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welcome to our lives this is how we spend our days now you are a cat. … [Read more...] about a lesson from shadow & dot

Shadow and Dot are enjoying the extra love and treats today because it's love your pet day. They still have their unique relationship, but they definitely adore their humans and their humans adore them. ♥ … [Read more...] about love

Shadow and Dot enjoy a relationship of ... mostly avoidance. Yes, they play together (when Shadow's in the mood). Yes, they eat from bowls on the same tray and often swap midway through a meal. They worked out a tag team system for getting us out of bed in the morning. They are happy when the other is nearby (Dot is sad Shadow hides in my studio and Shadow is happy she hasn't yet figured out the cat door works two way). Dot … [Read more...] about closer cats…

We often joke that one of these mornings either Dot or Shadow will bring a can of cat food into bed and demand we open it for them. If it ever snows this winter, I would not be surprised for Dot to try this. (Note: we do not let them outside!) I think that's why Dot loves E so much, he feeds her. My goal is to have well balanced and happy felines. Dot is struggling with the return to our normal work schedules after slowing for the … [Read more...] about self-sufficient cats

In early November we picked up a lurvig play tunnel at ikea in the hopes that perhaps we could give Shadow and Dot something to play with that wasn't packing paper. They ignored it until I shoved one end under a piece of furniture so it didn't roll around while they explored it. Now Shadow likes to hide from Dot in it. Dot will sit on her chair (or in her box) and wait for him to emerge. They've both ignored the pompom since the … [Read more...] about lurvig to love and play