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I wouldn't chance a Jack Russell unless you are prepared to rehome either the cat or the dog should things not work out. Jack Russell terriers were originally bred for fox hunting. After the hounds had brought the fox to ground, a terrier would be sent down the hole to chase the fox back out...

The Red Thing has a new housemate.  One of my friends went through an ugly divorce and needed to place a cat.  So, we now have a small, rotund, blue tabby.  As the tradition in my household is to give each cat a moderately insulting nickname, and as she has the general size, striping, and...

Telling people to watch out for your indoor cats can backfire.  Years ago I was having windows changed in my house.  Since the workers needed to get into every single room, there was no place where I could lock the cats. Unfortunately, I couldn't stay home from work either. I shut the cats into...

I've got no experience with full fledged Windows 8, but Windows RT is godawful.  I have a Surface RT tablet for casual home use. First, the good points of my RT tablet: I actually like having a touch screen.  I miss it when I'm on a standard laptop. I like the fact that the tablet is solid...

HAHA.  DH sounds cool.,

A couple of mine used to lie on a bench or chair & roll over to show their bellies.  Then they'd get excited.  They'd start writhing and squirming and rolling side to side.  Pretty soon - wooops, thud - they'd roll right off the chair and land with a "what just happened? expression.  Yes kitty...

I use a fuminator in conjunction with a regular comb on the Red Thing.  My experience is he mats the worst when he has loose undercoat hairs stuck among his other hair. These loose hairs turn into the core of a soft mat, and the soft mat turns into a hard mat. I start by running a regular steel...

I've been lurking for a bit & decided it was time to make introductions.  I currently have one cat, an 11 year old hard luck case I teasingly call the Red Thing. (I tend to give my cats cold hearted nicknames in hopes of instilling modesty. It never works. At least it helps me pretend I'm not...