Stress Reduction Techniques - Cats Know How to Chill

by Debber

Medium: Digital Art (Paint and Adobe Photoshop) 2008

Hi there (wee arr back),

Yikes, life can be stressful. Don't you agree? You may find your life is soooo full of stress that you arr struggling to stay healthy and on top of things. (Do you ever find yourself falling of your refrigerator?) Stress can interfere with one having a clear and sharp mind as well as having good health and the ability to function well. So what can you do?

Here is a LiST of some great ideas to help you get startED in reducing stress symtoms in your life and as well as developing daily techniques and hobbits to increase good health.

THE LIST:

Positive self talking

Daily affirmationing
Meditating
Deep breathing
Walking

Jogging

Skipping

Jump ropping

Planting flowers

Listing to music

Playing with bugs

Yogi Bearing

Journaling

Chanting

Riding a shinny new red bike

Playing in a sandbox

Purring

Singing loudly silly songs

Venting to your pet :-)
Reading something funny
Watching a movie that has a cult following
Licking slowly your favorite treat

Rolling up in a ball and napping (a cat nap)

Playing drums....

(pots, pans and wooden spoons work greet)

Dancing (with leaps and bounds)....

throughout your house & neighborhood

Chasing balls...
and then kicking the heck out of them
with your hind feet when you catch one :-)

Laying on a window cell and basking in the sun

Exercising to a Richard Simmons'....

" Sweating to the Oldies" VHS

Bubble baths (if you like that sort of thing)

Humming while doodleing

Rocking your pet while singing to them

Climbing trees....

then sprawling out over the branches to snooze

Finding a special hiding place and visiting it often

Curling up on your bed with, oh I don't know,
....maybe with FIVE TO EIGHT PILLOWS!!!
Putting up a swing in your back yard and SWINGING
Decorating your place with hair balls

Laying in a hammock....

dangling your legs, arms and head

Playing with your pet (Ooooh, that is a good one!)

Swimming (dooggy paddle if you must)

Eating cookie dough....
baking what is left of the dough if any
Coloring in a coloring book....
(it is okay to color outside of the lines)

Gliding in a glider on your deck

Walking your doog

(oooh, I can't believe I just wrote that)

Staring down a gopher hole for hours

Batting and pouncing at sunbeams

Doing something special for someone...

(like buy them yarn and catnip)
Massaging your pet....
(actually proven to lower blood pressure)

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STRETCHING is GOOD for you too!!!

(wee know A LOT about stretching!)

by Debber

Medium: Digital Art (Paint and Adobe Photoshop) 2008

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a) stretch big in the sun light

b) stretch big before you lay down for a nap

c) stretch big when wake up from a nap

d) stretch big when someone rubs your tummy

e) stretch big on a nice warm deck

d) stretch big as you stare into sunbeams

e) stretch big before you take that first bite of fud

f) stretch big when you are done playing with your toys

g) stretch big outside in the tall grass

h) stretch big while playing with your catnip

I) stretch big by reaching high into the sky (w/all 4 of your limbs)

j) stretch big when you wake up in the morning

k) stretch big when you bath

l) stretch big before taking out on any adventure

m) stretch big after a long day of hunting grasshoppers

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Also check out our "link section" of our bloog to find helpful information on how to reduce the stress in your life and find healthy living tips for you and your family.

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SHout OUT of the DAy: Yeah to The Babe (our Gramie) for putting up pet fud in her 2 Year Supply of Fud. WHY COOL!

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Remember, wee love you, you are special to us anb wee appreciate you because there is no one else in the world just like you. :-)

~@" ~@" ~@" (snails just chilling out)

Hugs and bUGS,

ZAack and Anna

Baby Rhonda

Art by Zack / Medium: Digital Art Piant and Adobe Photoshop 2008

WHO IS IT?

I have never seen anything like it!
She splashes, she wiggles and dashes!
She goes up and down and all around.
She acts like she's out on the town!
She is faster than a daster!
Oh my, gosh! This is hog "wash."
She not only splashes, but she splishes!
I am getting dizzy and she is turning kapishisses!
Who am I talking about?
You would think it is a trout!
But, no! It is Baby Rhonda! Baby Rhonda?
When she takes a bath in her bathtub...
That's right.....A rub, a dub, dub.
It is like magic, she turns into a FISH.
I guess that is dandy, just like candy.
As long as she....in the tub....doesn't go "pish."

The End
"glub, glub, glub"

by
Auntie Nanny

(Debber 2006)

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SHOUT OUT of the day: Hay, the shout out of the day goes to the Perry Family. Cortty, Willie and Dee Wayne, form Roosevelt, droove three hours just to see me (ZAck). You guys looked greet! Thanks for stopping by. Sorry that Anna was having a shy day and hid under the bed. What can I say other than my tail is much longer than hers. I appreciated you noticing that I have lost weight. That Sharoonie has been fuding us this really healthy fud - the nutritious and low cal kind. I guess it is doing the trick.

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TIP of the DAY: You can not loose weight on "maintenance" cat fud. If you buy the stuff that helps you not gain weight, but only maintain your weight it won't work. Trust us -we know. It has to be the low calorie stuff....like less calories than what you have been eating. I will be the first to admit it isn't easy. What you do is start out by mixing a little bit of the new fud with the custom fud and eventually end up with all the new stuff. This works - be patient and give it some time. Wee have a wonderful site to share with you to help your cat or dog loose weight if need be. Check out it out on the rite: "Overweight Dogs and Cats" Enjoy and remember to limit the number of mouse tidbits you eat. (Mummm, I love them little feets!)

By by,

Zack and Anna

HUGs and BUgs from one COOL DUDE and a COOL DUDEDETTE