After all cats are independent. Leave the tricks to Fido. Well the author of the article below has given me pause to think. Read the article about a most amazing cat and some tips on how to teach your cat a few tricks.

By SHIRLEEN ALLICOT and HEATHER GRUBOLAMay 15, 2012 (WPVI) — Cats have long been thought to be very independent pets. They do their own thing, in their own time, when they want to. But we’ve found one local woman whose house cat goes way beyond that. Zucca is a 13-year-old delightful little house cat. And while she looks like your average cat, she’s anything but! ”She kind of blows my mind.” Dr. Cynthia Otto, Penn Veterinary Medicine, has spent years training her dog, Dolce, for competitions. She said one day, during an at-home training session, Zucca decided to join in.”Then one day she just, jumped over the jump,” she said. And from there Zucca blossomed. She can give her paw on command, roll over, play the piano and jump over hurdles. In all, Zooka knows about 35 tricks and actually has a “tricks” title she earned from a well-known trainer. ”It really has made her more interactive with us,” Dr. Otto said.

Did you read the article? Amazing isn’t it? I hoped you learned something from it. I know I did. So I guess us humans can learn new things too. Please share with your friends and hey, leave us a comment with your thoughts.

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So What Does It Mean When Your Cat Licks You? The Author Of This Article And Admits They Do Not Really Know, But Some Really Interesting Theorys Are Promulgated. The Author Said It Might Be Because They Are Trying To Extract Salt From Your Body, Which Is Funny Because My Wife Believes The Same Darn Thing. Anyway, Read The Article For Some Theories, Some Of Which Are Kind Of Out There…

The animals who let me share their home are not especially licky individuals, but for one notable and almost daily occurrence: the morning wake-up call. I start most days getting my eyebrows slobbered on by Tsimmes (our elderly red tabby) while Archie (the big black-and-white hairy English sheepdog mix) plops down on my chest and proceeds to lick everything on my face located below those cat-claimed eyebrows. Fortunately Frida, Isabelle and Stinky Louise do not appear much interested in the morning ablution, a good thing since there’s not much additional tongue-space available if they were.

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WDogs lick dogs and cats lick cats as a sign of submissive behavior, to telegraph benign intent, and as a means of establishing bonds and demonstrating affection. So why do dogs and cats lick their people? What do I know?

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Sometimes cats misbehave in ways we don’t understand. But please be aware that when a pet cat misbehaves or acts out, there’s usually always a valid reason for it. The story of Cammie is about one such cat. Read this touching story and i’m sure your awareness of cat behavior will be enhanced.

It was not exactly love at first sight. I adopted Cameo because no one else would. She had been adopted twice from Centre County PAWS, the animal rescue organization where I volunteered, and then she’d been “returned” because she scratched people. When any of us took her out of her cage, she would get all excited—would purr and roll around on the floor, bright-eyed, or would run around attacking every toy in sight, ecstatic. When playtime was over, however, and we’d go to put her back in her cage, she would cling, hiss, and claw us viciously. Who could blame her? She had come into the shelter a teenage mother—a tiny little thing with seven kittens. She had been in the cage for nearly nine months with those doggone kittens, waiting while all of them grew up and went off to homes. You could see the accusation of injustice in her eyes.

So you see, after reading the story, there was a good reason for Cammies misbehavior, and an all too common reason at that. Thank God, her owner got to the bottom of it and we had a happy ending for this beautiful cat.

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Some people think cats really don’t need much care. They think you can just set out food and water and pretty much forget about them.

What Do You Think? Then Read The Article Below And Let The Writer/Expert Give You The Real Skinny On What’s What.

I was recently asked about which pets require minimal care. After doing some research, I was amazed to find that several “experts” describe cats as low-maintenance pets. Perhaps in some people’s minds, folks when comparing felines to canines kitties fall into this category. As far as this writer is concerned, nothing could be further from the truth.

It’s possible their rationale could be based on the myth that Cats are “self-sufficient,” rarely needing grooming or exercise. According to their opinion, feeding a kitty requires hardly any effort. All a kitty guardian has to do is set down a plate of cat food on the floor twice a day, leave plenty of dry food available and provide a bowl of fresh clean water.

Making cat ownership much easier, with the wide assortment of automatic water and food dispensers, and the advent of automatic litter box cleaners, the “nasty” task to which few kitty guardians looks forward- scooping may soon be a thing of the past. So how can kitty’s output, (so to speak) be monitored? This is an essential part of feline care.