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Plush Ashton’s Adventures at MeowWorld

Plush Ashton is home after a long weekend spent visiting our other blogging friends at the MeowWorld/BarkWorld conference in Atlanta.

She rode in style all the way there. Is that safe, Plush Ash? We don’t see any seat belt.

On the way into Atlanta, she stopped to pick up our friends Susan from Life with Cats and Dogs and cats and Alana from Cat in the Fridge from the airport. While she waited, she got to watch the planes taxi, take off, and land.

After a long day of travel, Plush Ashton needed a snack. She found a cupcake ATM near the hotel where you can buy cupcakes 24 hours a day. Talk about a great idea!

After all the excitement of the day, it was time for some shut eye.

The next morning, plus Ashton was ready bright an early for the conference.

A sign told her that it was for social petworkers. The head peep said that sounded a little bit like they were working in a coal mine for their pets. We don’t care where she works as long as she brings home the cat food.

Plush Ashton had some really great roommates. They were foster kittens brought to the conference by our good friend Jeanne from Random Felines. These 10 week old kittens were the first cats she had ever met who were her own size.

At first, little Sangria and her brother, Stoli, were shy.

But they learned that iPads weren’t just for humans to use

Plush Ashton also hd a brush with fame when she met the famous Waffles.

All too soon, after not enough time visiting with our friends, it was time for Plush Ashton to say farewell to Atlanta.

But she brought back a little something to remember the weekend by.

We think that actual Ashton is going to enjoy that little gift from Waff very much as she continues her tradition of species-inappropriate foods.

Celebrating a Happy Halloween

Ashton: The head peep may have packed her bags and skipped town to go to the Cat Writers Association/BarkWorld conference, but we didn’t forget.

Pierre: Lucky for us, in my entire life, there has only been one trick-or-treater who came to the door here, so we won’t have to work Aunt O. too hard answering the door. And we won’t have to hide from people knocking on the door.

Newton: Why do you think they don’t come here? I love visitors, and I would like it if we had people coming to the door tonight!

Ashton: You’re weird, Newton.

Newton: You’re one to talk, miss hides-from-everybody. You don’t know what you’re missing out on.

Pierre: *sigh* You two are acting like a couple of kittens.

Newton: At least Aunt O. won’t try to put costumes on us for Halloween photos.

Pierre: Thank goodness. It’s better if we just have our photos taken for Halloween without all of the extra fuss. No costumes, no silly Photoshop tricks, Just cats, the way it should be.

Newton: Darn right. Have a safe and Halloween, everyone!

National Cat Day

It’s holiday time! We aren’t talking about that orange-and-black trick-or-treat nonsense. We’re celebrating a much more important day today: National Cat Day!

It’s true that every day is cat day, especially on the internet. And super-especially at our house.

But it isn’t that way for every cat everywhere. National Cat Day was was founded in 2005 to celebrate the cats in our lives for the unconditional love and companionship they bestow upon us.

National Cat Day is also to also recognize the number of cats that need to be rescued each year. Here at our blog and around the blogosphere, we know how many cats are in shelters and need homes, but the general public doesn’t, so let’s remember to share that information so that on next year’s National Cat Day, more cats can say that they’re living the good life, too.

The head peep is attending BarkWorld/MeowWorld Social Media & Pet Blogging conference for the next few days, where she’ll get to learn more about blogging, photography, and even video. (You’ve seen her video skills around here before. She needs all the help she can get.) While she’s hanging out with other bloggers, we are going to be hanging out with Aunt Orvis.

This means a couple things things: We get lots of treats! It also means that we won’t be able to visit and comment until after she’s back. Don’t worry, we aren’t going silent. We have blog posts scheduled to go live while she is away. Also, since Plush Ashton is going with her, you’ll be able to keep up with Plush Ashton’s adventures on our Facebook page and Twitter account.

Tasty Tuesday: Grandma Lucy’s Freeze-Dried Chicken

We hadn’t heard of Grandma Lucy’s before our friends at Chewy offered us the opportunity to review them. When the roasted chicken freeze-dried treats arrived, Pierre couldn’t wait to get started trying them out.

One of the things we didn’t realize even through the window on the front of the bag is that these treats are really big. They’re “pet treats” and meant for either cats or dogs, so they’re on the large side.

This isn’t a problem. Just get your human to break them up for you. They were kind of stiff and didn’t come apart easily, probably due to Grandma Lucy’s roasting and freeze-drying process. But if you bend them along the grain of the meat instead of across the grain, they snap apart without too much effort.

Newton: Enough looking at the food. It’s time for eating!

Ashton: Me first! I want one of the big pieces!

Newton: You always go first because if you don’t, you steal everybody else’s, Ashton.

The harder texture meant that Pierre especially didn’t want to eat really big pieces. He preferred they be chunked up into small bits. Otherwise, he would gnaw on the large piece and give up. The rest of us ate any size piece you would give us, because it’s chicken and nothing but chicken. We like when there aren’t any ingredients we can’t pronounce on the label.

The treats are made in the USA, and not just “made in the USA” with ingredients from China, either. The ingredients (all one of them) are originated right here in the US from hormone and antibiotic free meats, so we felt confident about eating these treats.

Newton: Sorry, everyone. You’re going to have to go to Chewy and get your own. I like these so much that this bag is all mine!

We give these roasted chicken freeze-dried treats a big paws up.

FTC Disclosure: We received these treats for free in exchange for our review, but it did not influence anything we say. All posts on our blog reflect our unbiased opinions.