Yay for new/returning cats!!

Mine loves my new couch way too much (she keeps scratching it, damnit!), but she also loves to sleep on it much more than the old couch. Even better, the way it's positioned, the couch arm provides an excellent launching point for jumping over to the recliner if she doesn't want to sleep on the couch.

here's Andy

Pretty kitty!! Is he a creamcat?

he is a pale orange boy . and a kneader with very sharp claws

I'm gonna be the last Buffista in NYC soon.

We're considering adopting a Great Pyrenees.

Oh, dear. Barb, don't you live in Florida? Strikes me that an enormous hairy dog might be less than entirely happy in that kind of heat. I mean, he basically couldn't be walked outdoors for half the year, am I right?

Happy New Cat day, Beth & DH!

I'm gonna be the last Buffista in NYC soon.

Nah. I mean, other people are staying, right? (Note: Nothing is actually decided on my part.)

Andy is gorgeous, Beth.

This morning about 5 minutes after I had uploaded this picture [link] someone in Japan had marked it as a favorite, which kind of weirds me out.

Ouch on Belmont.

Oh, dear. Barb, don't you live in Florida?

Yep. And believe it or not, we have a Great Pyr rescue group a couple of hours away from us which is where we'd probably adopt from. Two of my three dogs are large and double-coated like Pyrs and the Lab is black. Jasmine (the Lab) and Pisces (the Elkie/Keeshond mix) generally go out and cavort in the yard in the morning and in the evenings-- Mooshu isn't so much with the cavorting and only goes out to do his business before coming back in and hanging out on the tile floors. Even in the winter.

I actually have a neighbor who also has a Pyr. Is it the ideal climate for the dog? Probably not-- but I've had enough big furries to know how to help them cope and if they're already in the state and need a home? Big dogs are so less likely to get adopted than the tiny cute ones.

::is helpless in the face of puppies who need help::