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Raena's paw pushing the mesh on the stroller

It’s RaenaBelle And I’s Taking Over

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Hey? Is anypawdy there? I gotta be quick befur sis Dezi figgers out dat I’s on her bloggy. Mommy says it’s our bloggy, but Dezi keeps tellin’ me her name’s at da top, so she gives da orders. She says dat ‘bout a lot of things, but I don’t always lissen. Like, she thinks she should be da only one eatin’ outta her plate. But I think da food taste better in her plate, and don’t see why she doesn’t wanna share?. After all, we are sisfurs. And her pawdee box, it’s…well, I better get on with it, or she’ll come lookin’ fur me.

 Raena laying by the Kong play tent

We made it thru da furst of da three inspections, and there wasn’t any purroblems. Da mean manager lady started botherin’ mommy da minute she opened da office yesfurday; callin’ mommy ‘bout da lease stuffs. Oh, and mommy innerviewed a really nice little girl to help her ‘round da house. We really liked her. So, pendin’ her criminal background check, and of course her showin’ up to work, we think we’s got a winner. Paws crossed it all works out. We’ll of course tell ya’ more ‘bout it in da future.

 Raena site on the arm of the chair by mommy

Anyways, da real reason I got on here today is cuz I need rescuin’. Yep, I do. I heard mommy and sis Dezi talkin’ ‘bout da mean ole VET place and how I was goin’ back there today. Dat just don’t seem right. Sissy only had to be stuck once, so why do I have to keep goin’ back? Seems like abuse to me. You know mommy is pawsum, I luvs her very much. And sis Dezi ain’t bad either. All in all, I luvs mines furever home, but this VET thing could be a deal breaker. I mean, what are kitten vaccines and core vaccines and just why do I need ‘em? Da last time we was there mommy purromissed this wasn’t somethin’ I would have to go through all da time. Seems to me dat it wasn’t dat long ago and I was goin’ thru it. And, I’ve been havin’ to take this nasty tastin’ yellow medicine and mines eyes and nose are still runny. So there. Just what is it dat these VETs know anyways? 

 Raena peeking out of the stroller

Raena's paw pushing the mesh on the stroller

RaenaBelle Maycee!!! What are you doin’ on me’s bloggy? It’s Furiday and time to join’ da Pet Parade. And we needed to let peeps know what’s been goin’ on and dat we’ll be by to visit them later.

 Dezi and RaenaBelle on the Liberty cat tree

I told them all ‘bout dat sissy. Well, I didn’t get to da Pet Parade thing, but I’s told ‘em ‘bout everythin’ else. 

Well, Okay, but next time you need to ask befur hijackin’ me’s bloggy. 

Mommy says it’s our bloggy, Dezi. 

 Dezi and Raena in a frame surrounded by roses

Of course she does Raena, she doesn’t want you to feel left out, BUT…it’s me’s name at da top. You’d do good to ‘member dat. Anyways, you and mommy gotta get ready to go, so we need to wrap it up. Any purrayers you can spare would be purreciated. Da a/c in da car still doesn’t work and da windows still don’t roll down. And it’s finally hot summer here. And altho mommy believes in getting’ da kitten series of vaccinations, she realizes there is still a certain amount of risks associated with them. Don’t furget to send in your fotos fur our Pawlympics Fly Fishin’ event.

 Blogville Pawlympics Fly Fishin' badge

Blogville Pawlympics badge for sidebar

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

 

Dezi lays on nip mat
Ya’ll have fun. Me’s gonns lay here and chill out. Me may even take a nap.

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

Deztinee and RaenaBelle

Dezi and Raena laying at mommy's feet

Weren’t We Supposed To Rest Today

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Well here we are half way thru another week. It’s been really hot here, so we’ve all been tryin’ to just chill out and stay cool. ‘Course da manager’s finally back on da purropurrty workin’ on our lease re-certification and buggin’ da dickens outta mommy. She was down here twice yesfurday wantin’ more stuffs. And then at some point she was here again leavin’ a notice on our door ‘bout this months inspection. Only we ain’t havin’ just one inspection this month, they’re tryin’ to slip in 3. Yep, they wanna intrude in our houses 3 times this month.

 Dezi close up on arm of chair

Da lease and da Landlord Tenant Act allows fur one inspection a month. But this management company likes to push da limits. And since most of da residents have been bullied fur so long, no one stands up to them and holds them to da law. So it looks like mommy’s gonna be really busy this month too. Da furst of those 3 inspections is tomorrow, and Raena has every toy we own pulled outta da toy basket and strewn all over da floor. And since we haven’t found anypawdy to help mommy ‘round da house, then all da clean up falls to her. These are da times mommy wishes we could vacuum and mop. Alas, no thumbs mommy.

 Dezi uses the Shark vacuum

    But Dezi, I saw a kitty on da catputer vacuumin’ da other day. Sure ‘nuff, dat kitty was sittin’ on top of a round machine goin’ from room to room cleanin’ da floors.

Yes Raena they make these little robots dat clean da floor all by themselves. Dat kitty wasn’t vacuuming, he was goin’ along fur da ride. And besides. those machines cost a lot of money.

Raena site on the arm of the chair by mommy
 

Seriously? Lookit Raena tryin’ to copy me.

 

    Well whatever Dezi, we need one of those.

Dat would be great Raena, but me told you they cost a lot of green papers dat we don’t have. 

    Well let’s make mommy some Dezi. I saw some colors ‘round here da other day. 

  (Dezi sighs and shakes her head)

Oh Raena, it doesn’t work dat way. It would be nice ifin it did; but it doesn’t. But me can tell ya’ one thing you can do to help mommy.

     Really sissy? What is it? I would luvs to help mommy. 

 Dezi and Raena amongst all the toys on the floor

You can pick up all these toys you drug outta da toy box and put ‘em back. And next time only pull out da toy ya’ wanna play with right then. and when you’re finished playin’ or want a different toy, then put da old one back.   

     Uhhhhh (Raena sits still for a minute as she thinks)

   But Dezi, dat doesn’t sound like fun. With all da toys in da floor, I can play with several at da same time.

But me thought you wanted to help mommy?

     Dat’s okay sissy, I’s will find another way. 

 Dezi and Raena laying at mommy's feet

Yeah Raena, me thought so. Anyways, looks like mommy isn’t gonna have a lot of time to help us visit fur a day or two and then Raena has to go back to da VET on Furiday, so our week is gonna be full. We’ll be ‘round to visit as we can.

Now me also wants to remind you all ‘bout our Palympics event, Fly Fishin’. There’s still time to get your fotos in to us. And, all those who enter will get a pawsum badge created by Ann over at Zoolatry. We sure do purrectiate her and all she does fur da blogosphere. Check out da badge you’ll get.

Blogville Pawlympics Fly Fishin' badge
 

Is this not da coolest badge?

 

Blogville Pawlympics Badge full size

Ifin ya have questions ‘bout da fly fishin’ event, check out our posty here. While there, you can also click over and check out all da events dat are still open. We’s gonna wrap it up now so mommy can get ready fur tomorrow’s inspection. We’re also getting’ some great questions fur our next Service Cat posty. And we were honored to be featured yesfurday on Jeanne Foguths blog bringin’ attention to Service Cats. Ifin ya missed it, check it out here. 

Raena plays with the flying toy

I be purracticin’ mines fly fishin’.

 

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

 

 

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

Deztinee and RaenaBelle

Service Cats: Smelling Disease

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Meowllo and welvome to another Service Cat posty. As with all our educational posts, the followin’ will be in human English so everypawdy can read or translate it. Me does wanna thank ya’ fur your purrayers, mommy’s feelin’ a little better today. Purrayer changes things fur the better. Alrighty then, let’s get on with our posty. Ifin ya’ missed any of the posts in this series, you can ketch up by clickin’ the links below.

 Dezi in a purple haze

Picking A Service Cat: Pt.1 

Foundations of Training: Pt. 2 

Service Cats: Massage Training: Pt. 3 

Now that you’re all caught up, we have some great questions to answer today. As you read in a previous post, we alert mommy to a Syncope incident (passing out) before it happens. That alert allows her to get to safety before it happens. Otherwise, she would fall and could seriously hurt herself. We received a couple of questions about this. The first was, what actions do we take to alert mommy. Well when me was a teeny tiny kitten, me could barely reach mommy’s ankles. So, me would “dance” around in a circle and pat her ankles. As me’s gotten older, me’s method has changed a bit. Nowadays, me meows and taps on whatever part of mommy is closest. When we’re out in public and me is in the stroller, me sits up, meows and pats the stroller side that is closest to mommy, since me can’t actually touch her.

 Dezi on top of cat tree house looking for Raena inside the cat tree house

Raena has started learning to alert as well. She isn’t nearly as cute as me was, dancing around mommy and patting her ankle, but so long as mommy and her know what’s up, it doesn’t really matter. Raena generally meows and touches mommy with her paw. She’s a little small for the stroller yet, so we’ll have to wait and see how she alerts from the stroller. We’ll get back to you on that one. (FYI: Our stroller zips closed and there are 2 kitten sized escape openings on either side. We don’t have a small enough harness to attach her inside. At this time she would need a ferret harness.)

Now, we told you that we know this because we can smell a change in mommy’s body chemistry. Sick/Disease has a smell. We were asked if dogs could smell this too. The answer is Yes. Most all animals can smell sick, disease and death. There are many Service Dogs that alert to seizures, heart attacks and other illnesses; and more cats and other animal species than the general public is aware of. We don’t have permission to divulge names, but one of our facebook friends has a kitty that has alerted her to seizures for years. And of course you can read in the news at least once a month, about a heroic animal that saved his/her owner from _______(fill in the blank).

 Dezi and Raena on cat tree

Animals are very smart and intuitive. With a little training most of us can serve a purpose and help the disabled. Because of the stereotypes about cats, we often get overlooked when it comes to training and socialization in general and especially being Service animals, Therapy animals and even Companion animals. Contrary to belief, cats can be trained. And for a lot of people we would make the perfect Service Animal. We can and do groom ourselves, use a litterbox, don’t need to go outside or be walked and are extremely affectionate. We are not loners by choice. We love our humans and love to be with them and please them.

Remember when wee told you that Raena is already learning massage? Well, this morning when we woke up, she immediately took her place and started massaging mommy’s arms. ‘Course she is still a very young kitten so after a few minutes, she started jumping around and playing. First off, that’s okay. Remember, fun training is often more successful than yelling at and being stern all the time. There is a time for stern, but it doesn’t have to be all the time. Mommy says that most disabled people have some form or level of depression; so anything that can make you laugh or smile, is a good thing. Not always with a full bladder, but… Anyways, mommy gently spoke to Raena and got her to focus again, and get the blood circulating and the nerves and muscles to wake up in mommy’s arms so we could get up and get our day started.

 Dezi looking out the front door from the cat tree while Raena sits on the small oerch watching

We would like to put a call out to you all. Do you have or know a Service Cat, Certified Therapy Cat or Certified Companion Cat? As we’ve told you, these are three different categories and shouldn’t be used interchangeably or mistaken for the term pet. Fur the full definitions of each term, purrlease check out our Service Animal tab in the menu bar. We would love to share guest posts about them with everybody. Me’s gonna wrap it up now. The lawn crew’s here, and that means it’s time fur me to nap UTB/C (under the bed/chair). Seems Raena couldn’t care less, but me’s not convinced all that noise is okay. Ifin you have any questions purrlease let us know. 

Do you know any Service Animals personally?

Do you have any additional questions about Service, Therapy or Companion animals? (please be specific) 

What would you like to read about further here? 

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

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

Deztinee and RaenaBelle  

Blest Sunday Mish Mash

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Meowllo and welcome to another Blest Sunday. We’re runnin’ really late today, but we didn’t wanna miss Blest Sunday cuz we’re blest. We are blest to have each and every one of you in our lives. And we’re blest to have each other. But mommy’s been real sick since Furiday, so me’s posty today isn’t gonna be too long. We wanted to show ya’ a video of Raena’s furst night here in her Furever home befur she got so big ya’ wouldn’t recognize her. MOL  Mommy’s been so busy dat she hadn’t had da time to edit any of da videos, so dat’s why we’re late today. Me told mommy she had to get a video done. And voila’, here it is. 

Ifin ya’ can’t see da video, click here.

Yeah me knows, she’s just too cute. Truth is, she’s not really dat bad. Me’s actually startin’ to really warm up to her. Y, just last night we was all chillin’ and layin’ together and watchin’ a little teevee. Kitties watchin’ teevee, ya’ say? Yep sure ‘nuff. Check out this foto of Raena ketchin’ out da action up close. MOL

 Raena watches teevee

Anyways, Mommy had her regular monthly doctor’s ‘pointment Furiday and da heat index was 112 degrees, so against her better judgement, she left both me and Raena at home and went by herself. She had been throwin’ up all meownin’ with a massive migraine, and passin’ out, but she said it was just too hot. As we’ve told ya’ da a/c in da car doesn’t work. Somethin’ ‘bout a motor bein’ out, and da lectric windows don’t roll down. So mommy says da car’s like an oven and she won’t take us anywhere lessen she absolutely has too; like Raena’s upcomin’ VET ‘pointment. Anyhow, mommy’s doctor told her she looked like death warmed over, and gave her more migraine medicine. It’s helpin’ some, but she still feels yucky, so we’ll be round to see ya’ as soon as we can. And, we had two innerviews scheduled fur humans to help mommy ‘round da house and errands and such, and both were no shows. So da search is still on.

 Raena inside fish bowl toy

Mommy says I’s not ‘posed to be inside da bowl, but I say it’s a purrfect fit.

Raena inside Fish bowl toy

Befur me goes, don’t furget to enter our pawsum Garfield Cat Litter Give Away. Me’s tellin’ ya’ this stuffs is great. Don’t know ifin any of da fotos we’s sharin’ actually was a selfie, but we’s joinin’ da Kitties Blue fur Selfie Sunday too. Try to stay cool and enjoy your day.

 Dezi and Raena playing

Dezi and Raena playing patty cake

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

 Dezi rolling on Raena's nip mat

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

Deztinee and RaenaBelle