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New Zealand is an amazing, gorgeous country with unique wildlife found nowhere else in the world. And cats are killing them.
Last November, Jacob and Bonnie Richter took their cat Holly on vacation with them. They traveled in their motor home from West Palm Beach to Daytona, Florida. Holly, a four year old tortoiseshell, was doing pretty well until someone set off fireworks too close to the Richters' motor home. Holly shot out the open door and was gone in a flash.
As cat lovers, we love our kitties. That's how it works. Each one has its own unique personality, leaving its own mark on your life as they pass through on their too-short journeys with us. Each cat owner chooses to immortalize their beloved pets in a different way. Some more different than others.
A recent study tentatively concluded that purebred cats are friendlier than mixed-breed cats. It's a pity that study was so inept, though. It has been fairly well established decades ago that the single biggest predictor of a cat's friendliness toward humans is how much it was handled during its earliest weeks.
Yes, fun! Check out this video by a kid named Daniel King who has clicker trained his cats to run agility courses (mostly jumping). Look how much fun he is having, and his kitties are having, and they are all having together!
Having cats can be a great thing; I have two of them so they really keep me busy inside the house. However, selecting the proper food for your cats can be harder than what you would think. You have a particular variety and brand, but then you turn around and there is a new brand of food coming out with more flavors for your cat.
A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about a kitten I adopted that was dumped at the barn where I board my horses. At the time the momma cat hadn't been seen in a while, so we assumed she was dead or gone. Then I started hearing reports of her being seen, and set out to catch her.
