For Christmas I put together a “cat training kit” for the teenager, consisting of a book on how to clicker-train, a training clicker, and bags of cat treats. He didn’t seem very interested on Christmas, probably because his new electronics trumped the furry playthings, but yesterday he attempted to train Daenerys to jump down from surfaces. Partway …
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I’m Afraid to Open the Door.
I’ve been rabidly cleaning the house like a mofo, tidying up, and I’m living in fear. As I clean and purge my things to make space (for Christmas and, well, just to have space), I’m continually needing to take loads of discarded things out to the garage to add to the boxes to donate to …
Tales from the Dork Side: Calamity Jane Pissed on Me
Calamity Jane is angry at me for some reason and, in turn, I’m angry at that dumb little cat. I woke up on the couch this morning, startled by both the morning noise in the kitchen and by Calamity Jane having a one-cat stampede around the living room. It’s the same stampede, I assume, continued …
A Cute Kitten, and the Isolation of Aspie Moms.
Here’s your cute kitten post for the day. This is Daenerys Stormborn: Kitten of Dragons, and she is my mascot, even though she’s not made of cardboard. I’d been trying to have my morning pee, and she wouldn’t let me be. She hopped up on my lap and sharpened her razor sharp claws on my …