Author: BJ
Let’s dismiss superstitions & folklore giving black cats a bad rap
Let’s dismiss the superstitions & folklore giving black cats a bad rap. On Black Cat Appreciation Day (Aug. 17) we want to debunk the myths and celebrate how absolutely stunning they are. They make wonderful pets, but superstitions still prevail. Black cats tend to be the last to get adopted at shelters. Black cats also…
How many cats can come about from one cat? Take pause before throwing out the numbers
How many cats can come about from one cat in 7 years? Can it really be 420,000 kittens? The numbers are exponential, but one needs to take pause when throwing out these numbers because they may not be valid. While it’s important to shock people into understanding how explosive pet overpopulation is, it’s also a…
Major House Renovations, an overhaul from top to bottom, put a kink in blogging
Major house renovations have kept Paws for Reflection more than busy this oast year, and we apologize to our readers for being a bit more absent than we had planned, as we also needed to repair some water damage, but the Water Damage Restoration Toms River helped us with this. With a big old farmhouse…
Rescuing Cat in Tree is Serious
Rescuing Cat In Tree Rescuing cat in tree is serious business. It’s a real safety issue that all cat owners need to consider. First of all, we learned there’s only one way for a cat to get out of a tree – climb down backwards, or hire a tree climber. The police and fire department…
Lazy Sunday: Cat naps or mischief?
Sunday Selfies. What a hard day work ahead, napping that is! What are your cats up to today? Are they catching up on a few more naps, getting ready for the hard week ahead? Please leave your comments, and let Paws for Reflection know what your kitties are up to? Naps or mischief? …
Homer, The Ninth Life of a Blind Wonder Cat lives on, perhaps forever
Homer, The Ninth Life of a Blind Wonder Cat lives on, perhaps forever. This amazing cat became famous through his human Gwen Cooper’s bestselling book ‘Homer’s Odyssey’, bringing much-needed attention to how special a blind cat can be. After his death, he became infamous, and Cooper tells just how much so in her 115-page sequel,…
Cats get a whiff of Spring in the air
These cats are getting a whiff of spring, from the crocuses outside, to the bright sunshine streaming in the windows, to the Mum that is grasping at life after spending a winter in hibernation. What are your cats doing today as they take advantage of Spring which only recently sprung upon us? Sunday Selfies: Cats…
Making the Most of All Nine Lives: The Extraordinary Life of Buffy the Cat
‘Making the Most of All Nine Lives: The Extraordinary Life of Buffy the Cat’ portrays just how humanly adventurous this one in a million cat, Buffy, is as he poses in some extraordinary places for his human, Paul Smulson. These unbelievable pictures take on even more significance as Award Winning pet lifestyle expert, author and…
Feral Cats cat take great selfies too
Why limit selfies to our indoor cats? These ferals who have the luxury of living inside have adapted quite well to their inside foster homes. They’ve learned to wind their humans around their paws, and now have learned how to take some pawsome selfies. How have you taught your cats, or the community cats –…
Cats ready to celebrate #St. Patrick’s Day
These cats are getting ready to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. They are wearing the green, checking out the Shamrocks, hunting for their pot of gold, and ready for the green beer, or we should say catnip because that’s what they prefer. While the cats at the Paws household had some help from their human photographing…
