Rosie’s new blog

Our dog Rosie now has her own blog! From  Life with a Neurotic Cat . . . So why would I, a dog, want to have my own blog? I suppose I could say “because I can”, but it’s more than that. I’m a smart and opinionated dog, and since Lisa (female human) won’t let […]

My own dog is barking at me

Monday morning. I’m following my Monday morning routine of emptying all the bins in the house, for the Monday morning garbage collection in our neighbourhood. Bending over a black garbage bag, my back suddenly “goes”. I’m hunched over unable to move. Or at least unable to move without a great deal of pain radiating from […]

Living with an anorexic cat

Since I’m on the topic of cats (see last post), I thought I’d continue with another post about them. I am writing this not just to tell Lucy’s story, but in the hope that it will help other cat owners whose cats are losing weight for no apparent reason. Lucy, our cat, was a skinny […]

What Your Cat Wants You to Know – Really?

I am a cat lover. I know you might not know that since I’ve spent many posts telling you all about our wonderful dog Rosie, but it’s true. I’ve owned quite a few cats – my first being when I was around 5 years old. Okay so my mother looked after and fed the cat, […]

Photo day: Who’s a clever girl then?

I know I must sound like a doting parent, but we do have a very clever dog! She’s currently learning English. Okay, she doesn’t speak it, but she understands an amazing amount of words already. Must be because I’m always talking to her. Somehow that makes me feel less crazy than talking to myself . […]

Photo day: Boots and Lead

These are two of Rosie’s favourite things. My boots and her lead. She sees these and she knows a walk is imminent. She sees these, and she follows me around the house (even when the boots aren’t on my feet) in case I try and sneak off without her! And the longer I walk around […]

Catch and Release

Lucy, the cat, is a born “mouser”.  When we first moved into our current house, we had a big problem with rats, mice and moles. At the time we had an elderly cat, who had long since given up hunting. Then Lucy came to live with us. As a kitten she practised stalking and pouncing […]