Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for February 02, 2020

I take it “two yards” is the width across a king-size bed? And Goldie gets a name in the Sunday strips for the first time!

But what do they expect? Lupin is a tiny horse.

Oh, Lupin. Ever so graceful.

The sweat band on Goldie’s tail is a cute and hilarious touch!

Love Goldie’s athleisure wear! Especially the tail warmer that matches her leg warmers.

Let’s hope it’s his gut and not lower.

Natasha’s little heart-on-stick! Yes, I love the running-of-the-cats, too!

“Order the ‘80’s Jane Fonda’s Workout set for the whole family in the next 10 minutes and receive a free tail warmer for each cat!”

Lupin’s still mad with the Man for organising Goldie’s adoption?

I don’t understand. Surely that landing on the gut gains bonus points!

I like the owl lamps.

I love Goldie’s tail warmer! Quite the 80’s outfit!

Is Puck’s right arm behind his back or tucked into his pouch pocket?

Olivia Newton-John: Physical

I’m gonna run this race just right,

Showing my style and grace,

The Man and Woman will not know,

That there’s been a race!

I know Lupin’s fast and strong,

He’ll give it all he has to give,

Let the judges all decide,

The winner of the race!

…….

Let’s get physical! Physical!

My running is so lyrical!

And my finances are fiscal!

Let the Robber Mice decide, let them decide!

Let them judge the style points!

…….

Let’s get animal, animal!

Oh wait we are animals!

Felines at their very best!

Let’s do the 2 am run!

And have some fun!

Let’s do the 2 am run!

I think landing on our guts is mandatory at our house. Round two includes tails across our nostrils. Then there is the popular human chest-finish line manuver.

And for the next event, the mega leap over the lamps. Get ready, three, two, one …. Go!

Lupin is off his form. He needs coaching and some pre-event yoga. Clearly his bad attitude toward Goldie has him tense.

And the judges went, OOOOOOO! You know your points are going to be knocked down when the judges go, OOOOOOOOO!

Pucky’s white chest patch, panel 2. Swoon!

Goldie’s sweatband for her tail is just precious!

And The Woman opens one sleepy eye to see what all the commotion is about.

A kitty home is just not a kitty home without a running-of-the-cats event series!

Puck toe beans! (in panel four)

Yeah, Lupin’s last leap was too long.

So … let me get this straight. The two-yard dash is sort of like a hurdles event in that the cat is supposed to (gracefully) bounce across the bed, over the People but not hit the People?

I see the magical cat clothes closet is expanding to take care of Goldie.

Those gut or belly landings are killers when your cat is 12 lbs of solid muscle.

I love Goldie’s outfit.

On another topic, our apartment-sized chest freezer decided to give up the ghost. I was able to salvage most of the food and my daughter, bless her heart, jammed the rest into her freezer. Now, there’s another expense at the end of February: $200 – $300 on a new freezer (we didn’t need that)

I love Goldie’s tail warmer!

Speaking of 2:00 a.m. cats…The kitten, Holly Berry, has a favorite thing now, it is to attack my feet that are under the covers. Little needle sharp claws are used, and she is determined to make sure the bed is safe from my feet. Yeah, I don’t understand kitten logic either.

it took me a little bit of thinking to determine that the mystery gold thing in the foreground of panel 5 (by the book) is the string & tassel from the bookmark.

So gut landings are accidental? I thought cats played “Find the sensitive body parts on the human” for points.

All right. Which pesky hyooman took a picture of me when I was busy commenting on comics?

https://www.gocomics.com/wumo/2020/2/2

I’m glad Lupin can’t hear the rude booing coming from the judges’ stand.

In the last two panels it appears the owl lamp is missing from the nightstand. I believe one of the rules of the “running” is to knock over at least two lamps?

SUNDAY FUNDAY!

Is that still happening? I’ve been gone quite awhile, and didn’t see it last sunday when I checked. But…. it’s a great “thing”!8^}

Good thing he didn’t land a little lower

Are those judges from Russia? Lupin’s landing is deserving of extra marks in the Feline Games.

Hello Orb!!

I’ve been away, because “overwhelmed”. But, I’m working my way back. (There’s a song there, isn’t there?)

Quick background, Bartok wasn’t well, and was 14. The raw food diet ultimately was AMAZING for him. I was, actually, able to wean him completely from prednisolone. I think I first tried it too soon, but could have tried again sooner than I did.

Taking him off pred saved the leg strength he still had. He adjusted to his limits, then proceeded to (literally!) climb the walls again!! I have many recent wonderful pics of him stretched out in his favorite “up high” nooks!

The face lump was NOT dental, although getting those abscessed teeth out was a good thing still of course. It was the cancer that was (apparently) asymptomatic for 2-3 years. Because it was in his sinus cavity, Vet said early operation would not have been successful, if even attempted. (IF I had $$ for a specialist, maaayyybeee? But, irrelevant. Wasn’t an option for Bartok.)

What I DID do, may have been quite helpful to his quality of life, though.

1) Oncior is a NSAID approved for short term use in cats. Around here, it is often used long term with good effects, though (from my vet, and the Pet pharmacist I used). Things like arthritis etc, respond well to it.

2) Gabapentin (generic Neurontin, NOT GABA supplement, unfortunately). I found reference to it helping with things like skeletal pain (ex. bone cancer), and was able to try it. After a few days, he was eating normally (he’d lost NO weight by the end!), playing, stalking in the grasses and basking full length in the sun again! As long as he was hungrily eating, and stretching out seemingly contentedly, out and part of the household, exploring outside (safe enclosure etc) with his brother Figs, I judged his life quality to be good. I watched so closely, because cats and pain are tough to judge!

Everything has limits, though. We are adjusting to 2 cats, from 3.

Much LOVE & THANKS!

-KOKO

That was quite impressive, Goldie. Well done!

The gut landing is much, much worse when the run starts with a leap from a chest of drawers. I know. On cold mornings, the pain still lingers.

The alure of the event is found in its ambiguity

Our Russel, Every time he comes in to get his ‘fix of hooman’, when he pops onto the bed, he puts all 15 lbs into his front feet, and plants them firmly into my side Just under my ribs.

Either Lupin is still being affected by his beef with Goldie, or he has met his match as a true cat of adventure. I’ll go with the robber mice on this one: Gasp! Boo!

Happy Groundhog Day! As we have not had winter here, yet, we don’t care what he does. Those of you who have had too much winter, please send some here.

More importantly, Happy Imbolc or Lady Day to those of that persuasion.

Tail warmer? Sweat band? I think Goldie is wearing a scrunchie for her tail.

i love the running of the cats strips

I thought the lamps looked like The Toddler’s penguin toy.

I wonder if there will be Cat Olympics-themed strips this summer, with all sorts of different events, and drama from the judges’ table? It would be timely…

Ours had the “roomies” last night. All FIVE of them. And this morning they are all asleep on top of the heater vents.

Gut landing? I should be so lucky. With 11 cats I have lost count of the times I’ve been kicked in the (hey now) ahem.

Its more like a cattle drive than a sporting event.

Perhaps Elvis was referring to The Man?

Goldie shows proper form with small, even, light jumps. Lupin was erratic and made a terrible tummy landing!

Nothing like having a cat do four-claw-drive across your face at 3 in the morning. I had three cats so I know what that’s about.

Goldie’s tail extension and paw line are perfect.

The Man is lucky. It wasn’t Goldie who landed on his belly full force. Lupin, at least, is comparatively small. Of course, he makes up for that by being clumsy.

“The THRILL of VICTORY!! … … The AGONY of DEFEAT!!”

(Think ABC’s Wide World of Sports from a-ways back!!) :)

“Oooooh!! That’s GOTTA HURT !!!”

Don’t forget waking the Woman, Elvis. Really bad when you land on a gut and wake someone.

Looks like Goldie’s light on her feet.

I had a power outage today. I’m not sure how long it lasted because it happened while I was sleeping. I woke up when my white noise machine went silent. I couldn’t tell what time it was and was too sleepy to get up and look at the battery powered clock in the kitchen. By the time I woke up, it was back on again.

Goldie is such a graceful little acrobat.

I just discovered over on BCN, Georgia posted the 2019 Groundhog Day comic. I love the image of the Groundhog demanding coffee! https://www.gocomics.com/breaking-cat-news/2019/02/02?fbclid=IwAR1Nh-u5L_wStpulDpqQ2JSOO2e3OM420HF-HHYjTKIbt8jVAfRCCjKhVD0

what about the climbing challenge???

Is anyone else hearing Jim McKay and Curt Gowdy (“Ya hate to see it, Jim!”)?

Lupin seems to be out of shape. Are the days of glory behind him or can he reclaim them?

Always worth going back and re-reading…. you find things like that adorable sweatband on Goldie’s tail that you missed the first time.