Gertrude (RIP ’07)
Muffy & Gertrude 2006
Gertrude’s Request
Zack, Cuddles, Kitty, & Noel Winter 2008
Gertrude & Cuddles
Muffy & Zackary in the kitchen window
Zackary (RIP ’10)
Cuddles (RIP ’10)
Kitty, Noel, Muffy
A pride of cats threw the humans out of the bed!
Muffin (RIP ’12)
The Muffin Man (aka Muffy)
Stella & Nine at the screen door
Kitty (RIP ’12)
Nine and baby Mini
Stella and Noel
Mini, Nine, Noel and a bag of Chocolates
Noel, Nine, Mini
Noel and Mini
Nine (rip) & Mini (Jan 2022)
Mr. Nine
Mini and Noel
Nine (RIP ’22)
Noel (RIP ’24)
Mini Cooper
Stella
Celebrating the many cats of the zoo. Only 2 left, Stella and Mini Cooper. They are loved.
I cannot imagine a life without cats!
Just another CATDogDaz morning at the zoo ❤ 
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Several months ago I took a dog travel crate out of the attic to take Noel to the vet. I like to use the dog crates, even though I have smaller cat crates for each of the cats (in case we ever have to evacuate), just to give them room. Anyway, the minute I got home with Noel from the vet, Jolie, who loves crates, was not happy that a cat was using her crate and she decided that this crate should stay in the living room all the time so she can keep an eye on it. So it has.
However, when Jolie was getting ready to go in the crate the other day she found a surprise. Mini Cooper, the cat dog, had taken it for her own. Slowly, Jolie backed up and went to sleep on the cat bed.
Yes, now the cat sleeps in the dog crate and the dog sleeps in the cat bed (sort of).
I cannot imagine a life without cats!
Just another CATDogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
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I can’t even begin to understand sleeping cats.
When I took Noel to the vet the other day, I left the cat carrier in the hall with its blanket.
Mini decided it was the purrfect place to take a nap.
Actually, it was days (maybe weeks) before I was able to steal the carrier away to stow it in the attic.
I cannot imagine a life without cats!
Just another CATDogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
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It was great to see Noel at the front door the other day. When Noel was younger she would lie for hours by the front door. It was her domain (see the picture below from 2012). She rarely goes down the long staircase anymore to watch the world go by so when she does it is a very special occasion.
I was out to do something the other day and when I returned she was waiting for me. I must have had the dogs with me or she would not have been down there. The dogs usually hog the glass door and she won’t push her way through them. Sometimes it is nice when the cats get to rule!
Noel looking at Noel 2012
I cannot imagine a life without cats!
Just another CATDogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
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The beauty of having feline dementia is that Noel rediscovers things she used to love. If you remember a month or so ago she rediscovered my office down the hall. She had not been in there for years. Now she rediscovered the cat tree. Even though the tree has been in the dining room in front of her eyes all this time, I have not seen her go on it for a very long time. The beauty of rediscovery with a forgetful brain.
I cannot imagine a life without cats!
Just another CATDogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
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Mini: Should I bother Noel?
Why is she on MY blanket?
Why is she sleeping so close?
Mini: Maybe not. I am kind of sleepy.
I cannot imagine a life without cats!
Just another CATDogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
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You might not understand this situation, because you don’t live here, but this is one of the strangest pairings at the top of the steps that you will ever see. Noel is not a cat that sits with the other animals. Well, maybe she will sit with Mini Cooper in the herb window or on the kitchen table if it happens by accident. But sitting with a dog – that is out of the question! Well, until now.
I am sure that they both were wanting something from me, probably food, and it just happened spontaneously. What an odd couple these 2 make – I just love their expressions.
I cannot imagine a life without cats!
Just another CATDogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
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What do cats see off in the distance? Is it dust dancing in the light? Is it paranormal mist? Why do cats stare at what appears to us to be nothing, but to them, clearly something?
(Photo credit: V)
I cannot imagine a life without cats!
Just another CATDogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Tags: animals, Cat, Cat People, cats, caturday, DogDaz, lorian lipton, pets
DogDaz Zoo 