I was looking through old photos and found some cute and funny ones of my sweet angel pup Astrid. These were from quite a few years ago, and they were taken at my parents' house. There, Astrid would climb onto the back of their couch and watch out their big front window.
On this particular occasion, my parents' kitty Flitwick decided to join the big pup.
Flitwick is my girl Tonks's litter mate, as is my sister's house panther Winky.
Angel Astrid hopes you all enjoy a window view today. Happy Wednesday!
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Flashback Doodle of the Day
Astrid loved helping me cook and bake in the kitchen, so even though it doesn't star any canines, this old doodle still seems apt enough for today.
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Tip of the Day
We're still in the midst of our series of tips all about decorating your home around your furbabies. Today's tip on that topic involves protecting your furniture from kitty claws. After all, cats do indeed have claws. That's simply part of who they are. That being said, that doesn't mean there aren't safe, humane ways of protecting your furniture from those claws.
To begin, of course place cat scratchers throughout your house in order to give your cats appropriate places to use their claws. Cats often like to scratch as a more or less territorial display, so make sure that at least some of their scratchers are somewhere visible and in the open. You can also place a scratcher near any furniture to which your furbaby's claws gravitate. This way, your kitty can have an appropriate scratching location where you can immediately redirect them should they begin to use the furniture instead.
We recently mentioned this next idea in another tip, but we'll say it again. To protect your furniture from cat claws while also giving your cat a proper place to scratch, you can wrap sisal rope around furniture legs, rails of staircases, and other similar locations. Again, this not only protects those home features from cat claws, but also simultaneously gives your cat another appropriate place to use their claws. Another potential form of protection against cat claws for your furniture is a heavy-duty couch or chair cover.
As we said above, cats indeed have claws. While those claws can sometimes find their way to furniture, there are proper ways to combat this. Simply research types of scratchers for your kitty to use, create your own scratchers using sisal rope, or find another way to protect the furniture while also treating your kitty and their claws in a humane way. When your kitty scratches furniture, calmly redirect them to a proper cat scratcher, so that they can learn where they should and should not sharpen those claws of theirs. Of course, also don't forget to regularly trim your kitty's nails.
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