From commentor Laura in MD: I am a longtime lurker (since John’s conversion) here at BJ and I am trying to help a friend rehome Snoopy the cat. My friend took Snoopy in when her neighbors moved and left him behind. Snoopy is a 12 year old neutered male. He’s very affectionate and playful and …
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Cat Rescue Bleg – DC/Maryland Area
From commentor Laura in MD: I am a longtime lurker (since John’s conversion) here at BJ and I am trying to help a friend rehome Snoopy the cat. My friend took Snoopy in when her neighbors moved and left him behind. Snoopy is a 12 year old neutered male. He’s very affectionate and playful and …
If You Love Your Pet, Get One of These
You know, the economy has hit a lot of people pretty hard. I try to help out where I can, and I donate to certain charities that I think are worthwhile. However, I think the best way to help is to buy products from good people rather than wasting my money sending it to corporate …
Early Morning Open Thread: True Companions
From commentor Muddy: All of our many dogs and cats have been rescued from some bad circumstance or other. It’s their ticket in. I will just tell you about Fionn and Druid. Fionn was a terrific mouser (3 vole a day man), but seemed to think himself a dog. He had no interest in our …
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Early Morning Open Thread: Our Feline Overlords
So, by now everybody has probably read the Atlantic article on “How Your Cat Is Making You Crazy“: … Starting in the early 1990s, [Jaroslav Flegr] began to suspect that a single-celled parasite in the protozoan family was subtly manipulating his personality, causing him to behave in strange, often self-destructive ways. And if it was …
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National Spay/Neuter Day
The good ladies at CAAR are celebrating National Spay/Neuter Day, so today might be a great day to go toss them a donation to help out the furry critters. Besides, this kind of forced sterilization might make Santorum mad. Also, it appears I am not the only one with a cat who likes to drink …
Open Thread
Just walked back into my study from a bathroom break and caught tuna breath drinking out of my glass of water. Well, not really drinking, per se, but more like dipping a paw in, swishing it around, pulling it out and licking it, and then dipping it back in. Rinse and repeat. My first thought …