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03 Aug 2012

Frivolous Friday…I Got New Swag!!!

Hiya Savannah here!!!

Well I call it my SWAG…some may call it TOYS…I call it my SWAG ‘cuz it didn’t cost me a nickle (what ever that is??)

Of course, it may have cost Mom some bucks (not sure what that is either)…and may have cost Dad some acid reflux ‘cuz of the ‘bucks’ Mom used to get my SWAG…but for me…no cost what so ever…all just because Mom worries I may get bored…MOL

…and of course, because I am an only cat and dotted upon…sigh…tough life, but some cat has to put up with it…although, I wish I could share some of my SWAG with Patches, Pooh and Snookums over at Chancy, The Gardner. Ya see, they whispered to me in a comment on my post that Chancy gets all the toys…they don’t get hardly anything and have to take Chancy’s leftovers…no, no…I swear this is true!!!…the guys whispered behind Chancy and his Mum’s backs while they were doing Chancy’s blog. Those purr kitties don’t get anything and no attention and they almost NEVER get to be seen or heard on the bloggy….wiping leaky eyes with paws…

But, I don’t know their address so I won’t be sending them any of my new SWAG!…not that I don’t wanna share…just, well. ya know…I am an only cat and not sure how to do that….MOL

Mom came home a couple of days ago with a whole shopping bag full of SWAG just for me! First, you need to remember I don’t much respond to nip, silver vine or any other cat treat…but good ole’ Mom…she keeps trying to get me hooked on something (whispers behind paw…I think she wants to have something she can use to manipulate me!!!)…so here are the new organic nip toys, one is a cigar! The other is a mousey looking thingy…I kind’a like the cigar…but no photos yet…

…here’s the new wand SWAG!!…woo hoo!!…one is the Kragon Dragon Fly my good furriend Texas has

First, I look at her and say “yeah? What new toys???”…(can’t let her think I am too interested…)

…whoa!! what is that thing??…looks kind’a like a cockroach to me….ick…

…oh cod!…it is running for my tummy….!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

…aiiieeeeyiyiyi…it flies!!!…gotta get my left hook ready to smack it down….

…oh, where did it go??…what the COD is that??!!….it is huge…and look at those feathers…be very cautious….

…now another one…hmmmm…nice leather tail stuff and looks like furry something….

…maybe just a quick taste…

…uummmpphh…missed…must keep legs under me…only move head…grab for it!!..

…OMC!..it moved the other way…sneaky…still must keep feet under me…move only head…go for another taste…

…MISSED AGAIN!!!…this one is pretty interesting…requires some leg and foot engagement after all..swipe…

…overhead reach…MISSED AGAIN!….

hhhmmmmmm….I think I pretty much like SOME of my SWAG…and some of it is just not quite tested yet…

I’ll let ya know when I get it all tested and give a more full report…

Paw pats, Savannah

21 Jul 2012

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I Deaded My Purple Feather…

Hiya, Savannah here! So sorry to be late…rushes in, closes door…paws on the keyboard…whiping brow with paw…

But it is really hot and humid today and I have been kind of taking it easy…(read NAPPING)..

I already had my post planned out…now I just need to get it out to all of YOU!!

…First, remember the Foto Bombs I snuck into my post yesterday???…well…I have been feeling a tid bit badly for Dad and Mom…so I want to share the ones that Dad took that day that weren’t all Foto Bombs…so thanks for coming by today…let me get started…

…I had my eyes on that Purple Feather right from the beginning…(both my red eye and my blue eye)…I knew I had to go on the offense if I was going to make it deaded…

…so I went into my half recline Sneaky Snake position…watching it and anticipating where it would move to next…(licks chops…yuummm…I can taste it already…)…

…now I show it I mean business…I snarl and show my teeth…that Purple Feather knows I have sharp daggers to tear it apart…it started to tremble…no, really, it did!…Honest!!!…

…and then WHAMMO!…I ACTED when least expected…snatched it and showed my KILL FACE…

…and well…the end wasn’t pretty…now I need a new Purple Feather toy…sigh…

(MOL!! JK!!…I luvluvluv my Purple Feather toy…I was just showin’ off so you could see me using my Watch, Anticipate and Act (with Kill Face) moves…)

Hope you feel like waiting on me today was worth it…Happy CATurday!!!

Paw Pats, Savannah

Posted in Fitness Recovery, Mental Recovery, Savannah's Life Experiences and tagged adopt adult cat, cat photo, CAT PLAY, cat recovery, scared cat, trust

16 Jul 2012

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Monday Meowsie News

I have had so many new experiences and new behaviors happen this past week, where to start, where to start….hmmmm…pats paw up, down, up, down, up, down…ok, ok, I have 3 things…

First…you know Dad and I have been working on this ‘bonding’ thingy…

So in the morning now, completely routine, I trot, yes, yes…I really do trot…right after him…talking to encourage him all the way. And when he gets my brekkie ready, I follow right on his heels and let him pet me while I eat.

What is really new is a beginning routine at dinner time too.

Yesterday, first time I ever did this at dinner time…I was taking a rest on my Bird Watching Tower. Dad came down the stairs, said “Hi Savvydo, do you want your dindin?”…my head literally whipped up, jerked around, I dove off the tower and beat him to the kitchen. Dad was happy!!! And I waited impatiently while he got my dindin and I let him pet me again while I ate…mmmmmmmmmmmmmm…

Second, Mom and I resurrected(vocab builder) an old toy of mine (course all of mine are only 7 mnths old…but old is still relative, right?). It is a wand toy, with some purple feathers on it.

She starts to wave the little purple feathers across the floor…and WHAM!!! I took off after them like lightening…and I ran and ran and ran and chased and chased and chased those feathers…then she pulled them after her into the hallway and I followed and ran some more…

I was panting, loving it…we did that for about 30 minutes until I just laid flat out next to my scratching post…pooped!!!!!!! Great time!!!

Third, and the BEST EVER!!! MOM MADE UP A NEW GAME CALLED CHASE THIS MORNING…AND I TOTALLY FLABBERGASTED (BIG VOCAB BUILDER) HER!! We did it with the little purple feather wand…

It started with me at the bottom of the stairs…Mom was at the top…

…Mom started pulling the purple feathers up the stairs, and I got interested, and padded softly up to sneak up on them…she then pulled them to the end of the hall upstairs..I padded after…

…Mom turned around and went back to the stairs, and down…with me now in hot pursuit of those purple feathers…

…I caught them at the bottom of the entry stairs, in the downstairs hallway…so we played a bit there…

…then Mom took off down the hallway and into the kitchen…then through to the dining room, on into the living room…back to the downstairs hallway…we did that big circle a couple times…then I changed the rules…

…so down the hall…

…into the kitchen…note the wet bar on the left. That opens into the living room…emmmhmmm…

…it didn’t take me more than 2 times around to figure out I could cut out some of the running if I just zipped into the living room and hopped on the wet bar to wait for Mom to come through on the other side in the kitchen…SMART CAT, huh???!!!!!!!!!!!….(never, ever, counter surfed before)…startled Mom so much she squeeked when she saw me…MOL..

…so this is the rest of the circuit…through the kitchen…

…see the door there by the textile hanging???…that is to the kitchen…from the dining room

…then through the dining room into the living room…

…through the living room back to the entry hallway…

…after about 6 times, I threw myself down in our bedroom door and said “UNCLE”!!!…

Mom was relieved ‘cuz she hasn’t been to the gym for about 2 weeks now, so she was huffing and puffing…

Isn’t that the best ever race track for our GAME OF CHASE!!!

I can’t believe I did that…neither can Mom…we both can’t wait to tell Dad when he gets home…I think I am liking this being an indoor family cat…yup, really nice…purrrrr…

That’s my Monday Meowsie News…Paw Pats, Savannah