A Great Invention for our Feline Friends!

I have several other blogs, mainly promoting local businesses in my home state of Michigan. A writer for one of my blogs, The Genesee County Business Blog, added a company that has a great invention for cats, called the Cat Roost.

Here is what he has to say about his invention:


My inspiration for the Cat Roost came one day while visiting the Adopt-a-Pet center in Fenton Michigan. We ended up adopting two cats that day, Kitten and Angel, now better known as Siegfried and Roy. Yes just like the famous Las Vegas Tiger act duo.

Each day as I watched Siegfried & Roy cuddle up on a chair or a blanket I'd think back to my visit at Adopt-a-Pet and the crates they were kept in. The cats loved sleeping and napping in a hammock like bed made with a piece of cloth attached to the sides of the crate with shower curtain rod hooks. I wanted to find something like those improvised beds that I could bring home to them. I couldn’t find anything that was quite like what they were used to, so I thought "if I cant find something I’ll make them one”.

Later that week I was in my basement working on my bicycle when I looked over and noticed a folded up chair standing up in a corner. The chair had three legs and when folded out created a canvas top stool to sit on. I looked at it for a second and said "it’s what I’ve been looking for, the Cat Roost!” The rest as they say is history, I was on a mission. I could tell you I came up with the “Cat Roost” on my first attempt but that just didn’t happen.

I’d scour the shelves of the local Hardware Store and Lumber Yard looking for anything I could find to make what I envisioned in my head. I’d put something together, set it on the floor, step back look at it and usually say “what the heck was I thinking!” After many hours and many unsuccessful versions I came up with what you see today. It’s simple, easy to set up, move from place to place and most of all cats love it!

So that’s the story of how the Cat Roost was created. I’m always looking for ways to make life easier and more comfortable for the ones who always give us joy and unconditional love, our Pets!

DJ

And most of all............Proudly Made in the USA!



Well that's how the product came to be. If you want more information, visit the site CatRoost.com!

What a great product!

Wow, my wife was talking to someone at work about Shadow's shedding problems, and they suggested getting the FURminator to eliminate the additional hair. Well we got one, and have been using it and it WORKS GREAT.

Obviously, with larger dogs, you have a lot more hair to work with, but it also works great for small dogs, and we have been using it on our cats too. They really love it. They are a little bit expensive compared to other brushes, but they are WELL worth the cost.

Here is the description from Amazon:

Reduces shedding up to 90 percent. For long & short-haired dogs & cats. Quickly and easily removes undercoat and loose hair. Guaranteed to reduce shedding better than any brush, comb or rake. Stainless steel deShedding edge. Used and recommended by pet professionals worldwide.

Meet Shadow, the BIG Dog

Having a dog can be rewarding and and sometimes challenging, with house-training, cat-chasing, digging, etc. Don't get me wrong, we love our dog, but having a BIG DOG sometimes can be a LOT more challenging than rewarding!

We got Shadow about 3 years ago from the local Humane Society. Since we are not snobby about our pets, we always get them from the pound, because we figure if we can do the community a favor by saving unwanted pets, we might as well. We usually don't look for any particular breed or gender, just one that is even-tempered and friendly. We have kids, so we try not to get pets that could be dangerous. A Pit Bull, for example, would not be a good choice for us. I know people who have, and love, their Pit Bulls, but we aren't willing to take that chance.

So, we go to the Humane Society to look for a new dog. We had another dog, Sammy (Samuel Adams was his full name - I like my beer, what can I say?), who was a small mutt, and we thought we would look for maybe a medium-sized dog to be his companion. He was getting kind of grumpy in his old age, and we thought this would give him someone to play with (This turned out to be a terrible idea, as I will tell you in a future post).

They had quite a few full-grown dogs there, which is always kind of sad, because people usually just want puppies or kittens when they come to the Humane Society. We wanted a puppy as well. Like I said before, we didn't want any dog that might already have a temperament problem. Keeping the kids' focus on track in the pound is also kind of challenging, as you might imagine. "Awwwwww, look at the cute little kitties. Can we have one?". That was a phrase heard several times during our visit.

And then we saw him. A small black and white puppy that was whimpering and acting "oh so cute". The kids put their hands up to the cage, and he immediately started licking them. I knew then that he was our dog. We found out from one of the employees that he was the last (and smallest) of a litter of 5 puppies that were dropped off. We looked at his information card. It said that his name was Duke, that he was a German Shepard mix, he was house-trained, had his shots, and would grow to be a medium-sized dog. Yeah, right. If you look at the pics on the blog header, you will see a puppy picture on the left, and a full-grown picture on the right. That is a 4 ft. high fence!

Well the kids didn't really like the name Duke, so we decided to change his name. Our daughter wanted to name him Shadow, and our son wanted to name him Record. Record? Yeah, Record. As in, the things that CD's replaced. OK, so now we have an argument on our hands. As anyone who has children knows, 2 siblings will never agree on anything. Sometimes I think we should have another child, just to act as a tie-breaker. So we decided to use Shadow as his first name, and Record as his middle name. Shadow Record. That's our dog!