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Monthly Archives: April 2018
Mindful Monday – Pets and Higher Education
Did you have a cat in your dorm room when you went to college? More and more colleges are assisting students in making the transition from home to the higher education community by allowing them to bring their pets. Colleges … Continue reading
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Frivolous Friday – Sometimes There Just Aren’t Enough Cats
Too few cats? That’s not generally a problem we hear about these days. Instead, we read articles and see news reports of neighborhoods and cities and especially shelters being overrun by unwanted cats. But evidently there is a cat shortage … Continue reading
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Thoughts for Thursday – Is the Cat Trained or is it Conditioning?
We talked about training cats yesterday and I asked if you’d taught your cat anything. I believe that most of us have rituals with our cats and routines that involve them. Is that training or conditioning? What is the difference? … Continue reading
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Wild (and Sometimes Crazy) Wednesday – Trained Cat—an Oxymoron?
Yesterday we talked about the fact that there’s more research going on related to dogs than cats. One theory is that scientists shy away from working with cats because they can’t be trained. Say what? Then why do you suppose … Continue reading
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Newsday Tuesday – Here We Go Again—Cats Versus Dogs
Even though it seems that the Internet has gone hog wild with videos of and information about cats, dogs still come out on top in most competition. For example, there are around 400 breeds of dogs and only about 40 … Continue reading
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Mindful Monday – What the Internet is Teaching us About Cats
Cats seem to be taking over the Internet. Is it just me or has there been an enormous increase in cat-related posts, articles, videos, and so forth? I still maintain that the Internet has been good for the cat. People, … Continue reading
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Frivolous Friday – Cats and Flowers
Cats and flowers seem to go together. A bouquet or garden of flowers is just the right background or foreground for cat photography. And a picture of flowers really comes to life when there’s a cat present. This is the … Continue reading
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Thoughts for Thursday – Water for Cats
Does your cat drink water? You may have read that cats don’t typically drink much water and maybe that’s because they weren’t bred to. Their ancestors lived in the wilds and they got enough moisture in their prey. So it … Continue reading
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Wild (and Sometimes Crazy) Wednesday – Feeding Mistakes We Make With Our Cats
First, an apology. A fourteen hour power outage prevented me from posting this in a more timely fashion. In Ojai, especially after a good rain, trees fall and that’s what happened in our neighborhood yesterday afternoon. We got power back … Continue reading
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Newsday Tuesday – Is Your Cat Fat or Just Fluffy?
You (and your cat) may have heard it before. “Gosh she’s a fatty.” Or “I love fat cats—she’s so cute.” Or “Gads, what do you feed her?” Your veterinarian may be telling you to cut down on her food and … Continue reading
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