Tag Archives: cats
Walking with cats
It’s a great pity cats won’t go for a walk. They might accompany you down the drive but they don’t seem to favour a proper walk, up the path, across the road, around the woods down to the pub and … Continue reading
Happy Purrthday
Happy Birthday Leo and Fat Lily! They are five years old. As always with a birthday you ask “Oh where has the time gone?” “It doesn’t seem like five years” and other predictable stuff that people say about every birthday … Continue reading
Terror in the kitchen
Big Ginge is on the warpath again. Last night, he terrorised Leo, Fat Lily AND me. We were all hanging out in the kitchen, cosy-like. Leo on a chair, Fat Lily sphinx-like on the pew and me tapping away on … Continue reading
Cats DO care, so there…
I can’t begin to count the things people told me about cats which turn out to be rubbish. Ok, I can begin but the list is endless.. Cats don’t care Cats are aloof and don’t need people apart from someone … Continue reading
Soft, gentle and consistent
The tone of voice in dog training is key, according to the woman on the radio this morning who sounded like Joanna Lumley’s slightly less posh sister. She said “soft, gentle, positive and consistent” and I thought “Hmmm. I suppose … Continue reading
The longest last day…with added cuttlefish
Well it IS long when you’re long-hauling it across the Atlantic… and so it continues. Apologies for the enthusiasm. This is making me realise that I still write my diaries as though I’m 12. “Had about four hours sleep … Continue reading
Eats, shoots and gets it out of focus
I’ve been on automatic for far too long. So I’m learning to tell my ISO from my elbow and that the F numbers aren’t sweary at all. Manual digital photography should be within my grasp. But the grasp imperceptible and … Continue reading
Taking the pus…
For a couple of years after realising that I couldn’t cut it with any of the sciences except perhaps biology to be a vet, I fancied being a veterinary nurse. It was the next best thing and the books and … Continue reading
Cat hits and myths
So I was told lots about cats before I had a couple of my own.. how they are aloof, ‘couldn’t care less’ and self-sufficient. Dog behaviour, apparently is completely understood whereas cat behaviour is still a mystery, according to … Continue reading
Dog Training for Cats – the last update (perhaps)
I wasn’t intending to write any more Dog Training for Cats blogs. I thought I’d taken the observations as far as I could go really, recognising finally that while cats are from Venus, dogs are from Mars. Two different species, … Continue reading
Janh1: Mainly fair with occasional rain. 