At one time a few years ago, our family had six cats between us! Our adult son and his fiancee at the time had two kitties and we had four felines. Since college kids and young adults move a lot during those years, we always lent a hand to help when it was time to […]
Cleaning Your Dog’s Paws After Walks
March 30, 2023 By
Since I have a lot of dog parents who read this blog, I decided to accept this guest post about the proper way to clean your pooch’s paws post walk. Let the walking and paw polishing begin! Cheers to man’s best friend and to their precious paws. Today guest writer, Charmaine Miller says: How Do You […]
Guest Post: Choosing Your Pet’s Food Based On Their Tastes
June 16, 2021 By
As many of my readers know, we are a multicat family. With the loss of our beloved Tucker last week, we are down to three cats and our kitty, Stan who was adopted with Tucker 15 years ago is definitely mourning his lost brother. Our Stan has also had food allergy problems in the past […]
What Our Tucker Taught Us: Mourning Our Furry Family Member
June 10, 2021 By
We said goodbye to our beloved Tucker boy kitty yesterday. 15 years ago a volunteer at the shelter suggested we hold the little black and white kitten that had arrived that week. She told us that there was something special about him. She was right. We knew it those first moments we held him and […]
West & Willow Pet Portraits Make Perfect Present
March 18, 2021 By
When West & Willow Custom Pet Portraits emailed me about their unique service, I decided to order one to give to my daughter. She left her beloved beautiful cat, Lucy last summer when she moved out of state to go to college. I logged on to West & Willow, uploaded a cute picture of our […]
Daily Smile Share: Always Box Over Bed
March 25, 2020 By
During this trying time remember to get your rest. Do what your pet does…take naps. Our Lucy cat reminded me to get a little rest the other day when I snapped this picture of her preparing to nap. Of course, the cat bed remained empty as usual because boxes beat beds in a feline’s world. […]
Daily Smile Share
March 23, 2020 By
Here is today’s daily smile share. I hope this makes you smile as you continue to hang in there. I’ve seen a lot of posts from people about their “coworkers” getting in their way. “Coworkers” meaning those home office mates with paws. Last night as I struggled through my tax and home refinancing papers (not […]
Funny Pet Pics & PetSmart Gift Card Giveaway Drawing!
July 12, 2019 By
To finish our pet week posts, today we bring you some of our family’s funny pet pics that include photos from our family of felines and pets that we have fostered. Enjoy these pics and be sure to enter in the drawing for your chance to win a $25 gift card to PetSmart! To enter, […]
Cat Owners: My Favorite Flower Can Be Deadly To Cats
August 11, 2016 By
Thankfully I haven’t lost any of our cats to ingesting a lily, but we almost did several years ago. So today when I saw a warning on Facebook about the dangers of the lily flower being ingested by felines, I decided to share in my blog. In the heartbreaking Facebook post, her sweet kitty did […]
Introducing A New Cat To Resident Cats
January 14, 2015 By
If you are considering introducing a new cat to your resident cat or cats, this article is for you. Our vet told us that sometimes, even with all of the proper steps taken, cats may never completely accept each other, but may learn to coexist by avoiding the other. We are happy to report that […]
Weekly Pet Pic: My Three Comfy Cats!
May 25, 2014 By
Being a cat in our manic managed Harris home is a pretty good gig for these three cat cuties and they don’t seem to have anything manic going in in their lives, even though their humans run around manic a lot! I could go for being one of my cats for a day. See why…. […]
Weekly Pet Pics: Lucy Turns 2 & Gets Baked Birthday Cat Cake!
April 19, 2014 By
Manic: My daughter reminding me that I can’t forget her annual tradition of having a birthday party for her cat…add that to our hectic schedule! Managed: My girl finding a recipe online for a cat cake made of tuna, cheese, flour and more and then baked to fit a feline’s fancy on her 2nd birthday! […]
Honoring The Life of a Girl’s First Pet
February 16, 2014 By
I remember when my lovely niece, Julie first came to visit us when she was just a little girl. It was super fun to have our school-aged niece stay a weekend with us, her auntie and uncle. We didn’t have any children yet, so she was a thrill to have for several days and I […]
Weekly Pet Pic: Artie’s Adorable Antics
January 26, 2014 By
Adorable Artie has so many fun antics, his human mom Jodie tells us, like sleeping with his ball in his mouth just to be sure that no one steals it in his slumber…. So cute! And have you ever heard of training a dog with carrots instead of dog treats?! Artie will tell you that […]
Weekly Pet Pic: A Feline Fist Bump
January 11, 2014 By
Happy Saturday. I hope you all are having a great day. Today’s weekly pet pic stars our Stan and my daughter says that this is a feline fist bump! Do you agree? Here is the pic…. And I think this one is pretty cute, too…. We love our friendly Stan the man cat that we […]
