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5 Tips to Maintain Hierarchy During Hunting Practice

HIYA!!  SAVANNAH HERE!!!

I bet some of you have already pulled out your iPads or Smart phones to start taking notes, right?

As you all know, we cats must have daily hunting skill practice to maintain our feline predator nature. For us indoor only cats, it is important to engage our human guardians in this practice session as we must have moving targets.

My preferred practice target is the every illusive peacock feather wand. It can be moved at any speed thus insuring that I engage all my feline stealth skills during practice.

Tip Number One: Immediately establish eye contact with the target at start of practice session.

Where is it?

Where is it?

Tip Number Two: Do not allow the target to pull a sneak attack by losing said eye contact.

aiiee!!! Where did that come from?!!!

aiiee!!! Where did that come from?!!!

Tip Number Three: Never hesitate to use all four sets of claws to insure you can destroy the target.

Come on feather, see what I have waiting for you!

Come on feather, see what I have waiting for you!

Tip Number Four: By no means ever, never, ever allow the target to launch a sneak attack when you are engaged in our feline incessant need to continually give our fur a quick lick or two during hunting practice.

MICES!!! It's trying to kill me !!!

MICES!!! It’s trying to kill me !!!

Tip Number Five: Always take time at the end of hunting practice session to let the target know you were in charge all along.

Feather, I knew where you were at all times. You are officially dedded.

Feather, I knew where you were at all times. You are officially dedded.

Good fortune to all as you work to maintain hierarchy during your hunting practices.

PAW PATS, SAVANNAH

Showing Some Love

HIYA!! SAVANNAH HERE!!!

As you know, I simply adore my Mom L. It is very hard for me to share her with The Kid Sage. Sometimes *blushing* I even hiss if TKS gets too ‘intimate’ with Mom L such as the times she climbs all over her right in front of me. I am trying to be more tolerant, honestly I am.

So when I observed TKS showing honor to Mom L’s freshly clean, and warm, clothes…I thought “What the heck…go for it Kid”.

Go for it Kid

Go for it Kid

And go for it she did…

These clothes are Mom L's and so warm...wonder if she will see me

These clothes are Mom L’s and so warm…wonder if she will see me

Was that her coming down stairs???

shhhhh...I am sure she won't notice me here

shhhhh…I am sure she won’t notice me here

This is so nice…wish she would leave her clothes out more often.

These warm, soft clothes are MINE, MINE, MINE!

These warm, soft clothes are MINE, MINE, MINE!

Oooopppsss…

Hiya Mom L...luvluvluv ya...really I do...

Hiya Mom L…luvluvluv ya…really I do…

And TKS wins the day again…with those great big eyes…sigh. I don’t have a chance, although I do wonder if those great big eyes will help her escape her latest ‘counter surfing’ which she tried as Mom L was preparing her own lunch.

PAW PATS, SAVANNAH

You Won’t Believe What I Did !!!!

HIYA!! SAVANNAH HERE!!!

While I am proud to write this post about my very recent HUGE paw step forward in my recovery from trauma…I am also a tad chagrined that it was once again promoted by my interaction with my sisfur, The Kid Sage.

Zzzzzzzzzz....

I smell someone else…very, very close….

Down below…

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I can see HRH Miss Savvy Do…wonder if she knows I am this close?

Who is TKS kidding??? ME?!

Sage sees Savvy

 

I will try to deliver this reality check to The Kid Sage with gentleness and no sense of self gratification whatsoever…(‘try‘ is the operative verb)

TKS ponders next move

As you know by now, this is not going to end in a pretty little tied up bow…right?

I wonder if HRH Ms Savvy Do  will notice if I....

I wonder if HRH Ms Savvy Do will notice if I….

As you all know, TKS is a very crafty sisfur…

sage finds a way

To the uneducated these are just simple photos of a cat in repose…

Zzzzzzz...

Zzzzzzz…

And another cat…different color…

Zzzzzzzzzz....

Zzzzzzzzzz….

And yet, combine the two previous photos and you have THIS!!!…My Breakthrough!!!

Two happy snoozing cat

Two happy snoozing cat

Here I am snoozin’ away after The Kid Sage hopped up on the SAME TOWER I was napping on…and she settled in.,..did a little baff…and there we were for like about TWO WHOLE HOURS ON THE SAME CAT TOWER!!

I AM A VERY BRAVE ADULT RESCUE CAT…TAKING ON NEW BEHAVIORS…THANKS TO ALL OF YOU  AND YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT.

Thanks a ton for all of you who have visited today to learn about my recent breakthrough.

PAW PATS, SAVANNAH

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