Service Cats: Internal Disputes

Welcome to another Service Cat Monday. We’re comin’ to da end of da questions we‘ve been asked, so ifin you have trainin’ questions, or questions ‘bout Service Cats in general, purrlease let us know. As with all our educational postys da followin’ will be written in human English. And ifin you’ve missed a post you can ketch up by clickin’ da links at da bottom of da posty. We have a busy day ahead, so without further adieu, let’s get to todays question. Shoko and Kali our Canadian Cats furiends asked, “Is there any fighting over who gets to perform a task?”

 Dezi laying in her harness

This question was meant to be specific to us, as there are 2 of us who can perform the same tasks. At least there will be 2 of us. Right now there are still things that Raena can’t do and hasn’t been trained to do. So for the purpose of this post we’ll go back and discuss mes’ recent past. We would also need to clarify the word fighting. Fighting can mean different things to different people. While mommy doesn’t like to see or hear us hiss or growl at each other, she doesn’t consider that fighting. Mommy says she’s been very blest and has never had 2 kitties who fought at any time. So a better question to ask is, “Have there ever been any disputes over who was to perform a task?” To which our answer would be…”Of Course.”

 

 

When a kitty begins training they are excited and eager. Me loved the telephone. Every time it rang me would run to answer it; even when it was inconvenient for mommy. Even tho’ me would answer the phone, me wouldn’t meow. Instead me would carry the phone to mommy, where ever she was. Mommy says it took less time to train me to use the phone than it did to train me to leave it alone unless there’s an actual emergency. We’ve been asked to give tips on 911 training, so tune in next week for that post. Anyways, mes point is that a training kitty gets very excited and wants to perform all the time.

 Dezi with phone calling pizza hut

 Guess who’s callin’ mommy.

 

 

Mommy says the only disputes have been over who massages where and who gets to drive and when. Sis Lexi had been mommys’ head, neck and shoulder massager since almost the beginning. So when me came to live here me’s massage duties were to be mommys arms, legs and lower back. That was all well and good when we would lay down to go to sleep at night, but sis Lexi liked to sleep between mommys’ legs and me slept up under her arm. So when we would wake up in the mornings me would naturally start to massage mommys’ shoulders and head. Of course that was sis Lexi’s job and she wanted to do it. So, she would give me the hiss of disapproval and try to push me off the bed. Being the good natured Ragdoll me is, me would gladly climb on mommys chest and stretch out to massage her arms and legs. Dispute over.

 

 

So what about driving the wheelchair? Well those disputes weren’t always settled so quickly. Me wasn’t the best driver in the beginning, but only mommy and sis Lexi know what she was like in the beginning. Anyways, when me was first learning, me thought it was a little scary. Me did run into more than one wall, dresser, chest of drawers and even off the sidewalk into that cold white stuff called snow. But mommy was so encouraging and it really was a lot of fun, so every morning, me would try to get into position before sis Lexi could. Oh sissy would often give me the hiss of disapproval, but me didn’t care. Me would put me’s paw on the power button and push before sissy could even get in the chair with mommy and me.

Lexi lays in wheelchair and looks up

Ifin me didn’t move when sis Lexi hissed, she wouldn’t even bother getting into the chair. Well at least in the beginning. Once me quit running into walls and furniture sissy finally joined me in mommys lap in the chair. And yes, on occasion she would try to push me off the joystick so she could drive. Of course once the novelty wore off, we would just take turns. Whoever got into place first would drive us to the bathroom and often the other would drive us to the kitchen while the other availed themselves of the litter boxes. We were pretty well coordinated when it came to most of our other tasks, and mommy hopes Raena and me will follow that pattern as well.

Dezi and Lexi in the wheelchairNow let me get this straight. You want me to put mes mouth on this

stick and push forward, right?

 

Mommy says based on Raena’s personality and things she’s seeing, she does expect a few hissy fits in the beginning. But, Raena is a quick learner, so mommy expects the novelty will wear off much earlier with her than it did with me. Raena appears to be very versatile and will massage wherever me isn’t, so we have very few disputes in that area. Altho’ she’s still too small to help me push mommy out of the shower after passing out, Raena is trying. She quickly joins me in the tub and gets under mommys arm. She just doesn’t have the strength to actually push, She does watch intently and stays by mommys side till she comes too.

 Raena lays on the pounce toy.

 Are ya’ talkin’ ’bout me?

 

 

Well, me hopes dat answers your question. Mommy doesn’t really allow fighting, and so long as we can settle our disputes amicably, she lets us try. The only time mommy would take charge of a dispute is if she needed to get to the human potty and we couldn’t agree on who was driving. Anyways, gotta go now and get ready for the a/c repairman. We do want to fank our furiends who donated money to get our bootyful furiend Foxy back home to her daddy. We were goin’ to share the fundraiser today, but they have already raised the money for the pet deposit at their new apartment. It won’t be long now and Foxy and her daddy will be reunited. Don’t furget to leave any questions you might have in da comments below.

 

 

Are there disputes in your house?

How are disputes settled in your house?  

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

 

 

 

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

Deztinee and RaenaBelle

 

 

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Blest Sunday Inclusion

Meowllo and welcome to a brand new Blest Sunday. It seems fall has arrived fur most peeps and cooler tem-purr-atures are arrivin’. Y, It was even cool here one meownin’. Our area  doesn’t usually see much fall. It’s hot right up till halloween and suddenly it’s 30°F. So we were happy to have dat cool meownin’. Not dat we were out in it, mind ya’, but we knew ‘bout it. MOL  Anyways, this week’s gonna be a busy one fur us. We’ve got dat repairman comin’ tomorrow to fix da a/c pipe and clean da coils. Mommy has her regular monthly doctors ‘pointment on Furiday, and we sure hope somethin’ can be done with her medicines, cuz it’s been a really tough month fur her. And then on Caturday, sis Raena has her special spa day. WooHoo  Me sure hopes she calms down some afterwards.

 Dezi lays in lap and takes a selfie

 

 

       What’s dat sissy? Why would I calm down after mines spa day?

Uh, No reason Raena. Just wishful thinkin’ on me’s pawrt and purrobably mommys’ too.

 Dezi looks out while Raena surveys the living room

       Oh sissy, you know you luvs me and so does mommy. She even lets me sleep under da covers with her.

Of course we luv you Raena, but we’d luv a calmer you too. As fur sleepin’ under da covers, good fur you. But it gets too hot under there fur me.

       Yeah sissy it does get hot, but it sure is fun.

Well Raena enjoy it while it lasts. Someday you’re gonna have so much fur you won’t like it either. Anyways, you know how much we luv all our furiends, and feel so blest to have them right?

 Raena lays on the pounce toy.

       Of course sissy. When mommy picked me up, I was so scared I didn’t know where she was takin’ me or what might be there. All I had ever known was bars and burnin’ eyes and a nose from all da amonia. God sure blest me. I got a wonderful luvvin’ mommy, a gawjus sissy, a purretty smellin’ home, lots and lots of toys, and amazin’, wonderful, kind, carin’, supurrb furiends.

Dezi looks out from perch

 This purrch used to be all we had befur we were blest with our

Cat trees. Me used to sit here all da time and look out da door.

This past week we posted da foto below of Raena and

confused a lot of peeps. Mommy says she doesn’t see

da sameness ya’ll see, cuz to her we don’t look anythin’ alike.

But we thought you might enjoy a blast from me’s past to compare.

 

 

 

Raena looks out from the perch

Yep, this is Raena, not me. MOL

Yes Raena, you got blest alright. Our furiends are amazin’. And last night we got an email from our meezer furiend Nellie and her mommy, awnty Barb. Every year they make a big ole punkin patch and carve names into punkins. We have one dat everypawdy can see on our sidebar. It says Dezi and Lexi, and we luv it. But sis Lexi’s gone now and Nellie, bein’ da sweety she is, made us a new punkin. This one has your name on it too. Lookit, Dezi and RaenaBelle it says. Wasn’t dat nice of them to do dat fur us?

 Dezi and RAenas' pumpkin patch pumpkin from Nellie

 

       It sure was sissy. I’s luvs our new punkin. Fank you Nellie fur includin’ me in your punkin’ patch. This is mines furst ever, well anythin’, so I’s learnin’ all kinds of things.

Yeah Raena, you are learnin’ all kinds of things alright. Y, you’ve learned to turn all our ‘lectric toys on and da wheelchair too. Mommy said dat after you have your spa day she’s gonna start trainin’ you to drive da wheelchair.

 

       Well it’s ‘bout time sissy. I’s can’t wait. Did you see me drive da chair into da counter da other day?

No Raena me missed dat. But me did hear mommy hollerin’ fur you to stop and to turn da chair back off. Me thinks it’s funny dat you can turn everythin’ on, but when it comes time to turn things off again you purrtend to be clueless.  

       But sissy, none of those things are any fun when they’re turned off.

Raena, not every minute of every day has to be ‘bout havin’ fun. There’s also nap time, meal time and time fur luvvin’ from mommy.

 Raena getting mommy love while laying in her lap

       Yeah Dezi, dat last one’s mines favorite.

 Dezi laying in mommy's lap

Me too Raena, me too. Speakin’ of mommy luvvin’, let’s wrap this up and go get some. We’ll post a selfie or two so we can join da Kitties Blue fur Sunday Selfies and remind everypawdy to take a minute today and every day to give thanks fur da blessings in their lives. We are blest to have a luvvin’ mommy, a home, all our furiends and live in da greatest Country ever, America. We purray you all have a pawsum day. 

 

 

Dezi: Vibrant Blue 

Raena: Navy Blue 

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

 

 

 

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

Deztinee and RaenaBelle

I’m Not Selfish, Mommy’s Being Mean

Hey? Is anypawdy out there? It’s me RaenaBelle. I’s got somethin’ to tell ya’. Mommy’s bein’ mean to us!!! Can you believe it?

 Raena laying on perch

 

 
RaenaBelle Mayce!!! Don’t tell peeps dat.

 Dezi sits on the floor in her typical pose

 

 

But it’s true sissy. I saw it with mines own eyes, I did. You might’a been sleepin’ but I was right there.

 

 

       Yeah Raena, me’s sure you were. Mommy purrays all day everyday and asks God to purrtect you from yourself and keep ya’ from getting’ hurt or breakin’ somethin’. So me has no doubt you were “right” there. So just what did you see?

 Raena checks out box

Sissy, I saw bunches of toys. I mean enuff to start our own toy store. All of ‘em fur us from da give away we won over at Three Chatty Cats. You know da one, da Honest Pet Products, where everythin’ is made from all natural stuffs. There’s all different kinds of toys even. And they smelled divine. Mommy layed ‘em all out and even got da flashy box after ‘em.

 Raena sniffs bag of toys

 

 

       Yes Raena, me saw all dat.

 Raena with her catty pillar

Ya’ did? Well I’s wasn’t sure, cuz you didn’t say anythin’ when all mommy gave us was one niptastic catty pillar. And she put everythin’ else away.

 Raena with toys

 

 

       Yeah me saw her Raena. And me heard her say dat she was gonna save some of those toys fur mes birthday, your spa day and maybe even Christmas. Mommy knows we’ll furget we even saw ‘em by then and dat we’ll be happy kitties when she brings one out.

But I’s wanted ‘em all right then.

 Raena with her catty pillar

 

 

 

       Yeah, me’s sure you did Raena. But dat’s very selfish. And besides, just how many toys can you actually play with at one time?

Well sissy, don’t you ‘member mines furst night here? I had never seen toys. And… (Raenas’ eyes get big remembering what she saw when placed on the floor)  MeOWWWwwwww I was runnin’ from one toy to another. So I can play with lots of toys at one time.

 Dezi sniffs the catty pillar

       Yeah Raena, me ‘members your furst night, and me ‘members you runnin’ in circles. It was really cute, and mommy and even me were happy dat you were havin’ a good time. Mommy even got a video of ya’. Ifin anypawdy missed it or ya’ just need a smile and a little chuckle, you can watch it here. But, there comes a time when you have to learn not to be selfish anymore and dat time is now. Don’t worry, mommy’ll give us da rest of those toys, just not today. Now, go play with your catty pillar. We were really blest and each got one of our own. And fur anypawdy wonderin’ ‘bout our a/c leak and da repairs of such, we have an update. Mommy did call da manager to demand a time fur da repairs. And da manager told mommy da maintenance man would be here Wednesday.

Yeah, but he wasn’t da one who showed up on Wednesday was he sissy?

 Pet Parade banner new

       (Dezi shakes head and rolls her eyes) No Raena, he wasn’t. Da manager showed up on Wednesday to tell mommy dat da rent was goin’ up again in October. We say again, cuz our rent just went up when we renewed our lease. She wanted mommy to initial da changes on our lease. Mommy reminded her dat we never got any notice of this increase, and this certainly isn’t 30 days notice. Then she purrceeded to tell mommy dat a a/c repairman would be here on Monday to fix da a/c. And she said, “It’s going to be messy.” Well duh!!! Did she want mommy to say furget ‘bout it then? Like leakin’ pipes and moldy carpet, floors and stuff ain’t messy. Yes, da woman’s an idiot. She has to be, right? Well at least da repairman should be qualified. MOL  Anyways, me needs to tell ya’ dat we’s joinin’ Rascal and Rocco and their pawsum co-hosts fur da Pet Parade. We hope you all have a pawsum weekend. 

 Dezi and RAena look out the front door from the same ledge on the Liberty cat tree

 No, me doesn’t have an ear in me’s chest or a forked tail, dat’s

little sis Raena beside me on da cat tree lookin’ out da

door. We be lookin’ fur sunshine.

 

 

Dezi: Vibrant Blue 

Raena: Navy Blue 

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

 

 

 

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

Deztinee and RaenaBelle

Honest Kitchen Wishes #ChewyInfluencer

Meowllo and welcome to toss up Wednesday. We’ve got somethin’ fishy fur ya’ today. Tabbies, are ya’ here? Anyways, as you all know we’s pawrt of da Chewy Influencer furmily and get to try new things every month to tell you all ‘bout. This month was no different and we’ve got some treats to meow ‘bout today. As most of ya’ know da trend in pet food is healthy, raw and freeze dried. And as most of ya’ know, mommy’s followin’ dat trend. Whatever is healthiest and bestest fur us, her girls, she wants us to have. So we were all excited to try da Honest Kitchen Wishes. Now dat doesn’t tell you anythin’ does it? Let me ‘splain.

 

Dezi lays in lap and takes a selfie

 

 

This is a sponsored post.We were compensated for giving our honest review of the Honest Kitchen Wishes. All opinions are our own unless otherwise stated. As always, we only tell the truth and bring products we think would be of interest to you our readers and friends.

 Chewy Logo

Da Honest Kitchen Wishes are 100% Icelandic haddock fillets fur cats and dogs. Yep, da really pawsum thing ‘bout these freeze dried and dehydrated treats is dat most of them are good fur both cats and dogs. So ifin you have a mixed household ya’ don’t have to buy separate treats or worry ‘bout Fluffy eatin’ Fidos’ treats, etc..

 Raena peaking out of a chewy box

       Who’s Fluffy and Fido, sissy? 

Raena, not yet. Those are just general names fur a cat and dog.

       Really sissy? We don’t know not one Fluffy or Fido.

 Honest Kitchen Wishes

Raena, knock it off. Ask those kinds of questions later. We’re postin’ our review. Anyways, let’s see what Chewy’s website has to say ‘bout The Honest Kitchen Wishes treats.

Key Benefits

  • Gourmet treats suitable for both cats and dogs

  • Made with just one pristine ingredient, great for pets with allergies

  • No fillers, by- products or GMO ingredients

  • Grain-free & Gluten-free makes it perfect for pets with sensitive stomachs

  • Made in a human food facility with 100% human-grade ingredients in the USA!

Now as they state there’s only one ingredient and dat is Haddock from Iceland. Iceland must have da lock on fishies cuz The Honest Kitchen has other treats from Iceland as well. But we tried da haddock, so let’s get on with da tastin’ and testin’.

 The Honest Kitchen Wishes treats

Furst me must tell ya’ dat they look kinda like a graham cracker. They’re these fairly large thick wafers. Mommy says they are easily broken into smaller pieces which is a good thing cuz you all know me’s delicate little mouthy likes small bites. Raena’s gonna be just like me, so mommy went ‘bout breakin’ up a fillet. (Takes a bite and starts to chew) Mmmm well, it tastes purretty good. It’s really fish strong, but it is a fish fillet after all. Dat bein’ said, me wouldn’t mind a bite or two every now and then, but this isn’t gonna be one of me favorites. It’s a little on da extra dry side and actually stuck to me’s tongue. check it out.

 Dezi eating treats

 

 

       They didn’t stick to mines tongue sissy. They wasn’t foolin’ me with dat fishy smell. I’s didn’t want to try it at all. Mommy must have chased me ‘round da house fur an hour with dat fillet in her hand. Hmmpht Didn’t she see da snub I’s had already given it? I’s picked up a piece with mines teefies and didn’t like what It felt like so I’s spit it right back out. Maybe ifin it had been shaved or somethin’. I’s don’t know, I just know I’s didn’t like it. I’s can give it a paw up fur only havin’ da one ingredient, and bein’ good fur both cats and dogs, but dat’s it.

 Raena refuses treats

Well Raena dat’s good enuff. Fanks. Me did think mommy looked funny chasin’ you ‘round and hollerin’, “Raena, c’mon, just try it. Raena, slow down. Come here and just try this yummy treat.” You know me doesn’t recall seein’ her try it at all, so how’s she ‘posed to know it’s yummy? Anyways, me gives The Honest Kitchen Wishes one paw up as well fur da one quality ingredient and bein’ good fur multi pet households. Mommy said she gave it a thumb up fur da same reasons. So, ifin you luv fish as much as da Tabbies, then you’ll purrobably luv these or one of da other pawsum treats you can find at Chewy.

 Raena refusing treats

Now ifin like us, ya’ don’t eat a lot of fish, don’t worry, Chewy has somethin’ fur everyone. And always speedy, free shippin’ on all orders of $49.00 or more and a flat rate of $4.95 fur all other orders. You can save a little extra by settin’ up an auto ship so you never run out of your anipals faves, and don’t worry, you can skip, cancel or delay anytime. We hear a lot of peeps say they wish they could only buy a few cans of somethin’ cuz they’re not sure their kitty or doggy will like it. Well you can shop Chewy with confidence, they have da bestest Customer Service online.

 Chewy blog hop badge

Well, we’re gonna wrap it up fur now. Now we purromissed we would post this and then well, mommy just furgot. Her brain just can’t always ‘member right. Anyways, Pauline from da Daily Mews is shavin’ her head off in support of those affected by cancer. She’s tryin’ to raise funds fur research as well, so check it out here. We’re linkin’ with da Chewy blog hop, so you can check out other reviews from this month. Gotta go now, time fur dat mid meownin’ nap. Have a pawsum day.

Dezi and Raena sleep on the lLiberty cat tree

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

 

 

 

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

Deztinee and RaenaBelle