The head peep is back after leaving us for several days to attend BlogPaws, the conference for pet-related social media. She had a great time seeing all of the humans at the conference, but the best part was seeing all of the cats in attendance.
While the conference was still majority dogs and dog bloggers, the small cat contingent put on a respectable showing, especially when you consider that there’s no way she would get us to get into a carrier of put up with all of those dogs. It takes a very special cat to be a good traveler like that, and it takes a special human to in tune with the cat so that it’s a good experience for everyone.
One of the very special cats who was at the BlogPaws conference is Sophie from Kitty Cat Chronicles, pictured here with her human, Emily.
In addition to being gorgeous, Sophie has cerebellar hypoplasia, which makes her whet is known as a “wobbly cat.” As a result, she may stagger or fall down when she walks, but she is undeterred and continues to be friendly and outgoing. She went around the conference either on a leash or in a sling.
Another cat who rode around in a sling some of the kind was Summer, from Sparkle Cat Featuring Summer. As a veteran show cat, Summer took all of the crowds and noise in stride. When she was in her sling, it was often just her nose poking out.
Summer preferred to be on a leash where she could greet everyone, including this kitten, Queso. Queso wasn’t as thrilled to meet her as she was to meet him.
Queso was one of three foster kittens who attended the conference from Random Felines, and despite his discomfort at meeting Summer in the photo above, he was actually amazing around crowds of strangers and even dogs. He even fell asleep during the dinner before the Nose-to-Nose Awards were announced, curled up in a handy camera strap.
When little Queso was awake, he turned on powerful amounts of cute.
So did his brother, Salsa.
His sister, Tostada, had some serious cute going on, too.
All three eight-week-old kittens will be up for adoption soon, and some families are going to be very lucky to have these little kittens to share their lives.
Another cat who was out and about in his handsome, green stroller quite often during the conference is Herman Tattlecat, from It’s a Wonderpurr Life.
Another attendee at BlogPaws was Katie from Glogirly. This was her first conference, and she made several outings in the “Katie Wagon.” She was uncertain around strangers who visited her room, as her body language says in the photo below.
Where there’s Katie, there also has to be Waffles.
The big guy just keeps getting bigger and redder, and possibly more handsome.
There were a couple cats that we don’t have photos of from the conference, even cellphone photos. One is Russell from Ask Fisher, who was often seen wheeling around the halls in his stroller. Another is Coco the Couture cat. How we managed to send a human there and end up with no photo of Coco, who was seemingly everywhere, is incomprehensible. Good help is hard to find.
Finally, there was one cat who didn’t have a name, but did have an uplifting message. The humans spotted this orange cat in the parking lot on their way back from breakfast on Thursday. Even though he would not let them get close to him, it was clear that the cat had been eartipped, which means someone was doing TNR (trap, neuter, return) on the the wooded hillside next to the hotel.
That’s the story about cats attending BlogPaws this year. All that’s left is for us to dive into this year’s swag from the conference. So if you’ll excuse us…
I was so excited to see the other kitties there – especially Sophie! She’s the only one I got to touch noses with. I was a little disappointed Queso was scared of me. I would have been perfectly happy to be pals. 🙁 I hope that next year, there will be even more kitties!
Glad you had a purrific time Summer! Too bad Queso didn’t know what to think of you. Hope you have better luck sniffing noses next year!
So many kitties to see! It must have been so cool!!!
The mom sure got her cat fix while at BlogPaws. We’re just glad she didn’t bring one of those kittens home with her. 🙂
There were clearly lots of friends to meet at BlogPaws.
Great kitty round up. Mom was bummed that she missed Katie and Waffles but was thrilled to meet all the others and their humans.
Thanks for sharing the pictures! We so wanted to go and we’re glad you got to meet so many terrific kitties.
Awwww….I was hoping you would say the kitty outside got adopted, but at least he was ear tipped. Great round up of kitties. There are a couple blogs I have never heard of, I will check them out.
I’m SO happy that cats are getting represented more at BlogPaws…can’t wait to see your loot 🙂
mom says it was fun…..and we have YET to see any swag
It was so nice to see your human at BlogPaws. She got some great photos of all the kitties who were in attendance!
Mommy missed Sophie! She showed us a sneak preview of her ohoto round up and it’s definitely not as impressive as thiS.
It’s cool that your human got to meet so many cats at the conference. Poor Katie didn’t look happy at all, though.
That was great seeing all the kitties that got to go to BP too! We think it’s astonishing to bring kittens! But oh my they are so darned cute!
Thank you SO much for sharing your pictures and telling us about BP!
Gosh! it was nice to sees all the cats at BlogPaws! mes really wanted to goes, but alas, it was not to be.
Kisses
Nellie
guys….manee thanx ta yur mom for sharin her blogpaws adventure…looks like her hada lotta FUN….N way kewl her getted ta meet all the pals !!! hope her bringed home enuff swag for ewe guys…. ta last til next confrunce !! 🙂 ♥♥♥
what fun your peeps had!! and they met so many furiends
Hugs madi your bfff
That’s so cool about the stray at the hotel. I think he must have sensed there was a gathering of people that would appreciate him and made an appearance, hehe.
Thank you for all the pics. I saw several kitties but didn’t realize just how many were in attendance! Maybe next time I will sneak into the cat lounge to get some kitty time. I lost my cat a few years ago and I often miss having one even though Pug gives me all the attention I could ever want.
Great wrap up and awesome photos! Our mom wonders how those great looking kittens didn’t end up kit-napped.
Love how you showcased the kitties in attendance! Actually, this year, the cat contingent was the biggest ever (I believe I am correct on that!) Glad to see that and being on the East Coast helped.
Do you believe that prior to reading about this conference I had never even heard of Herman?
I am good friends with Russell’s Mommy….what I love that she does is that she travels with her cats to all sorts of events (not just pet-related ones) all year, so Russell and her other kitties are not only used to travel, they greatly enjoy it!
I would have loved to meet Sophie and Katie, and yes, Waffles got HUGE!
I also love that you featured a kitty less fortunate …wonder if it picked up on the scent of all of the cats in attendance?
Wonderful post!
Thank you for sharing this with us ! It looks like your mom had great time ! Purrs
I bet it was a lot of fun for your peep but I’m guessing she’s happy to be home with you. Oh, and you should also warn us when you’re going to include baby pictures–my mom gets all squee and then wants one or five.
Waffles looks like he is guarding Miss Katie.
Teri was so busy catering to my needs, that she didn’t get as many kitty photos of those in attendance…so she was happy to see your nice blog post and all the great pix! It was good to see you, too and hope we can meet up again in AZ!
Well here’s hoping I get to go to a conference in the future. In the meantime – love all the updates and photos! <3
It looked like a fabulous time and how marvellous to meet (and meet again), so many kitties and their humans. Too bad Canada doesn’t do an equivalent conference!
I really wanted to meet Sophie and her person, but never ran into them. One thing I learned for next year – plan ahead and have all the numbers of special bloggers you want to meet ahead of time. I thought I would just naturally run into people, but that didn’t really happen.
Wow. Those are all some handsome and gorgeous cats! Queso, Salsa and Tostada are adorable foster kittens. I am so glad they are up for adoption here soon. I hope you enjoy all of your swag!
So many fabulous kitties! We would have hated the noise, but wish our peep could have gone!
You seem to have had a great time! And you met so many cute kitties.
I couldn’t attend this year and I’m feeling so jealous of you all 🙂
Looks like the felines were out in great numbers this year for BP – good for you!
Thanks for sharing these pawsome photos from blogpaws. We’ve been enjoying alt the photos from those who attended.
Thanks for sharing. We didn’t go this year, but we hope to see you in Phoenix!
Whoa! Your Human, who TW was thrilled to meet, got some good photos. TW got some of Coco but they’re terrible. She shouldn’t be allowed to have a camera.
Wow, the Head Peep sure met some cool cats…so many were in attendance this year! Great pics!
I hadn’t heard of the community cats outside of the hotel.. 🙁 if I had I might have given them a little of my swag.
Great photos. especially of the kittens
Great wrap-up! We loved seeing all the kitties at BlogPaws this year!
Great kitty photos. Mom never saw Waffles at all and only glimpsed Katie in her stroller. She was quite disappointed, but she did get lots of photos of CoCo in various outfits. It was fun to have so many more kitties at BlogPaws this year. XOCK, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo