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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

02 Aug 2012

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My Nightly Manipulation (vocab builder) Routine…

Hiya! Savannah here…

You all know by now that we cats change stuff we do into new stuff we do so the old stuff we did is stuff we don’t do anymore…and may never do again…got it??

I used to join Dad and Mom at night after my dinner…I would sit on the couch with Mom, Dad always gets the chair…Mom’s side of the couch has that movable thingy for her legs just like Dad’s chair….but, Dad gets the chair ‘cuz I wouldn’t sit on the couch with him!

So, I would even sometimes sit right next to Mom, snuggling a bit, sleeping while they watched TV. They LOVED having me join them.

Then, about 4 months ago…that stuff I did with them on the couch became stuff I don’t do anymore and now I have new stuff I do at night…

Dad calls it my nightly “DRIVE BY”…I sometimes have to repeat it, once, over an hour. I only do repeats if the “MESSAGE” doesn’t get through to Dad and Mom fast enough.

About 8-8:30 PM…I start…first, I come from our bedroom down the hall, walk in to the kitchen and over to my water and food station. I get a little refreshment, my left overs and something to drink.

Then, I walk from my feeding station into the family room where they are sitting watching TV…I walk very slowly, sort of just strolling…I pass in front of the entertainment unit with the humongous TV on the wall over it…then I sniff a bit, sometimes I mark (with my chin oil) the wood…then I look pointedly at Mom first…then Dad…I keep strolling past the entertainment unit…stop and sniff some more right in front of Dad…look pointedly at him…and out of sight…

Now, I wait…in the bedroom…’cuz that was the DRIVE BY to let them know…”hey, it’s time to play with me and then I am ready for bed!!!…”

If they don’t come to the bedroom within about 30 minutes…I repeat the DRIVE BY…sometimes I tease them by strolling to the small coffee table in front of the couch, sniff, sniff…rub, rub…like I might jump up with Mom…but then I move away again…back down the hall…

If the first DRIVE BY doesn’t make them guilty enough for ignoring me, then the second one does…Mom whines at Dad…and usually I don’t have to do a 3rd DRIVE BY…

AND THAT MY FURRIENDS IS MY NIGHTLY MANIPULATION ROUTINE!! WORKS EVERY TIME!!!

I am doing a very thorough job of training my Dad and Mom…manipulation always work…’cuz they really want some Savannah loving and I hold that out as their little treat for being good staff. It takes time, but trust me fellow cats and dogs (and piggies and birdie), this works!

Paw pats, Savannah