{"id":16857,"date":"2016-05-05T00:10:08","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T04:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/?p=16857"},"modified":"2016-05-04T19:42:41","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T23:42:41","slug":"the-forever-love-of-a-pet-for-national-pet-week-and-national-pet-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/the-forever-love-of-a-pet-for-national-pet-week-and-national-pet-month\/","title":{"rendered":"The Forever Love of a Pet for National Pet Week and National Pet Month"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Regardless of whether it’s National Pet Week, or National Pet Month, the love and commitment to a pet is for a lifetime.<\/p><\/div>\n

As a pet mom over the years to a variety of lovable creatures \u2013 cats, dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs, fish, and frogs to be more precise \u2013 I can tell you firsthand the joy pets bring to our lives. With this being National Pet Week and National Pet Month, I hope the message is spread to a wider audience so that adoptable pets in need find good, safe, and loving homes.<\/p>\n

The list of what a pet can bring to your life is far too long (and deeply personal to each individual) but here are some of my favorite reasons in relation to my current feline gang of seven:<\/p>\n

1. After a long and stressful day, there\u2019s nothing better than relaxing on the couch, surrounded by my loving gang. From Kizmet using my head as a pillow to rest on, to Zee making biscuits on my belly, I love knowing they care about me so much that they want to hang out with me.<\/p>\n

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Every night Kizmet rests his head against mine when I’m relaxing on the couch.<\/p><\/div>\n

2. They keep me younger looking \u2013 it\u2019s a proven fact cats can reduce stress\u2026 if you reduce stress, you reduce wrinkles!<\/p>\n

3. They provide me with unlimited entertainment \u2013 from watching them play and chase either around to seeing them roll on the floor to expose their fluffy bellies, they just make me smile.<\/p>\n

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I never tire of watching the cats play with one another. This is Kizmet and Jazmine sharing a silly moment.<\/p><\/div>\n

4. They make me a more emphatic and compassionate person – we are the only voice they have to be heard and I try my best each and every day to spread awareness on important issues such as spay\/neuter, responsible TNR and more.<\/p>\n

5. They have taught me to live more in the moment and to appreciate the little things in life.<\/p>\n

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One of the most compelling lessons I have learned from my cats is to slow down and appreciate the every day of life like they do. This is Kizmet, Jazmine, Mia, and Zoey watching bird TV.<\/p><\/div>\n

6. They give my life purpose and reason \u2013 there have been many a dark moment in my life where I\u2019ve questioned the point of it all. Then I look at their precious little faces and I know they rely on me. They’ve also gotten me out of those dark times and they continually light up each and every day I’m blessed to share with them.<\/p>\n

7. They keep me company when I\u2019m typing into the wee hours on my computer.<\/p>\n

8. If I\u2019m feeling down, they sense it – just by being around them, they make me feel better.<\/p>\n

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Sometimes when I’m not feeling great I like to snuggle under the covers in the guest room while I do some computer work. I’ve always got several cats with me to help me feel better.<\/p><\/div>\n

9. They don’t care if you wear sweat pants all day, or if you’ve showered, or even if you’ve brushed your teeth yet. As long as you provide them with love, food, water, clean litter, and a safe and comfortable home – all is good in their world.<\/p>\n

10. You can carry a conversation with them without judgment. Sure, they might respond to every statement you make with “meow meow” which translates to “feed me,” but that’s okay.<\/p>\n

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I think I’m sharing a profound conversation with Peanut, but chances are good she’s just telling me to be quiet and feed her…<\/p><\/div>\n

What are some of the special things your cat does that you love?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a pet mom over the years to a variety of lovable creatures \u2013 cats, dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs, fish, and frogs to be more precise \u2013 I can tell you firsthand the joy pets bring to our lives. With this being National Pet Week and National Pet Month, I hope the message is spread […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1124,1098,3,1097,1099],"tags":[249,601,1200,1199],"class_list":["post-16857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cat-events","category-cat-behavior","category-inspiration-healing","category-multi-cat-home","category-the-zee-zoey-cats-and-family","tag-feline-human-bond","tag-national-pet-month","tag-national-pet-week","tag-reasons-to-love-cats"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/The-forever-bond-with-a-pet.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16857"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16873,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16857\/revisions\/16873"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}