Food-wise From The Kitchen

Old dog Javi looks sad
as he watches us clean the kitchen.

It is as if he has lost something,
or is losing out on something.

Perhaps the dog thinks of the dirt,
that is being eliminated,
as his friend,

or maybe that dirt is something
that he is comfortable with,
and he hates to see it go;

or maybe he is looking sad
because with all the cleaning
getting done in the kitchen,
nothing has been tossed to him
for him to snack on.

Because their bellies are full

The dogs are quiet,
and so are the cats
and turtles;

it is too early for
them to be up,

they have had breakfast
and have now re-found
their beds.

I will go back to sleep
soon, also, and the animals
will not wake me because
their bellies are full.

Do what they do
By Mikel K

The cats stay outside
all night, but are waiting
at the door to come in,
as I am letting the dogs
out in the morning;

the cats know that morning is
feeding time, and they
look forward to me
cracking a can of
the wet cat food that
they love so much,

and dividing it between
the three of them.

Usually, I find them
in three different spots
around the house sleeping,
after their meal.

They sleep all day,
until it is time to
go outside, again,
and do what they do.

Cats are not stupid
By Mikel K

Cats are not stupid,
at least my cats are
not stupid.

My dog, Morisson,
crawled into the bed
with me,
late last night,
and, when I awoke,
this morning,
I realized why
he had done so;

it had thunder
and lightening-ed
all night long, and
was still doing it
this morning
as I watched all
three cats eating.

Normally, two of
the cats would be
outside waiting to
come in to breakfast,
at this time, but
they are not stupid,

they stayed inside
while the storm raged
outside.

Cats are not stupid,
at least my cats are
not stupid.

Love is in town

Love is in town, with her little dog, Dylan; that makes
five dogs and three cats who slept in this house last night,
with three adults, two turtles and two goldfish.

Feeding the animals, this morning, was a trip;
I have to figure out which animals to isolate
from which animals, so that said animals don't
eat other said animals food!

Bundy is the biggest criminal when it comes to quickly
eating his own food, and then venturing into the bowls
of the other dogs. Javi is no angel when it comes to
this, either. Morisson is squeamish and will not only lett
the other dogs steal his food, but he will move to
the side or back off from his breakfast, when one of the
cats stick their nose in his bowl.

The Cat Pai Mai on the path to recovery

I'm still not exactly sure of what is wrong
with my son's cat Pai Mai. The vet said
something about a possible abscess from
a fight that he had probably been in,
and sent us home with a syringe and this
white liquid antibiotic.

I didn't do so good, last night, the first
time that I tried to squirt the solution
in the cat's mouth. He resisted a bit, and
that caused me to shoot much of it inside
his mouth, and some all over his face. This
morning, I was more prepared and I held him
more firmly and made sure that the liquid
antibiotic went deep down his throat.

After I tried to medicate him, last night,
the cat moved from the comforter at the
foot of my bed to underneath my bed, and
that is where he is hanging out, now.

He has to stay inside for a week, until he
gets re-inspected by the vet. You know that
he is going to hate that; he is such an
indoor/outdoor cat, leaning way more towards
the outdoor.

His leg seems to be withdrawing from
under his belly. The Doc said that the
leg definitely wasn't broken; she didn't
even need to take x rays.

I NEED TO CLEAN MORE

I NEED TO CLEAN MORE
with four dogs
and three cats
in the house,

I should probably be
cleaning all the time,

but I'm not.

I'm drinking tea,
right now in a dirty house
and I feel fine.