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Orijen Freeze Dried Cat Treats

When Chewy.com reached out and asked us if we would be interested in sampling the new Orijen freeze-dried cat treats, we couldn’t say “yes” fast enough.

When we were kibble eaters, we ate Orijen kibbles because the head peep likes the company’s philosophy of cats eating biologically-appropriate ingredients sourced from regional ingredients. Now that the head peep insists that we eat canned food instead, we miss that kibble, and we were excited at the idea of trying their treats.

The treats arrived in some sample packaging that probably isn’t the way they will be sold in stores. So we have no idea whether they will be in a durable container that keeps us from helping ourselves or not.

Orijen Cat Treats Package

The treats themselves are a nice bite size, and they are long enough that a human can hold one end while we delicately take the treat from between their fingers. Well, okay, sometimes we aren’t quite delicate, but it’s easy to get carried away.

Newton: Hey, are you done talking so I can to open this?

In a minute. Can you please read the ingredients, since you’re in the way?

Newton: I’m illiterate, like all cats.

Newton and the Orijen Treat Container

Hand those over, Newton, and we’ll take a look at the label. The ingredients are: chicken liver, turkey liver, boneless chicken, boneless turkey, boneless flounder. Just meats. That sounds like exactly what you should be eating.

Pierre: Ooh, this looks interesting…

Ashton: Hey, what do you have there, Pierre?

Pierre gets a treat and Ashton is jealous

Pierre: *chomp* This is good!

Ashton: No fair! Pierre!

Ashton is Jealous of Pierres Treat

Ashton: Mine!

Ashton and Treat

There wasn’t a way to show you how much we enjoyed the treats without a bit of video to show our real enthusiasm.

(If the video doesn’t load above, you can watch it on YouTube.)

We give very enthusiastic paws up to the new Orijen freeze dried cat treats, and we can’t wait until we can get into the rest of the bag!


Chewy.com sent the sample treats to us for free, but our opinions are our own.

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January 16, 2014 Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Ashton, Newton, Orijen, Pierre, Review, Treats 18 Comments

Kozy Sunday

It isn’t as cold here as it is in some parts of the country, but we aren’t big fans of winter. So we were pretty glad to discover that the box containing the Nightmare Cocoon from Glamour Puss Kitty Couture/Artwich Studios for Cousins Shep and Earl also had a little something in it for us. It’s a kozy kitty cat sack.

kozy kitty cat sack

Pierre: I’m supposed to be able to burrow into this thing?

Pierre and cat sack 01

I don’t see how. But that’s okay, because it’s mine. Mine mine minemineMINE.

Pierre and cat sack 02

It’s made of super-soft sherpa material that is the nicest thing ever to lay on. It’s going to stay soft fluffy even after it gets washed and dried so I can love it a long, long time.

Pierre and Cat Sack 03

When it’s on the ottoman, it’s an extra-soft place to nap.

Pierre on Cat Sack

When I have to go answer the call of nature, don’t even think about taking my spot. I left the Christmas mouse in my place to reserve it for me.

Christmas Mouse on Cat Sack

Pierre loves his kozy kitty cat sack so much that when it fell off of the ottoman during the night, he slept on top of his new gift on the drafty floor instead of finding a warmer spot!

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January 5, 2014 Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Pierre, Review 26 Comments

The Nightmare After Christmas

Sometimes, gifts are late because they just seem too perfect to pass up even though you can’t get them there on time. That’s what happened with our Christmas gift to Cousins Shep and Earl.

We were reading the Wordless Wednesday blog hop on December 4 and ran across a post about a gift that the cats at Curlz and Swirlz had gotten called kitty cocoons. We had never heard of such a thing, but it looked really interesting. We sent the head peep off onto Facebook to look at photos and information about them, and before you know it, she was talking to Rene Laigo at Artwich Studio, ordering a very special one for cousins Earl and Shep. (They aren’t listed in her Etsy store, but you can see lots of photos of the different kinds of cocoons and the various fabric options on Facebook. We really like the owl patterned cocoon and are going to start saving the loose change under the sofa cushions for it.)

The custom-made order arrived in a rainstorm on Thursday, and we were worried when the cardboard box it was in was so wet and soggy that we wouldn’t have used it sharpen our claws.

Pierre opening the cocoon

But there was no need to worry. The cocoon was packed in a plastic bag, so it was dry and beautiful.

Check out the cool logo from the bottom of the cocoon!

Nightmare Cocoon stitching

Newton: Did you say this has something to do with a movie?

Newton inspects Nightmare Cocoon

Pierre: Movie out of the way so I can get inside. This is cozy!

Pierre in Nightmare Cocoon

Hey, that’s not yours, Pierre! Come out!

Taking a closer look, we would see that the cocoon itself is made really well, and it feels warm but not thick, so we suspect it would be safe in our washing machine. The seams are all sturdy and look like they will stand up to some abuse, which is good, considering the two rowdy brothers who we bought it for.

We sent the belated Christmas gift home with Aunt Orvis and asked her to let us know what the cousins thought of it. She sent some photos of the first time the cousins saw the cocoon.

Shep took a look inside.

Shep checks out the cocoon

And so did Earl.

Earl and Cocoon

Shep thought that the cocoon was even more interesting with Earl inside.

Earl and Shep with Cocoon 01

Shep: Do you think I would fit in there, too?

Earl and Shep with Cocoon 03

Earl: *Unnnngh* Stop shoving!

Earl and Shep with Cocoon 02

The cocoon was a big hit, and we’re grateful to Rene for helping us totally surprise our cousins with this great gift that is going to see a lot of use… and a lot of roughhousing, if we know these cousins.

We weren’t compensated in any way to review this product. We purchased the product for our cousins and think it’s fabulous, and we wanted to share it with you.

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January 4, 2014 Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Artwich Studios, Cousin Earl, Cousin Shep, Newton, Pierre, Review 21 Comments

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