Some Wee incidents

The Assistant wants me to write on here about two 'incidents' as she calls them. I don't really care so will humour her.

There is some speculation that I may have a urine or kidney infection although I feel fine & she needn't worry. Just to reassure readers, before we go any further, that the Assistant is looking into the possibility, just in case.

Here I am sitting as a loaf on the shelf where one of the incidents may have taken place. As you can see it's a cat sitting place. Wee was discovered underneath. "Quite a lot of wee" she says. It was on top of a pile of papers in a wire basket. This excludes the Assistant & the Dog Monster from culpability (she says this is a better word than 'blame') as they are both too big to get onto the shelf. Thomas may have done it but - he isn't as nimble as I am & doesn't usually go onto the shelf - so I am primarily in the frame for this one.

 Thomas often gets away with things though.

Anyway, moving to the second incident. This occurred on the side of the settee & consequentially (the Assistant is in a mood for big words today) also on to the carpet in the living room. It happened after some misunderstanding about the time. 
She says she woke up about 3am. She was restless & disturbed Dog Monster - they were both in the bedroom with the door shut as is now usual at night.

DM decided he would like to go outside so she took him down to go out in the back garden which he did, as he always does first thing in a morning. Myself & Thomas both woke up, obviously, & peered out of the door but decided to go to the kitchen to see if there was a food opportunity - which there was but only a snack. The Assistant then told us to go back to sleep as it was still nighttime.

This is now The Assistant's version of things.

Around 5am the same morning she was disturbed by Thomas miaowing loudly for a couple of minutes which is fairly unusual so she got up to find him coming up the stairs, still miaowing. He then ran downstairs so she went down & opened the back door for both of us cats to go out, which we did. She then noticed a "strong smell of wee" & saw the incriminating large wet patch down the side of the settee & on to the carpet.

She has no proof but she thinks it was me. Her reasoning is that Thomas nearly always uses the litter tray at night - he's an old man so needs to go. I had been woken up & she thinks would have actually wanted to go out 'on the prowl as she so nicely puts it. I do like going out under cover of darkness, it's rather exciting & you never know what little creatures might be about. 

 She hadn't let me go out because it was "the middle of the night". She had hoped we would go back to sleep & now thinks I may have done the "enormous wee" as revenge & that Thomas came miaowing to tell her what had just happened. Well, he is a bit of a snitch, we know that. And she is prone to exaggeration. And, I'm not admitting anything, but maybe I needed to go as it could have been ordinary morning time as far as I knew. We have a bite to eat & then I go out. That's what we do but she didn't let us this time. It's all her fault, obviously. (this is not The Assistant's version now is it? Ed.)

I mean, really, do I look naughty?? (yes, Ed.)

This is quite convoluted but the fact remains she thinks it was me both times but has no proof.
In the past there have been puddles on the laminate flooring by the front door but the Assistant says she didn't mind those. She never went round telling people & blaming me as she didn't know if it was myself or Thomas. She is making a fuss because these 2 incidents have been hard to clean up. Isn't that just typical of the Assistant? She says the smell doesn't go away. Always complaining.

As it is, she is closing her office door at night now & has removed my sitting place - would you believe it?! She saw me sniffing the shelf today where the first incident took place & thinks that adds to her hypothesis that it was me wot did it. "Circumstantial evidence" she calls it.

I'm going now. We are no further forward. She has no proof but is watching me like a hawk - or like me watching for a mouse!

Bye for now. Happier Greetings next time

Lots of love, Jason / OJ / Othello 

xxx

Places to go, things to do

I have discovered a way to please The Assistant. It's useful to keep her onside & this is easy. 
I sit on her lap for a few minutes & she's ecstatic. 

I need this kind of PR for the times when she gets mad at me.

 
Last week it was because of all the baby rabbits I caught. I am proud to say I even had two in one day! She doesn't see things the same way as me & grumbled & complained a lot.

She can't keep it up for long though. I left it a few days & then sat on her again & she is fine now. 
She didn't even get mad when I managed to get rid of the orange collar. Well, she'd added 3 bells to it so that I jingled all the time & I was fed up!

I am very busy just now. The rabbits took a lot of my time up catching them all & I do need to find another batch of those. I'm a bit bored with mice but have had the odd couple just to keep my paw in. I don't know why The Assistant complains - it saves on cat food. She says I haven't to catch any birds. It's tempting as there are lots about.

Do you like my new office chair? I got it from +Aireworth Dogs in Need online auction. I can sit in it when she isn't using it. I like being in the centre of things.

Someone online said they thought the Dog Monster wanted to join in with me & Thomas when they saw these photos. 



Does it look like it to you? He comes to see us but moves away again.

Then he kind of pretends he's not really bothered

She always excuses Dog Monster by saying he was Rescue but I was too. She says I had a better start as  my foster carers found me at 10 weeks old. DM was more like 6 months old & had been surviving on his own for quite a while - several weeks at least.
 

Thomas & I get along fine







He knows how to get around The Assistant. 
He's shameless about cuddling her. 

He often comes out to get me when it's getting late. He gets lots of praise from The Assistant when he brings me back home for bedtime. 

So you could say Thomas is a bit of a creep really, but he's OK for an oldie.

Here's the obligatory photo of Dog Monster to please her & any other odd readers who like Dog Monsters. What he doesn't know is that he's about to get a bath. He hates them!

See you all next time.

Lots of Love from The Prodigal Son

Othello / Jason / OJ

xxx

In which Jason has an announcement

Thomas & I have been appointed to a very important role. We have become Ambassadors for Cats in North Yorkshire. This is by special appointment from the Treasury in Westminster, London. The Assistant sorted this out for us & for once I feel I have to acknowledge she has her uses. She spoke to Gladstone, the Treasury Cat (@TreasuryMog) who was very pleased to welcome us as #ambassacats.

Gladstone is a very important cat. He helped to sort out the Budget last week.



His #ambassacats cover the whole country & other countries abroad too.

The Assistant is hoping this could lead to special honours but I have told her to quieten down. I am simply happy to serve at the moment. 







Because our county is very big there are two more appointees. They will cover York & the surrounding area, whereas we are on the border with Lancashire & will also cover the Yorkshire Dales.

Here they are. They are called Rufus & Henry. I have tasked the Assistant with finding out which is which. She will contact their Assistant & report back. I can task her now I am an Ambassador!



Henry wants to acknowledge his gratitude to  +YorkCatsProtection in the same way as Thomas & I are grateful to  +Keighley Cat Care 

I wonder if they catch a mouse a day as I have been doing recently?
Last week I caught a rabbit. It was very tasty but I couldn't eat it all at once so left some in the garden for later.
When I got back from my patrols it had disappeared. Thomas denied doing anything which leaves the Assistant.
Typical. I suspect she wanted it for herself although she says not. She says she would rather I didn't catch rabbits. Hypocrite!

 
In other news we have a new futon in our room. 
The Assistant had to move a table so Dog Monster could still get on to the window sill. I,of course,can & do easily jump up there. I like to sit in the sun & look out at what is going on in the street.

 You know I always have to include pictures of Dog Monster to keep the Assistant happy. Here he is on our window sill

 

Thomas & Dog Monster both enjoy a bit of sun bathing. 

I join in when I'm not too busy although my work keeps me away from home a lot these days 

Thomas & I both enjoy a bit of peaceful snoozing on the bed, which in Thomas's case is very frequently! I am obliged to wake him up every time I come in just to chase him around a bit in case he forgets how to play.

 

That's all for now.

Lots of Love from Jason (Othello)

xxx

Bye

 

Not very keen on the cold, wet weather!

I like going out & about & do so every day. Lately however, the weather has really been awful. After getting soaked through three times in one day I give up & go back to bed.

Thomas only ventures out if there is no water at all coming out of the sky. He prefers to stay warm.

 Sometimes we snuggle up

We often eat together & sometimes share a dish

I've got a smart new collar - can you see? I lost 2 bells off the last one in a single week (proud)

The Dog Monster & the Assistant ganged up on me the other day. It was getting dark & I'd caught a chunky mouse so I thought I'd bring it indoors to play with. They both chased me out! Mean aren't they? 

Here he is, for those of you who like Dog Monsters. Apparently some people do.

 

                                                                                       

I thought I was in trouble the other day when The Assistant came home & said she'd met someone who claimed to see me "quite often" sitting in my favourite field on the other side of the Big Road. Honestly, there's no privacy, what business is it of anyone else??

The Assistant just gave me another name instead of telling me off - not that I take any notice. She says I'm like The Prodigal Son & she's always pleased to see me when I get home.

That's nice isn't it?

She says the jumble sale she was helping to sort was a big success. That's to help others like me who need to go into foster care for a while. So that's good.

 I'll say goodbye till the next time

Lots of Love from Othello / OJ / Jason / The Prodigal Son

xxx

In which Dog Monster becomes Dog Hero

He's the Leader of the Pack!

It's official - Dog Monster is on our side. He saw off a big, black cat who has been scaring me & really annoying Thomas. The Assistant was so pleased with him. He's become a Hero to me & to her but Thomas doesn't really care. He says he was dealing with it.

This black cat lives on the other side of the tracks. 

The Assistant says it's the same semi-feral one that terrorised her, much-loved, cat Matthew more than 3 years ago. 

Matthew was a real looker - see here

 

The Black Bruiser is the reason we don't have a cat flap as he caused so much trouble. Eventually he broke the cat flap at the back which was in glass so really expensive to fix. 

Dog Monster (Hero) broke the one in the front door but that's another story!

Thomas is very laid back, as you know. He kept sitting near Black Bruiser on the railway track just watching him, facing him down.

This was all very well but it didn't help me, I was scared. The Assistant says it's because I don't have a vicious bone in my body - that's sounds like a good thing I think.

It was when the other cat came into our garden that Dog Monster (Hero) flew at him barking very loudly & scared him away.  

The Assistant was particularly pleased because this cat just stares at her with his yellow eyes & tells her he's not afraid of her.


 

  

Anyway, enough of all them. 

Here are some nice pictures of me - it's me you want to see isn't it?

Quite a few of the recent photos are of me sleeping. That's because The Assistant is limited. I was climbing a tree today - Thomas was watching me with great admiration. The Assistant said it was too far away to get a picture.

Can't get the staff.....






I like myself on the new duvet cover - sets off my shiny coat well don't you think?

As always The Assitant likes me to include a picture of all three of us together. It's not always like this because the Dog Monster is still a bit stand-offish &, dare I say, moody! 

But I am forgiving him now because of his heroic act.






 Me & Thomas have started really eating together now. The Assistant has been buying special food for each of us but we just swop bowls so she is giving up! 

 

That's enough for now. The Assistant tells me she's met some people who used to help me when I was in my foster home. More of them next time.

Lots of Love

Othello /OJ / Jason

Winter warming

It's good to be back. The Assistant always seems to be busy although I have no idea what she does as nothing much seems to come of it. As long as she remembers to get our food in, that's the main thing.

I spent a very pleasant few hours yesterday with Anna-next-door. 

She wasn't feeling well, she has a cold, so I accepted some Dreamies & curled up in her special chair to keep her company & have a good sleep

Last time I called on her Dog Monster was there & he got shirty about me using "his" chair. Anyway Anna says it's my chair now so ha ha DM!

He gets plenty of attention so it's nice for me to be the only one sometimes

DM was given a bone for part of his Xmas. I got a big mouse

I do tend to prefer real mice, they move about more!

Thomas was given treats. People know how much he likes his food although he did have a tooth out recently so is saving the crunchy stuff for later. 

He likes this new bed.The Assistant bought it for Dog Monster but we have a joint policy of taking over all of DM's beds at some point & Thomas didn't waste any time.

Me & Thomas still get on but I think Dog Monster can get jealous. He & Thomas get on really well as they are both a bit dull & like to be quiet unless they are outside

I have learnt about eating crisps

And helped with the ironing.....

and best of all......

I discovered cheesecake!

Happy New Year everyone