Lovelly Pets

BTB: I. just. don't. get. it.

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 12:04 PM PST

Who would do this to a broom? Who would put it in a muck bucket upside down.

Even wearing glove I don't want to grab a broom handle that's been sitting in a muck bucket.

Someone give me a rationale for this behavior. Please.

Puppy on a Roomba

Wordless Wednesday: Doing The Home Office Romp

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 08:18 AM PST

Your Daily Cute: Tired Cat Passes Out

Tired Cat Passes Out

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 09:05 PM PST

You know you're really tired when you can't keep your eyes open and all of the sudden...THUD. Faceplant right into the bed.We've seen silly sleepy cats before (Remember the one snoring in the glass?), but this one naps the hardest of all of them, for sure.

My Cat Goma Blog Update

CMC In Progress...

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 03:09 PM PST

SACHIE: What is CMC Albert??
ALBERT: Stupid humans, do I need to explain everythin?? CMC iz Computer-Mediated Communicashun.
SACHIE: You mean...ichat??
ALBERT: That is what humans call it. Yes.
SACHIE: ohhh...okay then.... Kuma says hi!

Albert is my friend Josh's kitteh. We sometimes do CMC(ichat) with him. He is such a sweet kitteh!

BTB: Back to beginner level: Afraid to canter

Back to beginner level: Afraid to canter

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 12:11 PM PST

Riley and I are moving into a new phase of our partnership. We have a problem with the canter, and Jerry Seinfeld explains it best...

You see, I know how to GET the canter, I just can't HOLD the canter. My heart's just not in the canter. There are 3 issues...

Limited turnout. When Ri canters these days, he's a hair too strong in the bridle. Our ring has some slick spots, and while my head says forward, my heart says WHHOOOOAAAA.
Strange shift in the "energy" of the indoor. A powerful magnetic force is sucking Riley's outside shoulder to the exit door. It's not so bad going right, but going left if I'm not super-vigilant, we end up fighting about what direction we going and we run into the wall.
Trainer's diminishing influence. As I ride more, my trainer is riding less (two Stacey lessons, one trainer ride a week). Riley senses a power vacuum.

So the canter is a scary place to be for a forty-something amateur. That said, I need to suck it up and get full mastery of the canter. Trot canter-trot-transitions are in my game plan for every ride. I'll get it straightened out.

Daisy the Curly Cat

Who Wants String Cheese?

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 01:00 AM PST

My favorite kind of cheese is.... STRING! When my Mommeh is eating string cheese, I like to get real close and wave my paw around until I get some, too.

Here is a movie of Harley and me eating some string cheese. Harley is the one that makes all the noise when he is eating.

If you cannot see the video, you can click here to see it full-sized on YouTube.

Your Daily Cute: Two Cats (and a Bird) Tuesday: Vintage Catnip and Florence

Two Cats (and a Bird) Tuesday: Vintage Catnip and Florence

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 09:05 PM PST

Happy Two Cats Tuesday! Today Pimp and Moo decided Flo could share their day.Last night, Pimp overindulged in the NIP. I had moved their giant scratcher to vacuum the back of the couch and he discovered the most ginormous pile of old, leftover catnip underneath it. It must have fallen off from when I first dusted it with NIP when we got it.Oooh! I found the secret NIP stash! Mine all mine!If I