Tiger dream

Last night I had a dream about a tiger. Not a Little Tiger, but a full-sized one. This tiger was roaming around my palatial house (it was a dream after all). The tiger was beautiful and very sweet, except for every once in a while when it felt like slashing things up with its giant claws. I remember at one point the tiger was walking around with Eve’s footstool in its mouth. I really liked the tiger but had to be extremely careful of handling it and getting it into its cage before it ate any of the other pets. Now I wonder where such thoughts would come from…

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Punk gets grumpy

Man, kitty was in a mood yesterday. Eve kept her up all night the night before. She was in the office working, so of course Ms. Nosey couldn't come to bed. She had to sit in there with her all night. At one point during the night Tulip decided she was hungry. Eve wouldn't feed her, so kitty punked her but jumping up and biting her shoulder. RUDE! She was equally grumpy when I work her up at 8 in the morning. She heard me tossing and turning and bit my hand. I'm getting really tired of having an open wound on the back of my hand all the time. Then she scratched me while I was getting her food. Apparently I was taking too long. She was scratchy and bitey all day. We were out of the house for most of the day. I was really hoping she would be in a better mood when we got home. She had all day to sleep. No. She was still grumpy. She ended up going to sleep in her giant kitty bed. What a brat! Thank goodness she was in a better mood this morning. She even jumped up on the couch, stuck her nose in my face to get a kiss, then ran away. I thought I was about to get a bite (it could really go either way). She can be sweet. If she feels like it...

Kitty is learning a trick

Our previous cat was a pretty cool guy. He was very interactive with us. I was even able to teach him to sit on command. It's way too funny to see a cat do it, because generally they don't even acknowledge your presence. I decided to see if I could teach Tulip to do it too.

We've been working on this for 3 days in a row now. At night I get out one of those Greenies treats that Jan sent. Kitty really likes them. I squat down and call her name to get her attention. Once she's paying attention I let her smell the treat (since she can't see it). Then she's really paying attention. I hold the treat over her head, close to her. As she starts to reach for it, I move it toward her back. This gets her to put her head back and eventually gets her into a sitting position. While I'm moving the treat back, I tell her to sit. When she actually sits, she gets the treat. She's done it successfully on all 3 attempts. I just need to get her to associate "sit" with sitting down and getting a treat. When she gets fairly proficient at it we'll post a video.

This is a little trickier with Tulip, since she has to smell the treat. A sighted cat will look at it and naturally sit back a little bit easier. It still works though. Try it out on your cat!

Um. Your spots are showing...

Here's Tulip going wild on her treehouse. Nice pose! While she's up there she gets herself all whipped up and starts thrashing her tail around. When she hits herself with it, I swear she thinks there's another cat up there with her. She goes absolutely crazy. One of these days I'll get around to editing some video of her up there showing off.

Chilling in the tiger den

Couldn't you kiss that little pink nose? Cutest kitty ever!