Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for February 14, 2017

i thought they apologised the vacuum cleaner when it was Christmas?

Oh no! Not the vacuum cleaner! Cat’s gotta be prepared! I just love Pucky’s little vacuum cleaner awareness pin. :-)

Puck – where can I get a Vacuum Cleaner Awareness pin? I don’t like vacuums either.

I’ve learned from fostering kittens, that if I start using the vacuum as soon as I get them, they won’t be afraid of it after a while. To clarify, I don’t use a big one the first day and scare them to death ; I start small by using a battery vac outside of their room. If my husband is home, I go in and hold the babies while he vacuums outside of the door. It’s a process. I like them to get used to noises they’ll hear in their new homes.

As I recall, Georgia said she wrote this right after the move to California and she saw disaster preparedness announcements on tv.

To answer Lupin’s question in the first panel, if it’s a Roomba, where you want to be is sitting on top of it, riding it around the room as it works.

Maybe one of these cats should invent a vacuum cleaner warning siren like the ones they have for tornados!

My big Siamese has no fear whatsoever of the vacuum cleaner – or dogs, or strangers, or passing cars when I walk him on a leash. He’s so fearless it frightens me.

I always warn my babies when I vacuum. I tell them “hidey hole guys, hidey hole” and they go where they feel the safest.

Oh, I think there’s plenty of “ham” under the bed ;-)

We had a cat once who liked being vacuumed.

If it is not a broom – leave the room. words we can all live by -LOL

Given Pucky’s love of bacon and ham, I’m surprised it wasn’t he who realized they needed more ham under the bed!