I notice you just flopped down on the couch instead of, you know, petting me, or playing with me, or feeding me, or… are you even listening to me?

Berlin, Nov-2025, by maltman23, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
I notice you just flopped down on the couch instead of, you know, petting me, or playing with me, or feeding me, or… are you even listening to me?

Berlin, Nov-2025, by maltman23, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

The Guardian, via Thérèse B.
Yahoo News, via NTMTOM
Andrew Y. found a dog that can sing along, provided you change the lyrics a little.
I love how she waits for her parts to sing/howl pic.twitter.com/OqjSnMhbCC
— Roy Drones Jr (@chiweethedog) January 2, 2026
Hana and Kitten Miri get catnip toys that look like them! After they get busy with their body doubles, they inspect repairs to the deck where Maru loved to sit.

Another Caturday, another open thread, and yet… all is not well in Kittyland. Somewhere a cat has been mildly inconvenienced, as related by reader Sowmya D.:
Yesterday poor brave Maine Coon girl Ekaterina Velikaya was pushed to the point of misery by NOT getting more Yummy Wet Food when she demanded it.
Pictured — her tormented face during her sit-down strike. (Not pictured — the full bowl of kibble beside her that she didn’t want.)


