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The Cat Blogosphere calendars are starting to arrive for the first batch of orders. Pierre is pretty obviously excited to be one of the cats featured on the page-a-day calendar that also features so many of our friends.
Finding a printer who would print these was really hard, so big props to Mom Paula from Sweet Purrfections for organizing this for us and getting them out. We love the calendar!
In case you’re wondering, it’s not to late to order your own calendar.
It’s Meow Like a Pirate Day, and we’re celebrating!
For our celebration today, we’re looking back at the summer of 2011 when we had an actual pirate ship. Dread Pirate Pierre was napping at the wheel, but he didn’t need to worry about preparing to be boarded, because First Mate Newton was keeping a watchful… oh…
It looks like First Mate Newton is sleeping off some especially good pirate grog. We’ll just hope we have fair winds until our pirate crew is ready to sail away on our next adventure!
Taking photos for yesterday’s blog post was interesting because someone kept sneaking behind the photographer and trying to get into the goodies from The Natural Pet Company that weren’t in use…
It must have been that intoxicating catnip smell. Not to mention the plastic bag itself! Pierre is actually as much of a fan of plastic bags as is he is of toys, so you have to be careful… or listen for the telltale plastic crunching noises.
Pierre: There’s no cat around here trying to steal anything. Go back to taking your pictures.
He even made off with the top torn off of the catnip bag. It was madness behind the scenes!
Disclosure: The Natural Pet Company provided toys and catnip for review, but all opinions are our own.
Special Notice!
Since you’re reading this on the internet, you have heard by now about the devastation from the floods in Colorado. As of Monday, flood conditions are spread across 200 miles, covering 15 counties. 9 people have lost their lives. First responders have rescued 2200 people and over 500 pets, and over 11,700 people are evacuated, with hundreds of people and pets staying in using 26 shelters.
Many shelters aren’t pet friendly, and local humane societies are opening their doors to take in displaced animals during this unprecedented emergency. If you have been wondering how you can help, the following shelters are doing work to house or provide supplies for displaced pets:
Thanks to The BlogPaws Disaster Response Network for sharing this information.
The The Natural Pet Company asked if we would like to review their cat toys and catnip, and since we are experts on both toys and catnip, we said we would love to try them out.
Newton and Pierre: What’s this?
Pierre: It smells like catnip… maximum strength.
Pierre: Yessssss!
Newton: It smells good. But how do open it? I don’t have thumbs.
Newton: Ooooh… new toys? For me?
Photographer: Wait, wait, I want a photo of —
Newton: ARGH! No waiting! This is awesome!
Newton: It has a string, and I’m going to undo it since you’re so slow!
Strangely, the string wasn’t threaded through the end of the stick.
Newton: It wasn’t my fault!
It was easy to thread through and tie into a simple knot, whether it was Newton’s fault or not.
Newton: Mine!
Pierre: This has feathers! I’m giving it the bitey!
Newton: The toy package also contained this thing that had ribbons on it. Ribbons! And a bell! OMC!
Pierre: And there was a mouse made all out of stuff that feels like the sisal on my cat tree. This thing rules!
Newton: I’m not sharing!
Newton: Wait, what are you doing to the toy with the ribbon. Ooh, that smells good…
Newton: I thought this toy was good before. Now it’s just dreamy.
Pierre: I admit it. I inhale catnip. A lot.
Ashton: This was so tempting even I came out of scaredy-cat hiding to play with it!
Newton: If there’s catnip in the air, there it must be time for a smackdown!
The toys and catnip from The Natural Pet Company were a real success, and as you can see, everybody enjoyed them. The toys were a lot more durable than they looked at first glance, which we appreciate, since we are kind of rough with toys. Thanks to the Natural Pet Company for the opportunity to give them a test drive. We’ll be getting a lot more fun play time out of these toys and catnip!
Disclosure: The Natural Pet Company provided toys and catnip for review, but all opinions are our own.
