Pets, creative energy and some general observations

Many has been the times that while I have been working on my book, or doing some other creative act, I have realized that I am pretty much surrounded by most of my fur kids. Must be the creative energy. They have always surrounded me when I am in the creative zone. Whether I was weaving, sewing or creating graphics on my computer, or writing my book. Forget trying to sketch or write down ideas, because if it involves paper, the cats must lay on it. I believe it's an unwritten law somewhere.

Good thing I have multiple ways to work on my computer and accomplish a task, because most of the time at least two of the cats are pretty much taking up all of the available desk space. So I have no room to put my notes so I can type. It is a good thing when they have settled down and stayed quiet, because their walking back and forth in front of my monitor was wreaking havoc with what ever I was typing. I have a touchscreen system, so with cats it can be a challenge. Nothing will make you crazier than to look up and see that you now have either multiple windows that have magically opened by themselves or your paragraph is nothing at all like what you were sure you had typed. The same is true even when I am doing my blog.

So, I have decided to put down into words some observations.

I have found over the years that when a cat decides to take over a space, they seem to expand to really take over every possible inch of space. Amazing how they can expand like that.

That when cats are totally asleep, they become immovable objects. Like trying to move a lead weighted semi-liquid object.

That dogs know just when to distract you in your creative process, either by sticking a cold wet nose into a sensitive area, or licking your ankles.

That dogs, especially senior dogs, have very selective hearing. They don't hear you calling them to come in, or to move out of the way, but they can hear a food can open from the other side of the house.

That cats know instinctively when you are preparing raw meat for supper, and that they can reach from the floor to the counter edges to swipe a piece of it.

That small, or toy breed dogs believe they are all the size of rottweilers, and are afraid of nothing until it's either towering over them, or it's thunder.

That small dogs are very inventive thinkers and problem solvers. For instance, several years ago in our previous residence, we had a kitchen with a short island that wasn't very tall, standard counter height. It was a small house, and my husband's desk sat just under the counter lip in the living room side of the counter on one side. He had brought home some left overs of a very large burrito he'd had at lunch and set it on the counter, forgetting to put it in the fridge as we went out for supper. When we got home Lil'Shit had determinedly pushed the chair out from under the desk so he could get up onto it, onto the desk and then to the prize in the Styrofoam container. Which he polished off with zeal. We came home to a dog nearly as round as he was big, groaning, and all these little bits of foil and styrofoam all over the place. My husband to this day chuckles over it.

That cats will always find the best place to hack up a furball so that you can be assured of stepping in it in the middle of the night. And then they most surely must laugh at us as we do the ewwwww icky dance.

That all pets are the cutest, most loveable and most innocent only when they are asleep.

That small or toy dogs fall into two categories, those that will allow themselves to be housebroken, and those that won't.

That a cat walking across you in bed can hit every trigger point or sore point on your body and it is painful!

That cats who enjoy the hunt don't always eat their capture, sometimes they package it up as presents for you. Mushy used to catch mice that would get in on the ranch and then ball them up in the rag rugs for me to find.

That you can tell the seasons by your pets. Warmer weather means you will find kitties in your sinks or showers on the cool porcelain. The dogs forgoe their beds for the tile floors. The dust/fur bunnies under the furniture have enough fur to create several more animals.

Cooler weather and you will find your bed very full of furry little bodies. Usually seeking to snuggle in as close to you as they can the colder it gets.  They all become sun worshipers, seeking out all emanations of warmth.

The truth is, we wouldn't have them any other way, no matter how annoying they might be at times, they do love us, and we them. And they do provide us with a great deal of laughter and happiness.