I have a snuggly little house cat who quite frequently sits in my lap as long as I am still enough for him to be content to do so. I don't feel he's particularly any more attentive when I'm sick or sad, but I've heard of quite a lot of cats who are more sensitive to their owners and who seem to go so far as to keep close tabs on them, bringing them …
Cat Love
I'm maybe a little too obsessed with cats, which is why I ended up starting this blog up to begin with. Here are some of my favourite types of posts to write on this blog - photo roundups, musings over the funny things cats do, and just general gushing over the adorable-ness of kitties.
7 Gushy Reasons I Love My Cat, Avery, to Bits; What Are Some of Yours?
I feel relationships with pets are similar to relationships with humans in a lot of ways. Some days, tired, anxious, upset, you come home, a family member does something annoying and you feel worse than when you walked in. Other days, you come home after a rough day and your family's presence immediately cheers you up, helping you hit a “reset” …
Black and White Cat Names (Male & Female): The Cute, Creative, & Cool
There's this ridiculously cute black and white Persian who's taken to having daily visits with Thomas and I in our backyard. We weren't sure if he was a stray before, but after arriving in our yard few nights back smelling like a perfume shop, we realized he was an outdoor cat who probably belongs to one of our back neighbours. Way before we had …
After 5 Years with Us, Avery Got His First Cat Tree: The Story of His Love Affair
This is a bit of a silly post - the majority of which will be me gushing over my cat's cuteness when he's snuggling up in cat trees. Truth be told, it's more or less an excuse for me to share masses of pictures of my adorable fella enjoying his new prezzies. I'll start at the beginning. My husband Thomas and I found Avery as a stray/feral …
Love Your Pet, But Resent or Even Hate Them Sometimes? You’re Not a Bad Person
I feel like in the past decade, we as humans have been airing our dirty laundry en masse, the world over. From YouTubers opening up about anxiety, depression, and other metal health issues, celebrities opening up about drug addiction, bipolar disorder, and even PTSD to less savoury thoughts and socially unacceptable opinions being printed in …
Flying with a Pet Can Be More Stressful for the Pet Owner Than the Pet
On Monday September 3rd, at roughly 6:00 in the morning, Thomas, Avery, and I were at the London Heathrow Airport boarding a plane for a flight headed to Lisbon, Portugal. This isn't the first time we'd flown with our pet, our super-snuggly house cat, Avery. We'd taken a flight from Toronto to London approximately two and a half years prior, since …
Idea VS Reality: How My Impression of Pets Changed Completely After Having One
When I was a teenager, I used to dream of having a little grey cat named Shadow. I imagined Shadow to be a boy - a Velcro-kitty who stuck by me night and day, slept with me, followed me to look out the window, kept me company while I did my homework. When I think back, it's clear that in so many ways, my cat Avery is not so far off from that …