Showing posts with label My Cat Squash. Show all posts
Showing posts with label My Cat Squash. Show all posts

Thursday, April 26, 2007

The Kitty Stroller


So back in March on the tv show The Dog Whisperer, Cesar suggested that if you own a cat, to get a pet stroller and take the cat on walks with your dog to further establish the cat as part of the pack.

On a lark I told my boyfriend that he should get a kitty stroller so we could bring his cat, Squash, with us on our 2 mile walk to the mall each weekend. It's a mile each way, we walk there and sit in the park area at the mall for an hour or so with coffee and tea then walk home.
I was shocked when he thought it was a good idea and ordered the Jeep Wrangler stroller online for $99 and even more shocked when we put a harness with id tag on his kitty and loaded him into the stroller and took off for the mall for the first time.

Kitty was fine with the whole process. He's a 12 year old house cat who has never been outside, and has never worn a collar or harness before. But he was just fine. Now every week BF even rolls him into Peet's Coffee while Kitai and I waited outside for them.

So just wanted to say thanks to Cesar for the suggestion. It's great being able to spend time together with Squash included on our walks. We're looking forward to all 4 of us spending the extra time together this summer.

Wednesday, September 6, 2006

Can I Get Sick from Licking a Kitty's Butt?

Well Mom thinks we cleared a MAJOR hurdle yesterday in my being socialized with the boyfriend's cat. After weeks of freaking out whenever I saw the darned thing we have been baby stepping our way towards becoming cat social....


Today that cat walked right up to Mom with me beside (on leash as always) and I was able to come in close enough to sniff the thing and lick it's butt! Not to be completely crude but I licked where the kitty crunchies come out of a couple of times. Can this make me sick?

I also was able to lick it's head and sniff all over it's body while Mom was petting it, then I jumped around a couple of times stuck my head down and butt up and tried to get that darn kitty to play with me.

He just looked at me like I was stupid and sat there.

I mean normally he runs away whenever he sees me then I want to chase him... But today he was like "OK I guess you're here for good, may as well get this over with" and promptly presented his Crunchie maker to me!

Mom explained that the kitty will probably never play with me ever but she seemed so happy that we are finally becoming friends and that I may not have to wear the leash around the BF's house much longer!

YAY!

Here is a little song I wrote in honor of this special ocassion:

*All of a sudden Kitai hears the music to "High Hopes" and starts singing along*

Just what makes that little old mutt
Think he can lick that grey kitty's butt?
Anyone knows a mutt, whut?
Wants to lick kitty butt

Oh he's got high hopes, he's got high hopes
He's got Kitty Rocca, crunchy munchy, in the sky hopes

So when the kitty's sleeping
and Kitai's creeping
Just remember this thread folks

Oops there goes another kitty butt
Oops there goes another kitty butt
Oops there goes another mutt for that butt!