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Responsibility is Good...

Pooches Paradise...

I didn't realize that PetsMart had expanded to the resort business for dogs.

According to Philip Francis, CEO for PetSmart, the new PetsHotel features a morning snack, which is dairy-free frozen yogurt and an afternoon Yappy Hour. They are also testing Pawsidential treatment which includes bedtime stories, tummy rubs, and other nice things. They also have doggie day-camps and supervised playtime throughout the day. They offer a phone booth where their owners can call in and chat, meow or bark with their pets, as the case may be.

Filtered water and complete air change every few minutes added to fleece covered cots and a television tuned to all day to Animal Planet make for an ambiance that is hard to beat.

I'm not sure what to say...

No Comment Department...

Word comes this morning that Petsmart stock hasn't done too well lately.

The company is optimistic, however, that their new line of Halloween costumes for our dogs and cats will restore their company to both high profits and good spirits.

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Can Folks Look After Themselves?...

Fiona Robyn of England always has intriguing things to say. Here's her blog for today. Think this over.

 

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musings on how to live more creatively

     

Monday, December 11, 2006

            

            

Another lesson from White Cat    

              

 

You may or may not remember White Cat, whom I spoke about earlier in the year. He is a battle- scarred stray who started hanging about our garden and looking hungry, and I ended up feeding him, but not wanting him to get too close as he fought with our own cats.

I spent some time worrying about what to do with him - he was too old and grumpy to be re-housed, and I didn't like to think of him outside as winter came on. He'd often disappear for days on end and I wondered what dilapidated shed he might be huddling in.

It turned out that he wasn't huddled in a shed after all, but was inside a warm house several doors down the street. They'd been feeding him for some time, and he'd been coming round to us for extra strokes and seconds. While I was worrying, White Cat was deciding where he should go for dinner tonight.

A part of me wasn't surprised at this turn of events. I often assume responsibility for weakness in other people, and underestimate their ability to look after themselves. Thanks White Cat, duly noted!

Things you might be curious about
Has something happened recently which has left you feeling annoyed or disappointed or frustrated or a little sad? Stop and wonder what it might teach you about yourself.

People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering. St Augustine

View My Cat...

Leesa, Montana blogger, shares a rascal-looking pussycat with us:

"This is Critter.  He's about 2 years old and quite the handful.  He loves to sit in the sinks and only if they are dry and empty."