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Poison In A Bag

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Well it’s finally Furiday. Mommy has hers mumffly doctors pointment today so we ‘cided to write a short posty since we won’t be able to do much in da way of visitin’. We was gunna write a Service cat twainin’ posty but we got a email yesfurday dat weally disturbed us so we wanted to take today to write ‘bout it and warn peeps.

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Come on in and let’s have a chat.

Wiff more and more peeps bein’ disabled and havin’ aches and pains these days, there awe lots of studies into pain management. One of da newest options is one of da oldest dwugs wound, Cannabis. Yep pawently good ole once illegal everywhere marijuana’s posed to help wiff pain. We get lots of purrsonal messages and emails askin’ us to sign petitions to legalize da medical use of it. Mommy supposes we get asked so much cuz peeps know hers lives wiff tons of pain and wuld be sympaffetic. And da twuff is we awe empaffetic wiff those speriencin’ pain cuz mommy duz know what it’s like. And Cannabis isn’t any more addictive than any uvver nawrcotic pain weliever. So what’s da big deal you ask?

Well it’s fur sure hawrder fur most animals to get into a bottle of pain medicine than a bag. And peeps tend to be more careful wiff a bottle of pain medicine and don’t tend to just leave it layin’ wound. Now dat’s not to say dat there awen’t animals out there getting’ into those pills and getting’ sick, but da nummers awe purretty low cuz most peeps know most human meds be dangerwous fur their animal furiends.

But da use of marijuana is much more welaxed cuz it’s sumfin’ dat be smoked. And most peeps don’t fink twice ‘bout smokin’ wound their furry babies. And leavin’ da bag of marijuana layin’ wound is similar to leavin’ a pack of cigarwettes layin’ wound. Da active ingwedient dat gives hoomans those welaxed feelins is called delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol or THC. Afur da use of marijuana as a pain med, da THC levels was wound 1% – 3%. But today THC levels awe much higher and have even been noted at over 30%.

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This ingwedient is highly toxic to yous cats, doggies, wabbits, pigs and all small animals; specially those wiff bweavin’ conditions. Smokin’ da dwug wound yous pet is hawrmful, but not nearly as hawrmful as them eatin’ it fwum dat bag dat be layin’ wound. Since da legality of Cannabis fur medical conditions has occurred there has been a rise of marijuana poisoning in dogs and cats. There awe more documented cases among our canine furiends, but studies show dat kitties have more severe and lastin’ weactions. Da symptoms of Cannabis poisonin’ in cats and uvver small animals is: Lethargy, Uncoordinated (falling over), Depression and/or Anxiety, Vomitin’, Slow Heart rate, Seizures and sometimes Coma. It can be fatal.

We wuld like to wemind you dat ifin yous usin Cannabis fur any weason dat yous keep it out of da weach of yous furry pal. Purrlease don’t leave it where your pets can get into it. And ifin yous spect marijuana poisonin’ call da ASPCA poison contwol line and get yous pet to da VET immediately.

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Catnip and Cannabis awe NOT da same!!

Weez be joinin’ Rascal and Rocco fur anudder issue of da Pet Pawade. Check out da hop on their blog and all da udder pawsum animals in da blogosphere. And weez’ll be wound to see you as soon as we can.

Till da next time……………….Be Blest!!!

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

Dezi and Lexi

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Wesources: http://cats.about.com/od/healthfaqs/f/marijuana_cats.htm

http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=2+1677&aid=2254 

http://www.petpoisonhelpline.com/poison/marijuana/

Training Behind the Scenes

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Well we went AWOL yesfurday didn’t we? Weez ‘cided to save our Tuesday postys fur weviews, but weez didn’t weally have anyfin’ to weview and our innewnets went out da night afur so we ‘cided to just twy and do sum visits stead of postin’ just to be postin’. Sides, mommys bwain purrobly needed a little rest. MOL But weez back today fur anudder Service cat twainin’ stowry. This one’s a behind da scenes look cuz we wuld like to addwess sum of da comments weez been gettin’. Sum of ya’ sed yous was worried or concerned dat our twainin’ might be a little dangerwous and you was surpwised dat weez didn’t get hurt. Stead of twyin’ to answer yous all individually we ‘cided to twy to splain here. Now since noopawdy be in twainin’ and weez not have fotos fwum back then me fawt you might like to see me enjoyin’ one of da new made wiff luv toys awnty Ellen fwum 15 and meowin’ sent us when flat Sammy P came to visit.

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Mommy bases hers twainin’ techniques loosely on what she observed Shad (mommys furst self twained Service Cat) duin’. Since Shad taught hers selff and da assumption is dat she wuldn’t purrpussly hurt hers selff then mommy had no doubt udder kitties kuld learn to purrfurm da tasks she needed to wemain livin’ independently. Mommy was also a dog twainer in hers yunger days. And she’s been disabled and twainin’ kitties to help her fur over 20 years so there’s not much she hasn’t seen or ‘sperienced. And she makes adjustments to all the equipment dat weez twain wiff and/or on.

 

Da stwing she uses to tie to da fone so we can learn to dial 911 and bwing it to her is secure and no kitties gunna get it off and swallow it. Even tho’ me be weally fascinated wiff da fone we don’t weally see it as a toy. And ifin weez not twainin’ da cordless handsets awen’t layin’ wound in da floor confusin’ us or temptin’ us to play wiff ‘em. Yes me was a feisty kitty girl and weally luvved to answer da fone, but me only ever twied to answer it when it actually rang. Ifin it wasn’t ringin’ me wasn’t touchin’ it.

 

Fank you awnty Ellen. Weez just luv yous made wiff luv toys.
Fank you awnty Ellen. Weez just luv yous made wiff luv toys.

As fur da wheelchair, da fotos yous see today awen’t what it looks like duwin’ twainin’. Because we live in a pawrtment and wuld have to pay fur any damage we cause and mommy dusn’t want us to be hurt eever, she makes sure da chair won’t be leavin’ mawrks on da wall or any holes in it. Mommy attaches big foam pieces to da metal foot rest and awrms so dat it’ll kinda bounce off whatever it hits. Mommy wasn’t a very good dwiver of da wheelchair in da beginnin’ eever and ran into a few doors and walls hers selff. Who is she twyin’ to kid? She still duz on occassion. MOL We did have one oopsie dat mommy hadn’t fawt ‘bout and purrally kuldn’t have purrpared fur, but fankfully nopawdy was hurt then eever.

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As fur me and sissy, mommy keeps a purretty good hold on me or sissy when we be dwivin’. Mommy sez no matter how long yous been dwivin’ da wheelchair accidents can and do happen. Da joystick be very sensitive and da wheels can get “stuck” on da cawrpet and turn unexpectedly. So she’s always got a gentle but furm hold of us. When we come to an abwupt stop or sumfin’ we might lunge a bit, but nopawdy’s getting’ fwown outta da chair. And purrawlly most purrtant is dat our twainin’ takes place “inside da house”. We have a very small pawrtment so there’s not a lot of room and we don’t have faw to go afur weez at our destination. Altho’ da close purroximity of fings is why we can so suddenly run into furniture and walls and such. Our pawrtment is just a little over 500 square feet and mommy be a furniture walker so dat means we have lots of stuff to run into. MOL

Now sumpawdy asked ‘bout us “seein’” where weez dwivin’ to. Member our mouff be on da joystick; which by da way is a very soft vinyl/leather/plastic and therefur weez lookin’ downward stead of stwaight ahead. We can see da floor and fings on da floor and da bottoms of fings dat be fairly close, but like you ifin yous head was down; we can’t see swaight ahead. As fur helpin’ mommy in da shower…well all we get is a bit wet. And not all kitties hate da water. Mommy sez any kitty can be twained to fink it’s purrfectly normal to get wet. So there yous have it. These be just sum of da purrpurrations mommy takes when twainin’ us. We hope weez answered sum of yous questions ad helped you to unnewstand better what goes into our twainin’.

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As we have sed afur, our stowries awe not meant to be a trainin’ manual as we can’t pawssibly list every minute of every day. And da twuff is dat mommy stawrts twainin’ us da minute we decide to make her our mommy. And altho’ we was kittens, mommy sez it’s never too late to twain yous kitty. Kitties do wanna purrlease their peeps so dat unwanted behavior yous kitty be duin’ can be altered ifin it weally be behaviorwal. But purrlease member to check wiff yous VET afur ‘cidin’ yous have a bad kitty. We don’t typically act out just cuz. We hope yous enjoyed a little look behind da scenes of our Service cat twainin’.

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Now ifin yous member we also write an awticle fur da online kitty mewsletter called da Daily Mews. This mumff sis Lexi is tellin’ ‘bout hers fone twainin’. We know yous wanna read dat, so click here to check it out. Awnty Ellen fwum 15 and meowin’ also writes a piece there as do many udders. There’s a little sumfin’ fur everyone so check it out. And ifin yous never wanna miss out on a publication, just sign up. We purromise yous email won’t be sold and yous won’t be bugged by constant nonsense emails. Da daily mews posts 1 to 2 updates a mumff fur which you wuld weceive notice. Well dat’s it fur today. Come back tomorrow fur da continuin’ saga of meez flat scout alter ego, Izzy and Tristy aka Christy Paws. Da Lionesses awe on da prowl and yous won’t wanna miss out on their virtual adventures.

 

Till da next time………………….Be Blest!!!

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

 

Dezi and Lexi

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Hello Chest of Drawers

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Well as purromised weez gunna be tellin’ a Service cat twainin’ posty today. Furst tho’ me wuld like to ask fur yous continued purrayers fur sissy. It’s been an up and down kinda weekend. Okay on wiff da stowry.

 

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Faynk you fur da purrayerz.

You know twainin’ dusn’t happen overnight and there’s lots of oopsies along da way. So weez not mind dat yous laff and find our stowries funny. Most of da time even we fawt they was funny at da time and fur sure now. So dat bein’ sed, meez last posty had me dwivin’ mommy and me into da dwesser stead of da pawdee box room. It’s weally purrtant dat me learns to dwive to da pawdee box room cuz mommy needs da wheelchair most in da meownins when she wakes up and can’t move. Ifin yous just joinin’ us me wuld like to splain to and wemind ya’ why it is mommy can’t move in da meownin’. See hers pain medicine wears off duwin’ da night and she sleeps half layin’ and half sittin’ and dusn’t move. Mommy has a little of da westless leg cwamps but she dusn’t turn or roll over in da night. She wakes up in da same place and pawsition as she went to sleep in. So when da meds wear off hers joints and muscles stawrt “fureezin’” up wesultin’ in hers not bein’ able to move. Any of ya’ dat have any sperience wiff awfur-itis will kinda unnewstand this. Mommy basically has severe awfur-itis in hers whole body.

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So, after meez oopsy sis Lexi took over and got mommy to da pawdee box room and then to da kitchen to fix our bwekky. After bwekky we had a little cat nap and played sum. When tweat tiime came mommy called me and sis Lexi back to da bedroom where she sat waitin’ in da movin’ chair (wheelchair). At furst me didn’t fink anyfin’ ‘bout it cuz sumtimes mommy sits in da movin’ chair duwin’ da day. Like when she needs to take out da twash or check da mail or even when she has to take care of Buddy fur Mr. W. So me jumped up in hers lap and sissy jumped on da bed and we waited fur our tweats. Mommy seemed a little stingy wiff da tweats but twuff is we get purrlenty. So when mommy put da bag in da little pocket on da awrm of da chair me stawrted to get down. But mommy had udder plans.

 

Mommy gently stopped me fwum runnin’ off and stawrted tellin’ me to turn on da chair. She pawsitioned me by da power awrm and lifted meez paw up towards da joystick. Me turned and looked at sissy still layin’ on da bed and havin’ a little baff, and then looked back at da joystick. Me pawed at da buttons on da movin’ chair and it finally beeped. It beeped a lot of times actually but mommy kuld see da wainbow of lights fwu meez neck ruff so she told me to bite da joystick. Mommy kuldn’t see da second wainbow of lights but she had turned da chair down to da slow settin’ afur callin’ me and Lexi to her so she was sure we was gunna be takin’ it slow and easy. She gave meez head a gentle push to da joystick and me bit down on it. Mommys hand rested softly on meez back wight behind meez head. Me pushed da joystick and we inched furward and stopped. We was on da cawrpet and da slow mo was just too slow. MOL So mommy weached ‘wound me and pushed da speed button one time. It wuld still be slow, but hopefully this wuld get us goin’.

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Mommy gently pushed meez head and me bit da joystick again and pushed. We jolted a little and inched furward again. Da jolt caused me to put meez paws up on da power panel and me accidently turned da chair off so we came to a joltin’ stop again. Mommy told me to turn da movin’ chair on again, and me pawed at da buttons. Now ifin yous ever had a good look at meez paws yous will notice they be HUGE and me has lots of tufts of fur on ‘em. Even when me was a little kit meez paws was quite lawrge and those buttons be weally small and weally close togevver. So yous guessed it, meez turned on da movin’ chair but me also turned up da speed. And when me pushed da joystick furward we shot off like gweased lightnin’ toward da pawdee box room. Sumhow da fwunt wheels had turned a little and we stawrted turnin’ and headin’ fur da big chest of drawers sittin wight next to da pawdee box room. Me kuldn’t see everyfin’ since meez head was down, but me kuld see da bottom of dat chest getting’ closer and closer and mommy was yellin’, “Dezi stop!!! Dezi, let go of the joystick!!!” Did me lissen? Nope, me just pushed hawrder. And suddenly…BOOM CWASH BANG There we was up close and purrsonal wiff da chest of drawers. Mommys knees was pinned and there was nowhere to go.

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Finally me let go of da joystick and looked wound. OMC We was so close but me still hadn’t gotten mommy to da pawdee box room. Sissy had quit bathin’ and was lookin’ at mommy and me wiff hers big ole gween eyes. Meez sure she was shakin’ hers head at me. She even let out a meow and me was sure she sed sumfin’ like, “Dat kidz nebber gunna lern. I’z nebber gunna git anee help rownd heer.” Me mewed back and mommy backed us away fwum da chest and back to da bed facin’ da pawdee box room again. Me looked at mommy and mewed, “Weally mommy? Don’t yous fink weez oughtta quit fur da day?” But it seemed mommy wasn’t payin’ tention to me at all. Stead she was tellin’ me bite da joystick again. Meez gunna stop here fur today, but stay tuned fur da next twainin’ posty and find out what happened next.

 

Till da next time…………………….Be Blest!!!

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

 

Dezi and Lexi

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Blest Sunday

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It’s time fur anudder Blest Sunday posty. We do so luv our Blest Sunday posties. You know weez blest each and every day, but we chose Sunday to talk ‘bout it cuz it’s also da day set aside when peeps gather togevver and worship God. A little known fact is dat mommy be a ordained minister. One of our furiends sed dat our Sunday posties made a lot more sense when she found dat out. So weez fawt weez wuld fwo it out there in case anypawdy else was wunnewin’. Anyways, as me sed weez be blest every day but this past week had us getting’ a few extwa blessins. When we got da puter and stawrted checkin’ fings out online we joined a cat gwoup full of pawsum peeps. We made so many wunnewful furiends and even when da website closed we kept in touch.

 

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Meweek awnty Lizbeth. Fanks fur visitin’ and da goodies.

All those pawsum furiends became furmily or as we like to call them, awnties and unkles. Then weez stawrted sis Lexi’s facebook page and met lots of new wunnewful furiends. Yep yous know it, they became awnties and unkles too. Here we awe today in Blogville and our furmily just keeps wight on gwowin’. Once our little furmily was mommy, sis Lexi and me. Now…we can’t even count how many furmily members weez have. We awe so humbled and blest by da outpurrin’ of luv weez have weceived and like to take Sunday’s to tell you all how much we luv and purreciate y’all. We never fawt it wuld be pawssible to actually meet any of our wunnewful extended furmily fur to face, but dat didn’t matter, we luvv you all just da same.

 

Howdy awnty Lizbeth itz grayt too finelee meet ya'.
Howdy awnty Lizbeth itz grayt too finelee meet ya’.

And then da day came when we actually met one of our pawsum awnties live and in purrson wight here in our pawrtment. OMC Weez just kuldn’t believe it was weally happenin’. Now you all know hers as awnty anonymous cuz she’s innewnet shy, but she’s weal as weal can be. And then there’s awnty Ann what bwought us da Liberty Twee Cat Tree Steve fwum Fandango Cat Furniture donated to us. And then came BlogPaws where we met so many of our wunnerful Blogville furmily. Meeeeow what was once a mere dweam was weally happenin’. And of course while we was there, we got to spend a little time wiff awnty Mary who lived in Nashville. Awnty Mary followed sis Lexi’s facebook page fwum almost da beginnin’. We was da furst kitty peeps hers ever talked to online and there we was 2 years later meetin’ in da fur to face.

 

Faynkz fur breengin' us nomz and treetz awnty Lizbeth.
Faynkz fur breengin’ us nomz and treetz awnty Lizbeth.

As you all know mommy be tech challenged. We have an awnty what’s posed to live in Austin, but she’s been away teachin’ English in Slovakia. Slovakia, can yous believe it? She’s been twyin’ fur years to get us to chat wiff hers on Skype, but mommy just can’t seem to figger da silly fing out. So when we got da message dat she was gunna be back in da states and wanted to meet up wiff us, we was all kinds of ‘cited. And we fawt maybe she kuld teach mommy how to use da Skype so dat when she left again we kuld talk to her this time. So da awwangements was all planned out and we waited wather impatiently patiently to finally meet up wiff awnty Lizbeth. Hers name is actually Elizabeth but sissy and me call hers awnty Lizbeth. So on Tuesday when she called to say she was on hers way, our hearts stawrted racin in anticipation. When she awwived she had bwought a furiend wiff her, so we ended up wiff 2 awnties stead of one. MOL Awnty Sonia be a burd purrson, but dat’s okay weez not mind.

 

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Flat Scout Sammy P: It’s nice to meet you ladies. Seems I came to visit at the right time. MOL

Awnty Lizbeth bwought us sum tweats and sum Sheba noms, and a whole lot of plastic bags fur mommy to use fur twash bags. We was all ‘cited over our gifts. And twuly blest to be meetin’ wiff her fur to face. Even flat scout Sammy P got in on da foto action cuz he awwived on Monday. After a way too short visit awnties Lizbeth and Sonia took mommy out to eat. Mommy finally had sumwhere nice to wear one of da pawsum new outfits dat awnty Jennifer and gwand awnty Peggy sent her. Mommy so enjoyed da meal and da conversation. Many Fanks awnty Lizbeth fur all da goodies and fur bein’ so nice to mommy and takin’ hers fur a gweat meal. She left to go back to Slovakia later in da week but purromised to weturn fur anudder visit when she comes back home. Just so yous know awnty Lizbeth, weez can’t wait fur a longer visit next time!!! We awe so blest to have so many wunnewful peeps in our lives.

 

Yep a rare foto of mommy. (L ro R: awnty Lizbeth, mommy, awnty Sonia)
Yep a rare foto of mommy. (L ro R: awnty Lizbeth, mommy, awnty Sonia)

And as you all know, sis Lexi wasn’t eatin’ last Furiday again. She wanted too and was fur sure hungwy, but it was like she “kuldn’t” eat. Mommy was so upset and worried. But a lot of purrayers and a few pepcid later and…sissy be eatin’ again. WooHoo!!!!!!!!! We awe so extwemely blest!!! We don’t even have da words to expwess our gwatitude. And weez wanna fank unkle Terry fur donatin’ to sis Lexi’s care. Da fundaraiser’s still active ifin you wuld like to donate. Da link is always on our sidebar, or you can click here to be twansported to it. And ifin yous wuld purrfur to send supplements, medicine or noms, we have an amazon wish list dat be here. As long as sissy wants to fight to be here, we don’t have any plans on givin’ up on her. And we wanna fank you all fur yous purrayers and words of support and encouragement. We awe twuly da mostest Blest kitties in da universe and have da mostest pawsumest furmily/furiends in da universe. Yep, dat’s YOU!!! As a little weminder, as you go ‘bout yous day, member to stop fur a minute and count yous blessings and give fanks fur them. Each day is a new day and a new weason to give fanks fur.

 

Wish yous kuld stay longer awnty Lizbeth.
Wish yous kuld stay longer awnty Lizbeth.

On a side note, we awe so very fankful dat Easy (aka: Easy Rider) our doggy bwofur’s daddy be okay and on da mend. There awe so many in Blogville and da world who need purrayers. So as you count yous blessins, take a minute to send up a little purrayer fur all those in need. They be so purreciated and don’t cost a fing. We awe blest to have our home and da bestest mommy ever, and all of you. Weez sendin’ purrayers fur all of ya’ and wishin’ you da bestest Blest Sunday ever.

Weez also membered Sunday Selfies this week and yous gunna get a rare selfie of me and mommy. Check out all da udder pawsum selfies hosted by our gweat pals da Kitties Blue.

 

I Love you Dezi. Me luvs you too mommy
I Love you Dezi. Me luvs you too mommy.

Till da next time……………Be Blest!!!

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

 

Dezi and Lexi

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