We are the Cats of the House of Carnivores

And we are beautiful.  Aren't we?  AREN'T WE?

Charlotte never did learn the art of the soft touch.  Here she is, in one of her favorite places, which also happens to be my husband's place on the bed.

You're probably wondering why I called you here tonight...

Yes, the cats are doing well.  This is them on my admittedly unmade bed, waiting for us to come in for sleep.  What this means is that Charlotte will sit beside my husband and demand petting for about 10-15 minutes, Annie will climb all over me, but leave after five minutes; less if I don't pet her, and Bit will trill at us and run up and down the length of the bed until she flops over onto her side, usually somewhere up against me.

They've been remarkably patient with having a new dog in the house, and are actually somewhat restrained in abusing her.  They don't seek her out for abuse, that is... but if she sniffs them, at least Annie and Charlotte have proved that they do have claws and they're not at all hesitant to use them.  Bit isn't so confrontational, but she does a great job at keeping well away.

OMG Annie is letting us photograph her eyes.  Post the picture, ASAP!

And the fosters...  well, they're just great cats. They like people, cats, and dogs.  It is interesting to read what is on their intake sheets, because apparently Patches is frightened of dogs.

I know that you can all see the terror in his eyes.

Mitchell too.  Though he was never reported to be afraid of them.  He IS a bit more cautious than Patches, despite what you see in the picture above.  But he's more cautious about everything, not just the friendly local canines.

It's been a pretty quiet week.  I'm really glad for the holiday weekend, though.  We have lots of stuff that we need to do, and will need the extra day to work everything in!

Tomorrow I'm going over to walk some of the new greyhounds in the Steel City Greyhounds adoption program, and take some footage and photos of them.  The NEXT day we have a "hound hike" in the morning, with a group of greyhounds (and their people, of course) in the park.  Don't worry, there will be treats and playtime for the cats as well!  In fact... in a couple of weeks, a certain trio of kitties is going to have their "Gotcha day" celebration.