Long time, no post!

Apologies for not posting recently.  Rest assured, Tori is her happy, spunky self as usual.  :)

This past week, we have had the pleasure of watching a friends' dog.  Tori was a little cautious at first and hissed a few times at her, but once she realized the dog was friendly, she was rubbing all over her just like she does with Toby. 

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get any good pictures of her and the other dog to share. 

I did find out one interesting thing about Tori tonight, though.  She does NOT appreciate being furminated.  lol  If you don't know what a Furminator is, click here: Furminator.com

Some very good news this week has been that our older adult female cat seems to have come to terms with Tori.  They now peacefully coexist together, proving that Tori does just fine with other kitties.  My female and Tori seem to both have equal dominance in the house, so I suppose they've both met their match.  lol  No violent fights happened and they rarely laid a paw on one another.  Mostly it was just stares and the occasional hiss and "scream".  All in all, this is nothing compared to some of my previous foster kitties.  :)

As I've said before, Tori would be wonderful company as an only kitty in the house, as a companion to someone with dogs, or even for someone with a young kitten or older cat--just expect that Tori is going to try and be the "boss", but she is not aggressive about it, just insistent.  :)  After a few weeks, equilibrium will return to your house once they've settle the new pecking order. 

Tori will be at this weekend's adoption event and would love it if you came to visit her.  She gets so bored sitting in her cage all event but loves when people come by to pet her. 

We are also having a bake sale outside the Petco on Saturday and Sunday, from around 10-4pm.  Feel free to stop by and pick up something sweet and yummy! 

More updates of Tori will be coming shortly.  Hopefully the next post will be announcing her adoption!  :) 

Thanks for reading!

Tori & Toby

I was finally able to capture Tori loving on our dog Toby today when we got home.  She was very happy to welcome him back by rubbing all over him!  Sorry the video isn't the best.  I kept trying to back away to get a good picture but Toby kept following me and Tori after him.  lol 

If you have a cat-friendly dog, Tori would fit right in with your family! 

Tori says no blog entry today!

I'm still waiting for good photos and video of Tori and our dog Toby but whenever I catch them in the act, they stop and come to see me and my camera.  One of these days I'll catch them and post them.  

In the mean time, you can see what Tori does when she really wants attention:

Parks herself right in your way!  lol  As I type this now, she has politely moved to the arm rest.  I had to give her lots of pettings as a bribe, of course.  

Tori was at the adoption event today and lots of people stopped by to pet her and say how pretty and fluffy she is.  She is definitely an eye-catcher!  Unfortunately, we had no adoptions at all today.  I guess no one was in the market for an awesome kitty!  Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

If you're in the market for an awesome kitten, teenage, or adult cat, stop on by the Gravois Bluffs Petco tomorrow between noon and 4.  We are there every weekend, Saturday 11-4 and Sundays 12-4. 

Bossy Tori & the Kittens

Tori can be a bit dominant with other cats.  She likes to be the "top cat" and to have the last word on things, so-to-speak.  This tends to rub other adults the wrong way, unless they are very laid-back--especially when she gets playful and they think she's attacking them instead of initiating play, as my two cranky Siamese seem to. 

But Tori isn't out to hurt anybody.  Occasionally there is some hissing and swatting but Tori really means no harm.  She's just voicing her strong opinions.  :) 

All this being said, Tori does great with kittens!  Since they are younger, they look to their adult peers for guidance.  Tori is a great role model.  She bops them on the head every now and then to set them straight when they get out of line (like trying to steal her food right out from under her). 

But, as you can see, she's actually pretty good friends with them--Joxer in particular (on right).  He's a laid-back male kitten but has lots of spunk to him as well--just like Tori.  They play together sometimes but I haven't been able to catch it on film yet.  I will succeed one of these days and post it here.  :)

If you think you might be interested in making Tori a member of your home, rest assured, she can be bossy but she's not mean.  She has been instrumental in helping to socialize all of our foster kittens and make sure they go to their new homes with proper kitty manners.  :)  If she grows up with the kitten, she will be good friends with it for life.  But she does well with laid-back adult cats that let her be boss just as well.

And, did I mention that Tori does great with dogs?  Perhaps that will be the topic of my next post.  Until then!