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04 Sep 2017

My Review of Our Last Homely Home

HIYA!! SAVANNAH HERE!!!

Hey my pals, I have been wanting to share with you a photo ~~tail~~ tale of how The Kid Sage and I did our first full review of our new and last homely home.

First please know that this is also an account of my leaps and bounds of progress in recovering from trauma suffered before I pawed Mom L and Dad P to be my forever humans. I showed my progress from the moment Dad P arrived back at our old rental to collect me and TKS.

Dad P made a cozy set of safe beds/spaces in the guest bathroom at our last rental. I selected the one that was a short two foot jump from floor to a shelf with a nice cat bed. TKS selected to use the “sink bed” Dad P created by placing a soft towel in the bathroom sink. When Dad P quietly entered the room after all the movers were long gone, he startle the heck outta TKS and me. BUT—look who took on the role of protector! ME!! Sage flew from her sink bed to the shelf where I was resting and climbed over me to get BEHIND me. And guess how I reacted?? Go on! Guess!!

Ok, so I just held my ground, never hissed, and stared down whoever was coming into our safe space! Yes! Me!! I have become TKS’ protector!!

Now here is visual proof of my taking the lead once again in our review of our new and last homely home.

Come on Sage, we need to do an approval review of our last new homely home

Okay, Savvy—you go first.

You stick with me TKS. Cover my six while we do this!

If you don’t know what “cover my six” means—‘watch your six‘ does indeed mean ‘watch your back’. It refers to the 6 position on the face of a clock. If you were standing in the center of a clock face, facing the 12 position, the 6 position would be immediately behind you.

Come’on TKS. get your paws movin’!! Stop sight seein’! We have a review to do!

I headed off to review the other two bedrooms and guest bathroom. We had of course already seen the master bedroom and bath.

Nice office space for Dad P. Let’s see what’s up with the guest human bathroom

I wanted to make sure Mom L and Dad P had a proper place for their human guests to wash up and whatnot. Heaven forbid they would “share” my our master bathroom!

Looks like a good space. Glad they got that new toilet

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Hey Savvy, did ya see they got a new kind’a toilet paper??

Hey TKS, remember “watch my six”? Come on—there is another whole level to review.

TKS I am goin’ down—are you with me?

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Where is that kid? She is such a sight seer!

I had to give up and keep movin’. TKS is such a tourist—always stoppin’ to look at the view instead of sticking to our review protocol.

That’s it, I am goin’ down to the next level TKS

Waaaiittt!!

Whoa!! Savvy!!!! Don’t go without me!! Wait!!

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Yeowzah! Look at that downstairs!

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Holy Ceiling Cat!! That is a great downstairs! So bright and open

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Hey Savvy, did ya see that our bench made the move?

Yeah TKS, I did. hope they put a nice cat bed in there like the one I inherited from Angel Alfie.

Come on TKS, daylight is burning and we still have more to review

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Savvy??? I can like see WATER from up here. Can you see it down there??

Hang on TKS, lemme check out the kitchen first.

Yup, this is the kitchen and I can see our food delivery stations set up already

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I’m headed to the dining room for the humans. And I think we get a water view from here as well as upstairs

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Thank Ceiling Cat they painted the wall with a nice calming color

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Savvy?? I found your blankie here on the new table in the living room. Can we use this as a new cat bed??

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Whoa! the water view from here is pawsome! And nice sun puddles everywhere

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The big screen TV made the move too. I knew Mom L and Dad P would make sure we had entertainment

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My inspection review is done. And now I know I have soft stairs to lounge on and play on—I proclaim this review over

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I am a most happy, chill’axed cat. Thank you Ceiling Cat for answering our dreams for our last homely home.

PAW PATS, SAVANNAH

28 Aug 2017

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Over the Threshold and Through the Door We Go

HIYA!! SAVANNAH HERE!!!

Catchy title don’t you think? Well, it’s about time I give you a peek at some of the incredible progress I have been making since we moved to our permanent home. Mom L thinks this home is changing all of us in lots of cool ways, and me especially.

I We have this really nice small balcony off of my our master bedroom. It was made especially charming when we had the redwood replaced to clean up some dry rot. Anyway, now it’s all nice and whatnot, Mom L used some gift cards Dad P got a while back to purchase a nice little table and chairs for them to enjoy having coffee on said balcony in the mornings.

Guess who they invited to join them the first time they used the balcony? Yup! Me and The Kid Sage. Now unfortunately when they made this invite, I was down stairs taking my second nap so TKS was the first to be invited OUTSIDE!

Hey! This air smells really fresh!

TKS enjoyed herself lots as she explored the balcony and what lies beyond and under it.

Is that our master bedroom on the other side? Am I outside??

Silly cat. She knew she was taking the big step to the outside.

Gosh, I can see all of our patio and the water.

And then she made a most remarkable discovery.

Hey Dad P! I can see through this crack all the way down!!

At least she didn’t forget about me getting my chance to be outside.

‘Scuse me, I’m gonna go get Savvy so she can be outside too.

I don’t know if TKS was ever outside before she came to live at my castle. But I sure was outside way more than I wanted to be. So being outside hasn’t been at the top of my priority list, na’mean?? I spent enough time outside trying to fend for myself and it wasn’t pretty. But, Mom L offered me the decision to be outside with her.

What Mom L? I know the door is open.

I could feel the really fresh air and I knew there was no screen between me and that redwood deck.

I don’t know if I wanna go out. Been there, done that

I took my time thinking through my choices.

Oh alright. I’ll come outside and have a look see just to please TKS.

I knew TKS was gonna interrogate me once I went back downstairs, so I took a little “walk about”.

Hmmm…looks like the neighbors have some pretty flowers on their patio.

Mom L wasn’t expecting me to do a critique of our out doors area, but hey? She invited me out, right?

Mom L? What don’t we have any pretty flowers for me and TKS to enjoy on our patio?

Ok, ok—maybe I was to quick to judge. I know we haven’t been here that long and Mom L has been busy with other stuff. So I moved right along.

Wow! I can see the water even better from here! Is that a fishie I saw jumpin’??

No kidding, we have fish in our fresh water marina and people fish for the fishies all the time from their boat docks. Our water moves all day long with the tides from the two river delta area.

I was very relaxed being outside once again, much to Mom L’s relief and mine. I am growing in my confidence every day since we moved here. Why I even allowed one of Mom L’s friends to pet me last week. In fact, I INVITED her to join me on my our new living room area rug to rub my whole body, give me ear rubs AND I let her pet my tummy!! Yes, I really did!! That, my pals, is progress!!

PAW PATS, SAVANNAH

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14 Aug 2017

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Tips for Successfully Moving Two Cats

HIYA!! SAVANNAH HERE!!!

Now these are my tips based on my experience of having been moved three times in less than five years. I know lots of you have your own tips that make moving cats successful so let me know in comments what’cha think of mine AND what else do you wanna add? Oh, and of course this is about moving cats who are “indoor only”.

Tips for moving two cats to a new home

Before you even consider making an offer, make sure the prospective home will be cat friendly for your indoor cats. Dad P tracked where the sun would come up and set over any home they considered to insure he could determine if we had enough sun for ample sun puddles.
Making offers on a home and then waiting to learn if we got it was so stressful on Mom L and Dad P. But, they made sure to not raise their voices in front of the cats.
Even while packing keep places where you have routinely played with the cats moving box free. Keep your bedroom, living room and at least one other space free from strange boxes. Never leave boxes surrounding any litter box.
Stop and play with the cats whenever they approach you and ask for your attention. This helps reassure us cats that we are still keeping some routine in our lives.
Keep meal time on time and stress free.
Pack like a demon during the day but keep evening free for relaxing with the cats and play time.
If the home you are leaving is going to be rented again or sold, do not allow prospective buyers, real estate agents or the landlord to convince you that “oh your cats will be safe, we won’t let them out so you can go ahead and leave.” HAH! One of you remain with the cats at all times.
Plan ahead for what you will do with the cats on move day. Prepare their safe space in advance, not the day of the move.
Move day, make sure movers do not arrive before the cats’ breakfast time. Normal start to their day. Then gently but swiftly move them to their prepared safe space where they will remain while movers are in the house. Be sure to tape a Mover Warning Sign on the door of the room which is your cats’ safe space. Here is Mom L’s standard warning sign and she literally walks all movers involved to that door and reads the warning to them. She keeps direct eye contact so they know she is not kidding but she also uses a friendly voice. Works every time.

10. Ask movers to put your bedroom furniture on the truck last so it will be the first to come off. As soon as the master bedroom furniture is off the truck make sure it is placed exactly where you want it in your master bedroom. Make the bed then get a cat tree or two in the room, food and water dishes, treats, litter box etc. Hopefully you have already brought over your clothes so the closet is filled with things that smell like you.

Be sure the cats have safe spaces in the bedroom, like cat beds in the closet, etc. Finally, go back to the old home and collect the cats and bring them to the already completed bedroom which is filled with familiar things and smells. The movers will continue to unpack the remainder of the home but the cats will be chilling in a space they are already somewhat familiar with.

Well, those are my tips for how to move two cats successfully. That’s what Mom L and Dad P have done every time we have moved and it works like a charm. And this time we didn’t even need to stay in our “safe space” bedroom for twenty four hours—before we have stayed for a couple of days. By the second morning I was making a lot of complaints about being left in the bedroom.

Dad P and Mom L said enough is enough and after they had all the furniture in place so the rooms looked a bit familiar, they opened the door for us to begin exploring.

Guess who was first out that door?

Yep! Just like our last move I went first and The Kid Sage stuck close to my tail.

Lots of my “first day in new home” photos will be blurred. Mom L and Dad P only had their smart phones and well—I was hustling right along to see my new forever and ever home! You can see me moving pretty quick in this short video.

I’ll share some really fun and funny insights into our special moving day on my next Monday blog. TKS and I have had some pretty special moments during this time of adjustment and you won’t wanna miss out hearing all about some of them.

Thanks for dropping by to visit.