Three beautiful little ones to enjoy, how does it get better than that! This mixed trio of two cats and a dog (the smallest of which was the dog) came to us when their wonderful parents looked for some “live-in” pet care while they vacationed. Dogsitting for this fox terrier mix and providing cat care […]
Three’s company! (and great companionship, too) Read More »
We had the opportunity to do some dogsitting and cat care in the Monterey area for two wonderful pet parents. They entrusted us with their little Coco, an adorable two year old girl of mixed breed, and Lulu, the male orange tabby. “Mixed” households can be interesting — sometimes dogs and cats don’t play together
Crazy for Coco and Loco for Lulu! Read More »
Sidney’s blue eyes and sweet disposition will melt any animal lover’s heart! Little Sidney is a fourteen year old Siamese we were engaged to pet sit for a month in Cape Cod, diagnosed last year as having congestive heart failure. Because of his advanced condition, our time with him was on a hospice pet care
Sweet Sidney, our “hospice” cat sit in Cape Cod Read More »
We had booked 4 months housesitting in Chicago, and, about a month before we were scheduled to come in, there was a new “arrival” at the household, Barney! Barney was a feral little baby who wasn’t doing very well on his own, so the homeowners captured and adopted him. He was four months old when
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We did! We did! We did see a puddy tat, and it looked just like…Sylvester! Sylvester is a long hair, and the “original” family cat. Unfortunately for him, two other male cats — Lovey and Lionel — were very poor guests, and tormented him relentlessly, flushing him out of every solitary place he could find,
A Thanksgiving full house with a King Charles spaniel and 3 cats, continued! Read More »
Our housesitting and petsitting engagement in Phoenix included a domestic cat, Vera. Vera was a rescue, raised from about 4 days old in a family with dogs. Besides being just a beautiful girl, Vera was also completely endearing — she was very independent, but so enjoyed being held and cuddled. You would think having a
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Cats are such a great choice for people who look for 4-legged companionship and have a busy schedule! They are brilliantly independent, and often times really affectionate, which fortunately was the case with beautiful Bailey and Toby, two rag dolls we had the pleasure of watching over in Colorado! Interestingly, these were a mixed gender
Rag doll cats — beautiful, sweet and affectionate! Read More »
Our California days included time along the 101 near Thousand Oaks with two very cool cats, Idget and Fig. What different personalities! Idget loves to explore, Fig loves to burrow and nest. And both are so affectionate — Fig will plop down in front of you to get some love (she has a beautiful purr),
Idget and Fig, California Cool Cats Read More »