Simply Sunday...

Teri had a 'productive' weekend...which means we didn't get to visit any of our friends once again! We did get in some Cat TV though, in between napping...

She washed about half the windows in our house and shampooed the carpets in her our bedroom, and the hallway and stairs--she put us in the basement overnight so we wouldn't walk on the wet carpets and get chemicals on our paws (then she disappeared so we guess she went over to her man friends house...Yep, he fixed her a tasty Polish meal, too--Lemon Soup, Perogi, Cucumber Salad, Mushrooms in Cream and Sauerkraut...

The plants she planted last week survived her ignoring them all week and sprung back to life when she watered them yesterday. Ps: that's not catnip but mint for something Teri likes called Mojitos).

And here's some pix of our fake flowers...they look pretty healthy, too, don't they?! That's our little Piskie from Piskie World in Cornwall, hahameow!

We hope all furriends had a great weekend, too...We are hope that Prancer Pie is feeling better now and are glad Auntie Judi Bug has cat bloggy friends surrounding her, too....

Springtime Gardeners--Cocoa Mulch is poisonous to pets!

A doting owner of a young lab mix purchased Cocoa Mulch from Target to use in their garden. They loved the way it smelled and it was advertised to keep cats away from their garden. Their dog decided the mulch smelled good enough to eat and ate a large helping. She vomited a few times, but wasn't acting lethargic in any way.



The next day, the owner woke up and took her morning walk. Half way through the walk, she had a seizure and died instantly.

Although the mulch had NO warnings printed on the label, upon further investigation on the company's website, this product is HIGHLY toxic to dogs and cats . Cocoa Mulch, manufactured by Hershey's and they claim that 'It is true that studies have shown that 50% of the dogs that eat Cocoa Mulch can suffer physical harm to a variety of degrees (depending on each individual dog). However, 98% of all dogs won't eat it.'

This Snopes site gives the following information:
Snopes.com-Cocoa Mulch

Cocoa Mulch , which is sold by Home Depot, Foreman's Garden Supply and other Garden supply stores , contains a lethal ingredient called ' Theobromine'. It is lethal to dogs and cats. It smells like chocolate and it really attracts dogs. They will ingest this stuff and die. Several deaths already occurred in the last 2-3 weeks. Theobromine is in all chocolate, especially dark or baker's chocolate which is toxic to dogs. Cocoa bean shells contain potentially toxic quantities of th eobromine, a xanthine compound similar in effects to caffeine and theophylline. A dog that ingested a lethal quantity of garden mulch made from cacao bean shells developed severe convulsions and died 17 hours later. Analysis of the stomach contents and the ingested cacao bean shells revealed the presence of lethal amounts of theobromine.