Well furiends meez feelin’ so blest tuday. Membew a little bit ago meez told yous dat meez won a blogpaws giv away fwum Savannah. Well….It got hewe!!! Wees luvved it all. Wees even had a little scent exchange wiff Savvy and da Kid Sage. And deys mommy is gunna be sendin’ us hers notes on a foo of da sessions soon. WooHoo. It’s just like meez wus der. 🙂 Fank yous so much!!!! Wees awe twuly blest!!!
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And ders gunna be an Indy 500 pawty fuw EVEWPAWDY tuday ovew at daTabby Cat Club. So purrlease come on by and hav sum fun. 🙂 Da wunnewful hosts of dis big splash awe Gracie, Raz, and Sammy. 🙂
Come join us ovew at da Tabby Cat Club!!
And ifin dat wusn’ nufff, Sammy‘s gunna tuwn wound and host a big Bar – B – Que on Munday fuw evewpawdy. 🙂 So don’t fuwget tu go on ovew and hav a meowsy good time. Meez heaw ders gunna be lots tu eat and lots of fun tu be had by one and all.
Let’s hav fun!!!!
It’s a busy weekend fuw suwe, but hopefully one dat evewpawdy can enjoy. Purrlease stay safe and membew, DU NOT dwink and dwive!!!
Til da nex time…..Hav a Blest TCC Sunday Funday!!!
Furiends meez a little bit sad tuday as meez lost a foo deaw furiends dis week. Meez wus gunna tell a diffewent stowwy tuday but meez finks meez needs tu tell dis one ‘stead. PURRLEASE meez not makin’ dis posty tu blame or upset anypawdy. And fuw da furmilys of meez furiends dat hav gone tu heaven, meez so vewy sowwy fuw yous loss. And meez is purrayin’ fuw yous and meez luvs yous vewy much. But these deaffs cannot be in vain!! And ifin wees don’t leawn anyfin’ fwum dem den dat’s zackly what hapuned. Deys died fuw nuffin.
A foo days ago a kitty furiend hoo had wecently celebwated hims 1st Meowday died. But it’s not dat simple. See hims wus outside alone as hims had dun many times afuw. And der wus a huge stowm wiff towwential wains. When hims mommy called fuw hims tu come inside hims didn’t answew. Hims didn’t come home at all dat nite. Hims wus well luvved, micwo chipped and had a tag. Hims pawents alewted all da neighbows dat hims had gone missin’. Deys had dun evewfin’ wight tu get hims home ifin hims got lost or kittynapped. Da nex meownin’ aftew da stowm had passed a lady found hims layin’ alone aside a twee. Sumtime duwin’ da nite and da downpouw hims had been hit by a caw. Da lady took hims little bwoken body tu da VET and called hims pawents hoo wus welieved tu know dat hims had been found. Only tu hav dat welieff dashed upon awwivin’ at da VETs and leawnin’ dat hims kuldn’t be saved. He had spent God only knows how long fwightened and huwt dyin’ and alone. And it all kulda been purrvented.
Last nite meez lost anuddew kitty furiend. Hims wus much luvved and had been close tu deaff twice afuw. But wiff hims mommys luv and da help of a wunnewful VET hims had pulled fwu. But…. hims wus allowed outside cuz hims mommy fawt hims wus tu sad and depwessed bein’ “cooped up” inside da house. Hims had been a stway and like meez uddew furriend all da neighbows knew and liked hims. Hims liked tu lay wound in da dwiveway. So last nite like many uddew nites hims wus layin’ in da dwiveway, and hims wus wunned ovew. Hims kuldn’t be saved. Hims mommy is devastated and hims gwammaw is cwushed and feelin’ so guilty, as shes wus da one dwivin’ da caw. And it all kuld hav been purrvented. As yous know wees hav a Facebook page also. And evewday wees wead stowwys ’bout kittys allowed outside unsupewvised. Da stowwy meez told yous tuday, these awen’t da only furiends wees lost tu dis vewy same kind of accident. Wees also lost furiends tu animal attacks. And it allkulda been purrvented.
In dis day and age der’s no weason fuw a kitty tu evew go outside. Hoomans hav domesticated cats tu da point dat dey can liv long, happy and healffy lives wiff out evew goin’ outside. But ifin yous feel da need tu let fluffy out den purrlease put a leash on hers/hims and go yous selff. Install a catio or uddew purrtective enclosuwe. Meez will tell yous dat meez and mommy cwy when wees wead ’bout a fewal dat kwits showin’ up or gets injuwed or killed. But wees unnewstand why deys not bein’ bwought intu da house. Fuw any uddew fuwwy (includin’ dogs) der’s no excuse. Many blame da dwivews, or da wild animal, etc., but ifin fluffy hadn’t been outside alone off leash tu begin wiff deys wulda nevew been at wisk. Meez will say again, kittys no longew need tu go outside and hunt fuw der meals or smell da woses or anyfin’ els. Purrlease paw hewe fuw weasons tu keep fluffy inside. Meez justs want tu wemind yous all again tu keep yous fuwwy furmily membews safe and inside da house or on a leash so dat yous don’t find yous selff in a situaton daKulda been purrvented.
OMC Meez wus so supwised by how many of yous hav VETs dat yous like. Meez wus so glad tu heaw dat. But meez wusn’t supwised at all by how many of yous not so cwazy ’bout da twip der and back home. A lot of yous sed dat yous spend da whole twip singin’ da song of ow ancestows. MOL One of da fiwst questions wees get asked, even afuw ‘what’s a Service Cat?’ is….. How du yous get da cats tu wide so well in da caw?? And den wees get wesponses like: meez cats wuld teaw us all up, or meez cats meow at da top of der lungs da whole time, and so many mowe. Mommy tells dem dat yous can’t keep a cat locked away in da house all yeaw long and den pull out da cawwiew 1 time a yeaw and ‘spect evewfin’ tu go smoovly. Cuz at dat point deys associate da cawwiew wiff bad fings, and also da VET. Weally, ifin da only time yous evew get out is when sum stwangew pokes sumfin up yous neddew wegions and sticks yous a foo times and pwys yous mouff open and digs wound in yous eaws and den pushes yous back intu a little box wiff baws dat yous can barely stand up in wuld yous be ‘cited tu go?? Or wuld yous maybe be hidin’ and singin’ da song of yous people tu??
So da fiwst step in makin’ da twip tu da VET mowe pawsitive and less stwessful fuw evewpawdy is tu make it fun and pawt of da woutine. Now as any of yous dat wead meez blog knows wees don’t hav much in da munny depawtment so meez not tellin’ yous tu go tu da VET all da time and spend munny. But let meez say dis, deys don’t chawge yous nuffin’ tu go inside and sit down in da waitin’ woom fuw a bit. Now sum of yous gunna say, “but meez VET is tu faw away.” And meez unnewstands dat, ows is 45 minutes away so is not always pwactical. But ders lots of places yous can go. One of da fiwst fings mommy dus tu twain any animal is tu get dem used tu da caw and twavelin’. Dat means dat da cawwiew or stwollew (whatevew yous use fuw twanspowt stays out and cozy like so dat yous little fuwball can get used tu it and leawn dat it’s a good fing. When fluffy goes in and welaxes fuw a nap or a play, giv dem a tweat and pwaise dem. See whewe meez goin’?? Good fings hapun in da bawwed box besides bein’ manhandled and shuvved inside.
Luvvin’ meez stwollew. Makes fuw a comfy nappin’ spot. ♥
Once fluffy is likin’ da cawwiew close dem in fuw vewy showt pewiods of time and take dem out da doow tu da caw. Don’t go anywhewe yet and be suwe tu giv dem tweats and welease dem when yous come back in da house. Now dat fluffy’s good wiff da cawwiew and goin’ tu da caw, stawt da caw and pull out and den back in and intu da house and welease fluffy. Don’t fuwget da tweats and pwaise. 🙂 Now yous weady fuw a twip wound da block. Not tu faw, just nuff so dat fluffy knows yous ain’t in kansas da dwiveway and home anymowe. MOL Ifin fluffy stawts singin’, yous stawt singin’. Mommys favowit songs tu sing tu us awe, ‘You are so Beautiful’ and ‘You are my Sunshine’. And den ders da made up ones. Mommy can be vewy clevew, and of couwse wees luv hers fuw it.
Now dat yous goin’ wound da block and fings awe good, go fawddew and pick dat place whewe yous gunna stop and go in. Membew du dis mowe den once!!! And go tu lots of diffewent places. Da pet stowe, a dwive fwu, anywhewe will wowk. Yous want tu get fluffy used tu goin’ in da caw and havvin’ good fings hapun. Ifin yous VET is faiwly close purrlease go der a foo times. (Da smells and sounds awe impurrtant, so even ifin yous VET isn’t close at sum point yous need tu go der. Also any VETs office will wowk. Membew, ders no chawge fuw sittin’). At sum point yous wanna make an appointment wiff yous VET and take sum of fluffys favowit tweats fuw da VET and techs tu giv tu hims. (or just call and talk tu yous VET most awe happy tu help out at no chawge) No pokin’, no pwoddin’, no exam. Just pettin’ and tweats. it usually only takes a foo minutes fuw dis pawt and dat’s why lots of VETs will du it fuw a small fee or fuw no chawge. Aftew all, yous supplyin’ evewfin’ and all yous need is a foo minutes of der time. Dr. C did it fuw us afuw hims left fuw da day.
Most VETs don’t take appointments wight up tu closin’ so deys hav a foo minutes fuw dis kind of fing. And sum make meet and gweet appointments fuw new clients and yous can ‘splain what yous duin’ and deys will schedule yous intu one of those slots. In da end, yous shuld hav much mowe peaceful and less stwessful dwives tu da VET. And maybe yous will wanna take kitty mowe places. And den nex yeaw fluffy will be askin’ yous, “Is it time tu go tu da VET?? ” Fluffy is nevew tu old or tu yumg tu leawn tu enjoy widin’ in da caw.
Well now isn’t dat innewestin’. Mommy sez hers got an email ’bout yeawly check ups and wuldn’t yous know it, it’s time fuw ows.(yous can click on da link fuw infuwmation and questions tu ask yous VET) Dis hewe email wanted meez tu talk tu ya’ll ’bout da impurrtance of yeawly check ups and purrventativ medicine. And while sum of yous may spit, hiss, gwowl, hide, fight, bite, bawk, snowt, skweel, and whatevew els when is time tu go tu da V-E-T, meez tweats it like any uddew adventuwe. Meez knows, sum of yous feel meez betwayed yous, but weally it can be a good fing. Now da email didn’t say zackly what meez wus ‘posed tu talk ’bout, so dis is gunna be meez take on yeawly check ups. And fuw all meez furiends dats not kittys, meez not leavin’ yous out, but fuw da sake of time and space yous can substitute yous species in da spots whewe meez puts kitty/cat.
Fiwst let meez say dat when yous bwing a new kitty/cat intu yous home, ‘specially ifin yous alweady hav a kitty/cat (s) at home da fiwst place yous shuld take dem is tu da VET. Yous wanna purrtect evewpawdy and make suwe evewpawdy’s healffy. Find a VET yous like and dat kitty likes. Hopefully dey will be one in da same, and da office staff and techs will be good tu. Is good ifin yous can, tu make an appointment tu get tu know da VET and maybe touw his/her office afuw yous der on sum kind of emewgency. And speakin’ ’bout emewgencies, be suwe tu find out what da emewgency pawlicy is. Ifin yous wanna see yous VET in those times and him/hers don’t take calls aftew houws den yous need tu find anuddew VET or get tu know da emewgency clinic. Der awe lots of uddew fings tu considew when choosin’ da wight VET like du yous want a holistic appwoach, cat only (ifin ders any in yous awea), a full sewvice hospital, etc. but meez finks da most impawtant fing is: dus yous kitty like dem and dus da VET enjoy der job and like yous kitty.
Hav a Wunnewful Purrsday Fursday!!!
So, VET chosen, is time tu talk ’bout what kitty needs. Yous VET is a powewful and knowledgeable wesouwce, use dem; dat’s why deys der. Yous VET will hav opinions ’bout what vaccinations would be best fuw yous kitty based on what yous tell him/her ’bout kittys lifestyle. An indoow only kitty isn’t gunna be in as gweat a wisk as an outdoow kitty. So da indoow kitty may not need cewtain vaccinations. But yous and da #VET can discuss dis and make da wight decision fuw yous companion. And membew, yous hav a say so and an opinion. Ifin yous don’t know/unnewstand why yous VET is weccomendin’ sumfin’, ASK!! Now wees liv in one of da many States dat wequiwes da Rabies vaccination and it must be given by a licensed VET. Check wiff yous VET and da CDC tu see ifin yous State is on da list. Mommy finks one of da mostest impawtant questions is what kind of vaccinations awe bein’ givin’; live, modified, live, etc..
Uddew den vaccinations da yeawly check up is a time fuw yous VET tu giv yous kitty a good once ovew. Dis check kuld help tu catch diseases, illnesses or uddew issues eawly on. And evewpawdy knows dat when yous catch sumfin’ eawly yous stand a bettew chance of a cuwe or at least longew good quality of life. Purrventativ tests and tweatments can sumtimes be da gweatest gift yous can giv tu yous kitty. And ifin yous don’t unnewstand sumfin, ASK!!! Yous VET (ifin yous chose well) will be happy tu ‘splain fings tu yous and help yous unnewstand. Yous VET will be glad tu hav yous pawticipation in da well bein’ of yous kitty. And dey will be able tu go ovew options wiff yous and help yous decide on da bestest couwse of tweatment fuw yous and yous kitty.
Offen yous VET offews uddew sewvices as well. Don’t fuwget ’bout da flea tweatments and heawtworm tweatments, all pawt of purrventative medicine. It’s much easiew tu purrvent a disease den tu cuwe it. It’s also less stwessful on kitty. And maybe yous VET offews fings like gwoomin’ or deys hav twainin’ classes, or low cost sewvices. Welly, get tu know yous VET and makke yous yeawly check up a fun adventuwe and not da “dweaded visit”. Tumowwo, meez gunna giv yous sum tips on how tu make these visits mowe fun and less stwessful fuw evewpawdy. Meez suwe hopes you enjoy meez educational postys. Til da nex time…Hav a pawsum Day!!! 🙂
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