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Your Bi-Lingual Kitty

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:43:54 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "It’s kind of nice to think your kitty has gone to the effort to learn a second language to communicate with you. Sure, she did it mostly out of necessity, but also out of affection. She wouldn’t meow just for your attention if she didn’t enjoy a relationship with you."

Clip Source: www.petcentric.com

Your Bi-Lingual Kitty

Adult cats, living apart from humans, have very clear communication with one another. It is spoken mostly through scent, then through facial expression, complex body language, and touch.

Meowing is not part of this language. Meow-ese, it would seem, is a language developed exclusively for humans.

The only meowing in the cat world is done between mom cat and her young kittens.

So why do cats have two “languages?” Because meowing is unnecessary in a cat’s world. But in your world, your pet cat is dependent on you, and quickly learns that you are clearly not picking up the scent messages she leaves on your things, and you are not completely fluent in cat body language.

“meow” however gets you to do what she wants

cats have refined their meows specifically to manipulate people.

You may find that the meows that tug at your heartstrings the most are the ones your cat is using

Meow-ese seems to be generally understood by “cat people.”

We have to admit it works.

Tags: language, meow-ese, cats, communication

Cute With Chris

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:23:53 GMT

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clipper's remarks: WARNING: Contains Cat Nudity.

I forgot to clip this one.
Lotion Makes You Slippery

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

*America's Next Top Kitten*

Does this kitten have what it takes to be America's Next Top Model?

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Clip Source: www.youtube.com

Canada vs. America

Who has cuter kittens? Canada or America.

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Clip Source: www.youtube.com

"Sexy Cats"

WARNING: Contains Cat Nudity---

*Cute with Chris*. Visit http://cutewithchris.com

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Tags: cute, down, odd, humour

Free Donations Directory

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 09:31:10 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Click, click, click....

Clip Source: thenonprofits.com

TheNonProfits.com

Free Donations Directory

"Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have." - Margaret Mead

Donate for FREE! You CLICK and Sponsors PAY! All links open in a new browser window!

Climate change in Greenland

The Environment Site

Keep Pollutants out of Ocean

Plant Trees- Niagra

Plant an OAK Tree

Plant tree Brazil Rainforest

The Rainforest Site

Save Rain Forest

FOREST WATCH

Click for the Forest

Protect wildlife habitat

Save Wolves

Protect Wolf Habitat

Hunger Fighters

Polish Hunger Site

Feed Kids in Argentina

The Hunger Site

Donate Food - Dutch

Poverty Fighters

Fight World Poverty (click geef gratis)

Children in Need

Help Children - Brazil

Nourish the Needy

Hungry Children (must sign in)

Fight Cancer

Child Health Site

Kid's Hospital In Mexico

Educate females developing countries

Educate Developing Countries

Give Free Books Literacy Site

Tags: one, click, charities, for, free

You Suck At Photoshop

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 07:24:02 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The 2nd and 3rd videos are hilarious.

Donny!!!

Clip Source: photojojo.com

Donnie Does Photoshop — Think Saturday Night Live + Photo Editing

Clip Source: photojojo.com

We’ve seen our fair share of Photoshop tutorials, but when we came across this series of videos titled “You Suck at Photoshop”, we knew we were in for something different.

Join Donnie as he clone stamps self-deprecating snark while his wife airbrushes away his self-esteem. This spoof is worthy of SNL.

And be warned, though the intent is to amuse, you’re likely to pick up a Photoshop tip or two along the way.

(A real) ** Warning ** Some parts of Donnie’s tutorials may offend those with more refined sensibilities. If that could include you, please, don’t click through.

Episode 1: The Van

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Episode 2: Insert Carpet Stain

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Episode 3: The Disappearing Ring

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Tags: photoshop, photardshop, tutorial, cats, wives, spoof

The Healing Power of Dogs

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:26:29 GMT

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clipper's remarks:

Integrative Cancer Therapies reported how ordinary house dogs could identify breast and lung cancer patients by smelling their breath. A University of Maine study is testing whether dogs can sniff out ovarian cancer..

Via the breath too, I hope! *LOL* Dogs rock, cats rule. Get a pet. It's good for you.

Clip Source: well.blogs.nytimes.com

The Healing Power of Dogs

Dogs have long had special standing in the medical world. Trained to see for the blind, hear for the deaf and move for the immobilized, dogs have become indispensable companions for people with disabilities.

But dogs appear to be far more than four-legged health care workers. Over the years, data on the larger role dogs play in health has trickled out from various corners of the world. One Japanese study found pet owners made 30 percent fewer visits to doctors. A Melbourne study of 6,000 people showed that owners of dogs and other pets had lower cholesterol, blood pressure and heart attack risk compared with people who didn’t have pets.

animals improve health at least in part by lowering stress.

some dogs seem to have an innate ability to detect impending seizures.

ordinary house dogs could identify breast and lung cancer patients by smelling their breath.

dogs contribute to our health

any dog owner already knows the benefits of their relationship with their pet.

Tags: adopt, a, shelter, pet

How To Make A $5 Dollar Burglar Alarm

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:07:28 GMT

clipped by: thisnamecantbetaken
clipper's remarks: Great idea! The pause button came in useful here, but it's a good cheap idea. My cats know how to get into their food cupboard, the little buggers. Heh, heh, heh... they will NOT be pleased. Cookie jars came to mind too.... and fridges ... and to stop sleepwalkers... and to stop pesky little kids escaping out the back door when your eyes are turned for just one second! Godammit, get back here, ya little rug rats!! ....

Clip Source: www.metacafe.com

$5 Dollar Burglar Alarm!

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Tags: be, creative

Declawing - What You Need To Know

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 05:35:24 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Of all the "well-intentioned" things people do to their pets, this has always been the worst IMO. I have seen cats suffer tremendous lifelong chronic pain, after this barbaric surgery. Some even having to be put down after botched surgery. Another side effect is, that if a cat is "a scratcher", amputating their toes often turns them into biters instead. (Please don't pull all their teeth either!! *LOL*)

Anyway...the whole problem here lies not in that cats have claws, it lies in people not providing the appropriate environment for the cat . A simple scratching post and a bit of education is all you need, to have a happy healthy non-destructive cat WITH all it's toes (and teeth).

Cats live 3-dimensional lives, as apposed to dogs, who live in two. Being able to climb is essential for the well-being of a cat. Cats have toes and claws for a reason!! Please don't mutilate your pet, but get smart instead. Your cat will thank you for it, and so will I.

Clip Source: www.declawing.com

First, you should know that declawing is pretty much an American thing, it's something people do for their own convenience without realizing what actually happens to their beloved cat. In England declawing is termed "inhumane" and "unnecessary mutilation." I agree. In many European countries it is illegal. I applaud their attitude.

Declawing is actually an amputation of the last joint of your cat's "toes". When you envision that, it becomes clear why declawing is not a humane act.

This is not a surgery to be taken lightly.

Your cat's body is perfectly designed to give it the grace, agility and beauty that is unique to felines. Its claws are an important part of this design.

Amputating the important part of their anatomy that contains the claws drastically alters the conformation of their feet.

I have also had people tell me that their cat's personality changed after being declawed.

declawing is too drastic a solution

Is there an acceptable solution?

Happily, the answer is yes.

Tags: do, unto, others

What Are The Best Things In Life?

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:28:17 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Shortlist: Cats, bubble baths, coffee, music, beer and sunshine. What are your favourite things?

Clip Source: www.jamesshuggins.com

The Best Things in Life

Laughing so hard your face hurts.

A hot shower.

A special glance.

Hearing your favorite song on the radio.

A bubble bath.

Giggling.

A good conversation.

The beach.

Finding a $20 bill in your coat from last winter.

Laughing at yourself.

Running through sprinklers.

Laughing for absolutely no reason at all.

Friends.

Accidentally overhearing someone say something nice about you.

Waking up and realizing you still have a few hours left to sleep.

Making new friends or spending time with old ones.

Playing with a new puppy.

Having someone play with your hair.

Late night talks with your roommate that keep you from sleeping.

Road trips with friends.

Swinging on swings.

Watching a good movie cuddled up on a couch with someone you love.

Song lyrics printed inside your new CD so you can sing along without feeling stupid.

Making eye contact with a cute stranger.

Winning a really competitive game.

Spending time with close friends!

Seeing smiles and hearing laughter from your friends.

Watching the sunrise.

Tags: free

No!

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:44:22 GMT

clipped by: thisnamecantbetaken
clipper's remarks: I think, the youngest member of my cat family thinks his name is No.

Clip Source: www.catdiary.com

NO!

I’m tired of hearing “No!”

I think that’s the only word the Big Owner knows.

When I sharpen my claws on the couch. “No!”

When I attack his feet when he moves them on the bed. “No!”

When I am on the kitchen counter. “No!”

When I am tearing up his morning newspaper as he tries to read it. “No!”

When I am getting tangled in his feet trying to get him to feed me. “No!”

When he looks at the cat food bill. “No!”

When I drool on his chest while he’s petting me. “No!”

When I shed hairs on the clothes he just paid to have dry-cleaned. “No!”

When I snag a claw on his sweater and start the unraveling that will last all winter. “No!”

When I am in the dining room table. “No!”

When I try to sleep in his sock drawer. “No!”

When I walk under his car when he’s trying to back out. “No!”

When he opens the outside door and I steal through. “No!”

When I bring a dead mouse into the house. “No!”

When I bring a live mouse into the house. “NO!”

Makes me wonder. Is there ANYTHING he’ll ever say ‘yes’ to?

No.

Tags: cats, pets, no

If Your Cat Could Describe You, How Would It?

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 06:04:42 GMT

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clipper's remarks: My cats wouldn't say a word. Gag order.

Clip Source: answers.yahoo.com

If your cat could describe you, how would it?

So if your cat became a "cat who lunched" or something and the conversation came around to their humans, how would your cat describe you?

Sophie: I dunno, tall.

Poppy: Warm armpits. Moves too much though. She's a bed hog.

Wants to cuddle me when I want to sleep. Won't stand still when I want to use her as scratchpost.

Monkey: Ahhh I don't like her, sure she helped me through my childbirth and she takes good care of the kittens but, she never let's us do it anymore.

Finnegan: "I am a blind cat, but I can still "see" that she is a very good person... that is, when she is not running around like a crazy woman .....!!"

Paco: "ALL I want is ONE freaking cat treat ....! What is wrong with you, lady...? Is food so scarce lately..?"

Tiger: "Why are there 3 other STRAY cats living here in this house..? Don't you think you have enough hair balls to clean up...?"

Paco: "Don't you love me anymore...?" *meoooow*

Tags: cat, cats, pets, cute, quiz

Holy Hangovers

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 08:10:28 GMT

clipped by: thisnamecantbetaken
clipper's remarks: I have cats so I don't need any more Gods, but honestly... Shag Inc?

Clip Source: timesonline.typepad.com

Holy Hangovers

On this German site (for some reason) the alarming news that Communion wine, in the tiny quantities the priest must drink at Mass, may now put them over the new and more severe Irish drink-drive limit. Some have three or four different villages to say Mass in, and have to travel. ""Perhaps it could be enough for you to fail a drink-driving test," the Rev. Brian D'Arcy, a priest from Enniskillen, told the Irish Times. "I don't like to use the word wine, as it is Christ's blood in the Eucharist -- but it still has all the characteristics of wine when in the blood stream."

this tale of two retired Irish priests accused of misappropriating millions from a Florida church and had formed a mortgage company with another priest called Shag Inc. The two men are now accused of using offertory dollars to keep girlfriends, take gambling excursions and foreign holidays, and buy property. Honestly, a reverent sip of Communion wine fades into insignificance...

Tags: religion, lol

Operant Conditioning And A Funny Story...

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 13:12:57 GMT

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clipper's remarks: My cats are conditioned to come when they hear church bells. They get their dinner every night at 6 when the church near by rings the sun down. If I need them to come, all I have to do is play Pink Floyd - High Hopes. They're all here in a flash. Bells are a good sound for conditioning cats, coz it travels far.

Pink Floyd - High Hopes

Clip Source: thankdog.blogspot.com

Operant Conditioning and a funny story...

Operant conditioning is the use of consequences to modify the occurrence and form of behavior.

Positive reinforcement occurs when a behavior (response) is followed by a favorable stimulus

Do you get that? Ok, now here is my story...

Riley loves food.

We have this dog shaped container for treats that when you open the head, it will either sing, "Who let the dogs out? woof! woof! woof! woof!"

when she hears it, she comes running...every single time.

it has basically become the come command. One day, Riley, being the minpin that she is, decided to explore the outside world...

Gina was so worried that she would be hit by a car that she immediately went into survival mode and didn't think twice about running outside and frantically singing

imagine a little brown dog escaping the yard and then 3 adults running out one by one singing loudly, "Who let the dogs out? woof! woof! woof!..." and then seeing the dog come running back for her treat!

Tags: dogs, cats, training, conditioning, pets, people, funny, story

Pardon All of the Turkeys

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:49:44 GMT

clipped by: thisnamecantbetaken
clipper's remarks: If not pardon them, then at least pity them. I don't expect everyone to want to give up their Thanksgiving turkey, but please buy conscientiously. Please don't support the inhumane producers who treat the animals with such a cruelty, you would not believe. (Videos at the site for those who can stomach it.)

Get a bird that has lived a good life, so you can enjoy your dinner with a good conscience. Happy Thanksgiving, folks.

Clip Source: www.alternet.org

Bush Should Pardon All of the Turkeys

These people should be arrested. They would be if the turkeys were dogs or cats. Too bad our animal protection laws make about as much sense as fighting a war against a country that doesn’t have an army. Even though 98 percent of the land animals Americans eat are turkeys and chickens, the federal Humane Methods of Slaughter Act specifically excludes birds from protection. I’m not kidding.

Butterball employees, taking a page out of the Abu Ghraib handbook, laughed while they kicked, punched, stomped, and even sexually assaulted turkeys.

The Butterball plant in the video slaughters about 50,000 turkeys every day. Fifty million turkey corpses will go into American ovens this Thanksgiving. More than 9 billion turkeys and chickens are killed in the U.S. each year. But not one of them is guaranteed a painless death

I ask you to do what I’m going to do and pardon a turkey this Thanksgiving.

eat something else

Not someone else

Tags: vegans, vegetarians, turkeys, food, consumerism, ethics, animal cruelty, law, animals

Pets Kidnapped and Massacred In Puerto Rico

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 05:49:00 GMT

clipped by: thisnamecantbetaken
clipper's remarks: Government sanctioned! The outrage I feel knows no bounds. Please folks, take a minute to sign the petition. Here's the link:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/puerto-rico-pet-massacre

Clip Source: www.thepetitionsite.com

Care2 Member Mobilizes Thousands to Protect Animal Rights

October 12, 2007 when animal control workers seized dozens of pets from housing projects in the town of Barceloneta, Puerto Rico. They told pet owners their dogs and cats were to be taken to a shelter. But instead, they hurled them from a bridge to their deaths.

“The taking of over 80 innocent pets’ lives in such a barbaric manner and the violation of civil rights against the poor-- breaking into their homes as if it were a drug raid; and, especially that this atrocity was government sanctioned makes this case beyond outrageous!”

I thought of how those poor innocent pets felt when they were viciously taken away from their families

October 21, hundreds joined a march in San Juan to protest the pet massacre

Puerto Rican authorities have started an investigation into the mass killing of dogs and cats.

sign the petition because a crime of such barbarity should not go unpunished.

Laws against animal cruelty should be enforced

Take Action

sign

Tags: pets, animals, cats, dogs, murder, cruelty, animal abuse, animal rights, compassion, petition

Sleepy Cats

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:20:50 GMT

clipped by: thisnamecantbetaken
clipper's remarks: Too cute.

Clip Source: picsyard.com

Tags: cats, kittens, pets, animals, photos, photography, cute, aww