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READ GARFIELD'S FIRST CHRISTMAS LETTER HERE!!!!

Praise for Garfield's First Christmas Mewsletter ....

Please tell Garfield that his Christmas Letter was one of the most heartfelt I've ever read. Ed Kostro Dec 2005

CHECK OUT RICKY'S YOGA SESSIONS HERE

One cat is company. Two cats are a conspiracy. Three cats is an attempted takeover. Four or more cats is a complete coup!o

Shona Steele (Australia)

5 GOOD REASONS FOR HAVING YOUR CAT NEUTERED

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'The smallest feline is a masterpiece.' Leonardo da Vinci

'Dogs come when called. Cats take a message and get back to you.'

'Of course, every cat is really the most beautiful woman in the room.' Edward Verrall Luca, essayist

 

A morning kiss, a discreet
  touch of his nose landing
  somewhere on the middle
  of my face.
  Because his long white
  whiskers tickled,
  I began every day laughing.



  JANET F FAURE

'Dogs have owners. Cats have staff.'

'In the middle of a world that has always been a bit mad, the cat walks with confidence.'

Roseanne Anderson


 

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Jimmy, the Resident Daily Mews Feline Columnist has his own place now: click here
 

'Cats make one of the most satisfying sounds in the world: they purr ... A purring cat is a form of high praise, like a gold star on a test paper. It is reinforcement of something we would all like to believe about ourselves - that we are nice.' - Roger A Caras

"Of all the [cat] toys available, none is better designed than the owner himself. A large multipurpose plaything, its parts can be made to move in almost any direction. It comes completely assembled, and it makes a noise when you jump on it." -- Stephen Baker

Garfield: 28.03.86 - 12.06.06

Garfield

Click on the cartoon to take you to Garfield's tribute pages

GARFIELD and those infamous 20th birthday pictures. See both birthday hats and more ...

LETTER FROM GARFIELD is a final letter written with great love to his Mum ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FENRIR the CAT-DOG

by Philip Duckett

Centerburg, Ohio

Fenrir

 

    While my fiancée and I were living with my Grandparents in Tennessee, we decided to get a puppy.  After browsing through several breeds and breeders, we settled on a black lab breeder in Arkansas and got a male pup.  Toccoa (my fiancée) named him Fenrir, after a wolf in Norse mythology who is supposed to devour the world.

    Well, we brought him home to Kitty and ... Kitty puffed up like a blow fish and ran off after swatting at him.  Pretty soon, Kitty realized that Fenrir was sort of afraid of him, so he picked on him a lot.  He would do things like hide under the loveseat and wait for him to walk by and swat his feet.  Fenrir never knew what hit him.  Mostly, Kitty would swat him from up high, where he was comfortable that he could never be cornered, having plenty of equally high places to jump to for escape.  Kitty never got over the fact that this big oaf was in his territory.

    That being said, Fenrir had no problem with Kitty, and often times would try to play with him.  After he grew a little bit and his hide toughened up, Kitty's scratches didn't really hurt him as much and he just kind of ignored them.  It was always quite a sight to see that weird blacker than black puppy dancing around Kitty, who was puffed up to about twice his normal size, ears back, eyes dilated, hissing and swatting ... he never seemed to notice that Kitty didn't like him.  The attitude was sort of a "man, I'm great!  How can you not like me?  Lets play!!" type of thing.

    Don't get me wrong though, we tried to separate them most of the time after it became clear that Kitty wasn't going to warm up to Fenrir... Fenrir just wouldn't let it happen. 

    Anyway, we soon noticed some peculiarities about Fenrir ... aside from those that labs normally possess (they are one of the more quirky breeds).  For instance, about half the time, if we dangled something in his face instead of trying to bite it, he would swat it.  If we had him chasing a light, he'd get into a feline pouncing position and pounce on it with his paws.  The same thing happened with toys. 

    As he got older, and lived with Kitty longer, he began to pick up more of his traits.  He also did plenty of growing ... by the time that he was about 60 pounds, one of his favourite things to do was to rub against your legs ... hard ... like a cat.  I can't tell you how many times he almost knocked my Gramma down with that!  Then, and it's ironic that he picked these two habits up when he got larger, he started to try to curl up in your lap and sleep on top of the heads of the couches ... Kitty's favourite spot.

    This is by far the most catlike thing that Fenrir has done, and he still does it occasionally.  He kneaded us.  He would stand on us and knead us with his paws occasionally before laying on us.

    Last week, while we were taking him swimming in our pond, he almost caught a bird (we saved it).  Instead of biting it and killing it, however, he just knocked it around, playing cat and mouse until we got there.  The bird was uninjured, although more than slightly jarred (he knocked it once about 4 feet).

    Fenrir is now about 90 pounds. He still tries to sit in our laps, lay on the tops of the couches, pounces like a cat, and swat at whoever (including our other dogs) he may be playing with. 

*As a side note here, Fenrir rarely bites the other dogs while they're playing.  He'll swat them to death, and occasionally nibble on them the way dogs do when scratching an itch and whine, but doesn't bite, although (like a cat) he keeps his mouth wide open*

 by Philip Duckett, Centerburg, Ohio

To read Philip's first story about Kitty, please click here:


 

We're in the News!! 

 
Dear Ollie, My name is Timber, and I'm on your side about this cat-food thing. I mean really, my mum tried to serve me LIVER AND CARROT MEAL!!!!  I immediately walked away!  So I'm so on your half on this Ollie!

Love, Timber (USA)

To read Timber's in-depth comments about food, please click here:

Top 10 Cats’ Names in 2007
  • Molly
  • Felix
  • Smudge
  • Sooty
  • Tigger
  • Charlie
  • Alfie
  • Oscar
  • Millie
  • Misty

 

DID YOU KNOW ... putting your cat's name on his collar is asking for trouble?

 

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Ollie's diary is the most adorable thing I've ever read!! I've just found your website today, and I can't stop reading his funny entries. My face hurts from laughing! Thank you for brightening my day. Naomi Harris USA (May 2005)

 

A Cat's Prayer'

Lead me down all the right paths,
Keep me from fleas, bees, and baths.
Let me in should it storm,
Keep me safe, fed, and warm.

Let the sun shine where I lay,
Keep me young so I may play.
And most of all ...
Bless the people I adore,
And guard me from the dog next door.

Lisa Malone

 

PRAISE FOR THE OCTOBER 2005 MEWSLETTER Thank you very much for another wonderful Mewsletter.  I look forward to it each month, and this month was especially fine.  There is enough in it to be able to read at leisure over several days, which sets it apart from many more compact sites, which are finished in a few minutes.  Your Mewsletter is more of a digest, which I can go back to for something new over and over again.  I appreciate very much the work that you put into it, and the contributions of all your feline staff.  Thanks to Ricky, I may even take up yoga. 

All the best from rural Belgium, Jared Kline 

EVER HAD AN ELECTRIC SHOCK OFF YOUR CAT? Find out why it happens here

 

Pet, Skunk, Smoke and Dead Animal Odor remover by Clear The Air Eliminates smells from dead mice, skunk spray, cigarette smoke, pet urine, and foot odors.

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For a wonderful website where animal writers and illustrators are welcome, please go to: www.iawia.net

The fantastic logo is by Jill Carpenter

 

MOLLIE'S BIG HEART*

is a website about a very special cat with a very special problem. This  heart-warming site is temporarily off line while Mollie and his siblings relocate from California to Pennsylvania. Don't worry folks - they'll be back soon!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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