"enigma" wrote in message
. ..
i do have to catch the dust kitties before they become full
fledged live cats though (we have one Great Pyranees/Border
Collie cross & 6 indoor cats. the fur issue during shedding
season is not insubstantial). otherwise, i'm just not into
that "spotless" house thing.
lee

I hear that! When we open the foyer windows and the window in the front
screen door too, even the slightest breeze can send fur balls rolling across
the floor... even if I swept it earlier the same day. It's really hard
keeping up with them (dogs for us, not cats) during shedding season, but we
wouldn't part with them for the world... they are our fur babies.

They've been shedding a LOT this year for some reason. If I don't brush
them for a couple of days (or even sometimes when I do) you can see "tufts"
of fur pushing their way out of their coats later in the day. So whenever
Casper comes walking by, I play "pull the tufters" from him. He thinks it's
a great game, wagging happily until he decides he's had enough and then he
takes off leaving me with a lovely mound of white fur "tufts" to throw away.

Buffy hasn't been well today. She has a cancerous stomach tumor, and has
been just lying around most of the day. Unfortunately she is messing in the
house (she stays in the laundryroom) a bit today too, so we had to have her
outside quite a bit to try to make sure she went in the right place...
didn't work though, it's happened about three times now *while* she is
laying down sleeping. We don't think she will live too much longer (she
isn't in any pain at the moment though, so that's a good thing) and the vet
says when she finally gives up eating completely the end will be very near
for her like it was for her own dog. The vet also said "All rules are out
the window now, just let her eat whatever she wants, whenever she wants to
eat it."

Anyway, while Buffy was lying on the grass, I sat beside her massaging her
(she also has arthritis) and "tufting" her gently. After her massage though
she struggled to her feet (before that she wasn't even trying, and was just
lying there perfectly still), with a little help from Matthew to get her
hind legs under her properly, and made her way back into the house for a
while. It's too cool and damp to even consider leaving her outside for too
long, so we just have to clean up after her when she has an accident.

*hugs*
Gemini