{"id":3357,"date":"2019-04-08T06:20:11","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T14:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=3357"},"modified":"2019-04-08T06:20:11","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T14:20:11","slug":"mindful-monday-celebrating-our-pets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=3357","title":{"rendered":"Mindful Monday \u2013 Celebrating Our Pets"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"First, I\u2019d like to give you an Smokey-update. He continues to do great! He has met the resident cat, Kitty Boo-Boo and it looks like they\u2019re going to get along. In fact, Kitty Boo-Boo seems happy to have him around. They think this is partly because she\u2019s a relaxed, go-with-the-flow kind of cat. But also, Smokey looks a little like a cat they lost to old age recently. However, I\u2019m not sure cats go so much on appearance as they do scent. She must know this cat isn\u2019t Scooter Bob. This is Smokey, by the way, exploring his new play tunnel.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m told that at their first meeting, Kitty Boo-Book licked Smokey, so Smokey licked her back on top of the head. I haven\u2019t seen that kitty greeting before.<\/p>\n

If your household is like ours and many others I know, you have pets and your pets are \"\"highly considered in most of your decisions and plans. And they are pampered, indulged, and mollycoddled every day of the week. But did you know there are over 160 recognized pet holiday days, weeks, and months designed to celebrate our pets and animals in general? Today, for example, is National Dog Fighting Awareness Day.<\/p>\n

Now that\u2019s something we don\u2019t want to know anything about. Why should we even think about something so ugly and cruel? I suppose the point of creating awareness is to attract more people onto the bandwagon to stop this insane practice in our neighborhoods, communities, the world.<\/p>\n

\"\"This month is also National Adopt a Greyhound Month, National Heartworm Awareness Month, National Pet First Aid Awareness Month, Prevent Lyme Disease in Dogs Month, Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month and National Pet Month. That\u2019s a lot to celebrate.<\/p>\n

You might be disappointed to learn that we missed a very important international celebration. Last week was International Pooper Scooper Week. (Those of us with cats celebrate that every day of the week, right?)<\/p>\n

While we\u2019re on the subject, let\u2019s discuss pooper scoopers. I was given one by a vendor while at one of the Cat Writer\u2019s Association Conferences and it is the best pooper scooper I\u2019ve ever used. I\u2019ve even bought them for friends. Here\u2019s the brand and website. Litter Lifter https:\/\/litter.lifter.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Also this month we\u2019ve missed National Siamese Cat Day and National Raw Feeding Week. But don\u2019t worry, there are many more pet-related \u201cholidays\u201d to observe this month. My suggestion is to choose those that are meaningful to you and get involved either by donating money, goods, or time to the cause, or by spreading awareness related to those causes that mean the most to you, or by simply creating an even better world for your pets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First, I\u2019d like to give you an Smokey-update. He continues to do great! He has met the resident cat, Kitty Boo-Boo and it looks like they\u2019re going to get along. In fact, Kitty Boo-Boo seems happy to have him around. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3357"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3357"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3359,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3357\/revisions\/3359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}