{"id":1258,"date":"2016-05-24T04:54:51","date_gmt":"2016-05-24T12:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=1258"},"modified":"2016-05-24T04:54:51","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T12:54:51","slug":"newsday-tuesday-dressing-kitty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=1258","title":{"rendered":"Newsday Tuesday\u2014Dressing Kitty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1259\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Lily-and-CWA-Conf-032-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Lily and CWA Conf 032\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Lily-and-CWA-Conf-032-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Lily-and-CWA-Conf-032-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Lily-and-CWA-Conf-032-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong>Do you dress your cat? Do you know anyone who does? It\u2019s a sweet premise\u2014the scenario of the little girl dressing her kitty and pushing him around in her doll buggy. That wasn\u2019t me or my children. What about you? Did you have a cat who let you dress her as a child?<\/p>\n<p>Once when my Himalayan came home from the groomer (in the days when a bath was the only healthy way to get rid of fleas), she had a tiny blue bow tied to a tuft of fur next to one of her ears. Soooooo cute.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve seen cats at cat shows dressed in exquisite outfits\u2026all coordinated and stylish down to a tiny purse over their arms. Sweet\u2014but kind of weird.<\/p>\n<p>When Lily was a kitten, she adored children. She was interested in everything they <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1260\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sasha-027-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"sasha 027\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sasha-027-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sasha-027-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sasha-027-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sasha-027.jpg 1205w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>did\u2014playing blocks, putting puzzles together, sitting and reading, painting, playing inside a tent (a blanket draped over a couple of chairs), etc. One time when a three-year-old granddaughter wanted to play super hero, I made her a cape. She insisted I make Lily one to match.<\/p>\n<p>I thought you\u2019d enjoy viewing some of the sites I found showing cats all dressed up. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catster.com\/lifestyle\/i-dress-up-my-cat-all-the-time-and-he-loves-it\">http:\/\/www.catster.com\/lifestyle\/i-dress-up-my-cat-all-the-time-and-he-loves-it<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtv.com\/news\/1979167\/national-cat-day-cats-wearing-clothes\">http:\/\/www.mtv.com\/news\/1979167\/national-cat-day-cats-wearing-clothes<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catster.com\/lifestyle\/cat-behavior-do-your-cats-like-wearing-clothes\">http:\/\/www.catster.com\/lifestyle\/cat-behavior-do-your-cats-like-wearing-clothes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you dress your cat? Do you know anyone who does? It\u2019s a sweet premise\u2014the scenario of the little girl dressing her kitty and pushing him around in her doll buggy. That wasn\u2019t me or my children. 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