Susan R. Stoltz :: My Pets

My Pets

There are some days that it’s just not worth getting up and chewing through the restraints. We’ve all had them, the alarm doesn’t go off and nobody did the dishes and you’re late for work, the boss is in a bad mood, you wish you could quit and do something else, there’s no milk when you get home, there’s nothing in the refrigerator to cook for supper, every message in your in-box is a bill collector, the furnace breaks, the cat bites a cactu(...)

Fighting Like Cats and Dogs

Not at my house!! These two animals just adore one another. The elderly neighbors across the way laugh every morning as I take the dogs outside and the cat joins us. They stand at their front picture window and look down the hill at us and wave. There is much noise and cavorting and play. The cat rubs against Sharkey and she returns the favor by licking the cats face.

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r way up to the mailbox and the same (...)

Kitty Head

Yes, I have a cat named Kittyhead. I acquired Kitty Head in Wyoming. A Snowshoe Siamese he's quite lovely, that sable and black wth four white paws and white under his chin. Regal, as all cats are he certainly deserves a more dignified name. He and Sharkey are particularly good friends. Sharkey routinely mauls the cat tackling him to the ground and licking him all over. Kitty Head outweighs the dog by several pounds. He has never used(...)