A cat sings? Well, you might say, maybe in cartoons. Yes, there are some funny ones, but the other day our cat Rosenmund, also called “Mundl” or simply “Red”, for obvious reasons, sang aloud in a way I have never heard a cat sing. The Red Cat’s Morning Song Actually, every morning he exhibits…
The following article is a love letter to Sunnyboy which Mark wrote and published in another website of ours a few months after Sunny’s arrival in our house Early on a chilly morning this November as Heidi and I were crawling into the car, I heard a tiny mew coming from across the street where…
Heavy like a feather: but feathers aren’t heavy, are they? No, you might think, they are light and volatile, but they can be very voluminous when you think about geese down. That’s why I thought of comparing Pallino with a feather because he was white like geese down and voluminous, for sure. He was like a…
When your cat comes home and is limping, how would you react? Are you preoccupied and will you run to the vet immediately? In most cases this might not be necessary and when you have some experience with cats who live outside, then you know that, sometimes, they climb up trees and then have a…
Trust – an important factor in our relationship with animals. When we talk about “trust” we normally think about human relationships, between friends or family. But it is not so much different with animals, surprisingly. Today I want to tell you about my learning curve with trust regarding my animals. Almost 30 years ago, when…
Human beings have the tendency to believe that they are victims of what happens to them. There are those who attribute all the things which can go wrong in their lives to a divine plan (and subsequently get angry with God and end up being Atheists). And then there are those who believe that they…
We humans often have a hard time when it comes to emotions. Most of us in the western world were educated to not show our emotions, to suppress them, or better, not have them at all. But we are emotional creatures like all mammals whether we like it or not. Animals don’t have a way…
How often have you felt you were on ground zero and were dreaming of becoming a hero? Did you get there? Or maybe you didn’t know how? For your inspiration, I will tell you the story of Filippo, the hero-cat. Animals can teach us, humans, a lot Have you ever noticed how our human ways…
Even young and robust cats need to, sometimes, go to the vet, and normally they are not very excited about it. Mainly because they don’t know the place and are fearful of the unknown, or they know it already well and they might connect with it unpleasant experiences. Sunny at the vet – watch…
Cats and music – do cats like music? Do you like music? And do your cats like the same type of music? Maybe you have never thought about it, but animals are as much influenced by sound as humans are. And, actually, even plants have favorite types of music, believe it or not! But back…