My cat Olive loves the mail. For the most part, I couldn’t care less about it, since I get mostly catalogs and rent statements, but for Olive it’s the most exciting part of the day. When Olive hears steps on the porch, she stops whatever she’s doing, whether it’s chewing through a brand new pair …
Before I begin this list, I do have to admit, Freyja’s spoilage is entirely my fault. I take 100 percent of the blame for the spoiled princess she is today. When we rescued Freyja, I was home with her all day every day for the first month. I spent every waking second with her, coddling …
I adopted my cat, Furball, when he was just a kitten. One of my biggest concerns was how to train him to use the litter box. It turned out that my fears were unfounded. I showed him the box and a few hours later, almost like magic, he was taking care of business on his …
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Here’s the situation: You have a few cats. They all get along well, for the most part. But one cat disproportionately demands more attention than the rest. Sound familiar? In my case, the attention-seeking cat in my household of five cats is the young adult Norton. I don’t think there’s enough attention in the world …
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This is sweet Fremsley. According to her Facebook page, her name means “little sparrow,” although the only connection I could make to the name and the bird was a surreal poem by Scottish writer Ivor Cutler. (In it the narrator befriends a sparrow who says he is named Fremsley. Fremsley leads him on a wild …
Fremsley Is a “Little Sparrow” of a Cat Who’s Learning to Fly Again Read More »
Let me begin by being perfectly clear: I love my cats to pieces, and adore our snuggly moments and playtime; however, I occasionally need some space. You know how we all have this invisible bubble of personal space around our bodies? The bubble that nose-to-nose talkers and closer-standers sometimes invade? Most people know not to …
