Pet Birthdays - know yours?

[pomtzu]

I'd love to have Myndi and Sparky (especially Myndi), charted some day if you can fit them in.


Myndi ~~~ 1-24-1996

Sparky ~~~ 2-28-1999. This is accurate to within a couple of weeks, as he was born sometime late Feb to mid-March. I just gave him this date since it is easy to remember.

Thanks!

[Randi]

Thank you, Karen, I can hardly wait! I just hope it's not on in the middle of night here. I could hear the other shows, so I don't think there'll be a problem, BUT... it's good to know you'll have the audio file.

[Grace]

Finally got time to listen to the audio clip again. This time I took notes

Let me tell you a bit of the cat history in this house. Duffy came to us in November of 1998. He was bullied by Mouse, another orange/white male we had; but he was loved by Phineas, also orange/white. He was always a bit reserved, kept his own council, not a mean bone in his body.

In 2000 we adopted Henry, another Gemini, born on May 26, 2000. He was a wild thing – climbing trees, running around on the roof of the house. Full of life. A year later we got Reese – in the Fall of 2001. Reese and Henry fell seriously in love. He would wash her, cuddle her, and she adored him.

Henry got really sick in the late summer of 2002, and died on Labor Day. Reese had lost her best friend. So she latched onto Duffy.

I’m not sure Duffy was thrilled about it, but he does humor her – to a point. He will bathe her, and cuddle, but not for as long or as often as Henry would.

Then in June 2003, Mouse died. Mouse had been the Alpha cat. Now the others were looking at Duffy, and he wanted no part of that role. He is decidedly non-dominant. But he will let the others know when they are pestering him too much. He likes life peaceful and quiet.

Reese would love to go outdoors and eat grass. But the girls are indoor only – the 4 boys go in and out. Harness Reese – Joyce was correct on this – doubt she would tolerate this.

Charming and happy-go-lucky are words I would never use to describe Reese. She's a gorgeous cat, with the disposition of a snake

Duffy is sweet, non-confrontational, not a mean bone in his body. He's my cat.

[Randi]

Well Karen, I've been listening to this station a few times today and in between the talk, they play some good music.

We have changed to winter time here today, but I think that you are 6 hours ahead of Denmark=GMT+1. I will check again at 16:00 GMT, just to be sure.

[Karen]

So today, we had the astrologer do a chart for Zoee, and Cindy (Taz_Zoee) was even able to call in and be part of the taping! I'll let her tell you how it went, folks, and when I know when it will air, I'll let you know!

[Taz_Zoee]

Thanks Karen! I'm not looking forward to hearing myself though.

So Joyce basically said Zoee is "depressed" and wants a job to do. My problem with that is her issue she has when encountering other dogs. I would (and should) get her into training classes, but they are too expensive right now. But Karen was quick to bring up an article she had read about scent training. I read the article and remembered (DUH!) that my sister had a German Shepherd who did scent training. He was a retired police dog (had to retire young due to hip issues). So my sister knows exactly how to do this type of training. I know this weekend I will be on the phone with her getting all kinds of tips on this.

Joyce said that Zoee is bored....not necessarily depressed. Depressed would be the human characteristic to compare it too.

So I am going to make a point of working with Zoee each day one-on-one. She likes to be in charge and be active. So Taggart will have to sit in the house and watch out the window. We can get her back into frisbee. That was an activity Bruce used to love doing with her. We haven't kept up on it because Taggart would always just take the frisbee from her and she would just let him and go lay down. So I am going to see if Bruce will work with me on this and take a break or two during the day for some Zoee frisbee time.

I will have to find an activity for Taggart too. I am one of those people that has to be "fair" with the dogs. Not that they know the difference...but I do. LOL

Karen, please fill anything I might have forgotten. My head is spinning right now with all kinds of ideas so I probably forgot somethings.

Once my finances get back in order (after I get my surgery paid off for the most part) Zoee will be going to the vet to have her leg looked at more in depth. She is going to have to have an xray or something....pricey!! Trust me, if her leg was slowing her down at all she'd be at the vet right now. But she still runs full speed all the time. She isn't sensitive when I touch/rub the leg either.

Thanks again Karen. That was just a neat experience and lots of fun!

[Karen]

She said the "needing a job" was because Zoee is a Capricorn, and strongly Capricorn, has several planets in that sign. And so needs to have a job, something to do, where she feels she's accomplishing something. She asked how Zoee gets along with Taggart, and concluded that Zoee likely see herself a an indulgent parent to him, so lets him get away with things even though she, Zoee, is in change.