Memphis and Jacques

Tuffy P's Animal Crackers

Jerry and Shadow
This is all about who has the better spot.

Tuffy P's Animal Crackers

Jerry, King of the Jungle

Tuffy P's Animal Crackers

Jerry "The Champ"

Tuffy P's Animal Crackers

Tuffy P's Animal Crackers

This is Jerry. He's the best cat you'll ever meet.

Occupation

Jerry and Rossi discovering that possession is nine-tenths of the law when it comes to the dog's bed.

Tuffy P's animal crackers

Tuffy P photographs Jacques-y

Followers

We take Memphis out very early this morning for a good walk before we feed her. This morning, as we reached the end of our street and turned down the next one, we noticed two of our cats, Shadow and Spud, following along a few yards behind. We tried to discourage them. Tuffy P even tried her amazing finger-snaps....but no, they were determined. Finally, I had to turn back and walk home with them as Tuffy continued to walk the dog.

Rescue

Early this morning we were enjoying a coffee in the back yard when Tuffy P. noticed that Jacques, our youngest cat, had stranded himself on a branch about 15 feet up a tree. He was pacing back and forth on the branch, meowing. Loosely translated, I think the meowing meant, "crap, I've really done it now".

A better blogger than I would have immediately ran into the house to get a camera. Silly me, I was too concerned about the cat. We tried coaxing him down, but he would not try to run down the tree. Out with ladder number 1. I could just reach Jacques with this ladder but he dug his claws into the branch and would not let go. I wasn't high enough to get any leverage. Our comes ladder number 2. This time I was able to grab Jacques with 1 hand under his chest and pry his claws off the branch with the other. I swung him away from the tree and down, handing him off to a waiting Tuffy P.

Amazingly, I was able to accomplish this without a single cat scratch!

Jacques

Rossi

Tuffy P did a great job getting these shots!

Try reading the newspaper at our house...

Cats on pillars

Shadow on the left; Jerry on the right.

Jacques

shut-eye

Memphis

For those who haven't visited, Memphis, our Landseer Newfoundland pup, has her own blog.

Jacques has developed a taste for dog biscuits

First he crunches one down into bite-sized pieces, then eats it little bit at a time.

Rossi