Barney meets fish, old friends on field trip

March 21, 2011 By: kwilliams Category: Cats in the Stacks, Field trips, Kids and library cats

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. Read the rest of this entry →

Springtime a great time for kitty playdate

February 27, 2011 By: kwilliams Category: Field trips

SUSAN LOESCH

“Hey, Loverbee,  dude, how ‘bout you and your mom have a playdate with me and my mom? Purrs, Shadow”

“Hey backatcha, Shads. Playdate sounds sorta unmanly for us guys, but, hey, let’s go for it! Purrs, L-Bee”

So Sunday afternoon was reserved for a time for Shadow and his friend, Loverbee, to hang out.  Read the rest of this entry →

Cats take frosty tour of LR’s Love Bus

February 13, 2011 By: kwilliams Category: feline rescue and rehome, Field trips, Working for FURR

SUSAN LOESCH

We saw it first on Facebook and then on the news…Little Rock’s own icy version of the Love Bus, a VW bus crafted from snow and complete with cloth window curtains. The FuRR PR team of Barney, Shadow and Bob couldn’t pass this up, so we headed over to take a look.

This marked the first time the whole PR team had ventured out together since Bob came on board, so it was a special occasion.

Shadow wore his red and black sweater and a red bandana. Barney sported his puffy vest and his peace-and-love print bandana to set the mood. Read the rest of this entry →