Are Ticks in Alberta?

• http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/puppy-rescue-regina-700-ticks-transfusion-1.4114792
• http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ticks-toronto-pet-owners-1.4125646

My kitten was out to run yesterday and the day before. We were out with him. And our question is: If people in Saskatchewan are suffering with ticks on their pets, how far have they come?

What can we do to spray or kill populations of ticks? 

This here is a sad story, and we don't want it spreading?

Put Out Bird Seed

• http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/calgary-family-calls-for-help-in-finding-and-returning-their-missing-bird-bob

Set a bird cage out, with bird seed in it, to help this family.

Making a Happy Cat

Lulu understands pretty much all our conversation. I just talk to him.

So, yesterday, he did this thing. He did disruptive things, to ask me to let him out, and to go do something outside. He does. He does not get it. He goes to mope.

I get up. I head up to get ready. I turn to him.

"Lulu, today, you are helping me in a project. I am planting marigolds. You are helping."

I still have things to get ready. Anyway, he gets up, and he hangs out near me all the time I get ready. It includes eating breakfast, and so on.

I tell him. "It's time to go."

Immediately, he is turning to go with me. And we go outside, and we have a plenteous day of fun outdoors.

It's time to go in. I call him. While I don't see him, he returns. He's close. I call him to go in, not as an order, but in conversation. He comes in. He comes in with me. I am not herding him in. He just comes in.

About Buhu. He loves his CatDad the way Lulu loves our CatDad. When Buhu walks with his CatDad, he's two feet behind. His Dad is Chinese. It's pretty fun. His CatDad walks around the yard, and you would think Buhu was a dog. He is so close. And they go about the yard.

There's two good cat dads on one street. Imagine that. And yes, our cats are pretty much twins.

The Dog Owner Brewery

• http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/dog-friendly-brewery-inglewood-alberta-health-services-1.4108301

Here's a novel idea. How can it work?

This is a dog brewery. I heard it has been shut, but the manager is working on figuring out a solution.

Dog owners would walk their dog to the brewery, and have a beer. And the server brought a bowl of water to the dog.

This sounds so enlightened, I wish there were a way to work it out.

And the dogs were good guests. Maybe it needs to be a brewery club. And the owner and dog can be joint members. Is that a good idea?