April 16th, 2013 | by
Pam Johnson-Bennett | published in Family and Home, Featured Posts, Home Sweet Home |
This is an exciting time. You’re about to become a first-time cat parent. To get started on the right foot, here’s a list of seven things you should do BEFORE you even bring kitty into the house. You are about to enter into a relationship that will hopefully last for many, many years and this [...]
February 12th, 2013 | by
Pam Johnson-Bennett | published in Family and Home, Featured Posts, Home Sweet Home, Uncategorized |
This is probably something you’ve never heard of but it refers to the phenomenom that many shelters experience when it comes to adopting out black cats and black dogs. Sadly, they are often the last to find forever homes. Why Black Cats and Black Dogs Are Often Left Behind There are probably many reasons why these [...]
February 5th, 2013 | by
Pam Johnson-Bennett | published in Family and Home, Featured Posts, Home Sweet Home, Uncategorized |
Chances are, if you’re looking for your cat somewhere in your house she’s probably in an elevated location. When it comes to napping or just chilling out, cats typically prefer to be above ground level. Being able to safely climb is an important aspect of your cat’s daily life. Climbing to an elevated spot enables [...]
December 4th, 2012 | by
Pam Johnson-Bennett | published in Family and Home, Featured Posts, Home Sweet Home |
When you have a multicat household, everyone may get along famously or you may have some issues ranging from mild, occasional squabbles to full-time turf wars. Since cats are territorial, you can help ease much of the multicat stress by making sure there are adequate resources available for everyone. Resources By resources, I’m referring to [...]
October 2nd, 2012 | by
Pam Johnson-Bennett | published in Family and Home, Featured Posts, Home Sweet Home |
A question I am often asked is “when will I know if I have too many cats?” People are usually looking for me to give a definite number such as 5, 10, 15 or 20. The truth is, for some people, two cats are too many based on things very specific to their particular living [...]
August 2nd, 2012 | by
Pam Johnson-Bennett | published in Family and Home, Featured Posts, Home Sweet Home |
Cats tend to love elevated locations so incorporating more vertical territory into your environment can enhance kitty’s comfort, level of security and increase the fun factor. The most common way to add vertical territory is by placing a cat tree in the home. Other ways include window perches, cat walks, cat shelves or even just [...]
June 21st, 2012 | by
Pam Johnson-Bennett | published in Family and Home, Featured Posts, Home Sweet Home |
The appearance of an unfamiliar outdoor cat in your yard can create problems in your existing feline family. If your cat is allowed outdoors, the appearance of an unwanted feline stranger can result in fighting. Not only is this extremely stressful to both cats but there’s a strong probability that one or both will get [...]
June 1st, 2012 | by
Pam Johnson-Bennett | published in Family and Home, Featured Posts, Home Sweet Home |
June is Adopt-a-Cat month. This month you will see more shelter events, articles and promotions to celebrate cats in need of adoption. In truth, EVERY month should be Adopt-a-Cat month and we need to continue working every day to get cats into forever homes. So what does Adopt-a-Cat month mean to you? If you’re wondering [...]
May 21st, 2012 | by
Pam Johnson-Bennett | published in Family and Home, Featured Posts, Home Sweet Home |
Making the transition from outdoor life to indoor life can be a relatively easy one for a cat if you set up the indoor environment to be as interesting as the one kitty is about to leave behind. It will also be much safer. What if the Cat Has Never Been Indoors? First on the [...]
November 17th, 2011 | by
Pam Johnson-Bennett | published in Family and Home, Home Sweet Home |
Verticals and Horizontals We live in a horizontal world but cats aren’t limited to the horizontal side of life. Cats make use of horizontal and vertical aspects of the environment. In fact, they rely on vertical areas for safety, comfort and certainly for fun. Providing your cat with vertical options in his territory isn’t just [...]
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