Ah, Cats. Can't live with 'em - but they won't leave!

These two gorgeous furboys look so majestic, don’t they? Totally above any kind of low humor, tomfoolery, or downright treachery… They may be beautiful, but make no mistake, like most of their brethren, they are rotten to the core. Ray (of sunshine) is the golden blonde one and George is the black and white one.

We should count our blessings everyday for the things they DON’T do: compulsively pushing glasses off tables, ripping everything in the house to shreds (they were already declawed when they came to live with us,) hiding secret poops in our beds, etc…

But let’s face it, gratitude is an eternal work in progress. Sometimes things just happen that make us forget all the things we are grateful for and before we know it, or think to count to 10 while breathing deeply, we’re yelling at the top of our lungs: "What in the hell is this bullshit?!?"

I can be grateful that they warm my lap so assiduously one moment and then get indignant the next because not only did one of them barf, he barfed on a toy dinosaur that I now have to touch and clean - ewww! But, I can now, much later, see the humor of this picture. It totally looks like the dino overdid it at the bar last night.

And if all else fails, get revenge! These two with their magnificent poofy coats were leaving little hairy ghosts of themselves in every nook and cranny of the house and vomiting hairballs everywhere else. It had to end.

Enter “the lion cut.” A professional will actually come to your house and make your cats look so ridiculous that they will hide in a chair comforting each other and trying to sooth each other’s shame. Just kidding - they have no shame. They’re just napping.

Here’s George, who sadly is no longer with us, sweet kitty baby, a month or so after being shaved. He still looks skinny and weird, but slightly more dignified than right after the cut. The kitty stylist leaves the head, tip of the tail and legs furry and shaves everything else down to an eighth of an inch - making them look like little lions in training.

Not only do they look too hilarious for words, but the voms decrease dramatically, and they give us a good guffaw every time we see them for weeks. It’s a win-win! And that my friends, is something to be grateful for.

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