Pets are good for you


I love animals and like most people have pets.

A dog named Jake and a new addition to the family…a cat named Kate or Katie.  If you’ve read my blog in the past, you probably have seen photos of Jake, so I thought I’d let you meet Katie.  She’s very sweet, loves to eat and definitely has put Jake in his place.

She’s the Queen and here she is on her throne…

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She has some favorite places to lay around…on a padded bar stool in the great room and on a pillow on my desk.  A friend had her for a short time…long enough to realize she wasn’t getting along with her other cat…so I agreed to take her.  I wasn’t sure how the dog and cat would get along, but after a shaky start, within the first week they now walk by each other without any clawing or hissing from Katie.  Jake is a big sweetie and would never hurt her…but I can see her point of view.  When you’re as tiny as her and there’s a big dog wanting to play, I think I’d be a bit worried too!

Jake hates to see me give her attention…Oh, why mommie, why?

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You’ve probably heard about the studies that show how our blood pressure drops when we pet dogs or cats.  I actually get sleepy when I pet Katie…now Jake is another story.  He’s so playful and hyper most of the time…mine probably goes up with him!

30 thoughts on “Pets are good for you

  1. Such a pretty girl.
    Miss Kitty departed this life some 29 months ago, and I have not added another kitty to the household. Pets have been in my life for 35 years, yet now empty nesting is OK. I will wait for the magic.

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  2. I had never wanted a dog but I have one through a series of strange events…and I am ever so grateful that these events happened. Because I adore him and I totally miss him when I am away. I never would have known that I could love a dog this much!

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