Watching and caring for our four house-bound cats is one of those never-ending sources of amusement or stress (depending on our moods and the moods of the cats too).  Two large cats and two small cats make for a substantial amount of litter, hair, hairballs and...

My first dog was a boxer named Pucho.  He came to our house on a cool November afternoon, a few weeks before Christmas.  He was really tiny and cute, a face flat as a miniature pancake with a black stubby nose sticking out in front.  He came in a cardboard box wrapped...

  The mind of the cat is a mystery many of us long to solve.  Many people infuse their relationship with them with a number of human characteristics, a process known by the mouth-filling word anthropomorphizing.  We love to think our cats adore us, that they rub...

  There is the long-standing belief that in order to avoid having vermin in the house or barn, especially the rodent variety, a cat is the best solution.  How many times have you heard someone say “Oh, Bootsie is such as good mouser!”  I have, many times.  But...