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Showing posts with label Maxwell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Maxwell. Show all posts
Monday, August 29, 2016
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
TRULY Epic Battle.
Maxwell shows Faraday how to do it.
Maxwell: First you... *whap!*
#Winning!
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Thanks to you, A Tonk's Tail is up for the Petties' Funniest Blog Award!
Thanks to you, A Tonk's Tail is up for the Petties' Funniest Blog Award!
Winning would mean $1,000 for the cats of Great Plains SPCA.
Their numbers are creeping up to 800 - and they are running out of supplies.
Their numbers are creeping up to 800 - and they are running out of supplies.
You have our heartfelt thanks!
Sunday, July 13, 2014
Maxwell's Easy Sunday
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Thanks to you, A Tonk's Tail is up for the Petties' Funniest Blog Award!
Winning would mean $1,000 for the cats of Great Plains SPCA.
Their numbers are creeping up to 800 - and they are running out of supplies.
Their numbers are creeping up to 800 - and they are running out of supplies.
You have our heartfelt thanks!
Monday, June 2, 2014
Dryer Disaster Diverted!
| It was a dark and gloomy ni-- Wait. It was a sunny Sunday afternoon. Suddenly, disaster strikes the laundry room! But never fear. Maxwell's here.  |
| "Hmm, it's got a funny clunk when you run it, you say?" |
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| "Let me just take a look here, for you, Momma..." |
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| "Well, there's your problem, right there, ma'am. The doohickey is interfering with the thingamajig." |
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| "Let me just...ah, there...one moment..." |
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| "It's always good for a handymancat to have a human to apply the screws to the problem." |
And with Maxwell's able-bodied supervision, the dryer was repaired in record time.
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Friday, May 16, 2014
Friday, April 18, 2014
Fangs on Friday
A new series of photos for 2014, inspired by our Fearless Feline, Maxwell.
WaterFangs.
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Sunday, April 6, 2014
Saturday, March 22, 2014
Friday, February 21, 2014
Fangs on Friday
Since Maxie's getting those pearly whites polished today, it's only fitting he gets to show a little fang:
Dark Fangs attack Momma's leg.
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Sunday, February 16, 2014
Monday, February 3, 2014
Update on Maxwell
Until Faraday landed on him and knocked him off.
We had feared a broken leg or hip, based on his moaning and inability to walk, so we rushed him to Blue Pearl in Kansas City.
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| "B-b-but... I thought you were staying home with me today...? |
The doctor requested he be kept isolated for a week, so he's hanging out in the guest bedroom. And Marty's home with him today, too.
(So stop it with the guilt trip, Maxie! LOL!)
Oh, and we made Faraday stay in with him to keep him company. As penance.
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Spoof Momma's locked door: CHECK.
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Update on the Update:
::::cue Mission Impossible music::::
"Your mission, Maxwell, should you choose to accept it, is to BREAK OUT
OF THE GUEST BEDROOM."
Spoof Momma's locked door: CHECK.
Lock perp (aka Faraday) into
said bedroom ALONE: CHECK.
Set up sentinel duty as per usual: CHECK.
Papa just called Momma wanting to know why the guest bedroom door was
CLOSED and I was OUTSIDE. That's, uh, not exactly the way she left it
when she went to work.... *innocent look*
Maxwell's doing fine. He just wanted to be out, sitting at the top of the stairs, watching everything. Marty's making sure he doesn't move from that spot. (kind of the same location as in the above photo, actually!)
Friday, January 10, 2014
Fangs on Friday
A new series of photos for 2014, inspired by our Fearless Feline, Maxwell.
This one's a classic, and has a place of honor in our inaugural month for this new series!
This one's a classic, and has a place of honor in our inaugural month for this new series!
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Monday, September 23, 2013
Deaf Pet Awareness Week
Each year, the last full week in September is set aside as Deaf Awareness Week. Several organizations such as Petfinder have recently begun to promote deaf pet awareness during this time. This is an important topic for us, so we're reprising our post from last year about it:
As many of you may already know, our own Maxwell (the handsome cat you see here to the right) came to us completely deaf.
We were actually a bit surprised to learn from Petfinder that some people think deaf pets are less intelligent than hearing animals.
Or that they need some kind of hearing companion to function.
In fact, we've found Maxwell to be the most inquisitive of all our cats. He was the first to discover how to open drawers and cabinet doors (and promptly teach Faraday how to do it too!).
He's always right there when Marty has some kind of home project going on - the more mechanical (or in the image below, electrical!) the better.
As Petfinder says, "deaf pets are just as intelligent as hearing pets. They make great only pets or do well with other animals in the home..."
We could not agree more - and we find it saddening that people might avoid adopting these special animals because of a misconception like this.
We thank Petfinder for bringing the "less adoptable" nature of deaf animals to the forefront this week.
Another thing we'd like to point out is Petfinder's warning: "The only real caveat in adopting a deaf pet is that it should never be allowed to roam freely outdoors unless it is in a securely fenced enclosure, since they cannot hear cars or other dangers approaching."
We can't emphasize this point enough. Maxwell never ever goes out.
And if you need a visual aid as to why, just take a look at how Maxie reacts to the "danger" of an oncoming vacuum cleaner in the video below.
Notice he doesn't react to it at all - until he sees it out of the corner of his eye. Had he been outside, and that been a car - he would not have made it.
Petfinder also debunked the myth that a deaf pet "needs" a hearing companion to function successfully.
"Deaf animals bark, meow, whinny, and make all the regular sounds their hearing counterparts make," Petfinder writes. "They can be taught sign language commands and are fully trainable."
We can attest to that. Maxie functions just fine inside the home, thank you very much!
And he has the very cutest little "meep". True, it's highly unusual sound for such a vocal breed as Siamese. But it's too darned cute!
And yes, they can be taught sign language.
Though we must warn you...in teaching a deaf cat sign language, be prepared for him to ignore you when you say "no" - just like all hearing cats do!
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2013 Update: Many of you already know this, but about the time Maxie turned a year old, he had surgery that partially restored his hearing in one ear (the other will never be restored since he has no eardrum in it!).
We're not sure what he hears and what he doesn't. Maxie's other senses are so highly developed that he'll respond to a garage door opener - feeling its vibration - before either other cat responds to its sound. That, incidentally, is one reason it can be so difficult to diagnose a cat as being deaf in a shelter environment!
The one thing we do know is that the hearing is monaural - and because of that, whatever he does pick up, he can't determine where it's coming from. Just yesterday I saw him look in every direction but the source of my voice when I called to him.
(Yet another reason to keep him inside all the time: if a cat cannot tell the direction of a potential danger, such as a car.)
If you ever do see photos on this blog of Maxwell outside, it's because I happened to have a camera close by when he managed to make a dash for freedom. I assure you, those photos were taken while we're trying to coax him back out from underneath the bushes then escorting him right back inside, pronto!
As many of you may already know, our own Maxwell (the handsome cat you see here to the right) came to us completely deaf.
We were actually a bit surprised to learn from Petfinder that some people think deaf pets are less intelligent than hearing animals.
Or that they need some kind of hearing companion to function.
In fact, we've found Maxwell to be the most inquisitive of all our cats. He was the first to discover how to open drawers and cabinet doors (and promptly teach Faraday how to do it too!).
He's always right there when Marty has some kind of home project going on - the more mechanical (or in the image below, electrical!) the better.
As Petfinder says, "deaf pets are just as intelligent as hearing pets. They make great only pets or do well with other animals in the home..."
We could not agree more - and we find it saddening that people might avoid adopting these special animals because of a misconception like this.
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| (electricity was OFF, and Max gave out lots of advice!) |
We thank Petfinder for bringing the "less adoptable" nature of deaf animals to the forefront this week.
Another thing we'd like to point out is Petfinder's warning: "The only real caveat in adopting a deaf pet is that it should never be allowed to roam freely outdoors unless it is in a securely fenced enclosure, since they cannot hear cars or other dangers approaching."
We can't emphasize this point enough. Maxwell never ever goes out.
And if you need a visual aid as to why, just take a look at how Maxie reacts to the "danger" of an oncoming vacuum cleaner in the video below.
Notice he doesn't react to it at all - until he sees it out of the corner of his eye. Had he been outside, and that been a car - he would not have made it.
Petfinder also debunked the myth that a deaf pet "needs" a hearing companion to function successfully.
"Deaf animals bark, meow, whinny, and make all the regular sounds their hearing counterparts make," Petfinder writes. "They can be taught sign language commands and are fully trainable."
We can attest to that. Maxie functions just fine inside the home, thank you very much!
And he has the very cutest little "meep". True, it's highly unusual sound for such a vocal breed as Siamese. But it's too darned cute!And yes, they can be taught sign language.
Though we must warn you...in teaching a deaf cat sign language, be prepared for him to ignore you when you say "no" - just like all hearing cats do!
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2013 Update: Many of you already know this, but about the time Maxie turned a year old, he had surgery that partially restored his hearing in one ear (the other will never be restored since he has no eardrum in it!).
We're not sure what he hears and what he doesn't. Maxie's other senses are so highly developed that he'll respond to a garage door opener - feeling its vibration - before either other cat responds to its sound. That, incidentally, is one reason it can be so difficult to diagnose a cat as being deaf in a shelter environment!
The one thing we do know is that the hearing is monaural - and because of that, whatever he does pick up, he can't determine where it's coming from. Just yesterday I saw him look in every direction but the source of my voice when I called to him.
(Yet another reason to keep him inside all the time: if a cat cannot tell the direction of a potential danger, such as a car.)
If you ever do see photos on this blog of Maxwell outside, it's because I happened to have a camera close by when he managed to make a dash for freedom. I assure you, those photos were taken while we're trying to coax him back out from underneath the bushes then escorting him right back inside, pronto!
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Saturday, August 10, 2013
Saturday Photohunt: Blue
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| "here you go, Ladies. You ready for it?" |
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| "Baby Blues, set on Stun!" |
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We're participating in the Weekend Cat Blogging blog hop...
...and the Saturday Pet Blogger Hop, hosted by Baby Patches, Life with Dogs and Two Little Cavaliers.
Saturday, August 3, 2013
Bird Sighting? We'll leave you to guess!
Today's PhotoHunt word: Maxwell leaves us all guessing at what caught his attention.
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| Extra-action Maxwell, ready to spring into... well, the plate glass window, if his expression is any indication. |
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We're also participating in the Weekend Cat Blogging blog hop...
...and the Saturday Pet Blogger Hop, hosted by Baby Patches, Life with Dogs and Two Little Cavaliers.
Sunday, July 28, 2013
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