Unintended snuggle

On August 18, 2023August 15, 2023 By CarynIn Cats, dog

Photo description: 50-pound black dog laying on a patterned rug, six inches away from a gray tabby kitten also laying on the floor with a blanket.

Photo description: same dog, same cat, same floor, dog is now in his side, pressed up against the kitten. Both have their eyes closed.

I’m not entirely sure Griffin the dog knew he snuggled Thor the kitten. It seemed very casual. Normally Griffin doesn’t put up with cuddles, scratches yes, cuddles not for long, even from humans. He’ll put up with Missy being close when they are in the car, or wrestling, but nothing that could be called a cuddle. Which makes me think this was unintentional. I’m very interested to see what happens when it gets cold around here.

I’m also trying a new photo caption method. I’ve almost always tried to have meaningful captions on my photos in case the photo doesn’t load, or my reader can’t see the photo and is using a reading program. It has long irritated me that on some displays the caption looks like part of the narrative, like some lost sentence fragment. I know about alt text, but I don’t like that it is hidden except for audio renditions. (It makes it hard to proofread and feels clandestine.) I saw a post with this type of photo description, and I like it. It a concise photo description with what is, I hope, the essentials of the photo. For those unable to see the photo, it gives enough to form a mental image, and for those able to see the photo, tells them what I think is important in the image. Nothing deliberately hidden, I hope. “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” – Maya Angelou

That is adorable

On August 15, 2023August 11, 2023 By CarynIn Cats

Missy the dog has a favorite ring chew toy. She likes it so much we’ve had to replace it. Thor the kitten has been trying to figure out what the hubbub is. He’s laid in it, rolled in it, and now went and found his own ring (he stole a bracelet from the youngest’s room), and brought it down to chew on next to Missy’s rings. I didn’t get a picture of him chewing, so you’ll have to take my word for it.

Thor the kitten with his own chew ring next to the dog’s chew rings

He has learned to jump

On August 13, 2023August 10, 2023 By CarynIn Cats

Thor the kitten has grown enough that he can now jump to counter height. The house is his oyster. Below is a picture of him on the top of our headboard, about six feet tall. He is licking his lips because he just used his jumping skills to get up on Izzy the cat’s feeding shelf to eat senior cat food. He then discovered there was yet another level. He is quite proud of himself.

Not her tail

On August 11, 2023August 9, 2023 By CarynIn Cats, dog

We’ve been working with Missy the dog for a long time on letting people touch her tail without her growling. Apparently we did our work well. Here is a video of Thor the kitten playing with Missy‘s tail, and she doesn’t even care.