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.

We Are Afraid!!!

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Well me suwe hopes you all had a gweat weekend. After this short update da west of meez posty will be hooman speak as we awe gunna do one of those impurrtant educational postys. We had a vewy fwuitful (as mommy calls it) weekend. Mommy got a lot mowe unpacked but still has a way to go. Da movers put stuff fwum all ovew da house in evewy box so mommy spends a lot of time walkin’ back and forff dat kuld be spent unpackin’. So hers still not fwu, but hopes to be by da time da fwidge gets here on Wednesday. Now dat wuz a little update ‘bout what be goin’ on and now meez gunna move on to meez post topic. 

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It is October, which of course you all know, and that means halloween. As you all know black cats have a bad reputaion. Even more so than perhaps the pit bull. Black cats have been called evil, bad luck and witches familiars among others. And even in this day and time there are still people who believe this nonsense. Black cats are the least adoptable cat in shelters. there are rescues who refuse to take them in because they know the likelihood of a quick adoption is very low. Although a black cat with any other color at all doesn’t have the same stigma. For instance the tuxedo pattern. A black cat with white markings. So why then is an all black cat thought to be so bad? The reality is that most black cats are extremely intelligent and loving. They make great pets. We are featurin’ a few here today that are up for adoption to real and lovin’ forever homes.

This is Chevelle: allpaws.com
This is Chevelle: allpaws.com

But it does get worse. Crimes are committed against black cats more often at this time of year. Torture and death are not uncommon. And all because black cats are thought to be mysterious and throwaways. But black cats aren’t the only ones. White cats are sought this time of year as they are seen as symbols of purity in animal sacrifices. Lots of shelters have implemented policies that ban adoptions of black and solid white cats during the halloween season. Thus making these abusers have to look elsewhere for their victims. And so they start combing neighborhoods for pets that are aloud outdoors or strays that have no home. Are you angry yet? Because we are. 

This is Halo: allpaws.com
This is Halo: allpaws.com

Mommy says that when she looks at us she can’t imagine anyone wanting to hurt us or our kin. But those people do exist. Let me tell you, we feel, we have senses, we love and trust. And when we are abused we know it, WE FEEL IT, and WE ARE AFRAID!!! We don’t want to be hurt and we for sure don’t want to die a horrible death alone without love. PLEASE, any of you that allow your cats outside, PLEASE keep them inside. Especially during this time of year. As these people will take any cat or animal for that matter, not just black or white cats. If you have strays in your area please do what you can to help them. Maybe they could stay in your garage for the week surrounding halloween, or even call the local rescues or shelter. As bad as it sounds, a humane death is preferable to the torture we would face at the hands of these abusers.

This booty has no name yet. allpaws.com
This booty has no name yet. allpaws.com

We don’t like to write da sad posts and bad news posts, but sumtimes there’s just no escapin’ it. Sumtimes da news is bad or even sad. We know a lot of you love this time of year as we awe seein’ on yous blogs, but wemember to purrtect yous furbabies. Mommy sez abuse and animal cwuelty happens all da time, but is faw mowe purrevalent duwin’ this time of year. And da laws in da U.S. awe so minimal fur animal abuse and cwuelty dat it’s almost like there is no law. But you can all help. We need to continue to educate da public ‘bout da wunnewfulness of black cats. And dat they not be bad luck or evil or any udder bad fing. Underneaff all dat black fur awe veins dat bleed red and a heart dat beats da same as any udder. And a motow box dat just wants sumpawdy to purr fur and luv and call their vewy own.

This is Shade: newbeginningscatrescue.org
This is Shade: newbeginningscatrescue.org

Weez wuld also like to fank Savannah ow gawjus black kitty furiend and hers bootyful black susfur Sage and their mommy Ms. Linda fur sponsowin’ da fundraiser fur us. Ifin yous wuld like to check it out yous can do so here. Weez twuly purreciate all of yous support and donations. Weez awe so vewy gwateful fur yous furiendship and purrayers also. Da luv and support weez hav weceived has been amazin’ and weez hav been so humbled by it all. Fank you.

Till da nex time…………Be Blest!!!

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

Dezi and Lexi

Blest Sunday!!!

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Well meowllo evewypawdy. It’s anudder Blest Sunday wound here. Hope yous is just as good.  As yous all know mommy’s been unpackin’ ow house this past week and she sez she’s makin’ headway. Not suwe zackly what dat means but me can tell ya’ there be a lot less boxes wound here. Hers stawted in da back and is movin’ furward so da livin’ room still looks kinda all packed up, but me reckons hers will get dat today. Hers did find sum mowe messes left by da movers and wuz suwe gwipin’ ‘bout dat, but all in all hers just glad to be seein’ evewyfin’ goin’ back in place.

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Dat be mommys toes weez painted out. Hers dusn’t want yous to see hers unpawdicuwed toesies. MOL

Well as yous know lots has been goin’ on here lately. Course mommy sez weez keep her on hers toes all da time. Dat be pawt of da weason they be unpadicuwed. Nevew a dull moment in udder words. But weez of course gone fwu a little mowe than usual. And Lexi and me didn’t even hav anyfin’ to do wiff it. Not a fing. But fwu it all mommy has twied to let us keep up wiff ow activities as bestest hers kuld. And wecently we had a quest ovew at da Cat Scouts. And meez patwol led by Wally actually did vewy good. Ifin yous membew weez won da Cat Scout knowledge Bowl. Well at da end weez had a drawin’ and me won this weally cool emergency whistle. And guess what? Little secwet nummew one. It came in da mail this week. It is sooooo cool. Me finks it’s weally gunna come in handy on da nex quest. It’s also got a flashlight, magnifyin’ lens, compass, thermostat and a mirror so me can check to make suwe meez lookin’ good afur seein’ Andy. And then there be secwet nummew two. Do yous know what Den Master sent mommy? Mommy just cwied and cwied. Oh don’t worry, member this be Blest Sunday, so only tears of joy today. Mommy got a certificate of Appweciation fur extwaordinawy efforts in da service of Cat Scouts. Fank yous Den Master fur boff ow gifts. Weez luv ‘em. And yous will see just how much me luvs me whistle in da foto and video below.

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Yeah yeah me knows. Yous wuz hopin’ da secwet wuz sumfin’ like mommys dun got da house put togedder or sumfin’ like dat wight? Well let me just tell yous this, ifin me and sis Lexi kuld type……well there wuld be no secwets at all. But since mommy duz da typin’ fur me then me can tell hers what to type all day and hers not gunna do it. But weez can tell ya’ anudder one. Well sort of. Weez got a package fwum ow sweet furiends ovew at da Katnip Lounge, and weez puttin’ tugedder a video to show ya’ this week. And weez even won a foo contests wound da blogosphere. One dat excited mommy so much weez kuldn’t even leave a comment. Mommy had to leave and go back. And then hers still kuld bawely type. And then there be one dat got me and Lexi all ‘cited and duin’ da happy dance. But weez’ll tell ya’ mowe ‘bout those when da purrizes get here. Awe weez blest or what? 

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Then to top it off last night mommy and me wuz twyin’ to catch up on sum of ow reading and hers eyes wusn’t coopurratin’ weal good. Well they kep closin’ and hers head kep bobbin’. Anyways da puter dinged lettin’ mommy know weez had an email, and so weez went to check it out, and mommy read it to herselff at first and then started gigglin’. Me stawted pawin’ at mommys awm to tell me what wuz goin’ on, and then me saw little dwops of salty water wellin’ up in hers eyes and wollin’ down hers cheek. And then hers told me weez got an email fwum Nellie’s mommy dat sed hers wuz sendin’ us a gift cawd fwum amazon and weez wuz to use it to buy sumfin’ fwivolous. First of all mommy had to splain fwivolous to me and then me knew why, cuz anypawdy dat knows meez mommy knows dat weez not weally get to do dat. So a meowsy big fank yous Miss Barb and Nellie. Fanks fur makin’ meez mommy smile and fur yous wunnewful gift. This be a warity so mommy has to fink long and hawd ’bout what to get. MOL  

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well I’z wandid to tayk a selfee, but diz wuz az good az it gawdid.

And anudder biggy dat be makin’ mommy smile and dat weez need to say a meowsy big fank yous fur is da fundraiser dat Savannah and Ms. Linda set up to help us out. Ifin yous not been by there and wuld like to check it out, yous can do so here. And weez wanna say  Fank Yous to

Helen and Denver Tabby,

Arlene Sphikas and

Rev. Marian Hale

fur yous donations. And weez fank yous all fur evewyfin’. All of yous gifts awe purreciated wegardless of da amount, and they awe all a huge help. Weez awe so blest to hav all of yous and to be a pawt of such a pawsum community. Animal peeps awe da most compassionate and genewous people on da planet. Weez know dat times be hawd fur all of yous and we know dat yous hav given fwum yous hearts. Da luv and suppowt and purrayers hav kep mommy and us stwong fwuout this ordeal and weez almost on da udder side of it now. Weez awe twuly Blest. And so awe you, cuz yous a pawt of dat same community and weez luv yous mowe than yous will evew know.

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Till da nex time……………………Be Blest!!!

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

Dezi and Lexi

Caturday Unzipped

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Da Weekend is finally here. It’s Caturday and meez gunna be joinin’ in on da Caturday Art Blog hop today, sponsewed by Athena. Yous know a blog hop is a gweat way to meet new peeps, kitties, doggies and udder wunnewful furiends. We purreciate yous sponsowin’ such a gweat hop. Me can’t wait fur meez Blest sunday posty cuz mommy sed me kuld weveal “a” secwet. Yep yous wead dat wight, meez gunna let yous in on one of da secwets weez hav. Yous know so many secwets me can’t hawdly keep up wiff ‘em all. Mommy sez weez gunna stawt wiff da smaller ones and move on to da lawger ones. But all of ‘em be good. Open-mouthed smile Anyways, today weez just gunna post sum artsy cool fotos and let mommy west and unpack sum mowe so maybe we can hav da house back by Munday. So ifin weez not get by yous bloggy, nevew fear, weez will get there soon. Cat face 

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 These be called Painted unzipped. Mommy

sed they grew on hers da mowe she looked at ’em.

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Hey weez wanna wemind yous dat ow latest awticle weez wrote fur da Daily Mews is out now and it’s a weally purrtant one ‘bout da Soft paws. Yous can read it by clicking here. And member yous can subscwibe to da mewsletter fur fwee and nevew miss an awticle again. There’s a little sumfin’ fur evewyone there. And wight now there be a contest goin’ on yous all might wanna check out here. It’s all ‘bout da holidays which awe fast approachin’.  

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Weez also want to continue to fank Savannah and hers mommy Ms. Linda fur sponsowin’ a fundwaiser to help us get a purropurr chair fur mommy so hers can get off da floor and a new dwy mattwess and sum steps fur sis Lexi (and me, cuz yous know meez gunna use ‘em too). Weez can’t fank yous all enuff. Weez wanna fank da *Concerned Cats fur their donation, it is weally purreciated. Ifin yous wuld like to check it out yous can do so here. As yous know ow pawtment wuz flooded not once but twice in less than a mumff and as a wesult, sum of ow stuffs got damaged or in da case of mommys chair, it just bwoke all to pieces. Weez purreciate all da donations dat hav been given wegardless of da amount, they ALL help get us closer to da goal.

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Weez wuld like to addwess sum of your suggestions, as they awe purreciated. A lot of yous hav mentioned weez kuld use boxes to help sis Lexi climb. And weez do when we can, but weez hav mumffly pawtment inspections and get in twubble fur havin’ boxes sittin’ wound. They awe considered a fire hazard and bug motel. And of course weez still hav da same purrawllem weez had wiff da cheap steps mommy had owiginally bought. We awe BIG girlys weighing in at 30 pounds EACH. Dat be 60 pounds of kitties. And when weez do zoomies and take a flying leap at da steps (boxes, etc.) yous hav to add 10-15 pounds to each of our weights due to inertia. Sis Lexi has needed help fur a foo years now, so mommy has twied evewyfin’ hers kuld fink of or find as an option, but da solution weally is good solid heavy duty steps. Fank you all again fur all yous help and fur da suggestions.

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Till da nex time…………………Be Blest!!!

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses 

Dezi and Lexi

It’s A Jelly Bean Furiday

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WooHoo It’s Finally Furiday!!! Lot’s of ya’ hav asked why weez not been talkin’ ‘bout da old/new pawtment and all da new stuffs. Well, let me tell ya’ why. A foo days ago weez asked what fotos yous all wuz innewested in seein’, and most of ya’ wanna see da whole pawtment. See da fing is, weez had planned to show ya’ da whole pawtment specially since ya’ kinda alweady saw it when weez posted da fotos of da mess da movers left us wiff. But weez wanna show it off when it looks good. So, yous all gunna just have to wait till mommy gets da boxes put away. Weez not slobs after all and so weez wuld rather show yous a nice pawtment where yous can see evewything. And yous know da veep ordered mommys new fwidge when hers told hims dat they put a smaller one in here, and it wusn’t sumfin’ dat kuld ship out wight away, so weez still don’t hav it yet. It’ll be here by da 8ff of this mumff. So once evewyfin’ gets here and mommy gets us all togedder again, yous will get to see evewyfin’. Okay? Do weez hav a deal? Good. Smile 

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Now me weally weally wanted to shawe an adoptable kitty wiff yous all this week but fings didn’t quite work out like meez planned, so me went to sum of sis Lexi’s old pals and told ‘em me wanted to shawe  a bootyful kitty and so here she is. Her name be Jelly Bean. She’s still yung and very sweet and cuddly and vewy twustin’ of hoomans. Weez not know zackly what happened to hers eye. Da vet wemoved it because it had been injured by a pawssible kick fwum a nasty hooman hoo also cut off pawt of hers tail. And yet she still luvs to be petted and luved on by hoomans. So twustin’ still. And yous know it won’t get hers down. Weez hav a furiend dat can’t see nuffin’ at all, and hims has a pawsum life. So me just knows dat Jelly Bean wuld fill yous home wiff so much luv and sunshine yous wuld nevew notice hers missin’ eye or tail. And just look at hers bootyful coat. Isn’t dat spectaculaw? Hers da colow of fall. So this is da purrfect time to adopt hers and giv hers dat purrfect furever home. Hers be located in Tulsa Oklahoma. She is stayin’ at da vets office as there be no room in da foster homes. Hers rescuers awe da Pet Adoption Legue of Tulsa OK which be a 501c3 rescue. Ifin yous innewested in Jelly Bean or any pets they might hav, yous can check out their website and find all da contact infurmation yous wuld need here. Fanks fur shawin’ hers and weez be purrayin’ she gets da purrfect furevew home soon.

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 Will you please love me and give me a home? I

Promise to be good and give you all my love. ♥

Weez also wanna take a minute to fank Savannah and hers mommy Miss Linda fur puttin’ up a fundwaiser to help us out aftew da floods here. Weez sent Miss Linda a little note fur an update yesfurday so whedder yous been to da fundraiser alweady or not, purrlease go by and check it out here in da nex day or 2. Be suwe and giv Miss Linda enuff time to get da update posted. And weez wanna send out a meowsy big fank yous to ow sweet furiends, Tucker, Mouse and Dot fur donatin’. And weez wanna say fank you to all of yous. Weez kuldn’t hav magined da luv and support weez wuld weceive. Weez awe so honored and blest to hav yous all in ow lives.

And just wait’ll ya’ hear da news weez  got fur ow nex posty. Weez got so many supwises comin’ up fur yous all dat it’s makin’ ow tails spin. But mommy sed weez gotta keep sum of them secwets a bit longer. Who me?  And as always on Furiday weez be joinin’ up wiff Rascal and Rocco fur da Pet Parade Blog Hop. And me furgot so me made mommy edit and add me to Savannah‘s Paw it Forward Blog Hop. Hers mommy’s gunna be payin’ $.50cents fur evewy comment on this posty and a whole dollaw ifin yous comment on hers blog this link takes ya’ too. So purrlease evewypawdy dat comes here today, leave comments. And shawe Jelly Bean too. Fanks.

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So, Till da nex time………………Be Blest!!!

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

Dezi