The Pets Thread

Oh, what a sweetie!

We have one or two cat cafes in town, but have not gone to it yet…

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I’m not sure cats should be drinking coffee…

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Re the Boxer who took a while to sit: here’s my sister’s rescue, Hunta… who thinks she’s a lapdog.

She’s totally not a lapdog, but she is the most affectionate, lovely dog ever. So happy to see you again, she jumps in circles and launches herself at you :heart_eyes:

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I love it when one of our cats sits behind my head on the couch or easy chair. The purring right next to my head is very soothing.

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Here’s Dyson doing the same to me.


ETA: he’s having a bad hair day.

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It’s tough to keep the floofy ones looking sleek, but Dyson’s a beauty either way.

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Isn’t any dog a lap dog, if they’re assertive enough? :wink: My grandparents had a great dane who would get as much of himself on your lap as he could manage. That guy was over 100 pounds, and when I met him (at 2 years old) I thought he was a horse, or so I am told.

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Aw thanks. He prettied up better in his earlier days. Gosh, he’ll be 18 in less than a month! (More or less.) But he’s become so sweet in his old age.

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Haha yes! I don’t know exactly what Hunta weighs, but she’s solid, pure muscle. That bed in the pic is large and as you can see, she’s probably too big for it. Also, I visited one day and took my other sister’s dog, Pepper (Maltese cross, also a rescue, small white and black floof). Hunta was so happy and excited to see us, she was doing her usual ‘hello, HELLO!! jump/twirl/circle/LAUNCH’ thing that she landed on Pepper. Pep yelped and collapsed and I thought Hunta had killed her, or at least broken some bones. Nup, she was fine (thank the gods)!

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It was different from what I expected. I thought it’d be like a normal coffee shop with lots of cute kitties lounging around. Instead, it was $13 entry fee for an hour with the cats, with the fee including a nonalcoholic beverage. They had beer and such in cans available and some cute cat themed baked goods.

We then were let into the cat area which had two connecting rooms with sofas, chairs, and lots of kitty furniture for the furry ones. They played jazz music. It was so relaxing and sweet. They have a harpist who plays on Friday nights.

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That’s what I’ve heard about the local one, a fee to get in… I’ll have to go check it out sooner rather than later.

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Ernie likes to steal tissues out of the box on my desk, and shred them. I am not amused, no matter how cute the little monster can be. Wet shredded tissue is gross even when I know it’s only cat spit.

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Meanwhile Bert is an angel. Well… for the moment anyway, because kittens are mostly composed of shenanigans and destruction, and tomorrow is a new day with all new things to attack and destroy.

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Don’t forget mischief and nuissessence.

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Luke, from yesterday. And yes, that is a Chet Atkins double-album on the Pickwick label, lol.

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I love a kitty-as-cinnamon roll impersonation.

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Never apologize for classic Country on vinyl!

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Is Bask-Cat!

Oh, not apologizing - verifying!

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A “shoe”-in for most adorable cat?

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