01.21.07
Posted in Just For Fun, Cat Diary at 5:42 pm by pawpathblog
That’s me making an adorable pouty face since I didn’t get a second helping. My family says that sometimes I don’t know my own limit, so when I have a hearty appetite, I eat too much and I always get queasy and have to puke. They say I never learn, so that when I’ve eaten enough, even when I make my sad face, no matter how cute, they can’t give me more.
I say that I should have gotten more…maybe this time I wouldn’t have gotten sick, don’t the humans know that? I sadly nibbled on some of Leo’s left over tuna and Fancy Feast crunchies, but it wasn’t what I wanted. Poo on not getting what I want!
In grief,
Bambi
“Ahem, excuse me? This isn’t what I ordered. I’m reduced to sampling Leo’s food, which I’m not in the mood for at the moment. I’d like another serving of Fancy Feast chicken dinner in gravy, pronto, please. Why is nobody listening to me?”
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01.18.07
Posted in Cat Articles, Just For Fun, Cat Sites - Our Picks, Marketing & Opinions at 8:45 pm by pawpathblog
I’m taking a brief rest after my online work! Whew, I do love the warmth of the laptop keys. Purrrrrr. Anyway, our friend Sharolyn over at the fabulous new blog Artsy Catsy posted this comment about the review we received back in August of 2006 (mentioned in our post which you can read here). Thanks for the support! We loved the comment so much that we wanted to make it a post and Sharolyn kindly gave us permission. We cat bloggers have to stick together!
- Bambi
| Kudos, Juli, for your informative, well-researched post! I’ve recently launched our ArtsyCatsy “character blog” through the voices of our fifteen (yes, 15!) cats as an adjunct to our upcoming business website, an e-commerce site offering a wide variety of cat-themed original artist creations.
I think that over time, many of the critics will reverse their opinions about blogs written by our cats, particulary when those blogs, like yours and mine, are intended to put a personal face on our businesses. Why? Because blogs by cats are read by cat lovers, businesses like ours cater to cat lovers … and all you have to do is LISTEN to a cat lover! We speak CAT; we talk to our cats in a language a non-cat-lover would never understand. We communicate with our cats as if they are our children (they are!) and they talk right back to us!
I defy anyone to find a non-cat-lover who would ever utter something like, “Ooh, my wootsie pootsie Callie-walley bootsie toots,” or come home from work and snuggle up in bed with their pet lizard to tell it about their rotten day.
Therefore, our cat “character blogs” are speaking in our readers’ and customers’ language, one they not only only understand, but speak and respond to every day of their lives.
Sure, we can pepper our posts with a human voice every now and then, but cat lovers communicate with their kitties constantly, and it’s obvious by the number of popular cat blogs out there that they enjoy communicating with others’ cats online.
I don’t think cat-oriented sites fit into the mold, so I can’t agree with the criticism you’ve received that a cat character blog could lose sales that you might have received with a strictly informative blog. Have you ever walked into a retail store that has cats running around as mascots? If you’re a cat lover, the first thing you do is talk with the cats, and the second thing you do is become a loyal customer of that business!
Some think cat lovers are a bit weird; some may think we’re downright twisted; but one thing is certain - we “click” and we bond … with our cats, with others’ cats, with stray cats, and with each other. And just as a business in America is wise to speak to its customers in English, not Farsi or Greek, I think a business catering to cat lovers is wise to blog to its customers in their own native language!
And my cat, Rocky, says, “Right on, Meowmie!!” |
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01.14.07
Posted in Cat News at 10:40 pm by pawpathblog
There’s been a lot of interesting stuff going on, cat news-wise, so here are some notable stories…
First, our tubby friend, Hercules, who got himself stuck in a doggy door found his family, hooray! However, it seems that he was diagnosed with Feline Immunodeficiency Virus, so we send him many purrs.
Tiffany Noreuil, an animal care technician at the Oregon Humane Society, holds temporarily-named feline Goliath, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2007, in Portland, Ore. Goliath, a 20-pound stray whose girth got him stuck in a pet door while trying to plunder some dog food, is back with his owner. His name isn’t really Goliath, but it’s close. It’s Hercules, says owner Geoff Ernest, who was reunited with his tubby tabby Thursday at the society. Gresham, Ore., resident Jadwiga Drozdek found the feline stuck in the dog door of her home a few days ago, helped free him and gave him a plate of food on her patio. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Benjamin Brink)
Read more on Yahoo! News>>
An Australian family of four owe their lives to their pet cat after the animal prevented a house fire from turning into a tragedy, an official has said. After a mattress caught on fire in the night, the courageous moggie leapt to the aid of its sleeping owner by digging its claws into his face, waking him before the blaze engulfed the family home in north Queensland.(AFP/File/Mustafa Ozer)
Read more on Yahoo! News>>
This is just a really cute picture we found:
Greg Pike’s dog Booger, cat Kitty and white mouse Mousie, rest at the end of a day in Bisbee, Arizona, December 24, 2006. Picture taken December 24, 2006. REUTERS/Jeff Topping (UNITED STATES)
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01.11.07
Posted in Just For Fun at 9:00 pm by pawpathblog
Hey everyone! Kick up your feet with me for another blog posting covering lots of stuff…a smorgasbord of blog postings, if you will. Hmm, I could go for a smorgasbord of treats just about now. - Leo
In introductions: Meet our newest Paw Path customer, Dublin. Isn’t he handsome? He’s from Wisconsin:
You can meet more of our customers at: http://www.pawpathlittermat.com/Testimonials.html
In helping needy cats:
URGENT! Stop the Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio and save the cats!
The mayor of Cleveland, Ohio is pitching a plan where stray cats would be trapped and taken to the city kennel. If unidentified and unclaimed for three days, they would be killed, just as stray dogs are. In order to carry out this plan, the Cleveland City Council would have to approve expanding the city kennel to make room for about 200 cats - at a cost of more than $1 million.
Go to Alley Cat Allies to learn more and send an urgent message to help the cats in Cleveland! Take Action Now >>
In cat humor:
Cats According to Dave Barry
“Cats are less loyal than dogs, but more independent.” (This is code. It means: “Cats are smarter than dogs, but they hate people.”) Many people love cats. From time to time, newspapers print stories about some elderly widow who died and left her entire estate, valued at $3,200,000, to her cat, Fluffkins. Cats read these stories, too, and are always plotting to get named as beneficiaries in their owners’ wills. Did you ever wonder where your cat goes when it wanders off for several hours? It meets with other cats in estate-planning seminars. I just thought you should know.
Dave Barry, a humor columnist, has been at The Miami Herald since 1983. A Pulitzer Prize winner for commentary, he writes about issues ranging from the international economy to exploding toilets.
More in cat humor: This big kitty is such a sweetheart! Let’s just hope that he doesn’t give her a love bite. This looks a bit dangerous to us, as we’ve definitely given small injuries with our love bites to our humans, and this cat has a much bigger kisser than we have!
Ana Julia Torres kisses Jupiter, an African lion she rescued malnourished from a circus six years ago, at her Villa Lorena animal shelter, in Cali, Colombia, Friday, Jan. 5, 2007. Ana Julia Torres is the owner of the 12-year-old shelter that rescues sick and mistreated animals from all over Colombia.(AP Photo/Inaldo Perez)
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01.10.07
Posted in Cat News, Just For Fun, Cat Sites - Our Picks at 9:56 pm by pawpathblog
Hey guys! That’s me, Bambi, taking a rest in the nice sun after doing some work. Here’s a longish sort of post with lots of stuff to catch up! We’re recommending a new blog, introducing a new cat cartoon book, and going over some cat news headlines!
Many of you have already met them, but Rocky (the CEO aka Cat Executive Officer) and fourteen other formerly feral cats has a great new blog called Artsy Catsy about cats like us who run e-commerce! Good luck with starting the business! Let us know more about how to order portraits, etc, and we can link from our e-commerce site!
If you haven’t been to see them yet, check out their blog at http://artsycatsy.blogspot.com/
In other news, there is a very fun new cartoon collection for women who love cats, called ”My Cat Loves Me Naked” by Stephanie Piro - check out her website at http://www.stephaniepiro.com/ or buy her book at Barnes & Noble by clicking on the link below!
My Cat Loves Me Naked
If you still need a calendar for 2007, check out our calendar store for lots of calendars with cats!
In cat news from around the world, here’s some headlines that caught our attention involving us fabulous felines:
An, ahem, big-boned kitty was caught stuck in a doggie door looking for food! Luckily, the people that lived in the house were very kind, got him out, gave him food, and took him to a shelter.
A cat missing for 7 months comes home! Kimba, an African jungle cat hybrid, had been missing since June. His owner cried herself to sleep and lost 50 pounds walking around the canyons looking for him! Sniff, sniff. We just love reunion stories like this!
On a more serious note, we found an interesting article about antidepressants for cats (& dogs, birds, horses, and other animals). Check out the LA Times article, “Fido’s Little Helper”>>
Leo will be back with more!!
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