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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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FOOD FADS
by Richard Carlyon (UK)
 Do
your cats go off their food for no apparent reason? They seem well, no warm
ears, moving around ok but just do not want to eat what you put down?
As readers of
another article I have written will know*, I have three cats. Smokey is a 4yo
black who is the big scaredy cat, frightened of his own shadow, runs a mile from
a carrier bag, hates the Hoover but will defend his territory to the death (or
at least to my bloody hands after I picked him up to calm him down one time.
Never again!). He will also eat anything, anytime and is a big scavenger off
the other cats’ dishes so we have to stay with them when they eat to monitor who
gets what.
 Smokey was
slightly overweight at about 5.5kg and he has been on a diet so is now down to
around 5kg. Exercise has helped as a couple of years ago we found out that
Smokey loves to chase a screwed up piece of paper. Not only that but he
'fetches’ it. Throw it and he chases after it, plays with it for a few seconds
then brings it right back for it to be thrown again. He gets some great
exercise up and down the stairs!
Storm is a 3yo
black and thinks he is a parrot. He loves to climb up on your shoulder if you
pick him up. That is my fault because when we first had him Smokey used to
defend his territory so when Storm was very small, (small enough to fit in my
hand) I used to put him up on my shoulder to keep him safe and he never grew out
of it. Storm will eat most varieties but prefers Felix As Good As It Looks, and
sometimes he has to have sprinkles on the top or he just stands there looking up
at you with his unblinking eyes then looks at his dish and back again.
 Spike
is another 3yo but a grey, green, black tabby. He is the curious one. He will
walk across your keyboard stopping in the middle to see what is on the screen.
He is also the noisy one. The one in the cartoon that meows at 6am and when you
ignore him, meows even louder then jumps on the bed and head butts and licks you
(he is the only one of the three that will lick). He is the one that when you
finally give up and get up to feed him he takes one bite then wanders off to
find a corner to sleep in!! OOOOHHHHH!! This is the one that goes off his food
for sometimes days at a time, only eating half a pouch at a time if that.
Well I think
(hope) that I have found a solution. I have found some cat treats (Thomas, sea
food flavour cat treats) that all three cats love and I just poke a few of them
into his food. Once he has started eating and come across the crunch he just
seems to keep eating looking for more of the treats. Worth a try for anyone who
has this problem with their cat not eating.
* Richard's
previous articles are below:
http://www.thedailymews.com/articles/storm.htm
http://www.thedailymews.com/articles/stormsdiaries.htm
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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
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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