My Activist Pets

I love my pets so much that I decided to use their unique personalities and characteristics to help promote causes and spread important information on pet adoption and care.

Kita, a Siberian Husky, is a sweet, playful dog that loves every animal and human he meets.  His page has more information on him and other huskies, along with details on dog adoption.

Pearl, a mixed breed puppy, has had some challenges to overcome.  Her page provides helpful sites for puppy owners and a list of sites that can be used to learn more about dogs and ways to be an animal activist.

Seph, a senior tuxedo cat, is the leader of our household.  He keeps all of the other pets in line and is always quick to offer help and support.  His site promotes cat rescue and adoption, some ways to help animals in need, and sites that pet owners can use to find important information on their health and welfare.

Zoey, an orange and white long-haired cat, is very shy and sweet.  He was a troublemaker for the first few years of her life, but he has matured into a great family member.  He is my right-hand man so his site is dedicated to on ways to become an activist for humanitarian causes.

Please take a moment to visit each of their pages; you can find links to each page to the right side of my blog.  Each page will be updated regularly and I welcome any suggested links that I can add to any of the pages or any notices of any dead links.

Our Pets' Feeding Habits Run Our Lives

Seph begs for food at the closet door

Every morning, our cat Seph wakes me up anywhere from 1-3 hours before my intended wake-up time, usually as soon as the sun comes up.  I try to ignore it, but his persistence is unmatched, and he consistently finds new ways to force me to get out of bed. Some of his favorite tactics are scratching at the bed, standing above my head, knocking things down, meowing loudly enough to wake up the puppy, etc.

Pearl loves to eat

Pearl, our puppy is next.  After we go outside in the morning, she wants food immediately and then wants something to chew on.  She always scarfs down her meals very quickly and needs to eat anything that Kita eats or she throws a temper tantrum.  She also gets very protective over her food if she thinks any of the other pets are too close, which is a behavior that is worrisome and hope to change.

Zoey begs for food with his eyes

My cat, Zoey, doesn't bug us for food so much but he certainly can eat.  He is a little overweight so we try to limit his meals, but he has a habit of stealing all of the other pet's food if he is hungry and has access to the food.  This extends to any of our food that he can find in the garbage or on the counter, so we limit his access to the kitchen.  The only way that this is possible is his fear of the dogs and they are between him and the kitchen.

Kita as a youngster

Our Husky, Kita, is the most well-behaved pet when it comes to food.  He is allergic to chicken, so we have to be very careful that nothing we give him has any chicken in it at all, or he vomits.  Often, his food can sit out all day without him touching it sometimes, but then other days he eats it immediately.  On the rare circumstances that he wants more dry food, he will hit the empty bowl until it flips over in order to get our attention.  He is also crazy about treats, rawhides, and wet food.  Luckily, he doesn't beg for these items, but gets extremely excited about them.

The collective eating habits of the 4 pets combined can get expensive.  To combat this, we collect pet food coupons, watch for sales at the stores, and have loyalty cards for each of the pet stores that are nearby so that we can get discounted prices and coupons in the mail or by email.  We purchase rawhides, bones and toys online when we find sales on Amazon or other sites.  I also have signed up for email alerts for the pet foods we buy most often by visiting their websites, and occasionally they will email coupons and sales.  I have my family members look for coupons for our favorite pet products and they clip and send them to us or give them to me when I see them.  Regardless, their food is costly, so I'm always open to new tips on saving money without buying lower quality food.  They are valued family members and are too important to let them eat anything that could shorten their lifespan or make them sick.

Pearl the Puppy joins the Family

First Day Home

Chris and I have talked about getting a puppy sister for Kita for years, but the timing never seemed right. Siberian Huskies are very social dogs and Kita seemed lonely lately, so we decided that this summer would be a good time to bring in a new family member. Kita is the coolest adult dog in the world, but Siberian Huskies puppies are very tough to raise and I thought one Husky at a time was enough for now. I also felt it was important to adopt a mixed breed as they are less likely to find homes. 

First Week Home

Pearl the puppy has webbed feet so we are almost positive that she is part Labrador Retriever, but we are unsure about her other breed(s). Her legs are very long and her tail is long and thin, but overall she is a much smaller dog than Kita was at her age. We aren't sure of her exact age, because we are her 4th home, but when we got her at the end of July, we were told that she was 2-3 months old, so right now, she's likely about 5 months old.

Pearl has separation anxiety to the point that she cannot be left alone for a second. This is probably due to her being taken from her mother at a very young age. Luckily, she's usually alright if Kita or one of our cats are in her line of vision, but whenever Kita goes outside without her, she throws a temper tantrum, howling and crying until he comes back. To make it easier on her, Kita now does his business very quickly and runs back in the house to see her. In the mornings, when I am making coffee in the kitchen, our cat Seph will sit near her cage until I come back into the living room.

If I am out of her line of vision at night, because our bed is too high for her to see the top, I have to remind her that I'm still in the room or she will begin to whimper. My cat, Zoey has actually figured this out, so he lays at the end of the bed where Pearl can see him. This is likely due to him being annoyed by the howling, but I do appreciate his help. 

 If she is particularly lonely, she works herself into such a frenzy that she exhausts herself and falls asleep. Kita usually tries to make sure this doesn't happen by laying next to her crate or bringing her a toy. He has very much become a father figure to her and is very attentive to her needs. Her behavior is getting a little better over time as she seems to be realizing that we always come back.

This is definitely a new chapter in our lives, but we are facing it patiently and we look forward to watching her grow up. It is very cool that our other pets are helping us keep her calm, and I am so proud of them as I know this is a major disruption in their lives that they didn't expect.

You can take a cat out of the wild, but it is much harder to take the wild out of the cat

Zoey on his cat perch

We are completely dedicated to keeping any pet cat that we have as an indoor-only cat.  This can be tough when you have a former stray cat, because they know all of the amazing possibilities on the outside, including bugs, small animals to chase, places to hide, and plenty of things to mark.  To combat this urge, we have a cat tree in one window ,a cat perch in another window, and something by almost every window that allows them to sit and watch the outside.  We also keep bird feeders outside of a couple of the windows so that they have plenty of critters to look at for hours at a time.

However, we could not always provide these luxuries.  When we lived in a condo complex, we subleased from a landlord that said we could have cats even though the condo complex itself didn't allow them.  We did not realize that this meant they could not look out the windows without having neighbors call the complex on us.  We had to keep all of our windows covered, but the cats would find any way that they could to look outside, and we really couldn't blame that aspect of their personalities.  

Worse yet, when Seph managed to sneak out our front door, he was actually shot at after a few hours.  Thankfully, this caused him to run back into our house (where we were waiting for him with all of our doors open in the middle of winter), but not soon after, our landlord called to ask if we could give up our cats.  This simply was not an option.  Instead, we stayed for the remainder of our contract and moved to a place better suited to having pets, which also allowed us to get our dog, Kita. 

This story is only one small example of what pet-owners have to consider when finding a place to rent.  When looking for a place online, the simple filter of "allows pets" limits the possibilities by A LOT.  What if we didn't have the resources to find a place that did allow us to keep our cats?  Luckily, that wasn't the case, but the house we live in now is very old and on a main road.  It was one of the few options available to us since our cats are not disposable items to us.  I really wish that this would change, and pet owners weren't often forced to give up their pets when moving to a new home.  I think it happens a lot and is a cruel fate to the animals that end up in a shelter or even a new home without the people that they are often so attached to.  We are very lucky to be able to keep the pets in a house that we don't own, and I wish other pet owners the same good fortune.  I also make a plea to pet owners to continue and expand their search for new homes in order to take their pets with them, and a plea to landowners to understand that pets are family members and that they should consider opening their rentals to responsible pet owners.

Find out more about Zoey on his Catster Page

Click here to visit Seph's page!

Cat Hierarchies

Zoey was a surprise gift for me from Chris for my college graduation.  I have always loved orange cats and I had told Chris that.  Neither of us had experience determining the sex of cats and thought that the kitten was a female.  I am a big fan of Zooey Deschanel, so I decided to name my Zoey after her but changing the spelling slightly.  When we took Zoey to get spayed, we were surprised to receive a call telling us that Zoey actually had to be neutered.  At this point, Zoey was an adult and knew his name.  I temporarily tried calling him Joey, but it just didn't fit.  As a result, I have a male cat named Zoey that I adore.

As a kitten, Zoey would not bond with anyone but Chris's roommate's large orange adult cat named Biggs.  Zoey was Biggs's constant companion, following him everywhere and cuddling up against him whenever he slept.  Biggs was not a friendly cat, and Zoey mimicked his behavior, making it impossible to spend time with him.

When we adopted Seph, Biggs instantly hated and attacked him and Zoey reacted the same way.  Seph and Biggs fought constantly, both attempting to be the alpha male in the household.  Despite Seph being scrawny, he quickly established his alpha status and only allowed Biggs to spend time in one room.  Since Zoey was very attached to Biggs, he also remained in that room. Zoey did eventually warm up to Seph and ventured into other areas of the house.  Very soon after, Chris's roommate adopted another orange male kitten, and being new to the household, he didn't choose sides in the Biggs/Seph showdowns.  Biggs was a large cat and was extremely territorial over his food, and Seph was not okay with that behavior.  Biggs would try to steal Zoey and the new kitten's food, so Seph would guard their food dish from Biggs, allowing the kittens to eat first and then eating helping himself to their leftovers.

By the time Chris and I moved to a new home, Zoey easily adjusted to being Seph's cat companion and didn't seem to miss Biggs.  Seph and Zoey are not often cuddly with one another, but they respect each other's space and occasionally play together.  Seph also gets in the middle of any interactions between Kita and Zoey to maintain the peace.  However, both of our cats are people-cats and Seph is much more bonded to Chris than to Zoey, and Zoey quickly became more attached to me than to Seph.

Find out more about Zoey on his Catster Page

Click here to visit Seph's page!

Traveling with Cats

Zoey and Seph came along for the ride when we drove from Ohio to New Hampshire, a VERY long drive. Of course, Zoey is as afraid of being in the car as he is of anything else new, so he was quiet in his carrier for most of the ride.  Seph, however, is not a fan of being in a crate, so he meowed....at the same pitch the entire time.  Meow Meow Meow. We tried pleading, scolding, listening to music, talking loudly, complete silence, but nothing made him stop.  We were driving through New York late at night and both of us were exhausted.  We got off at an exit and stopped at some hotels.  None of them accepted pets and we refused to leave them alone in the car, so our only option was to drive to the nearest rest stop and sleep in the car. Since the car wasn't moving, we let the cats out of their carriers.  While Zoey chose to stay in his carrier anyway, Seph laid on our dashboard and kept watch over us for the night, never making a sound.  The next morning, both cats were once again locked in their carriers and we got on the road again.  Seph, once again, meowed the entire ride, but this time we weren't quite as annoyed.  Now we simply try to avoid car trips with the cats as much as possible, which is just fine with them as long as we aren't gone too long and we leave them enough food!

Want to learn more about Seph?  Click here!                       Find out more about Zoey on his Catster Page

Zoey

Seph

Zoey's Favorite Things

 As I've posted before, Zoey is a bit of a scaredy-cat and slightly overweight, so he isn't the most active kitty.  He's afraid of dogs, so he spends a lot of time in our bedroom away from the rest of the family.  Worse yet, we have to cage him at night and when we are gone so that he doesn't get into everything and pee everywhere.

Zoey eats everything: any type of cat food or treats, dog food, human food and anything that looks like it might be edible.  He once ate part of our fake Christmas tree.  You might think we don't feed him enough but we feed him multiple times daily and more than our other cat, Seph.  Worse yet, we get yelled at by our vet for him being overweight (he is 13 lbs on a good day), but if we limit his food he just finds other things to eat that are worse for him.


The only time he ventures out into the family room is while the dog is outside so that he can eat any dog food that may be left out.  He knows that he has a limited amount of time before I notice and remove the food bowl, so he walks low to the ground very slowly, fill his mouth with as much food as possible, and then runs into another room so that he can dump the food and eat it at his leisure.  His leisure, of course, is about 2 gulps without chewing done within a 30 second time span.  I'm not thrilled about this trait as dog food is not good for cats, is more expensive and it certainly doesn't help solve his weight problem.

 There are a few more things that make Zoey happy.  One is a laser pointer.  However, he can only play with this for a short period of time before he gets tired and simply watches the laser rather than chasing it.  He chases balls and other cat toys for about the same length of time.  He likes to hide and jump out at Seph in an attempt to catch him in a surprise.  Seph is very observant, however, so I've yet to see Zoey successfully surprise him.  Both Zoey and Seph enjoy sitting in front of a window watching birds, squirrels and bunnies, so we put a bird feeder near 2 of the windows to increase the animals' visits to our yard.  This is what we call "TV for cats" and it can keep them busy for hours.  Zoey has a habit of pushing Seph off of the perch to make more room for himself, and Seph typically takes this in stride and finds another window to look out.


Finally, Zoey loves to cuddle.  This is my favorite part of his sometimes frustrating personality.  The best part of Zoey's day is when I am in the bedroom reading my Kindle or watching television because He can lay on my stomach and put his nose to my face.  I assume this is his way of expressing affection, but I could do without a cold nose against my own nose or forehead.  He also purrs and puts his neck out so I can rub his chin.  Despite the fact that Kita is our pride and joy and that Seph is a lot more well-behaved and is always around, at these moments I can see the gratitude and true loyalty that he has to me and I know that he loves me more than he loves anyone or anything in the world.  Something in his big eyes at these times says it all. His frustrating qualities are somehow forgiven and I know that I'm very lucky to have him in our lives.

Many people would not put up with Zoey's five years of bad behavior, and many people told me to give him up over the early years.  That's the thing about pets: they can drive you crazy when they are younger, but most of them settle down eventually.  We give them toys, food and attention, and that is typically paid back at some point.  So frustrated pet-parents and people put off by the expense and the amount of work that they require, hang in there, because they add more to your life than they can ever take away and their gratitude and loyalty last forever.  Don't give up on them.  Right now, Zoey and my kindle are waiting for me to come and relax, and any further blogging can be postponed for another day!

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My Collection of Short Stories on Goodreads

Living with Other Species - Some Cats Hate Dogs 

by Angela

description

It always leads to surprises.

tags

cats, dogs, families, pets, short-stories

genre

Nonfiction

Chapters

Chapter 1:Some Cats Hate Dogs

Chapter 2: If you have cats you probably know this, but...

Chapter 3: When Zoey Ran Away

Chapter 4: Seph the Nanny Cat

Chapter 5: Some Cats, however, will tolerate Dogs

Chapter 6: Kita Loves Cartoons

Chapter 7: Pets and their reaction to Fireworks

Chapter 8: Cat in a Box

Chapter 9: Pet Separation Anxiety

Chapter 10: Raising Kita

Pet Blogging Suggestions

I'm a proud #petparent today because Zoey was chosen as Catster's Diary of the Day pick.  Check out Catster's Diary option if you like to blog about your cats and you can get a following of cat lovers pretty quickly.  You can also write about your pets with Dogster's Diary or Goodreads Writings feature and then share your posts on Google+, Pinterest (only if you have a picture on your blog post), Twitter, Facebook, Stumbleupon and Delicious in a matter of moments!

Buffer is a great tool to use to share your posts at optimal times, and Bit.ly can be used to shorten your links and track their clicks.  Don't get discouraged...it can take quite awhile to find your voice and gain a following, but if you stick with it and write about your own experiences, you can succeed.

Have other ways to promote pet blogging or pet adoption?  Let me know!  I am a strong believer in promoting pet adoption and hope that I can convince at least one person to save a shelter pet by sharing stories of my lovable dog and cats.  If you would like help to promote your pet blog, let me know and I'll look at it and let you know if I can help by promotion or suggestions.

Want to learn about our other cat, Seph?  Click here to visit his page!

Pet Separation Anxiety

I had never stayed away from my dog for more than a few days until I stayed with my grandparents for the entire week.  I was so anxious to see Kita and play with him.  When I finally got back yesterday, he was fairly indifferent towards me.  He was tired from playing at Doggie Daycare all day while Chris picked me up, so that might have had something to do with it, but I was slightly disappointed.  After he woke up a bit, he is acting the exact same way he always does with me.  

I'm thankful that Kita is equally attached to Chris and I, because he is content spending time with either one of us, because our cats are definitely not like that.  They both express anger if we leave them for a few days, but when only one of us is gone it depends on which one of us has left.  When Chris leaves for a night or more, Seph sleeps facing our front door waiting for him to come home.  He throws in a long whine here and there to let me know he is not happy.  As usual, Zoey showed his displeasure with my absence by peeing on our bed and in our laundry baskets.  He never does that unless I leave him for more than one night.  Seph greeted me when he got home, but otherwise he didn't seem to mind me being gone.

I've always thought that Zoey's behavior was his way of showing his anger over me leaving and to tell me not to do it again, but then today I read this Catster article that claims that they are "mingling their scent with the scent of their beloveds."  I don't know about that, but at least one pet is very happy to have me home!

If you haven't done so already, check out Zoey's Catster profile and add him as a friend to your own cats if you also use the site.

Want to learn more about Seph?  Click here to visit his page!

Why I'm Not a Fan of Fireworks

After dealing with fireworks for two nights in a row, I must say that my tolerance for them is even less than before.  Due to budget cuts, our town chose to cancel the official fireworks show this year.  As a result, there were more amateur fireworks than usual.  In Ohio, it is legal to buy fireworks, but illegal to set them off, which is just one of many laws in the state that are completely perplexing to me.  Regardless, each year, people set them off everywhere without suffering legal consequences.  I believe that people should not be legally barred for doing anything that does not harm anyone other than themselves, but most of the time there are kids and pets nearby as they go off, leading to potential endangerment.

  

All of our pet's ears move to the side or
back when startled

There were more fireworks last night and they were louder (and closer) than the night before.  Kita refused to go outside last night after a few fireworks had gone off.  When we managed to drag him out and put him on his leash, he would not move from directly outside the door.  As a result, he went to bed without going to the bathroom, whined this morning, and is still refusing to venture into the yard.  Zoey hid in my closet while the fireworks were going off.  Seph behaved very strangely; his eyes grew large with each sound and his heart was beating rapidly.  He made sure that all of us were under his constant supervision last night, so he didn't take his evening naps.  Unfortunately, this didn't cause him to postpone his 7 AM breakfast time!

What really matters is that all of us are safe at home, and I am grateful for that.  Hopefully the fireworks won't continue throughout the weekend, but it is very possible, based on past experience, that they will. As long as no one gets hurt, I can't complain much.

Want to get to know Kita better?  Click here to visit his page!

When Zoey Ran Away (conclusion)

Zoey was gone for 23 days.  All of my work trying to find him paid off.  First, I got a call from a nearby neighbor that I had given a flier to.  She said that she saw an orange cat that looked like the picture on my flier sunning himself in her backyard with another cat.  Chris and I went over to her house that day.  Zoey wasn't there any longer, but we gave the neighbor one of our cat carriers just in case he showed up again and actually came to her.  She said that she had left some food out and that the cats did eat it, so we thanked her for feeding him and for contacting us.

Now that we knew Zoey was nearby, it was a matter of getting him home as quickly as possible.  I had emailed some local shelters about my situation and one volunteer that lived nearby had offered a trap. We contacted her and said we'd like to give the trap a try, and she let us come by and borrow it.  We set it up that night with some food, and miraculously by the morning our Zoey was in the trap.  He was scared and had lost 5 lbs, but I was so happy to see him.  We never found his cat friend, but I'm happy that he wasn't alone while he was away.  I took him to the vet for a checkup and shots, and brought him into the house that night.  For a few weeks, Seph did not respond well to him being back.  I thought it was strange since he had been watching for him and crying for him to come play all along, but I read that this type of behavior is typical.  He likely smelled the other cat on Zoey.  He came around soon and thankfully Seph and Zoey are friends again.  We were very lucky to have such helpful neighbors, and I feel very lucky that Zoey is safe and healthy.

If you have other tactics that worked in finding your pets that may have ran away, please share!  It is good for pet owners to have a plan in case this ever happens to them.

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When Zoey Ran Away

We have had Zoey since he was very young and he has always been an indoor cat.  He only likes humans that feed him and cats that will play or cuddle with him, so he tends to avoid Kita as much as possible.  Two years ago, late at night, we didn't realize he was by our back door, and when Kita ran in the room to go outside, he scared Zoey, causing him to run outside.  Zoey ran fast and disappeared into the dark.  He didn't have a collar (he takes it off immediately when we try to put it on him), wasn't microchipped and is declawed, so I was very worried.

We left the windows open that night to listen for him and Seph stayed up all night watching for him.  It was October and very cold, but we did this for a few nights.  I created a flier with his picture and put it up in local businesses and handed it out to the neighbors in our vicinity, posted that he was missing on petFBI, and started visiting the local shelters.  There are A LOT of shelters in Columbus and some don't give cats much time to get adopted.  I was shocked and scared to find out that cats essentially do not have any rights in the state, and don't even have a time period that shelters cannot euthanize (by contrast, dogs get 48 hours).

I gave Zoey's flier to all of the shelters and made sure that their staff were aware that my cat was missing.  I visited the high-kill shelters most often, which was very depressing, as there was quick turnover and I knew that most of the beautiful, friendly cats I saw while looking for Zoey had since been put to sleep.  I wished that I could have saved some of them so much, but had to focus on finding my little scaredy-cat before anything happened to him...(to be continued)

If they are working together...

They are up to no good.

 Our cats play together and cuddle on cold days, but overall they prefer to each be around one of us.  When neither can be found or if they are simply laying facing each other, we have to start paying attention, because there is a good chance that they are being co-conspirators.

Example 1:  Years ago, we lived in a small split-level house and had only a blow-up mattress to sleep on.  The cats were used to sleeping at the edge of our bed, but we were concerned that their claws would put holes in the bed, so we had to close them out of the room.  Somehow, every morning we would wake up with 2 cats on the bed.  We began to stack things in front of the door that we thought they'd be physically unable to move, yet somehow both of those cats would figure out how to get into the room under any circumstances.

Zoey After eating half a bag of cat food

Example 2:  If there is a cat food bag somewhere where it is accessible to them, you can bet that one or both of those cats is eating.  Zoey is a bit of a piggy, so it is usually him sitting in a bag or box that we forgot to close and eating everything around him.  If that's the case, Seph's behavior is dependent on whether he likes that particular food.  If he likes it, he'll stand guard so that he can eat some next.  If he isn't a fan, he will come to one of us and meow until we follow him straight to the culprit.  He's also tattled on Zoey if he is on a piece of furniture that he isn't allowed to be on. 


Want to learn more about Seph?  Click here to visit his page!

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Some Cats Hate Dogs

My ask is that people thinking that they have to give up their pet due to behavior problems do everything they can to avoid putting them in a shelter.

My orange cat, Zoey, was a kitten that Chris got from a farm in Athens.  He got along really well with other cats from the start and despite being a bit of a scaredy-cat of change or new faces, was a pretty well-behaved cat that loved to be around Chris, myself and our other cat as much as possible.

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Until we got our Siberian Husky, Kita.  Kita, an active playful puppy took away his attention, and Zoey wasn't willing to become friends with him.  Instead, he took over our bedroom since Kita wasn't allowed in there.  It didn't take long before he started marking his territory.  He peed on our bed at least once a week, peed on clothes if they were on the floor and and would go into Kita's cage when he wasn't in it, and pee on his pillow.  As much as we love Zoey, our patience was running thin and I started asking around to see if anyone might be interested in taking him.  Then a dear friend's mom suggested getting him a large cat cage.  I thought this would be traumatic and would cause him to be even more disengaged from us, but I didnt know what else to do.

We ordered a cage online that is 3 stories high with room at the bottom for a litter box, and started putting him in there at night.  The first week or so he cried all night every night and I felt like a terrible caregiver, but then he stopped.  This was 2 years ago and his attitude has completely changed.  We open his cage for him during the day, but sometimes he is so comfy on his cat bed he stays in there for a bit.  He doesn't mind going in there at night and doesn't make a peep.  Also, he completely stopped marking his territory.  I think he just needed a place he could call his own since the dog took up so much of the house, and he feels like he has a safe place to go if Kita is particularly annoying.  He's still a scaredy cat, but lately he has been inching closer and closer to Kita when he is laying down and I think they may even become friends at some point.

Point of story is that I could never give up my pets to a shelter, where cats in particular are often euthanized due to overpopulation.  We came up with a solution that seemed less than perfect, but no one we knew was willing to take a cat that peed everywhere.  I'm so happy that Zoey is around, and I spend time with him every day to show him that the dog didn't take his place.  Maybe this isn't the best solution for everyone, but it saved our sanity and our room is now pee-free.  Consider other options if you have a cat that you really don,t know what to do with, because sometimes the problem is fixable

Kita loves both of our cats and only wants to shower them with kisses; more about his relationship with our tuxedo cat to come later.

Want to get to know Kita better?  Click here to visit his page!

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I can't resist sharing....

I really love taking pictures of our "boys."  Check out the sets I created on Flickr for each of them:

• Kita the Siberian Husky

• Seph the Tuxedo Cat

• Zoey the Orange Domestic Shorthair

Want to get to know Kita better?  Click here to visit his page!