Alladin Note

Alladin weighs 17.8 lbs today. 2 weeks ago (I think), he weighed 18.0 lbs. He has not lost weight in the past 5-6 months. I think we have his food regimen down. 3 meal times, 1 can of Fancy Feast at each meal. As of today, for the mid-day meal, I am removing 1 non-heaping […]

Alladin: New Trick

John started teaching Alladin a type of fetching game yesterday using a suction-cup toy throwing star as the target. John was getting frustrated because he wanted Alladin to bring it all the way to him before giving treat and praise, but I reminded him that that’s Step Five, and just picking the toy up in […]

Something unloveable

Something Alladin does that is unloveable. That used to be a healthy bamboo plant. With leaves. (Note: this is really a test post. Feel free to ignore it.)

Amazing Alladin

I was thinking about my amazing cat and wanted to share with you some of the ways I’ve come to realize that Alladin may not be nice, but holy heck, is he freakishly smart! Alladin knows when he has the leash on, he can go outside. No leash, no outside. He will play fetch. He […]

Mono Lake: no. Crochet: yes.

So, for the past several months, John and I were planning on going to Mono Lake, a beautiful and interesting part of California that’s located on the other side of Yosemite. It takes a bit of “getting there” for us to get there, as the number of mountain roads that are safe and passable by […]