Buddy's Leash

Last night while we were walking Jan something unexpected happened. Can anyone guess what it was?

Hint: Does anyone see anything different about Buddy's leash?

Well, fortunately, we managed to bring Jan safely home, despite the emergency. Whew! What would we do without her? Who would clean/change the cat litter? Or feed us, especially Buddy? (You already know how much he loves food!)

And what if Jan had been injured wandering around loose? We would have had to drive her to the hospital while we were all upset. Percy could have had an accident. Oh, wait, he did have an accident. Just a teeny one. But he could have had another one.

And since our brakes won't work again, Jan's car really wouldn't be safe on the road. Yes, I said the brakes won't work again. Rusty, Cameron and Samaritan have resigned from brake duty. (If you missed that adventure, you can read about it in "Farming Michael Vick Continued." We'll probably be grounded till we're fifty over that escapade! And I was only along to bail them out if they got arrested.)

But fortunately nothing happened last night. Merci, Buddy and Samaritan brought Jan safely home.

Good job!

(s) Merci

Our First Award

Poppy Q is full of nice surprises. She left us a message to come visit her blog. We did and discovered she gave us an award.



We haven't received any awards before. Well, Buddy did once. He received the Scruffy Award. Oh, and he also received the Good Behavior Award. And Merci received the Bedmaking Award. But Jan gave us those awards. It isn't quite the same as getting one from a friend. Jan's our staff and we love her, though.

Poppy Q gave us this award because we inspired Jan to take photos at the local shelter. All those cats and dogs deserve a chance, but unfortunately most of them don't make it. That makes Jan sad - and us too. Merci was adopted from the shelter. So was Rusty. Jan adopted him for Miss Mother, but she died last year. The rest of us were throwaways Jan rescued (her brother Mr. Doug saved Buddy) before we ended up at the shelter.

We're supposed to pass on this award. We don't know that many blogging kitties yet, and many of the ones we do know have already received this, so we've spent the afternoon researching so we can make a good choice. We thought of giving it to Monty Q because his singing was so popular with all the cats and dogs riding on the cross-country bus earlier this month, but we were afraid he would be offended - him being a ManCat and all.

We narrowed it down to two and voted. It was a tie vote, so we will give this award to both The Itty Bitty Kitty Committee for their wonderful work fostering orphaned baby kitties and to Little Sassy Cat because she did such a great job of giving out of work cat actors jobs on her movie CCSI during the writers strike.

Now if you are wondering how we could have a tie vote with nine residents, Crystal insisted that Jan should have a vote and since she was out frozen turkey hunting, he, as the oldest and the club president, voted as her proxy.

We've been reading the Itty Bitty Kitty Committee site for a while now. Those babies are adorable! We just met Sassy this afternoon, but we thought she did a great job on her movie script.

Jan's Funny Farm residents

Poppy's Surprise

Our new friend Poppy Q from New Zealand had another surprise for us today. You remember Poppy. She recently surprised us with a package containing the two beautiful Gizzy quilts Miss Lynne made.

We don't want to spoil her surprise, so we'll just let you go read it for yourselves. The title of today's story is ( a surprise ).

And while you're there, don't be a lurkey turkey. If you have a blogger account, say hello. <(^,^)>

(s) Jan's Funny Farm residents

Pet Toothpaste Recall

Bet you never expected to see a toothpaste recall alert on the Funny Farm. But since so many pet owners are brushing their dogs and cats teeth nowadays, we thought we would post this important warning for Pet Edge Toothpaste in our journal.

The FDA has found a poisonous chemical, diethylene glycol (DEG), in certain toothpastes imported from China. Diethylene glycol can be found in antifreeze and other solvents. It can cause headaches and illness, or in high doses, renal failure or death. (You should never allow your pet to lap up any spilled antifreeze. ) The FDA has been warning consumers for several months to avoid using tubes of toothpaste labeled as made in China.

This includes Top Performance® ProDental? Toothpaste
with Toothbrush kit 1.4 oz., Item No. TP128. It comes in :
Beef flavor: UPC 721343128151 and
Mint flavor: UPC 721343128564

If your staff should have any of this on hand, whack it into the trashcan! Protect yourself and your staff. Check the labels of your human's toothpaste and if it was imported from China, whack it into the trashcan too.

Thanks to The National Pet Foundation for the warning in their newsletter. You can sign up to receive their pet recall alerts on their website.

(s) Jan's Funny Farm residents