Because Stella lives in her own suite her at DogDaz Zoo, it is not often that I capture her in photos. Usually the rest of the crew is busy doing silly things and getting all the camera time. But Stella is a sweet beauty, she just needs to be alone. I guess you can say she is the truest of cats at DogDazCats2. Most of us think of cats as social animals, but the truth is, their DNA shows them to be more solitary then pack.
“The independence of cats is one of the features most admired by those of us who love them. Given their evolutionary history as solitary hunters, it is easily explained. Seeking their prey alone, cats – with the exception of lions and sometimes cheetahs – have not developed patterns of collective action and hierarchy of the kind found in dogs and other pack animals. ‘Herding cats’ is a metaphor based on fact: cats don’t live in herds.” – The New Statesman, philosopher John Gray
I cannot imagine a life without cats!
Just another CATDogDaz morning at the zoo ❤ 
Tags: animal awareness, Cat, Cat People, cats, caturday, DogDaz, loner cats, lorian lipton, pets, postaday, solitary cats
The big dogs were away on a play date so Noel decided she was going to come into my offices and sleep on Louise’s dog bed. She has never done that before that I recall. When she is in the office, usually she hides in the supply closet and sleeps on the boxes of paper.
Louise was a bit confused when she returned from her date to find Queen Noel in her bed. But Louise, being Louise, did not roust her or do anything the other dogs around here would do (like chase her away or nibble on the pillow very close to her to scare her away).
The Honorable Princess Lulu, laid down quietly next to her bed, with Queen Noel in it, and went to sleep. Noel the Queen of the Zoo and her court.
I cannot imagine a life without cats!
Just another CATDogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Tags: animals, Cat, cat naps, Cat People, cats, Cats and Dogs, caturday, DogDaz, lorian lipton, multi animal household, pets, postaday
The box story pictures flow clockwise from here —v
Sofie: Hey, Mini, what’ya doing up there? (While sucking on the blanket because the box is scary and making her nervous.)
Mini: Mom got new rain boots so I got a box.
Nine: What do you mean, Mini, that YOU got a box? Let me see that box. (As he jumps up on the bed to investigate.) Get out now, I want the box! (Trying to throw his weight around.)
Mini: No way! Finders keepers, losers weepers. (Crouching low to fill the space.)
Mom note: Later that night in the dark, Nine was hiding in the box while the others were nowhere to be found. Who’s the keeper now!
I cannot imagine a life without cats!
Just another CATDogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Tags: Animal, animal awareness, animals, box, Cat, Cat People, cats, Cats and Dogs, caturday, dog, DogDaz, lorian lipton, pets, postaday
I cannot imagine a life without cats!
Just another CATDogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Tags: Animal, animal awareness, animals, Cat, cat naps, Cat People, cats, caturday, diluted torte, DogDaz, lorian lipton, pets, postaday
The kitchen curtain has big round circles and spaces that are more see-through than others. Was Noel actually looking at me or did I just catch her in a Noel moment? She is the kind of cat that sees ghosts. You will catch her staring at things that only cats can see. Sometimes I come into a room and find any one of the cats in mid-air jumping after ghost flies or soot spirits* or other unseeable things. (I think they see the susuwatari (aka “soot spirits” or “dust bunnies” from My Neighbor Totoro.)
Cats see the world differently than we do. Check out this article in Wired, it’s a cats-eye view, complete with really good pictures showing the difference between cat and human sight. I never knew that they can’t see far but that they see wide. I should have figured that they can see quick movements better than we can (which is maybe why they see ghost bugs flying by and I can’t).
Do you find your cats in mid-air chasing ghosts?
I cannot imagine a life without cats!
Just another CATDogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Tags: animal awareness, Cat, Cat People, cats, cats eye sight, caturday, DogDaz, lorian lipton, pets, postaday, totoro
There is just something fun and silly about those little yellow creatures called ‘Minions.’ Though Noel has never seen them in the movies, I think she finds them very comfortable on a sunny afternoon.
I cannot imagine a life without cats!
Just another CATDogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Tags: Animal, animal awareness, animals, Cat, cat naps, Cat People, cats, caturday, DogDaz, lorian lipton, minions, pets, postaday
Mr. Nine, looking divine.
I cannot imagine a life without cats!
Just another CATDogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Tags: Animal, animal awareness, animals, Cat, Cat People, cats, caturday, DogDaz, lorian lipton, pets, postaday
I cannot imagine a life without cats!
Just another CATDogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Tags: Animal, animal awareness, animals, Cat, cat naps, Cat People, cats, caturday, DogDaz, lorian lipton, pets, postaday
Mom rolled into the kitchen and this is what she found. Nono hiding behind the curtain in the cat window.
I cannot imagine a life without cats!
Just another CATDogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Tags: Animal, animal awareness, animals, Cat, cat naps, Cat People, cats, caturday, DogDaz, lorian lipton, pets, postaday
Noel, the Christmas Cat, here, representing the Zoo. Mom had surgery on her foot yesterday and can’t walk for awhile. This is very disruptive to the Zoo since she is our everything. She feeds us, walks the dogs, plays with us, combs us, and gives us her lap and lots of cuddles. The only good thing is that the big dogs have gone away for awhile. This would normally be great news because when they are gone I get to spend more cuddle time with Mom, except right now she doesn’t want to play. She doesn’t want to cuddle. She just wants to be left alone to moan.
Though Mom will be laid up for 8 weeks, she told me to tell you that she gets bored very easy and plans to start blogging lying down as soon as she can. So, we will be right back. Until then Mom has a new friend she calls ‘Luke Knee Walker.’ We find him a bit scary but she seems to depend on him for everything right now.
I cannot imagine a life without cats!
Just another CATDogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Tags: Cat, Cat People, cats, caturday, DogDaz, lorian lipton, pets, postaday
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