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[bmccasland]

I'm not that fond of mending or doing alterations. So when I finally get in the mood to do it, Calypso decides she needs to help...

[lph]

aw, she's beautiful

Helping out the way only cats can! Look, she's holding the material down for you.

[lph]

No photos (sorry!) but a kitty report and a link:

Lyra is on vacation together with ds and my in-laws at in-laws' cabin in the mountains, and she's having the time of her life. Six mice in the course of the first evening, fourteen in the course of the first two days

I'm thankful she's not much of a bird hunter and is sticking to mice, and according to the biologists I work with there are mice and rats enough to go around for all the predators around here.

But I did a little search just for the heck of it because I'm really bored at work, and look what I found - the CatBib! Looks bizarre, but they say it works.

http://www.catgoods.com/index.html

[NoNo]

Do you see the murderous glare in the eyes of those cats? Go ahead and just try to get the cat bib on without finding another kind of "special treat" waiting for you

[Selkie]

I admit, I haven't had a cat in many years, but I don't recall my cats ever needing a bib. What's the deal?

I have a couple of messy golden retrievers who could use bibs after drinking water.

[lph]

The deal is apparently that apart from amusing you and all your neighbours, and putting you in severe danger of your cat never talking to you again, it stops cats from catching birds. Partly because it's large and bright and warns them off, partly because it gets in the way of their final pounce.

I wouldn't have believed it if somebody told me, but there are in fact pictures of 200 (200!!) cats blithely wearing the thing on there.

[Selkie]

LOL!!! That's what I get for not looking closer at your link! Who'dve thunk it? Why not just put a bell on the cat's collar? Seems like the ultimate indignity, making kitty wear a device like that. Goes against kitty's natural instincts, too. What if a mean kitty, not wearing a bib, comes after a kitty handicapped by the bib?

[Deborajen]

Here's Abby ready to go: (On the Root River Trail in Minnesota)



OK - Are we going yet?



She's still not quite comfortable riding in it, but she wants to go along with us soooo bad . . . We're getting the hang of it, and I've got the feeling it will get lots of use!

We got this trailer, a Doggyride Mini, from Canine Commuter. I can't say enough about how great they were to work with. If you're looking for any specialty items for dogs, they're well worth checking out. And the trailer is really easy to set up and use. We did learn, though, that you can't go full speed with it - had a tip over on a fast turn - but dog and trailer are both fine (trailer is a little scuffed up, but it happens) -- the handbook does say 15 mph speed limit - should've read all of that first (duh!)