"Stamps To The Rescue" For Shelter Cats & Dogs

I just received an important email about a special cause going on right now, a cause so important I felt it worthwhile to divert from my normal blogging schedule to get the information to you right away.

Ellen DeGeneres (if you don't know who she is you must be living under a rock! lol) has teamed with "Halo Purely For Pets Inc." (which she co-owns along with the many other hats she wears) and The United States Postal Service to help Shelter Pets all over the country. Supporters of this cause are:"Halo Purely For Pets Inc. ", www.adoptapetgifts.com,  www.petfinder.com, American Humane, and The Humane Society Of The United States. Please read about the cause below or you can go to http://www.stampstotherescue.com/ for more information. Below is the verbage from the website:

"Because Shelter Pets Deserve a First-Class Meal

In celebration of the new Animal Rescue: Adopt a Shelter Pet stamps, the Postal Service™, together with Ellen DeGeneres and Halo: Purely for Pets, is giving shelter pets around the country a First-Class Meal.
During the launch of the stamps, Halo will be donating a million meals to animal shelters around the country.

The Goal

We want more Americans to know about the millions of shelter pets that need good homes. Nearly half of the animals that enter animal shelters are euthanized. Many of these cats and dogs would have made a wonderful pet...if only given the chance.
You can make a difference. Adopt a pet, volunteer at a shelter, or just get the word out by buying these stamps."


This is an incredibly worthwhile cause, let's do all we can to support it, I know I will!!!!


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An Apology To My Cat

I feel awful. A few weeks back I had written a series of blogs that pertained to the problem I was having with my cat Cody scratching the carpet outside of the door of our bedroom. I was seeking solutions and one of the possible remedies that I had even  mentioned myself was to enlist the aid of aluminum foil, I promptly added  that it "didn't work". It "didn't work" because I didn't use it to deter Cody in the proper way. I was barricading him out of our bedroom and in his interpretation out of my heart.

 I had mentioned that for years I had the comfort and warmth of my first cat Bobo sweetly snoring at the foot of my bed as angelic as a Norman Rockwell painting. I had mentioned that with Cody I couldn't do the same due to Cody's obsession with technology....turning on the printer, prancing on the keyboard and his passion for re-designing workspaces (which translates to swatting and watching objects fly off of my computer desk).

I am ashamed to admit that for most of the days of his young life (he is only 3) it would break my heart to go to the bedroom door at night and shut it trying to shake the image of his "Why Me, Mom?" expression that he had on his face out of my mind. I was guilt-ridden. Here am I a self-professed cat lover (make that animal lover as well) and I was banishing one of the loves of my life out of our "nest". It was ripping my guts out.

Duh!! The solution finally came to me, it is awful that it was right before my eyes and I hadn't seen it.  Bedtime began by giving him a 1/4 cup of his dry food (suggestion from the vet because Cody is food obsessed), put some in my home made "Kong" (a plastic container with holes punched at the top, put some of the kibble inside and it makes Cody have to work to get it out, I call this his "Adventure Food"). Take the aluminum foil, put it on top of my computer desk and on the printer and see what happens. Since the first night I tried this tactic (at least a week ago) it is as if I have a "new" cat. Cody is thriving being cut-off from his technological obsession. My independent "little man" immediately started snuggling and cuddling by my side, eagerly accepting the sweet coos and petting that he was missing at night time for oh so long......I can now sleep peacefully and guilt-free without the image of his questioning eyes haunting me into slumber. I apologize dear Cody for not recognizing the solution that was there all along! There is no longer a need to barricade the bedroom door, the door has been opened, just like my eyes.





 

"10 Cutest Cat Moments"

Ten? I am sure we can all mention hundreds if not thousands of "cutest cat moments" here are ten right off the bat when I think of my Cody's "cutest moments":

1) The day we "discovered" each other at an adoption at Petco....I had never seen a kitten so content to just sit on someones' lap for hours upon hours

2) As a kitten Cody had a "stare" that used to make my husband and I laugh....the "stare" seemed to say "Are you for real?" we are both certain he has existed on this earth before in another form....there is an incredible wisdom in his stare

3) Also as a kitten when Cody would get a running start from across the room and scale my voluminous, mountainous heft and perch cozily against my neck

4)  He and our Sheltie (Dakota) "kissing" every morning

5) Cody refusing to drink out of his own water bowl, you KNOW the water tastes better when it is served out of a dog bowl

6) Turning on the printer

7) Attemtping to get my husbands' eating utensils at the dinner table, he manipulates his paw in such a way as to practically grip the knife and fork

8) Focusing on my earrings when cuddling.....what amazing and sparkly "cat toys"!! "Swat, bat, swat"....Ooops there went an ear!

9) Sleeping in his favorite "spot" on top of sheets and pillowcases in the linen closet

10) Handing off to Dakota whatever they should NOT have, through the baby gate. Cody is the "gopher"....together they scope out a taboo item....Cody finds a way to obtain the taboo item, once gotten it is handed off to Dakota who takes the heat......

What are some of YOUR cutest cat moments?

See the video below of the latest "10 Cutest Cat Moments" that is going around the Internet. I found this on a Facebook page called "Satsugaicat".....who found it on  liquid generation.com who found it on "Youtube" of course!!

Have a "Meowy Monday!"