Introducing a new cat

As we are currently settling in a new cat, I thought I'd share this link to the Human Society's page. It's the best advice I've seen online on how to introduce a new cat.


We've had Mr. Guns since last Thursday evening. He's mostly been living in the upstairs bathroom. He's seen Mojo and Katie, but they have not yet formally met. He's been 100% ready to meet everyone and explore, but it's Katie I worry about.

Mojo is a little too eager to play with the new cat. Guns is a little unsure of our 63-pound lunging dog, so they still have to meet.

Katie knows the new cat is here and she's doing better than expected. The first night she exiled herself downstairs and didn't come sleep in the bed like she normally does. The second night she tentatively came upstairs and she's a little more cautious than normal, but still has full range of the house. (She RARELY came in the bathroom the new cat is in.) We've been making sure to give her extra treats and play time. She's up to her old tricks of knocking treats off the table so she can eat them and dunking her toy shoelace in Mojo's water bowl. She has also been spending a lot of time sleeping on her dad's lap.

She's seen the cat, through a cracked door, and once yesterday when Matt was carrying him back to his room. She's been sniffing spots he's been in (the bed room, dad's lap, etc). She has, at times, looked at the door to the room he's staying in. We've put a toy under the door so they can both play with it. Katie hasn't touched the toy yet. She did touch his paw that was clawing out from under the door once. She's also hissed at him (or his paw). Not too meanly. And she did a small amount of kitty growling. But normal stuff, nothing to worry about.

We plan to introduce this weekend when we are around.

Guns Playing

I'll write more on the new cat later. For now, here's a video of him in action

The Adventures of Mojo, Katie and Gunnar

Coming soon....have to move my other blog over.

Possible new addition

I'll admit, I want to adopt pretty much every cat I meet. But today we went over to my sister's house because Matt wanted to try out their elliptical. I fell in love with one of their kittens. (A stray cat had six kittens and brought them in her house). This guy is grey and stripey with a fabulously fluffy half-tail. We think he's half manx. The photo above is when he was much smaller.

Lunch Report

Today I went home at lunch. It was cruel torture to go home to a quiet, beautiful house with a puppy who wanted me to stay, and to then have to go back to work. Work that's not as peaceful and has no puppy to curl up behind me or kitty to sit on the computer desk.

Anyway, I took Mojo (the aspiring sled dog) on a lunch time walk (he likes to run when it's cold). He peed on an electrical box in one of the neighbor's yard (which always makes me cringe). Then I thought he wasn't going to go "big potty." I had given up. We were almost done with the walk and he hadn't done it in any of his usual places. Apparently he was waiting for an audience, because as soon as he saw another person he squatted. He's quite proud of himself.

When I got back, I had trouble finding Katie. Even though the sun light had warmed up the bedroom she was still sleeping under the covers.

So that was lunch at the house. Don't tell Mojo's dad that Mojo and I shared a baked potato for lunch.



P.S. This picture isn't from lunch and Katie isn't sleeping under the covers but it's still cute.

Barking In His Sleep

Mojo sometimes barks in his sleep: little puppy barks that sounds like he's having a big ol' time playing. Too cute.