This photo is a finalist in a photo competition at the BlogPaws Nose-to-Nose Social Media Pet Blogging Awards!
BlogPaws is a media company and online community site for pet bloggers. You can find them on Facebook here.
The Cat Ball and Cat Canoe will also be on display during this event, at the Catification Lounge, and you can enter to win!
The Best Friends Animal Society LA center recently had a grand opening event. This amazing organization is really active in finding great homes for pets and in supporting spay and neuter programs. Cats and dogs are designed to have incredible numbers of offspring in their lifetimes, and this is something that responsible pet owners need to control. Additionally, continually going into heat can cause health problems in our pets.
I was approached by Jackson Galaxy and Moderncat.net and asked to make some donations to Best Friends community cat room. My business is really young, less than a year old, and it isn’t easy for me to afford donations, but I love making donations to events and groups like this!
I sent a Jumbo Cat Ball, two standard Cat Balls and a Cat Canoe.I really wanted to send stuff that black cats would look great in, since black cats experience a lower adoption rate.
The feedback I got was that everyone (inkludng teh hoomans) was excited to see how fabulous the Community Cat Room looks!
If you would like to donate one of my hand made Cat Balls to the Best Friends Animal Shelter, or to any other pet shelter, please contact me! Donations like this are really rewarding, and I will also offer a discount for charity purchases.
It is easy for us to assume that our pets have the same experiences that we do. Sure they’re only 12 inches tall and they don’t have thumbs, but they have eyes and ears, right?
Well, it doesn’t quite work that way. Our cats have evolved visual and auditory abilities that leave us in the dust. Most people are aware that cats have a phenomenal ability to see in the dark. They aren’t “nocturnal”, they are actually crepuscular, meaning their periods of activity are when the sun is in a twilight stage. While I think a lot of people are aware that cats have different visual skills than we have. I’m not so sure that people are generally aware that cats have a really different experience when it comes to hearing and smells
Cats can hear better than we can. They can even hear better than dogs can. It turns out that rodents make ultrasonic noises, and cats can hear them.These are noises that nobody every imagined, until some researcher somewhere figured it out.
Next time you 
laugh because the vacuum cleaner sends them scurrying under the bed, stop and think. What if you could hear whatever noises that machine makes at a range1.6 octaves HIGHER than your current hearing ability? They must constantly be hearing things that we are completely unaware of.
A cat has a sense of smell about fourteen times more powerful than a human’s. 
Cats actually use smell a lot when it comes to communication. We are experts at talking, and they are experts at making smells and interpreting them! Communicating through scent is the reason why they rub their heads on things, scratch their claws on things and spray on things. It doesn’t make sense to us, but then again we are able to make jokes and share stories. Ever try to tell a cat a knock-knock joke?
So think about it, when your cat is acting weird, jumpy, frightened or excited, it isn’t because your cat is “psycho”. It’s because your cat is having an entirely different view of the world than you are.
Because your cat experiences the world in a very different way than you do, it is important to be aware of her perspective when considering her behavior. It is essential to have this view point, and this is why Animal Behavior Consultants are so valuable.
Pam Johnson-Bennett is a widely published, well-known feline behaviorist. Her approach is friendly, supportive, warm and understanding. I really appreciate that she has written books specifically targeted to some common issues, and her book Cat vs. Cat: Keeping Peace When You Have More Than One Cat is a must read if you are considering adding a cat, or dealing with whatever is happening now that you already have. I first got this book at my local library, and then I bought it. This is Pam’s official website.
Jackson Galaxy is powerhousing into public awareness right now with an Animal Planet reality TV show, My Cat From Hell. The show demonstrates the problems and Jackson’s solutions in a way that you can apply to your own lives. I often get the feeling that Jackson’s involvement may actually be acting as occasional couple’s therapy, too. Here is Jackson’ Galaxy’s blog.
As a cat owner, I want to give my pets the best experience possible.
I want them to be comfortable, content, relaxed, and stimulated. I want them to poop in the right place, I don’t want them to fight or destroy my furniture, and I don’t want them to be dangerous. I absolutely recommend learning more about cats, and Cat Behavior Specialists can help so much!
I love getting photos from my customers!
This is Chippy, who is one of Jackson Galaxy’s cats. According to Jackson, she’s claimed ownership of it. It sounds like she might not want to share it with anyone else!
Isn’t she pretty?
Jackson Galaxy is a musician and professional Cat Behaviorist who now has a fun and educational television show on Animal Planet called My Cat From Hell.
