Dezi and Raena in a blue Christmas frame

Blest Sunday: The Blessing Train Is Coming Round The Bend

Published on December 23, 2018 by Service Cats U.S.32 Comments

MeOWwwwww Hurry Raena, it’s Blest Sunday and time to post the Blessing Train. Me’s so x’cited!!! Our train’s travelin’ all ‘round the world. And, there’s only a couple days left till Christmas. And, we got some prezzies this week. Kittens!!! We are so Blest. Me can hardly believe it. And, ifin mommy’s eyes get any leakier, we’re gonna have a Christmas flood.

You know mommy gets emotional when peeps do things fur us and ‘specially her. To be honest, I’s get a little emotional mine’s self. And I’s tell ya’, mine’s heart welled up this week with so many furiends hoppin’ on the Blessing Train. How’s ‘bout you start and tell who our furst boxcar belongs to this week sissy.

Sure ‘nuff Raena, let’s get this pawrty started. In no purrticular order, the sweetest black Persian Prince Valentine joins us fur another week of Blessings. He’s a purretty pawsum kitty ifin ya’ ask us, and he’s got an amazin’ family. He’s also got a sweetheart that’ll be joinin’ our train this week as well. We are so Blest to call you furiend. Fanks fur hoppin’ aboard.

Meowin’ of Val’s sweetheart, The amazin’ and most beautiful Tuxie, Princess Erin, joins the Blessing Train this week. Not only is she celebratin’ her Blessings and Christmas, but she’ll also be celebratin’ her Birthday Christmas day. Happy Birthday gawjus. Erin can be found here and here. We are so Blest to have you as a furiend. Fanky fank you fur joinin’ us.

Up next we have our sweet furiend from Messy Mimi’s Meanderings. She doesn’t have a way to make her boxcar, so we helped her out a little. She’s joinin’ us in givin’ Fanks fur furiends and family. We’re so Blest to call you furiend. Fanks fur joinin’ the Blessing Train.

We’re so x’cited to have several fairly new furiends joinin’ us this week. Up furst is the Tabbyliscious duo, Annie and Charlie and their humanmom Yvon. They’re all such sweethearts. We’re so Blest to call ya’ll furiends. Fanky fank ya’ fur joinin’ the Blessing Train.

We do luv makin’ new furiends, don’t we Raena? Among those is BellaDharma, another black kitty given a second chance to live the good life. Furever homes with luvvin’ pawrents is every kitty’s dream. We’re so Blest to call you furiend. Fanks fur joinin’ us.

Next to hop on board are our gawjus furiends awnty Crystal and Daisy Mae, along with angel Tigger. We never had the purrleasure of meetin’ angel Tigger, but we know she must’ve been purretty special cuz her family is. We are so Blest to call ya’ll furiends. Fanky fank you fur hoppin’ on board.

Oh Raena, look’it all our furiends’ boxcars. Up next is Peekaboo, Butterfly and angel Smokey. Kittens, Don’t you know play time at their house is a laff a minute. A tabby and a tortie make life innerestin’. We should know, bein’ considered a purrtion tortie ourselves. Even with all that catitude, they’re some of the sweetest kitties. We’re so Blest to call ya’ll furiends. Fank you fur hoppin’ onboard.

We also wanna fanky fank those who joined us last week and the week befur: Valentine, Pipo and Dalton, awnty Ellen of 15 and Meowing, awnty Vonda with angels Sassy and Pepper, uncle Greg and the kitties at Feline Café, and their other half, awnty Christine and Spike, sure ‘nuff, they found luv online. Also, awnty Sandee of Comedy Plus and our pawsum Canadian furiends Shoko, Tyebe and Budd. Not only do we have the bestest furiends in the universe, we have the most gawjus and sweetest furiends ever.

We most certainly do Raena. There’s one week left in this year, and purrlenty of room left to hop onboard. Just grab your boxcar below and follow the instructions. Ifin you have any trouble, send us an email at lexi.dezi@yahoo.com and we’ll try to help ya’ get onboard.

Join the Blessing Train:

1. Right click the image of the red boxcar above and select save. It’s a PNG file, so save it as all files or PNG so it will remain a cutout and easily be added to the train.

2. Use any foto editor you like to add your foto, text, decorations or whatever to your boxcar. We like ipiccy.com as it’s easy to use and unnerstand, but you can use any you’d like.

3. Once you’ve decorated your boxcar, save it. Remember to save as all files or PNG. Ifin usin’ ipiccy, it will automatically detect it’s format and save as the same. Fur other editors, choose a transparent background.

4. Make your own post any day of the week sharing your Blessings and your boxcar foto and link back to our Blest Sunday posty.

5. Leave a comment on our post telling us you joined along with the link to your post. We’ll come ’round and collect your boxcar and add it to our next Blest Sunday posty.

Now we need to give some fanky fanks fur the Blessings we received this week sissy. Fanky fank you awnty Lene fur the external hard drive, it’s gonna come in real handy what with the changes at Flickr and all the fotos mommy takes. And fanky fank you to our Anonymous Angels fur the purresents and gift card. Fanky fank you awnty Cindy fur the groceries and green papers to put towards fixin’ the car. And mommy does luvs her coffee.

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Me wants to fank me’s fellow cat scouts Trixie, Buster and their daddy fur the Made with Luv gifts. Mommy won’t let us have ‘em yet, but we can smell somethin’ furtastic comin’ from that package. And mommy peeked and said we were gonna luv ‘em. We also wanna fank everypawdy fur the pawsum Christmas cards we’ve been gettin’. These are snail mail. We’ll be postin’ e-cards next week. We so luv Christmas time. Everypawdy seems a bit nicer and warm.

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Peeps do get a certain somethin’ at Christmas, don’t they sissy? We are so grateful fur all our furiends. We’ve always meowed, you’re only a visitor once, after that, you’re family. While we can’t affurd to send you all gifts, we offur you the greatest gift we have, luv and purrayers. We purray you all have the most wonderful and Blest Christmas ever.

And, as we do each week, we’d like to remind you to take a minute today and every day to Give Thanks fur the Blessings in your life. And Fank you fur bein’ Blessings in ours. We’ve linked up with the Kitties Blue fur Sunday Selfies.

Merry Christmas!!!

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

Dezi: Vibrant Blue

Raena: Navy Blue

Both: Purple

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

Deztinee and RaenaBelle

Chatting Cats: Feline Friday Plans

Published on November 9, 2018 by Service Cats U.S.19 Comments

MeOW WooHoo It’s furinally Furiday!!! And let me tell ya’, it’s cold and yucky and gray outside. There’s like a bazillion dead leaves all over the place. Everytime mommy opens the door they try to get inside. Ya’ know, some places have these really purretty leaves, but not us. Nope, our leaves are all one color…dead. That reminds me, in case you missed our announcement, Service Cat Furidays will return in the new year. We’re just takin’ a little break. What with the holidays comin’ and all, we thought mommy’s brain could use a little rest. After all, she is the one that has to do all the research and stuffs fur our Service Cat postys. In the meantime, you can always ketch up on any posts from our series by clickin’ the links on our Training Tips and Everything Feline page. And you can always send us your questions via our Contact page.

Wha’ch’a doin’ sissy?

Nuffin’ Raena. Me was just remindin’ peeps that our educational Furidays will be back. Ya’ know, lots of peeps come here on Furidays that don’t come by the rest of the week. Me just wanted to remind ‘em that things would be back to normal after the holidays. Me’s favorite holidays are Fanksgivin’ and Christmas; and they’ll both be here befur ya’ know it.

Mine’s eyes are doin’ really good as you can see.

I’s can’t wait fur Christmas sissy. But furst, we’ve got your birthday/gotchaday pawrty next week. Me and mommy are gonna be workin’ all weekend to put the final touches together. Since we spent so long without the innernet we didn’t get to it earlier.

Me’s gettin’ really x’cited Raena. Me can’t wait to see what you have planned. Me sure hopes it’s better than your business plans. Come to think of it, you haven’t had one of those in a while. What’s up?

Well sissy, it’s not fur the lack of thinkin’, but t’ween plannin’ your pawrty and mine’s surgery, I’s just haven’t had the time to put anythin’ together to purrpose.

Me thought fur sure you’d have somethin’ planned befur the holidays Raena. We need to do somethin’ so we can get each other and mommy a purresent.

Actually sissy, I’s just thought we could go with some of those Purrs With A Purr-Puss. You know how much mommy luvs a good purr. And fanky fankfully, we don’t need any green papers to buy ‘em. I’s been checkin’ the ads and even ifin we started a business now we wouldn’t be able to raise enuff to buy anythin’. Y, I’s couldn’t believe the store’s chargin’ almost $3.00 a pound fur a turkey tom lurkey. I’s didn’t even check to see what they were chargin’ fur hams. ‘Specially since the crazy peeps ‘round here just approved another couple of tax increases. (Raena shakes her head) I’s just don’t get it?. We already have the highest taxes of anypawdy at 10 purrcent and now they wanna go and add another 3/4’s cent to it.

Well then, Purrs With A Purr-Puss it is Raena. Maybe we can think of somethin’ else to go with it t’ween now and then. Me doesn’t know where these peeps get the money fur all these taxes. Anyways, as mommy always says, Ya’ can’t miss what ya’ don’t have.

True sissy, mommy says that a lot. So, ya’ wanna go play? I’s have a little time befur I’s need to get back to mine’s plannin’.

Sure Raena, me will play fur a bit. But, when me meows enuff, that’s it. Okay? Let me just link up with Comedy Plus fur Feline Furidays right quick and me will be right behind ya’. Don’t furget to send in your pawrty fotos to be included in the pawrty post and contest. Me hears Raena’s plannin’ a big surpurrise fur the winner.

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

Dezi: Vibrant Blue

Raena: Navy Blue

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

Deztinee and RaenaBelle

Raena hangs over the edge of the liberty cat tree

Chatting Cats: Bearing The Heat

Published on July 24, 2018 by Service Cats U.S.25 Comments

Hey everypawdy, it’s me, RaenaBelle. It furinally cooled off a bit yesfurday. It was only 99°F. We won’t meow ‘bout the feels like cuz it was really humid which means it feels hotter than it is. Fanky fankfully, we have air conditionin’ to help keep things comfutable and cool. Not to mention the sink in the bathroom. I’s sometimes like to curl up there and take a nice little cat nap. Do any of you do that? Ya’ know, with the hots bein’ what they are I’s guessin’ lots of peeps and cats would much purr-fur to lay ‘round not doin’ much.

Yep Raena, who knew you could be still that long. Me actually took a nice long nap the other day and you didn’t bug me once. Me actually worried a little that you might be sick or somethin’.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaw Really sissy? You worried ‘bout me?

Yeah, don’t let it go to your head Raena. Me wasn’t worried enuff to go look fur ya’ or anythin’. Hey, did you see that mommy found our hexbug?

Yep sissy, but it’s too hot to run ‘round chasin’ it right now. Maybe when it cools off some more. Ya’ know, I’s never would’a thought I’s would see the day when I’s didn’t wanna go out fur a stroll with mommy. But, sure ‘nuff, when mommy asked me ifin I’s wanted to go to the mailbox with her yesfurday, I’s meowed no. Why would I’s wanna leave the comfurt of the a/c to get all glowy and glistenin’?.

You mean sweaty Raena? Cats don’t sweat.

I’s know sissy. Mommy says us Southern Belles glow.

Well Raena, Southern Belles may glow, but really, we cats don’t sweat or glow. That’s why we pant when we get hot. Not that it does any good, but we do it any ways.

I’s really worry ‘bout all those kitties who live outside sissy. Ya’ know, even when we do get out in the heat, mommy’s pushin’ us ‘round in the stroller. Can you ‘magine how hot the ground must be? And there are lots of kitties out there havin’ to walk ‘round on it and burn their poor pawsies. They can’t stretch out unner the a/c or even curl up in a bathroom sink. It’s just not fair. I’s don’t unnerstand how some peeps can be so cruel as to turn poor kitties out?.

Raena, me doesn’t think anypawdy truly unnerstands those kinds of peeps. But, that’s why it’s so ‘purrtant fur the kind humans to do what they can fur all those kitties that don’t have cushy homes like we do. Ya’ know like purrvidin’ shelter so they can get outta the sun and the heat. And, makin’ sure they have access to furesh cool water. Y, Mommy used to put ice cubes in water bowls fur the stray kitties when we had ‘em. When takin’ care of stray kitties and feral colonies, purrtectin’ ‘em from the heat is just as ‘purrtant as purrtectin’ ‘em from the cold.

It sure is sissy. I’s even heard mommy sayin’ ya’ll were gonna be offurn’ up Tips on how to Beat the Summer Heat this Furiday.

Me heard her say that too Raena. Me hopes she can keep her head outta the freezer long enuff to write our posty and help us visit our furiends. T’ween the heat and mommy’s own purrsonal summers’, she’s been spendin’ a lot of time hangin’ in front of it.

Maybe the freezer acts like the bathroom sink fur mommy. She’s just too big to crawl up in there and lay down.

Now that would be funny Raena. Me can see it now.

Well sissy, what do ya’ say we go take a nap. Maybe by the time we wake up, it’ll be cool enuff fur some zoomies?.

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

Raena: Navy Blue

Dezi: Vibrant Blue

Luvs and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

RaenaBelle and Deztinee

Dezi lays in stroller with tiger kitty holster harness on.

Service Cats: How Toxic Is That Food To Kitty

Published on July 20, 2018 by Service Cats U.S.19 Comments

The followin’ post will be written in human English fur reader and translator ease. Our Service Cat posts aren’t intended to be an all inclusive Trainin’ Manual but rather Tips, Tricks and Techniques used/developed by mommy A thru her many years of animal trainin’, cats in purrticular. And to offur insight into your questions about Everything Feline. Always remember, Training is all ‘bout Repetition and Rewards.

MeOW Welcome to Service Cats and Everything Feline on Furidays. Each week we take questions and topic suggestions from all of you. We’ve spent the last four weeks focusing on Kitten/Cat Proofing your home. Ifin you missed any of those posts or any post in our Service Cats Series, you can ketch up by clickin’ the links on our Training Tips and Everything Feline page in our menu. Ifin you have questions or a topic you’d like to see here, you can leave those in the comments below or send us a private e-mail via our Contact page. Just remember, when asking behavioral questions to be as specific as pawssible and give any purrtinent examples. A well behaved and healthy kitty is more likely to keep their furever home.

We previously wrote about human Foods that are Toxic to us kitties and have received a follow up question asking just how Toxic those foods are. So, we’ve decided to expound on that today. With all the information we’re exposed to these days, it can be confusing for pet parents to know what’s what. Most peeps want to do what’s best for the furry members of their family; and spoiling them with a few table scraps couldn’t hurt a thing, right? That depends on what it is and how much of it is given.

The following items should NEVER be given to cats, even in small quantities.

Alcohol: Amounts as small as 1 Tbsp. can cause vomiting, diarrhea, severe liver and/or brain damage.

Chocolate: Even in small amounts, All chocolate, but dark chocolate and baking chocolate in particular can cause heart problems, muscle tremors and/or seizures. The offending ingredients are theobromine and caffeine.

Caffeine: Coffee, Tea, Soft Drinks and Energy Drinks: Small amounts can cause onset of rapid breathing, heart palpitations, muscle tremors, excessive thirst and urination and even death.

Dairy: While this may not cause irreparable damage, most cats are lactose intolerant and can suffer from vomiting and/or diarrhea after consuming dairy products such as milk or ice cream. Even an upset tummy isn’t that much fun, so offer kitty something else instead.

Grapes and Raisins: It is unknown what ingredient is the offender here, but grapes and raisins can cause kidney failure in both cats and dogs.

Onions and Garlic: In larger quantities (a clove) both can cause digestive upset and/or anemia. This is also true of small amounts fed regularly over a long period of time: known as build up.

Xylitol: This is a sweetener used in many products such as gums, sodas, mouthwash, toothpaste and others. It is unknown whether it is deadly to cats but within 30 minutes of exposure, dogs may become lethargic, vomit, and if not treated can even lead to death. It causes a sudden release of insulin which leads to low blood sugar.

Avocado: Small amounts of any part of the Avocado can cause vomiting and/or diarrhea.

Nuts: In particular Macadamia, Almonds, Pecans and Walnuts can cause vomiting, diarrhea and pancreatitis in small amounts.

Marijuana: With the legalization of Cannabis, this is becoming a problem seen by more and more vets. Cats and dogs can be exposed through second hand smoke or ingestion. Symptoms include lethargy, loss of coordination, vomiting, diarrhea, more vocal than normal, a drop in body temperature, reparatory depression, and in severe cases, tremors, seizures and coma can result. The severity of the symptoms depend on the dose. In high enough doses, death can occur.

Nicotene: Cigarettes, Cigars, Tobacco, Nicotene Gum/Patches and E-cigs: Ingesting even a small amount of nicotene can cause vomiting, diarrhea, lethargy and/or trouble breathing. Symptoms can occur within 15 minutes to several hours after exposure. A typical dose of 9.2 mg per kilogram of the animals body weight can be fatal.

This world is full of bad things. I’s so glad mommy works hard to keep me safe.

The list could go on and on, but we think these cover the ones most often available in the home. The message here is to keep these things out of kitty’s reach and don’t put it on the plate. Generally symptoms occur within an hour more or less of a toxic exposure. Some toxins act more quickly than others, so take precautions and be safe. We hope this follow up is helpful. And remember, if you think your anipal has been exposed to a toxin, Don’t Wait and See. Call your VET immediately. It’s also good to keep the Pet Poison Hotline number close by, 855-764-7661, a fee does apply with this number. References for this article were the ASPCA, Pet Poison Hotline website and our own VET as well as mommy’s many years of experience.

Me can rest easy knowin’ mommy’s on the job to keep us toxic free.

Well, we’re gonna wrap it up fur now. Remember, you can check out/ketch up on any post in this series by clickin’ the links on our Training Tips and Everything Feline page in our menu above. We’d luv to hear your questions. Just leave them in the comments or send us an email via our Contact page. Mommy says the only stupid question is the one not asked. So, ifin your kitty is doin’ soemthin’ strange and you want to know why, just ask us. Or, ifin kitty is misbehavin’ and you want that to change, just let us know. ‘Member to be as specific as pawssible and give us any purrtinent examples of said behavior. We’ll update you all on our current situation Sunday. Fur now, we’ll just let you know, we do have a signed lease. We’re linkin’ up with Comedy Plus fur Feline Furiday. Okay, we’ll see ya’ soon.

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

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

Deztinee and RaenaBelle

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Up next we have our sweet furiend from Messy Mimi’s Meanderings. She doesn’t have a way to make her boxcar, so we helped her out a little. She’s joinin’ us in givin’ Fanks fur furiends and family. We’re so Blest to call you furiend. Fanks fur joinin’ the Blessing Train.

We’re so x’cited to have several fairly new furiends joinin’ us this week. Up furst is the Tabbyliscious duo, Annie and Charlie and their humanmom Yvon. They’re all such sweethearts. We’re so Blest to call ya’ll furiends. Fanky fank ya’ fur joinin’ the Blessing Train.

We do luv makin’ new furiends, don’t we Raena? Among those is BellaDharma, another black kitty given a second chance to live the good life. Furever homes with luvvin’ pawrents is every kitty’s dream. We’re so Blest to call you furiend. Fanks fur joinin’ us.

We most certainly do Raena. There’s one week left in this year, and purrlenty of room left to hop onboard. Just grab your boxcar below and follow the instructions. Ifin you have any trouble, send us an email at lexi.dezi@yahoo.com and we’ll try to help ya’ get onboard.

Join the Blessing Train:

1. Right click the image of the red boxcar above and select save. It’s a PNG file, so save it as all files or PNG so it will remain a cutout and easily be added to the train.

2. Use any foto editor you like to add your foto, text, decorations or whatever to your boxcar. We like ipiccy.com as it’s easy to use and unnerstand, but you can use any you’d like.

3. Once you’ve decorated your boxcar, save it. Remember to save as all files or PNG. Ifin usin’ ipiccy, it will automatically detect it’s format and save as the same. Fur other editors, choose a transparent background.

4. Make your own post any day of the week sharing your Blessings and your boxcar foto and link back to our Blest Sunday posty.

5. Leave a comment on our post telling us you joined along with the link to your post. We’ll come ’round and collect your boxcar and add it to our next Blest Sunday posty.

And, as we do each week, we’d like to remind you to take a minute today and every day to Give Thanks fur the Blessings in your life. And Fank you fur bein’ Blessings in ours. We’ve linked up with the Kitties Blue fur Sunday Selfies.

Merry Christmas!!!

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

Dezi: Vibrant Blue

Raena: Navy Blue

Both: Purple

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

Deztinee and RaenaBelle

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Wha’ch’a doin’ sissy?

Mine’s eyes are doin’ really good as you can see.

I’s can’t wait fur Christmas sissy. But furst, we’ve got your birthday/gotchaday pawrty next week. Me and mommy are gonna be workin’ all weekend to put the final touches together. Since we spent so long without the innernet we didn’t get to it earlier.

Me’s gettin’ really x’cited Raena. Me can’t wait to see what you have planned. Me sure hopes it’s better than your business plans. Come to think of it, you haven’t had one of those in a while. What’s up?

Well sissy, it’s not fur the lack of thinkin’, but t’ween plannin’ your pawrty and mine’s surgery, I’s just haven’t had the time to put anythin’ together to purrpose.

Me thought fur sure you’d have somethin’ planned befur the holidays Raena. We need to do somethin’ so we can get each other and mommy a purresent.

Well then, Purrs With A Purr-Puss it is Raena. Maybe we can think of somethin’ else to go with it t’ween now and then. Me doesn’t know where these peeps get the money fur all these taxes. Anyways, as mommy always says, Ya’ can’t miss what ya’ don’t have.

True sissy, mommy says that a lot. So, ya’ wanna go play? I’s have a little time befur I’s need to get back to mine’s plannin’.

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

Dezi: Vibrant Blue

Raena: Navy Blue

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Deztinee and RaenaBelle

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Yep Raena, who knew you could be still that long. Me actually took a nice long nap the other day and you didn’t bug me once. Me actually worried a little that you might be sick or somethin’.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaw Really sissy? You worried ‘bout me?

Yeah, don’t let it go to your head Raena. Me wasn’t worried enuff to go look fur ya’ or anythin’. Hey, did you see that mommy found our hexbug?

You mean sweaty Raena? Cats don’t sweat.

I’s know sissy. Mommy says us Southern Belles glow.

Well Raena, Southern Belles may glow, but really, we cats don’t sweat or glow. That’s why we pant when we get hot. Not that it does any good, but we do it any ways.

It sure is sissy. I’s even heard mommy sayin’ ya’ll were gonna be offurn’ up Tips on how to Beat the Summer Heat this Furiday.

Me heard her say that too Raena. Me hopes she can keep her head outta the freezer long enuff to write our posty and help us visit our furiends. T’ween the heat and mommy’s own purrsonal summers’, she’s been spendin’ a lot of time hangin’ in front of it.