03.24.08
Easter Bunny
This picture was just waaay too cute to not share with the blogosphere.
03.23.08
Happy Easter!
Thanks again to the supportive cat blog community - many purrs to you all! We took a break from blogging while we dealt with our grief, but now that spring is here, we are ready to start afresh, and start blogging again and dedicate this blog to the memory of our sweet Leo!
Bambi was really stressed out for about a month, but he’s getting back to normal. Thanks again to everyone and Happy Easter!
“Whoa wait a minute…you’re gonna do what to me in Photoshop?” - Bambi
02.26.08
Thank You to the Cat Blogosphere
Thanks to everyone who wrote such wonderful comments! We miss Leo a lot but we are doing the best we can. Bambi didn’t eat for a few days but he’s doing okay now.
We found this lovely image on http://www.petloss.com/rainbowcandle.htm and thought it was appropriate. We know that our Leo is now a cute fluffy angel and we feel him around us. A million thanks to the loving and supporting cat blogosphere community!
02.09.08
Leo has passed onto the Rainbow Bridge
Our beloved Leo has passed onto the Rainbow Bridge today, Saturday, February 9, 2008. He would have turned 19 years old this coming summer. He had a long life filled with love. He passed away peacefully today, surrounded by his family. We miss him so much it hurts, but we are so grateful to have had 18 1/2 wonderful years with him.
Leo peacefully grooming himself while having a sunbath.
This is Leo demonstrating his formidable vocal range, saying he wants more hugs.
We found him on the street while we were living in Tokyo when I was in elementary school (Bambi was adopted soon afterwards). The tiny little kitten had no hair, and an awful skin rash, and was desperately cleaning himself. My mother took a bunch of tissues, scooped him up, and literally ran to the nearest vet. This vet told her that he wouldn’t make it so she should just give up. But she didn’t.
She made a baby sling for Leo, so she could keep him warm with her body temperature all day long. She fed him and gave him water drop by drop since he was too weak to drink by himself. I remember my mother coming to pick me up at school with Leo as snug as a bug in his sling while she drove. His hair slowly started to grow back, which eventually grew into a beautiful, silky coat which he maintained for the rest of his life, up through today. He had quite the personality and gave us lots and lots of laughs. He loved to be hugged more than anything (which we guess he associates with the sling when he felt so warm and safe).
As we were leaving the hospital today, it started to snow, and we knew it was Leo telling us that he is now at peace.
Leo 1989 - 2008
R.I.P.
01.22.08
New Books Happy Tabby & Happy Hound
From our guest blogger, Susan Daffron!
Thank you for letting me write a guest post for your blog about my books Happy Hound (http://www.happyhoundbook.com) and Happy Tabby (http://www.happytabbybook.com).
I wrote these two books specifically for people who have adopted dogs and cats from animal shelters. After years of volunteering and working at animal shelters and at a low-cost vet clinic, I saw what happens when the relationship falls apart between pets and their owners. The reason I wrote the books is simple: I want to see more pets stay in their forever homes!
Too many dogs and cats are “dumped” at shelters. Those people who have stood at an animal shelter intake area and listened to the explanations and excuses people make when they drop off a pet know what I’m talking about. The reality is that people bring animals into shelters complaining of all the “terrible problems” they had. Most of these so-called problems are easily solved with a little understanding of animal behavior. (Or an understanding of human behavior!)
Dogs and cats are motivated by only a few things, I try and explain them in the books and how people can develop a wonderful lifelong relationship with their new pets. In Happy Hound, I cover everything from the reasons dogs bark to how to bond with your new canine. Happy Tabby gives new cat owners answers to common questions like how to “kitty proof” your house and why cats scratch furniture.
Plus, because my main motivation is to help educate people about pet ownership, we are offering Happy Hound and Happy Tabby to humane organizations at a substantial discount. Non-profit groups can use it as a fundraiser or educational tool in a number of ways.
We also encourage those groups with Web sites to join our affiliate program (http://shop.logicalexpressions.com/affiliate.asp). When people buy the books using the affiliate link, the rescue group gets 20% of the purchase price. More information on how the books can be used to raise money is located on these pages:
Happy Hound: http://www.happyhoundbook.com/shelters.htm
Happy Tabby: http://www.happytabbybook.com/shelters.htm
Pet care education is so important, so thank you again for helping me spread the word about my books and how they can be used to reduce the number of animals that are returned to animal shelters. Here’s to saving more lives!
-Susan Daffron
01.08.08
Wee little poems
Things we did today….
Bambi napped with his buddy the pink bunny
The window was toasty as it was so sunny
He dreamt of catnip and loads of sushi
And lots of cat toys that were oh so swooshy
When he awoke he had some tuna
I love when they treat me like I’m the big kahuna!
Leo got stinky from a litter box mess
Which caused his humans a bit of distress
You’ve got to be joking, a bath for real?
He said “No thanks!” and attempted to flee
“Stop!” they said, “It’s just baking soda and oatmeal.”
And after a nice brushing he’s clean and stink free!
01.01.08
Happy New Year!
Oy, I had too much champagne, I have a wee headache!
Ever wake up in a box and not know how you got there? (Just kidding this is a photo from Christmas morning, but Leo looks so cute we had to stick it in here)
Have a Happy and Healthy New Year everyone! Lots of purrs,
Leo & Bambi
12.24.07
Merry Christmas!
Here’s Bambi waiting patiently for Santa (whilst sitting on a cookbook)
And Leo swears he’s been a good boy…
Merry Christmas, everyone!!
glitter-graphics.compurrs, Bambi & Leo
12.21.07
Leo’s Silly Sleeping Positions
I’ve been known to snooze in apparently amusing positions, although they don’t normally document it. But here are some of my nap positions, which I guess are funny to you humans?
Position 1: I love putting my head in the girl’s hand. It makes me feel safe. And I’m doing the one leg stretch right here.
Position 2: 2 leg stretch. The flash made me open my eyes a bit.
And finally, when I felt like getting off of her lap, I returned to a more normal feline nap position:
Happy Napping, you guys!
-Leo
