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It’s been announced that yet another pet food recall is happening. Mars Petcare is recalling pet food due to a possible salmonella contamination. Brands affected include Country Acres, Retriever, Doggy Bag, Members Mark, Natural, Ol’ Roy, Special Kitty, Paws & Claws, Pedigree, Wegman’s, Pet Pride, PMI Nutrition and Red Flannel.
Oh, Charley. As I’ve mentioned before, you chew on everything. Phone chargers, lamp cords, computer power cords, you chew on it. But now you’ve managed to chew on two new things, in one day! First your favorite human (my husband) noticed that you chewed on the shower liner. And then I noticed that you chewed on the chair that I sit in when I eat at our dining table. Thanks a lot, Charley – little kitty bite marks in the one nice chair I own. Sigh. On the other hand, I guess I’m kind of flattered that you are expressing your displeasure with me by chewing everything in sight, and specifically chewing the chair you know I sit in. I know, I know, I’ve been home a lot more over the last few months, and suddenly I’ve disappeared again for a long time every day! This, Charley, is because I have to do something called “work” at a “job” – I know, a foreign concept to you. But I promise you, I have not abandoned you. You usually only love your cat-dad, though, and not me… so I am kind of flattered that you miss me. I still love you, you crazy chewing maniac cat. Always. I promise.
Love,
Cat-mom
Yesterday, I saw a woman walking down the street carrying a cat, and eating a bag of chips. Of course, upon seeing a cute cat, I let out an involuntary “Awww!” The woman smiled, and said to me, “He likes being outside with me.” I told her, “What a good cat. My cats would never do that!” “He is good,” she agreed. I told my husband about this sighting, and naturally, I could not resist the opportunity to make a bad pun… so I ended up commenting on this encounter as being “all cat and a bag of chips.”
I think Thurston has developed a Pavlovian response to the smell of coffee. Often, when I drink my coffee, Thurst will hop on my lap and sit there contentedly while I sip my drink. Now, as soon as he smells coffee, his nose twitches and he runs over to me immediately, ready to jump into my lap. I think I’ve inadvertently conditioned him to think coffee = lap. I’ve gotten pretty good at balancing a cup of coffee in one hand while petting a large, needy tabby cat with the other hand. Well, when I was a child my main goals in life were to drink coffee (check!), have a cat (check! check! Two cats), and live in New York City (check!) You could either say I’ve accomplished all of my life’s goals, or I had really low ambitions.