Aftermath of the Introduction to the Calm Collar....

The results are in! And they're not good.

She took one sniff of the collar, didn't let me put it around her neck and so I left it by the steps.

She went by and sniffed it some more.


She has now disappeared completely...



[It's a good thing that the store accepts returns, they reassured me. Guess there IS such thing as ...too much of a sexy smell even for cats. LOL]


:)

The "Calming Collar"

I happened to stop by the other day at this new pet store in our neighorhood. (No, this is not "Pipi" talking - It's her mom! :) )

The name of this new store is "Unleashed", which I thought was really cute and creative. It turns out they have all sorts of specialty items that you might spend twice as much time looking for in the super-pet stores.

So I found this 'calming collar', it's 'for cats & kittens'. Part of the branding includes: "Good behavior - pheromone collar".


Well, I think we've come a long way in the consciousness of loving and caring for animals when you see a thing like this on the box:

"Recommended for problems such as:
- separation anxiety
- destructive behavior

and my favorite:

- inappropriate marking (!!)


So, you know: if your cat marks "inappropriately", there IS a solution here..

(I haven't put it on "Pipi" yet, I need to be in the house for a while to monitor her and make sure it doesn't become a problem to her - or to Gabriel, who may react who knows how..)

Yeaaahh....we've come a loong way, Ah tale you..

:))

Ah Know When....

Pipi and Ah spend the naight together while mom is in her room, sleeping.

Ah know when she's sleeping, and Ah dawn't disturb her. Pipi has made sure to tale me about awl that.

Howevah: When she duz wake up, Ah feel Ah'm beang cheated awn, awkay??!!

Ah KNOW when she's awake even though there is a door closed between us. Dawn't ask me how Ah know, Ah just know. So, the minute she wakes up, Ah feeel it. Ah feel it, and Ah speak up.


Unfortunately, she is nawt always ready to come greet me at that particular time.

Unfortunately? Ah hear thangs laike "Stop it!", and "Don't wake me up!!"


At which point? Ah'll quietly stop and wait for however long it takes for that door to open.


[ HOW does he know I'm awake?? I have no idea, but he does... He always does know. ]

A Phrase I Know Well

I was hanging out mom's room last night, watching her get ready for "beddie-bye". It's our routine.

I watched her climb into bed though before she closed the door, so I just stood there close to the night table. Where she has all these delightful little thingies I like to explore with both my paws and my mouth.

So I keep watching her, and she starts looking for something.

"What did you do with my thing?", she turned to me and said.

I came to from my relaxed gaze. Whoop! I realized I'm in trouble and high-tailed it outta the room.


....It doesn't bode well when I hear that phrase, 'what did you do with my thing'..


;)))

An Indignant Cat

Mom came home tonaight and she served us our dinner quate quickly. Ah pretty much let Pipi have at it as Ah walked away from the bowls soon after to join mom at the table... She was on the thang again..

Well, Ah nevah...!

As soon as Ah had gotten up there, she stood up and told me to "get down". Resigned to the inevitable, Ah turned on mah paw and did just that. Hale.

Ah disappeared into the keetchen and shortly thereafter Ah decided Ah waus gonna walk past bah her again and totally ignore that whole area. Ah set mah sights on Pipi on the uther end of the room.

"Gabriel?? ", Ah heard mom trahing to appease me. Bah that moment Ah had reached past the table.

Ah stopped in mid-stride and curved mah neck to look back at her upon hearin' mah name. Ah looked right at her with mah hurt feeeleng's showing raight through, Ah wausn't gonna lie...

"Awww!!! ", she went. "What's the matter?"

Whatevah... Ah picked up mah stride back up and went awn mah way.

Checking Mahself

Ah consider mom's area around 'the thang' [laptop] mah territory too. Ah like to jump up on the table at a moment's notice - whether mom's there or nawt.

The uther night Ah deed just that. Ah decided Ah waus gonna jump up there while mom was nearbah [laying on the couch].

As Ah jumped up, it just so happened Ah came face to face ....with mahself! Ah looked for a few moments straight eento mah reflection, and then turned around and looked at mom across the room. She was watching me.

Ah really didn't flick or wince or whatevah.... Eeestinctively? Ah know 'dis is mah own reflection... and Ah took it in strade (stride).

And so, Ah lingered there, in front of the mirror, checking mahself out carefully bafawre Ah finally jumped back down again.


[There is a big mirror close to the dining room table. He did not act like a typically spooked cat - at all.]

:)))

Too Much of a Goog Thang

Mom came owt of the keeetchen tonaight as Ah waus hanging around further bah... And Ah saw her stoop down, holding some thang.

Next thang Ah knew, Ah got a really strong whiff of this smell ....This smell that just wausn't supposed to be!!

Ah jumped and ran like a bullet clear out to the other end and then some.. Ah ran into a circle like a maniac!! 'Dis smell just isn't right and it's offending me!!!

Ah ran down and told Pipi to be careful of this thang.. So Pipi caught up with mom just a beet later. She saw mom holding the same thang still, and in spite of her cawndition? .. She took heed of what Ah told her and ran away.


[This 'thang' is a spray bottle of "special proprietary blend of feline pheromones". It's supposed to deter re-marking all the spots that Pipi-in-heat has marked. (And YES! She IS going to get spayed soon; just not when she's in heat.) ]

:)))