Category: Review/Give Away

Whose A SmartCat? Give Away

Published on by Service Cats U.S.56 Comments

Oh sissy awen’t you ‘cited today?

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Shur Dezi, I had a grayt brekky and treetz arr shur yoo beez on da ajenda. Whatz not too beez sided ‘bout.

 

No sissy, me means ‘bout da Give Away weez havin’. Oh, datz what youz beez tawkin’ ‘bout.

 

Yep, I’z sided ‘bout dat too. I’z rellee happee dat peepz arr awlwayz wunderin’ ‘bout what beez beztezt fur us kitteez. It meenz weez git too try nu fingz dat weez mite not git too try udderwize. Soz who’z gunna tell ebberpawdy ‘bout it?

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Me of course. Me might need a little help, but wait till me asks, okay?. (Lexi nods and starts a bath) Well kitty peeps awe always lookin’ fur da best food and carriers and tweats and toys and…well you get da picture, wight?. Seems da biggest debate among hoomans is our pawdee boxes and what to put in ‘em. Shuld it be clumpin’ or not, and just what shuld it smell like? Wild flowers or spwing bweeze, or sum udder furesh scent. And shuld it be pelleted or sandy, scoopable or not. Da choices awe weally endless. Well come weal close and lissen up, cuz meez gunna tell ya’ what yous kitties have been talkin’ ‘bout and wishin’ fur. Da bestest litter in da whole wide world be da one yous kitty weally likes and will use. After all da pawdee box be fur him/her to do their business, not you. And all those purretty scents you luv…We DON’T!!! We have noses dat can pick up a scent fwum miles away and come on, do yous wanna sit on da hooman pawdee box sneezin’ da whole time?

 

Youz tell ‘em Dezi.

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Fanks sissy. Weally da bestest litter is unscented in a texture dat isn’t too wuff on our paws and dat we can do our business in and get on wiff our busy lives of nappin’. So dat bein’ sed, seems there’s a new litter in town and all da peeps be askkin’ ‘bout it. Just what is it? How duz it work? Duz it work? Duz it have dust? Duz it twack? What is it you ask? Well it’s Pioneer Pet’s new litter called SmartCat All Natural Clumping Litter. It’s made of…wait fur it…GRASS. Yep you read dat wight, me sed grass. And it claims to out clump clay every time. It’s chemical free, clay free and fragrance free, 99% dust free, biodegwadable and wenewable and light weight. Well those fings there oughtta make yous peeps happy. But, duz it work and awe those claims twu or just more hogwash?.

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Da folks at Pioneer Pet was gwacious enuff to send us a 20 pound bag to twy out. Mommy was a little worried cuz bein’ made of gwass and all she kinda fawt it was gunna be gween of sumfin’. And as much as we like to eat our cat gwass, she wunnewed ifin we might twy to eat da litter. (not weally but me kuldn’t wesist) Never fear mommy dear, weez smawter than that. MOL When monmmy picked up da bag she sed she wuldn’t weally call it light weight, but it kuld be considered such as 20 pounds felt more like 10. And since mommy has difficulty wiff heavy fings then weally it is lighter weight than most. So when she opened da bag, she was purrleasantly surpwised to see a golden litter dat looked a lot like what we were alweady usin’. She was happy to not be overwhelmed by purrfumes, and so were we. Now fur da furst test. Mommy began to pour da litter fwum da bag into da box…NO dust. They get a check mawk there too. Now she just sat back and waited fur us to twy it out to evaluate da west of their claims.

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Of course, she didn’t have to wait too long. You know us kitties, a clean box be callin’ our name. MOL And well you all know me. Me began to holler to make mommy aware dat she needed to clean up. So mommy got da scooper and scoop she did. OMC What a clump. it was hawd as a cement rock. So mommy bwoke it up a bit ad flushed it down da hooman pawdee box. No purrawlems there eever. We had to wait a few hours to check it’’s clumpin’ abilities wiff sis Lexi, but it clumped just as well fur her. Mommy sez she weally liked how well it clumped cuz nuffin wet bwoke off and fell back into da clean litter. Mommy also sez there was absolutely no smell. Altho’ da weal smell test comes in later wiff da…well yous know. And Pioneer Pet’s SmartCat gets 8 paws and 2 fumms up there too. We was all so impurressed dat it be all weez took to BlogPaws. And even one of our visitors liked it well enuff to give it a twy. Our weebly wobbly furiend Sophie had to avail hers selff of da facilities while visitin’, and so weez gunna say anudder 4 paws up there.

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As a lot of you know we be purretty big kitties so there’s only one fing we found purroblematic. Me duz seem to “sink” a bit cuz it be so lightweight. Sissy has lost a lot of weight and mommy didn’t notice it happenin’ wiff her, so ifin yous kitty be 15 pounds or less, you shuld be fine. Fur me a little mixin’ and all’s good again. As wiff most of da natural clumpin’ litters Pioneer Pet wecommends keeping 3” – 4” of SmartCat in da box fur optimum purrfurmance. And a 20 pound bag filled da extwa lawge pawdee box and we had a little more than a 1/3 of a bag left. Me wuld like to tell ya’ a bit ‘bout Pioneer Pet. It was founded by Betsy Lipscomb, a cat behaviorist. She also stawrted Catsinternational.org, a non-purrofit organization whose mission is to help peeps better unnewstand their feline companions. The mission of Pioneer Pets is to make purroducts to impurrove da quality of life fur hoomans and us kitties.

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Now fur da big news. Pioneer Pet has agweed to give one lucky U.S. reader a 20 pound bag of SmartCat litter. Just leave a comment on this blog posty by Tuesday June 23, 2015 tellin’ us yous wanna enter to win. And you can say more too ya’ know. Weez’ll be usin’ da randomizer to choose a winner fwum all da entwies. And ifin yous just can’t wait, you can order yous own bag wiff a flat rate shippin’ now by pawin’ here. And check out their Facebook page too. So to wecap, It duz out clump clay, it weally weally is 99% dust furee. it contains odors wiffout smelly purrfumes, it’s all natural grass, so it’s good fur da planet too. All paws and fumms up here fur Pioneer Pet’s SmartCat cat litter. Sissy you wanna add anyfin?

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Nope Dezi youz sed it all. But weez do wanna wish a…

 

Happy Father’s day to all da dads out there and all da mommys who be purrlayin’ daddys too. (like our mommy)

Disclaimer: Weez didn’t weceive any gween papers fur this weview. We did weceive a bag of litter fur furee. Our opinions awe our own and not fur sale. Pioneer Pet is not wesponsible fur da content of this posty.

 

 

Till da next time…………………. Be blest!!!

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

 

Dezi and Lexi

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Grab That Toy

Published on by Service Cats U.S.34 Comments

Hello everyone, I’ve hijacked Dezi’s blog today to tell you about something that makes my life a little easier. As you all know I had an accident years ago that left me disabled. And through the years for some strange reason I just keep getting older too. LOL It’s funny how that happens, isn’t it? Well as time goes on it gets more and more difficult for me to bend over or stretch up to reach some things. It’s not really safe for me to be climbing in chairs or little footstools to try to reach things on top shelves or cabinets. But living in a small apartment I must take advantage of all storage spaces available, and sometimes that means putting something in a spot that’s hard for me to get to later. We get all kinds of emails and we do get some asking how I do some things especially in the mornings when I can’t walk. So I thought we’d give you a little break today from the serious and tell you about one of the products I use.

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Thankfully there’s a product that helps me access those things that are out of my reach. Calibre Products makes a tool called the #Reach it Grab it. It’s stronger than it looks and more durable than one might think. It’s rustproof, easy to use and has a comfortable grip. I don’t mind telling you that I’ve owned a few different types of these through the years at a variety of price points. And when I first saw the price of this one, I was a bit shocked and thought it was terribly over priced. But after receiving mine (free of charge for this review) and using it, I have to admit that it is a quality product and well made. It will most likely hold up a lot longer than the cheaper versions I have used in the past. It’s pick up head is completely rubber so you get a better grasp than you would with just 2 small rubber pieces that is common with this type of tool. The aluminum arm is quite sturdy and although lightweight is able to hold up to a couple of pounds.

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It has come in handy even when playing with the girls. They like a good game of fetch now and then, but occasionally get side tracked before they make it back to me. Well that’s okay, I can get my Reach it Grab it and just pick up the toy and continue the game. And when I need to get a can out of the lower cabinets, no problem. The Reach it Grab it is slender enough to fit between cans to pick up the right one. The uses for the Reach it and Grab it are endless. Our apartment is set up in a way that the only telephone jack is in the kitchen. So in the mornings when I’m wheelchair bound I can easily use the Reach it Grab it to get the phone and take it with me to my chair in the living room. And when I’m on the computer and taking notes, if I happen to drop a pen or piece of paper, it’s easily picked up with the Reach it Grab it. And the girls love it because I can reach a bag of treats that has been put out of their reach. They don’t like that it has such a good grip the treats don’t spill, but hey, you can’t please everybody all the time, right? LOL

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If you have arthritis or difficulty holding onto things, the Reach it Grab it just might be for you. If you would like to order one for yourself, just click here. There’s a 100% money back guarantee if you’re not completely satisfied, so you really have nothing to lose. And right now, it’s on sale for $19.98. Thanks for letting me tell you about one of my little helpers. Dezi will be back with more for Adopt a Shelter Cat Month postings.

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Disclaimer I received the Calibre Reach it Grab it in exchange for my honest opinion. I received no money and as always we only review products we use ourselves and/or feel you our readers and friends would be interested in. Our opinions are our own and not for sale. Calibre is not responsible for the opinions expressed in this post.

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Me will be back wiff more fur Adopt a Shelter Cat Mumff.

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

 

Dezi and Lexi

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Perfect Portions

Published on by Service Cats U.S.44 Comments

Happy Caturday to you all. Weez got sunshine and wind, and…a FLASH FLOOD Warnin’. OMC Can yous believe it? And here we fawt da rain was gone fur da summer. MOL Summer in da Souff means unexpected wedder changes tho’ so weez just gunna enjoy da sun while it be here. Course weez been readin’ sum of our furiends posties fwum udder places and they be havin’ un-seasonal wedder too. So whose to say what be normal anymore. Anyways, enuff ‘bout da wedder weez got a yummy to share wiff ya’ today.

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Wha’cha’ got there mommy?

You know we luv our Chewy and we just got our auto-delivery fwum them a kupple days ago, so we have a gweat box fur boxin’ day. And we got our review box fur da mumff too. Yep 2 boxes at one time. You know how much us kitties luv boxes. Anyways weez gunna be tellin’ ya’ ‘bout da Nutro Perfect Portions today. Nutro be pawt of da Mars Pet Furmily. We met a lot of da Mars peeps at BlogPaws and got sum samples too. Mommy even got a teeshirt. These Perfect Portions meals are da size of one of da small cans they just be divided into separate containers so dat yous not have to put any in da fwidge ifin yous kitty not be able to eat da whole 3 ounces at one time. You can give one Perfect Portion and when kitty finishes and wants more you can give da udder half and it’s still furesh cuz it’s never been opened.

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Come on mommy, open it up and letz see what weez got.

This is weally nice fur sissy wight now cuz hers been eatin’ gweat since BlogPaws, but it takes her a little longer to eat now. Sissy will eat ‘bout da whole 1.3 ounces and then take a bweak and get a dwink of water or go to da pawdee box and take a 30 minute nap and then she’s back wantin’ more. Course this makes mommy and me happy campers (weez not campin’ so don’t know why we say dat, but…) and mommy gladly gives hers more. So, what about these Nutro Perfect Portions? Duz sissy like ‘em? Duz me like ‘em? And is mommy happy wiff ‘em? And just what be in ‘em? Those awe all da fings yous wantin’ to know huh?

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Well let me tell ya’. We got da Nutro Perfect Portions Turkey Recipe Dinner. They come in 8 different flavors/meats, and mommy chose da turkey lurkey fur us to twy. But you can also get: Salmon and chicken, chicken and liver, turkey and liver, chicken, liver and shrimp, salmon and tuna, chicken and shrimp and just chicken. They come in a case of 24 2.65 ounces fur $31.99. So what is in the package? Well it’s a pate style wiff:

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Kin I’z habz one now mommy? Lookz purretty good.

Turkey, Turkey Broth, Chicken Liver, Pork Broth, Natural Flavors, Guar Gum, Minerals (Potassium Chloride, Magnesium Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Iron Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Potassium Iodide, Copper Sulfate), Sodium Phosphate, Fish Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols), Vitamins (Choline Chloride, Thiamine Mononitrate [Vitamin B1], Vitamin E Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride [Vitamin B6], Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex), Salt, Taurine.

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Notice there be NO carageenan. You hoomans awe weally concerned ‘bout dat and so is mommy, so we was weally glad to see it had been excluded. And mommy likes dat da top ingwedients awe da meats. Dat means most of what’s in there be meat fur hers little carnivores. So mommy’s purretty happy wiff ‘em, and dat means dat kitty might not be. You know da ole it’s good fur ya’ so we don’t want it fing? So fingers cwossed mommy gave us each our own side of da Perfect Portion and stood back. Was this gunna be a winner or not.

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Yep, sissy went to town and ate all hers side and wanted more. WooHoo All paws up fwum Lexi and a happy mommy. Next was to see how me liked it. Well me went in to smell da blob on meez plate and…me walked away. Me dusn’t weally like da pate’s so mommy wasn’t like shocked dat me didn’t wanna eat it, but she had hoped me wuld at least twy it. So she doctored it a bit wiff sum nip and…No joy, me walked away again. So paws down fwum me. But mommy sez dat’s okay havin’ sumfin’ good fur Lexi dat she will eat and enjoy is enuff to counter meez down paws. Now what about dat guaranteed analysis? Is it good fur sissy to eat wiff hers CKD?

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Well da phosphorous not be listed on da chewy website or da Nutro web site, so mommy picked up da fone and gave ’em a call. She spoke wiff a very nice and knowledgeable Michael and he was more than happy to answer any of mommys questions. Hims did sum calculatin’ and gave mommy da DMA (dry matter analysis) of all da Perfect Portions meals. And da turkey we had has a DMA phosphorous of 14.5% or .65. So dat’s better than good fur sissy. And all da Puerfect Portions have similar nummers, so any of them wuld be okay to put on a plate fur Lexi. So 2 fumms up fwum mommy too. So you can head on over to Chewy wight now and gwab you a case. And member, yous not stuck wiff a case of noms ifin yous furry dusn’t like it. Chewy offers a 100% money back guarantee. And they have da bestest customer service agents ever, dat be available 24/7/365. And while yous there check out all da udder pawsum fings Chewy carries. Member they have a flat rate shippin’ chawge of $4.95 or furee ifin yous order is $49.00 or more. And they ship wiff Fed Ex, so yous get it weally fast; even on Caturdays. and speakin’ of Caturday, meez also joinin’ Athena fur Caturday Art.

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Me had to make a little Caturday awt foto.

Till da next time……………………..Be Blest!!!

 

 

Disclaimer: We received a case of the Nutro Perfect Portions fur furee to twy and give our honest opinion of. We didn’t weceive and gween papers and nopawdy but us be responsible fur our opinions. They not be fur sale. We only bwing you fings we use or have twied ourselves and dat we fink yous might be innewested in.

 

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses 

Dezi and Lexi

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Steamy Ice Pups

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Meowllo everypawdy how ya’ duin’?  Last year after BlogPaws there was a lot of give aways in Blogville, and we were able to twy sum food by a company named The Honest Kitchen. They make a dehydrated, raw, natural type of food dat yous add water to. You can even add more meat to da mix ifin yous want. We also won a recipe book fwum them wiff lots of recipes fur meals fur yous doggy and kitty usin’ their food. Well me actually liked da noms. One of da few wet noms me duz like. So when we had da oppurrtunity this mumff to twy sum tweats made by them, we jumped all over it. Chewy gives us such gweat options it’s sumtimes hawd to choose, but mommy was sure this wuld be a hit and she fawt she might even be able to use it to entice sis Lexi to eat.

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It’s called Ice Pups, but it be fur dogs AND cats. And it can be served warm or furozen. Da ingredients awe Dehydrated chicken, turkey, whey, dandelion, asparagus, watercress, honey and parsley. They come in these little packets dat you mix wiff warm water. So mommy took a packet and emptied it in a bowl and added da 1 cup of warm water and stirred. Mommy sed it looked like an herb laden chicken broth. Anyways, she let it cool enuff so dat it wuldn’t burn our mouffs and poured a little in our bowls. She put da wemainder in an ice tway to fureeze fur a cold tweat later. We do like da occasional ice cube in our water. But mommy had alweady deetermined this wasn’t sumfin’ dat kuld be put in our water fountains cuz it was a bit oily like a chicken broth wuld be. 

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So bowls at da weady, mommy gwabbed a camera and she was weady fur da fun to begin. We of course was standin’ at da weady cuz we knew it was sumfin’ fur us. Mommy put our bowls down and got weady. But nuffin’ happened. Sissy kept lookin’ at mommy and lookin’ at da bowl and me just sat back and looked at mommy. So she stuck hers finger in meez bowl and got a little and put it on meez nose. Me stawrted lickin’ meez nose afur mommy kuld get da camera weady again, and as soon as me tasted it me ran fur da cat twee. Sissy be older and smawrter than me, so as soon as she saw what mommy did to me she was on da move away fwum all this. Mommy dusn’t like soup so why did she fink we wuld?. All paws down as a warm tweat and there won’t be any puttin’ it on sissy’s noms to get her to eat. So da next option was to twy it furozen. But mommy fawt we oughtta wait a few days afur twyin’ dat. 

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Well a few days later mommy was duin’ da dishes (dat be tweat time) and we was waitin’ so mommy pulled out da tway of ice pups. She put one each in our tweat bowls and got da camera weady. Again sissy looked at momm and da bowl and then walked away. Me sniffed and then headed fur da cat twee again. Don’t know how mommy planned to put dat on meez nose, but me wasn’t stickin’ wound to find out. So again we have to give these tweats a 4 paws down rating. We did ask our neighbot Buddy to twy them too, but hims wasn’t goin’ fur it eever. So it looks like even tho’ these be fur doggies and kitties they awe better off goin’ to da dogs who will eat anyfin’ includin’ yous shoes.

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Separation is common as it sits.

We hate to have to give an all paws down review, so mommy sez she wuld give it a 1/2 fumm up cuz it be all natural, made in da USA and good fur ya’. Those awe all fings mommy likes to see. And reasons mommy wuld give a fumm up fur. But it dusn’t matter how good those fings awe ifin we won’t eat it. Fankfully Chewy.com carries a variety of tweats and noms and toys and supplements as well as supplies so weez not out in da cold. And member to check back wiff chewy ifin yous not find what you be lookin’ fur da furst time. They be addin’ new bwands all da time. Did you know they even have a wish list? Dat’s wight, ifin there’s sumfin’ you wuld like to see them carry you can call ‘em up and have them add it to their wish list. We did dat a long time ago when we furst stawrted shoppin’ wiff ‘em, and they were able to stawrt carryin’ da item we asked fur. And they have a gweat customer service team and pawsum shipping. One low flat rate shipping chawrge fur all orders unner $49.00 and furee ifin you go over dat. And they ship fast so yous not have a long wait. Don’t worry eever dat yous have to buy a case of noms. Chewy has a money back guarantee even ifin it’s just cuz yous finicky feline turns his/hers nose up.

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Disclaimer: As always, weez received no gween papers fur our opinion and our opinion not be fur sale at any purrice. We did receive a box of Ice Pups fur da furee to twy. Of course we will never bwing you a review lessen it be sumfin’ we fink yous wuld be innewested in, we use or have twied ourselves.  

Till da next time……………………………..Be Blest!!!

 

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses  

Dezi and Lexi

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