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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!
Shona Steele
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5 GOOD REASONS FOR
HAVING YOUR CAT NEUTERED
DID YOU KNOW... |
Images brought to you
by
'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
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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
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 ...
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Frankie Weiss and Her Magic
by Dan M Weiss
Chapter 5
All about love
It’s now two weeks later, Frankie’s front lip swelling has gone down. She’s her
old self; doing what cats who love their keepers do best. She keeps finding my
lap a favourite place to bother me and lick my fingers or hand with her raspy
tongue, as I’m attempting to put down on paper a history of our combined trials
and tribulations, along with the noting of many happy times. This includes her
adventures with Johnnie the Tabby, her companion cat and second fiddler. Even
with no teeth Frankie still shows Johnnie who’s boss in the Weiss household. For
no apparent reason she’ll pounce on poor Johnnie just to let her know, that
toothless, it makes no difference; I’m still boss cat! It may be that Johnnie
does not understand Frankie lost all her teeth. She’ll try to avoid any possible
squabble between the two of them. But Frankie, with her devious mind, will hide
on a wall side away from the view of Johnnie, and as she passes will jump her,
rarely have I seen Johnnie fight back, she runs away.
Following my dismay with
Frankie’s loss of teeth, I decided to learn more about cats, their needs and
upkeep, even after three years of togetherness, I had much to learn. Going to
the library, I borrowed a few books relating to the feline specie. In doing
research, I realized some of my observations were a little askew, while other
past happenings and experiences would be added to the compilation of my short
stories, tending to make a more rounded observation of our shared lives.
In relating a number of
incidents, remote, past, and up to date as possible in the telling of “Frankie
and Her Magic”, I have no need to expand any of the activities in order to
rearrange the truth to make this tale more feasible. It speaks for itself.
Frankie and Her Beguiling Antics
Frankie and Johnnie have now shared my home over
three years, it may seem to the reader I may care more for Frankie, not so, in
my adoption of these two cats, I played no favourites. They are both my
“children” on equal terms. It’s just that these pages have been filled with more
stuff concerning Frankie and her fight with the curse of Gingivitis. Johnnie,
being the calm and proper lady cat she is, defers to Frankie and her
machinations as cat-like they may be.
Johnnie has never been sick nor
caused me any aggravation, excepting the times she elects to make a number two
on the large blue sheet underneath the litter boxes. It’s not that the litter
boxes are not cleaned; I have a feeling that the removal of her front claws will
not permit Johnnie to cover her excrement, either, in going a number one or two.
More than a few times I have seen Johnnie licking her paw bottoms, leading me to
believe that the missing claws still bother her, although she uses the litter
box to make a number one, she has never done so on the blue sheet. For this I’m
thankful. While Frankie who went through the same claw removal covers her
excrement with an unbelievable gusto, she sends Scoop litter flying in all
directions on the sheet underneath the litter boxes. I have read many thoughts
deploring cat claw removal. I’m not one of the proponents of that feeling,
excepting in the case where a cat may be raised as an outside animal. It is
there that a cat needs all the protection possible.
More than three months have
passed since all of Frankie’s teeth were removed. Thankfully, it looks very much
like the gingivitis is a past memory. She has taught herself how to use her lips
in eating, minus her front teeth used for grasping food from her dish. She’s
once again, the Frankie that I first beheld in that Marlton Animal cage so long
ago (minus her teeth). I still think Johnnie does not understand Frankie is
toothless; in her bossy attitude, I’ve seen Frankie try to bite Johnnie with her
gums, just as she tries to give me a gummy love bite at times.
The only exception is her
beloved bear. She can no longer abuse it with abandonment as in the past. That
being the case, I put it away (one ear, again, hanging by a thread).
Please turn the
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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:
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Top 10 Cats’ Names in 2007 |
- Molly
- Felix
- Smudge
- Sooty
- Tigger
- Charlie
- Alfie
- Oscar
- Millie
- Misty
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DID YOU KNOW ...
putting your cat's name on his collar
is asking for trouble?
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MEWSLETTER ARCHIVES is a
new section where all the past MEWSLETTERS are stored. Read
through them at your leisure or better still, subscribe to the
MEWSLETTER which is free each month!!! |
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Testimonials
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)
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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
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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 |
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For a wonderful website where animal
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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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