SUSAN LOESCH

Are there weeks when you are so busy you’d like to clone yourself? That was Shadow and Barney’s
predicament last week. Sometimes working two jobs makes you feel like you are meeting yourself
coming and going … even if you are a cat!

Barn and Shadow have their job as library cats, but they also are kept busy as Feline Rescue and Rehome PR Ambassadors.

What a week they had! A Jeans Day benefit, FuRR’s three-day fundraiser sale and, for Shadow, his first prom! (more…)

SUSAN LOESCH

Faith and begorrah, St. Patrick’s Day has come again! Time for the wearin’ of the green, whether you have two legs or four.

After reading that there would be a parade at Happy Hour in the Heights, Mr. O’Shadow suggested we catify the celebration. His plans were big: He’d be met by Feline Rescue and Rehome PR Kitty Bob
and his mom, Ms. Moira, and handsome orange tabby, Pumpkin, and his parents, Mr. Bob and Ms. Lanita.

We’d all join the parade and declare St. Patrick’s Day to now be renamed St. Catrick’s Day. It sounded like a good plan to us humans. The first sign that things might not go exactly as expected came when Bob, usually ready for a walk whenever he gets the chance, decided upon arrival that he didn’t want to participate. (more…)

SUSAN LOESCH

On a dreary, rainy late winter afternoon, what could be better than shopping to lift your spirits? How about shopping and a reunion with a really good friend? A surprise reunion for Barney!

Barney and I headed to Petco with a specific purchase in mind, a new water dispenser. A really BIG one, so that mom doesn’t have to fill water bowls every time she turns around!

We went armed with a gift card we got at Christmas, but I made sure I had my checkbook, too. When I shop with the kitties we always go a little bit beyond the gift cards. (more…)