3 Dogs and 2 Cats

This is Kenni’s Cat Page….

Kenni was born in my closet just about 11 years ago… She is a domestic short haired tortoise shell cat. She was by far the most beautiful of all the other kittens of the litter. Her hair is short and soft like a chinchilla. She has vibrant green eyes that really stand out on sunny days.

Kenni layin’ low in the living room…

Relaxing on a nice sunny day…

She likes to come and go as she pleases….what cat doesn’t.

Always a peaceful little girl…but she still has her feisty moments.

Her favorite place to hang out is the basement if she’s not outside…
Kenni is a very sweet cat. It takes a while for her to warm up to new people, especially other cats but when she finally does, she’ll be your little sidekick. She’s still very playful at 11 yrs. She has little mini soccer balls that she loves to boot around. Keeping those out around the house keeps her pretty active. I go on walks around the neighborhood and she loves to come along…she follows right by my feet. She’s great about doing her business outside, that’s what she prefers. I love to nap with her because she will cuddle right up to you and sleep as long as you do. I’m so happy to have her as my little companion.

This is Milly’s Cat Page….

Milly was born as a barn cat some time near January 2000… She is a short haired little girl cat. We like to think she has the markings of a snow leopard. She will be 9 years old this coming January – 2009.

Milly on the roof looking down at me.

Side angle Milly <

The urban snow leopard on the prowl…

From another angle, Milly on the prowl…

Milly with her boyfriend, Marley the Dachshund…

Chillen in the basement…

We got lucky with Milly being such a good cat. As you can see in the picture above, she loves the dogs. She prefers to do her business outside. She is a dependable cat always there waiting for you when you get home. One of the best things about Milly is that she is a short haired cat and she really doesn’t shed much compared to her older sister Kenny.

During the summer our short haired cats love to go in and out of the house. In the winter, it’s another story. Our cats gain about five pounds each and it seems like they just sleep all day. As the days get shorter and the nights get longer, these 2 cats rarely meow to go outside. Kenny is the gray fury cat in the pictures below. Sometimes it can be tough to keep an eye on her weight. She would graze all day long if we let her. Buy feeding her smaller amounts once in the morning and once the evening it’s been easier to control her cat health and weight. Indoor cats { like our cats Kenny and Milly} – especially apartment dwellers, tend to have more obesity problems more frequently than outdoor cats, due to less room to move around. If you were an indoor cat that only needed to wait and catch your dinner once it fell into the cat food dish, you’d likely gain weight too.

In or out? She can’t make up her mind….

Kenny entering through the window in the basement.

JUST SAY NO TO FREE FEEDING
If we didn’t our kittens would just get too fat! The main reason for cat obesity (as well as obesity in people) is the consumption of too much food. Deny it all you want but it is a fact. It’s not uncommon for cat owners to fill up the cat food bowl and let the cats have it at for a couple days. Many cats are fed “free choice”, which means there is food available all the time and the cat eats whenever it wants. (Pretty unnatural for a true carnivore that evolved as a hunting machine!) Free choice feeding has probably been the biggest single factor contributing to cat obesity.

If you were wondering how Kenny gets down from on top of the television, she puts her front paws on the screen and slides down the front of the tv. Once she’s about half way down the front she jumps forward and runs smoothly out of the transition from being vertical to horizontal