress fur da bed. Ifin yous wuld like to check it out, yous can do so here. We also wanna Fank yous all fur donatin’ and shawin’. weez purreciate you all mowe than you will evew know.

Till da nex time………Be Blest!!!

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses 

Dezi and Lexi

Workin’ Through Difficulties

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Meowllo evewypawdy. Meez gunna stawt by tellin’ ya’ dat as weez sit here writin’ this posty, ow innewnet service be down. They can’t send anypawdy out till Furiday sumtime to fix it, so weez not suwe how much visitin’ weez gunna get dun tween now and then. Weez asked da new neighbor ifin weez can piggy back off hers signal to get this posted, and hers has agweed. Weez also wanna tell ya’ dat weez got a unwelcome guest in da gawden wight now. Da neighbor had a snake on hers porch earlier yesfurday hoo escaped into da bushes in hers gawden. So weez be a little nervous wight now cuz she didn’t know what kind it wuz (she wuz to skeered), but weez hav rattlers here so weez hopin’ dat not be what it is. 

This ain't da snake outside, cuz nopawdy took a foto of it afur it slinked off under da bushes in da neighbors gawden.
This ain’t da snake outside, cuz nopawdy took a foto of it afur it slinked off under da bushes in da neighbors gawden.

Anyways, weez decided to tell y’all ‘bout how we did ow job duwin’ da past foo mumffs of confusion and mess. As yous all know kitties not like change. But as you also know we not be typical kitties, and change be sumfin’ we handle purretty well. But how do we deal wiff not havin’ da use of da wheelchair fur mommy. Cuz as y’all also know mommy needs da wheelchair in da meownins when hers can’t move. Ifin yous wunnewin’ why weez kuldn’t use da wheelchair, let me splain. It be dangerous to use a wheelchair in wet conditions. Once da cawpet was “dwy”, it wasn’t tacked back down so it got caught up in da wheels and wuldn’t go. So da wheelchair was of no use to us duwin’ da last foo mumffs. Now afur me tells ya’ da stowwy me wants to purreface it by sayin’ weez not tellin’ ya fur sympaffy or pity. Weez tellin’ ya’ fur educational purrpusses only. It’s just da continued stowwy of da life of Service cats.

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Let’s begin. Da first meownin’ after da flood nun of us had weally fawt much ‘bout it so of course when we woke up weez did as usual and stawted massagin’ mommys awms and legs. As we did dat da wealization dat da chair wusn’t a pawsibility hit mommy. So when Lexi turned to jump off da bed (to wetwieve da chair), mommy stopped her. Mommy told Lexi and me dat we kuldn’t use da chair. Well as faw as meez concerned, mommy has always used a wheelchair cuz it wuz here afur me. But sis Lexi members a time afur da wheelchair, and so she unnewstood. Sissy meowed at me and pushed me back ovew to mommys awms. See weez nowmally just massage ‘em a little till hers can kinda move hers hands, and by da time wee get to da pawdee box room she be “fawed” out enuff to pull hers selff wound and bwush her teef. But cuz we kuldn’t use da chair, hers needed to be able to use hers whole awms and hands afur gettin’ outta da bed. So we massaged and massaged and massaged sum mowe. Till mommy kuld move hers whole awms and hands. And oh what luvvin’ we got. Wiff boff mommys awms and hands workin’ she petted us and luvved on us till we wuz boff slobbewin’.

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Well anyways at this point we wuld nowmally be pushin’ mommy to da chair. But there wuz no chair, so what to do now? Sis Lexi joined me and meowed fur me to push and mommy grabbed da bedside rail and pulled. Sis Lexi and me pushed mommy fwum behind and she pulled fwum da fwunt. Closer and closer to da edge of da bed. She didn’t hav faw to go, aftew all we hav a twin sized hospital bed. We kep pushin’ and mommy kep pullin’ til she finally rolled over the edge and onto the floor. BOOM! Now altho’ mommy’s not fat or nuffin’ dat’s a long ways down and mommy is healffy (in size). Well me ran to da edge of da bed and looked over at mommy layin’ on da floor, and me wuz so worried me jumped down and stawted kissin’ hers cheek. Mommy told me she luvved me and then stawted pullin’ hers selff to da pawdee box room. Sis Lexi and me followed close behind.

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When mommy got to da pawdee box room she put her hands on da hooman pawdee box and stawted to pull. Sis Lexi stood behind hers and leaned up against mommys hineybo. So me went ovew and leaned against sis Lexi. And then me stawted cleanin’ sis Lexi’s ears. Pawently not what me wuz posed to do, cuz she let out a big ole hiss. Me hasn’t heard one of those diwected at me in a long time. Yous know dat wuz da hiss weez use fur da neighbor mr. W, or da manager. But there she wuz hissin’ at me. so me backed up a little and stood there watchin’ her and mommy. Mommy wuz still pullin’ and finally got up high enuff dat hers moved one of hers hands to da vanity. And pulled even hawder. Sis Lexi stood evew vigilant watchin’ mommy. Finally mommy got up and leaned against da vanity and opened da pawdee box lid. Me not hav to tell yous what happened nex, and then mommy pulled hers self ovew to da vanity to bwush hers teef. Sis Lexi jumped up on da hooman pawdee box and then da vanity and leaned up against mommy hoo wuz leanin’ on da vanity. Weez will finish this up on meez nex posty.

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Till da nex time……………Be Blest!!!

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

Dezi and Lexi