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Ashton’s Big Announcement

Ashton: I have something to show all of you. Are you sitting down? Okay, let’s go!

one-eyed brown tabby cat

Hey, what’s going on back there?

One-eyed brown cat is petted by a man's hand

That’s a manpeep hand touching me! I lived almost four years in the same house with the manpeep and wouldn’t let him put those things on me.

One-eyed brown cat is petted by a man's hand

Well, OK, that’s a good spot.

One-eyed brown cat is petted by a man's hand

Mmmmmm, right there, too. It looks like manpeep hands are trainable. I never would have expected that.

One-eyed brown cat is petted by a man's hand

A little lower, please.

One-eyed brown cat is petted by a man's hand

Hey, wait, where are you going? Bring that hand back!

One-eyed brown cat is petted by a man's hand

The Story Behind Ashton and the Man Hand

Ashton is a timid cat, and she is afraid of men completely. Up until now, she wouldn’t even let the manpeep touch her.

Four years after joining the family, she has finally chosen to let him pet her in the one location of the house she feels most confident: on top of the cat tree. Not anywhere else or any other time.

She has a long way to go, but this is a big step for a timid cat!

Outtakes from a Day at the Beach

We published a post on Memorial Day that included a photo of Pierre at the beach. What we didn’t share was how uncooperative we were about creating it. Today, we are sharing some of the outtakes from that photo session.

Ashton: Do you really think I’m going anywhere near those scary, new objects?

brown tabby cat beach outtake

Ashton: This is as close as I get. Sorry.

one-eyed brown tabby cat beach outtake

Ashton: Okay, maybe if you throw a treat, I’ll charge in and wad up the ground trying to stop for the treat before Newton notices it.

one-eyed brown tabby cat and orange tabby cat beach outtake

Newton: You know, Pierre, that’s not exactly your best side.

gray tabby cat has head in bucket as orange tabby cat looks on

Pierre: I’m pretending to bob for apples. Want to join me?

gray tabby cat and orange tabby cat buckets

Red Dot on the Loose

Pierre: The red dot escaped from under the ottoman in the living room, and I’m on the job trying to catch him.

gray tabby cat chases the red dot

He’s slippery. Every time you think you’ve caught him….

gray tabby cat chases the red dot

… the red dot somehow gets away again.

gray tabby cat chases the red dot

A little help over here? I’m not tall enough to get him if he goes any higher!

gray tabby cat chases the red dot

Does the red dot get loose in your house?

Happy Eleventh Gotcha Day, Pierre!

Tomorrow is Pierre’s eleventh gotcha day. We published his gotcha story for his ninth gotcha day, and we are retelling it here today.

Once upon a time in June 2005, there was a litter of cats born on a boat, under a tarp. The mother cat didn’t know that it was nearly summer, and that’s when boats start to be used more often. She just saw a sheltered location for her kittens and took advantage of it.

The boat’s owner didn’t know about the kittens, and moved the trailer. By the time the boat’s owner discovered the kittens, the mother cat was nowhere to be found, and the kittens had to go to a local rescue group to be raised. Every kitten in the litter got nautical names, and when they were old enough, the whole litter went to a pet store adoption event.

A little gray tabby kitten, named Pier, was looking out of the cage at the pet store when his eyes locked with a strange woman’s eyes, and it was love at first sight. The woman hadn’t planned to bring home a kitten that day, but when it is love at first sight, you have to do something about it. She talked to the adoption volunteer, who happened to be the foster who had raised the gray tabby kitten, and little Pier came home that day. He was renamed Pierre.

gray tabby kitten

He was kind of a timid little guy and spent a lot of his first week under the sofa, but quickly learned to come out for food and playtime.

gray tabby kitten and Christmas mouse

(He still plays with that same Christmas mouse toy to this day, eleven years later!)

And pretty soon he was hanging out on the sofa like a big kid, showing off his spectacular kitten tummy.

gray tabby cat with spotted tummy

He quickly showed a special talent for getting inside things.

gray tabby kitten in too-small basket

Including getting into trouble.

gray tabby cat in drawer

He started to grow up, but he didn’t grow out of that tummy exhibitionism.

gray tabby cat shows off his tummy

Or grow out of getting inside things.

gray tabby cat in cardboard box

And under things, too.

gray tabby cat in kozy kitty cat sack

He may be a senior kitty, his reflexes are as fast as ever.

Pierre attacks the catnip peanuts

And let’s just say that he never has outgrown being just a little bit goofy.

gray tabby cat upside-down on floor with catnip scattered around

So happy eleventh gotcha day, Pierre!

Gray tabby cat

Thank you to all of our friends in the blgosphere for sharing his big day with us!

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