I feel bad for my cat.

So its not secret with anyone who has spent time with me that I struggle pretty hard with depression and other metal illness. This makes it hard to keep up with my obligations blogging, school, doctors appointments heck even showering and for the longest time I thought it only affected me. Now I have come to realize it affects those around me to. My messiness affects my roommate who is just trying to help me and the one I feel the most bad about it affecting is my poor cat.
Monster doesnt know why I lay in bed all day, or why I dont play with her anymore or why I dont pet her as much. All she knows is that I dont and that a cry a lot now and just lay in bed. She will bring me her toys and lay next to or on me purring trying to get me to move and on the occasion that I do move she will follow me meowing happily. I feel bad for her because I feel like I am letting her down it takes all my effort to just feed her and clean her litter box and there is no energy left for playing or pets. I have thought of rehoming her but I think I would be so devastated so today I took the time to try and play with her and it felt good and she was really happy. I think I am going to try playing with her more often.

Maja went to the Vet!

So this was the first vet visit since all the puppies have left the nest. I was not there for it but I got a first hand account of what happened. They apparently took her back to draw blood and she had a minor freak out. Just a small note on Maja if she is not with her owner (My roommate) then she is with me she is never alone or with strangers, she is ALWAYS with someone she knows. My roommate apparently warned them that she was strong but they did not take his words to heart and got to find out for themselves how strong she is (just an FYI she is insanely strong). She got four shots and blood drawn and seems to be doing very well after that. No vomiting she is eating well seems a little tired but not overly so, and thoroughly traumatized of the vet wants nothing to do with the vet. So I would say the vet did his job well.
Heres a few pictures of Majas pretty red bandage!

Heres a cute picture of Maja and Monster

Heres a cute picture of Maja look at those pretty brown eyes 

New Years Goals

So I know I am little late to the game but please excuse me for that because I am trying. Depression has been hitting me pretty hard but I seem to be getting better and I am working on this year being a better year!
So on with my goals!

• Reach five followers on the blog! 

This goal seems pretty simple and I wanted to make an easy goal to just have but getting followers for the blog has become rather hard as of late but I will continue to work on it with a fever!

• Get 300 monthly views on the blog! 

Again another simple goal but this one is difficult you have to find just the right tags to get people to come look at your blog. Then you have to keep them coming back!

• Reach 50 subscribers on YouTube.

I bet you didn't know I had a YouTube. Well I do! Currently we have 23 subscribers on YouTube and we are attempting to get 50 subscribers to bolster our ranks. If you want to see cute animal videos, reviews and vlogs, search MonsterMotley on YouTube and look for the cat icon!

• Reach 100 followers on Instagram.

This is another difficult goal for me because while it is the platform I am most active on it is also the one I see the least amount of pay back from but I plan on turning that around this year and with hope my not to evil plans will pay off!  If you want to find my Instagram search MonsterMotleyCrew and it should pop up as Motley with a cute picture of Monster sitting on a blue laptop.

• Do Outfit of the Month with Monster again.

So anyone who know Monster and me have likely heard the story about how when Monster was younger she use to rip out tuffs of her fur from anxiety. At the time I could not afford the medicine to help with that so my vet recommended that I put her in baby clothes ( 0 to 3 months fit a cat) and that evolved into outfit of the month on my Facebook page where every month I would but a new outfit (or several new outfits) for monster to where. Well now I want to do that on my Instagram and I already have six outfits that I have bought to try this. Oh and before anyone says anything the outfit do not hurt her and she doesn't mind them.

• Buy a Condo/Duplex/house 

This has been a long time dream of mine is to own my own property/place to live. I am sick of renting and for as much as I pay in rent I could easily own my own place. I don't mind a fixer upper or even a tiny home I just want to be done with renting and noisy neighbors and the politics of living under someone else's thumb.

• Finish my Degree. 

Another most people know about me is that since I turned 18 I have been going to College off and on. At first I didn't have a GED so I couldn't get financial aid. Now that I have my GED I am still having some trouble getting financial aid so I am still paying for my classes out of pocket and that would be okay if I didn't want to finish this year but gosh darn it I want to finish my degree!

• Monetize my social media.

Now when I am talking about social media I am talking two platforms in particular. Instagram and the blog. Now don't worry I am not going to flood you with ads disguised as a post I will most likely have the ad tucked away to the side or like I am doing now do an ad post ever wednesday or sunday and I will try to make it plain as possible that it is an ad. I will also not advertise a product I don't believe in. Now I cant help what shows up in google ad sense but I will try to filter it as much as possible but if I do an advertised post I will try the product first. I hate to have to Monetize at all but if I am to continue putting out content I need some income. (Outfits and treats for the Monster are not cheap!)

Bye Bye Coco

Sorry I have not posted in a while to be honest getting out of bed was even a challenge one that some days I didnt rise to meet. Coco is gone and with that all the puppies are gone and I am super sad. Now I know for sure I could never be a dog breeder because watching that last puppy go was the hardest thing I ever had to do. Especially knowing if the circumstances had been different she could have been my puppy. I have comfort knowing she went to a really good home where everyone loves her and can keep her for a very long time. It was really hard to see her go even now I am crying thinking about her. When the time is right I will get a dog of my own and I will be happy to have her and take care of her. For now I have Monster and pictures (and of course the terror that is Maja).
Here are some pictures of Coco

As a last minute add on they have renamed Coco to Nala which I absolutely love!

Goodbye Lima Bean!

Lima Bean went to his new home on Sunday before Christmas! He will be living with a single dad and his son. I think they will have a a wonderful life the three of them I dont think the cats of that household are to thrilled though!

While Coco for the time being will continue to stay with us as we look for a home. She is progressing well on her potty training only having one or two accidents a day and her crate training is going as expected with a lot of sleepless nights due to howling. She even made it up the front steps of our apartment all on her own today which is a huge step because before she was terrified of the steps! Now we have to work on getting her to ask us to be taken out when she needs to go but right now I would be happy with getting her to sit!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! As we round off the year with our last holiday and my personal favorite I cant help but feel excited for the new year and all it will bring I will be posting on New year with a recap of the year and hopefully what to look forward to in the New year, but look forward to our last post of the year on Thursday it will be an update on puppies so far!

Slight problem...

So I might have Coco bean a bit longer than anticaped because she is proving to be a difficult girl to find a home for! So I started teaching her basic commands sit, lay down and so forth. The thing however that I did not see being a problem that now is, is the fact that Coco bean will not walk on the leash by herself she needs her brother (Lima bean or runt runt) to walk with her otherwise she plops herself down and does not move and inch, and anytime she is forced to move she howls her little heart out. I honestly dont know what I am going to do with Coco when its just the two of us on our walks. How are you suppose to potty train a puppy who wont walk?! If any of you have advice please let me know!
 


and here are the videos for the puppies last vet visit I just uploaded them please excuse the audio it was filmed on a cell phone!

Goodbye Vanilla and Pinto!

So over the weekend to of our puppies went to their furever home. First to go on Saturday was Pinto. His owner came and signed the paper work and got her puppy. This was the owner of the stud that got Maja pregnant so this puppy was going to live with his daddy. I wish them both all the best. Then Vanilla went on Sunday to one of the fellow fighters in mine and my roommates armored wrestling group. She will have a wonderful life in a house full of kids and two other dogs. I think she found the best home possible and will never be lonely. That leaves Coco Bean and Lima Bean. Lima Bean has a few prospects of homes and with Coco Bean the search continues though we have a few people lined up. We are excited for our puppies and their future lives in new homes!

Sleepless Nights.

The puppies went through sleep regression as of recently. They have gone from sleeping through the night and waking up at 5 am to waking up every few hours and barking and howling for thirty minutes to an hour. Its been really hard on us but they get their shots on Friday then they can go home so we are excited for sleep again. We will miss them though this has been a very fun and interesting experience to go through. One of the homes for the puppies back out so now we are rehoming him to a new home and we are excited to interview possible homes.
Video of them howling and barking just a disclaimer we riled them up for this video they are alot noisier at night.
Yes by the way I have a youtube channel here it is have fun with that fact!

The most wonderful and annoying things about dog ownership!

Thinking about getting your self a puppy or maybe a full grown dog in need of a home? Never had a dog before? Here is my list of the pros and cons of dog ownership!

Owning a dog or puppy is a lot like taking care of a drunk toddler you never know what they are going to do and you have to watch them almost constantly but on the other hand they are loving and affectionate and when raised right have the possibility to be the sweetest creature you will ever have!

Cons

• They need constant attention. Especially puppies!

The movie UP best described a dogs attention span with the famous seen where the golden retriever Doug is talking then suddenly gets distracted by a squirrel but in most dogs cases or puppies it can be as simple at some lint blowing through the air or god forbid a person walking outside of your house. Let the chaos ensue!

• They will chew up your most prized prepossessions plus the couch.

I have lost sooooo many things to my dogs a hand made stuffed bunny, socks a leg to a chair photographs my lease bills and the list could go on for days if your not watching them your gonna loose stuff!

• They pee and poop where they please at first.

This is a hard thing to deal with for some people I still have a hard time with it but if your not diligent about taking them out your gonna have pee and poop on your floor. Heck sometimes even if your are taking them out regularly they have accidents it happens just have your cleaning stuff on hand.

• Puppies need to be taken out ever few hours even at night.

Like I said they go a lot! Little bladders can wait. I would cry getting up at night to take out my first dog. Then she would sniff around as the minutes ticked by and sometimes she would not even go!  More tears would ensue.

• Picking up poop.

When she did go though oh boy picking up that poop was not pleasant and all between you and smelly warm stuff is a thin peace of plastic. It enough to make anyone wash their hands twice!

• Vet bills.

This is an inevitable when you have a dog you have shots that they need to have regularly plus flea meds and deworming and if something happens to them or they get sick. Your looking at thousands over your dogs life time!

• Dog hair gets everywhere! 

Got a white dog? Well your not going goth anytime soon. Dogs shed some breeds more than other but all dogs shed even the poodle will leave hair around your house. Never mind a husky or akita youll have a fur coat of your own soon!

Pros

• Unconditional love.

Dogs will love you to heaven and back no matter what. Weather your a bad person or a good person. No matter the color of your skin or your gender or even your sexuality. Your dog will love you because your you!

• Playtime any time! 

This is more true with puppies rather than older dogs but all dogs love to play and play and play. They fantastic time killers!  And you'll enjoy every moment of it!

• Fluffy bed warmer! 

Whether you let them up or not you will occasionally find your bed mysteriously warm sometimes dont be mad at them they where just making sure you dont catch a chill!

• You and teach them tricks! 

Dogs are the easiest animal to train in my humble option! They love to please and this makes them very quick to learning even the stubborn ones can be softened up for training with the use of some treats!

• Totally a chick magnet especially puppies! 

Actually puppies are a people magnet in general I have had a big bike dude come up to me all shy and ask if he could pet my puppy but if you want to make new friends take your puppy for a walk!

• Darn cute! 

Want something that will get a lot of likes on all your social media and keep you going aww all day long. Your pupper can do that for you!

• KISSES!

Nuff said.

• They keep you healthy! 

Dont have the motivation to get out an exercise. Your dog will give you that motivation! Walks several times a day for between ten to thirty minutes a day. Not to mention many studies have said that dogs reduces your stress, lower high blood pressure, and keep away depression in some cases. Its a wonder why they are mans best friend!

• Come in many different styles and breeds! 

Are you having trouble choosing your new best friend, its no wonder with all the options out their between all the purebreds and the lovable mutts its going to be harder than you think but one things for sure your local shelter is bursting with new friends waiting to meet you including your new best friend! 

Another Puppy update

So its been a while since the last puppy update with me being in the hospital and all. Ive got to tell you a lot has happened! They have nearly doubled in size and they have no problem walking now! They can see and track with their eyes and they come when you hand is making gestures. I guess it appealing the gestures or it get their prey drive going. They are now play fighting with each other I have youtube videos up of that. They are eating mush and enjoying it quite a bit. Maja is actively trying to escape them and is finding refuge from them in the crate in my room with monster joining her, and the puppies try to play every chance they get. They are now responding to sounds and actively listening and finally they are now escaping the whelping box or at least vanilla is! She was the first and so far the only puppy to escape the whelping box. Well that is the update on the puppy follow the blog for more puppy updates!

A post about Monster!

As many of you know I have a cat named Monster. Some of you may not know that Monster is the reason so much of my social media has the name it has, MonsterMotley or MonstersMotleyCrew, now I am going to tell you a little bit about Monsters story.
I got Monster when she was about 5 or 6 weeks old. My neighbor came to me saying she had something in the rafters of her garage and asked me to trap whatever it was. I took a flashlight and her live trap over to her house and climed a latter to look around in her garage. I couldn't see anything but I could defiantly hear something scrambling around up there. So I took the most pungent food I could find, wet tuna cat food, set it in a live trap and put it up in the rafters and left it over night. I came back the next day fully expecting to find a baby possum or raccoon in the trap and instead I think I had caught a large grey rat. Alas it was not a grey rat but the rattiest ugliest kitten I have ever seen in my life. She was bone thin covered in dirt and poop and god knows what else her lamp like green eyes where almost sticking out of her head and she was just the saddest sight I ever laid eyes on.
The woman a good friend of mine felt sorry for the kitten and being an avid cat lover and rescuer as well said she would take the kitten. That could have been where the story ended me and monster parting ways and only seeing her when I come over to visit if not for the fact that my friend had two other cats who did not like Monster one bit. The next day I get a knock on the door and its my friend telling me she cant keep the kitten that her cats are bullying it and it wont come out from behind the washer and dryer. I had another friend over at the time who said he would help me come get the little kitten so we walk over with a can of wet food and a bowl of milk to try and lure the kitten out from behind the washer and dryer. That was a task in it of its self which after a failed attempt to lure the kitten out with food my friend ended up dangling me by my ankles behind the washer and dryer so that I could snag the little monster.
We took the kitten home and in a cage made for a Grate Dane I set up a litter box, food, water and some towels. The poor little scrap sat in the corner of the litter box scared out of her mind mewling pitifully. When my dad who I lived with at the time came in and saw the kitten he declared I had to take her right to the pound! To which I replied "Look at her she the ugliest kitten ever no one will want her they will put her to sleep!" Dad being a big softy in his own right reluctantly allowed me to keep her but I think that is just because he didn't expect her to survive through the night!
Then I called up my Dads mother, my grandmother, who was out doing her shopping and asked her to pick me up a few cans of wet food for the kitten. When she got to the house she had 30+ cans of wet food and upon seeing the kitten declared. "That is the ugliest kitten I have ever seen" At this point monster had pooped all over herself and was sitting in her poop making small terrified noises.
So I opened up a new can of wet food put it in the cage for her and left the door open so if she wanted to come out she could and went to bed. Some time in the night I am not sure exactly when I saw these big lamp like green eyes peek over the bed at me. I said "why your just a little Monster arent ya?" So she crawled up onto the bed and curled up next to me purring and I said "Aww thats so cute wait your covered in poop" One sink bath later and a friendship was born!

Monster after her fourth bath

Happy cat right here! Monster and her buddy smoke!

And finally Monster today my buddy in everything I do including writing this! 

Maja and the crate

All my dogs have been crate trained. From my first dog, freckles the beagle to my poodle Sammy the rainbow dog, and Coco bean will be no exception she will be crate trained like all the others. Now her mother Maja was crate trained rather poorly but crate trained never the less. So when I bought a crate for Coco, Maja naturally assumed it was for her! I put a blanket in the crate and Maja walked right in and laid down happy as a bug in a rug. Its even funnier because I accidentally bought an over sized crate for Coco so Maja looks tiny in this huge crate. I am glad Maja is spending so much time in the crate because it will smell like her and hopefully help the transition to the crate for Coco!

Puppy eyes open!

The beans turned two weeks old on Saturday!
11/2/2018 Coco is the first puppy to open her eyes! I was checking on the puppys and I thought something was wrong with Coco because she was tossing her head from side to side so I picked her up and saw that her eyes where open and she was just looking at the big wide world! I cant quite tell what color her eyes are but they look brown or amber!

11/3/2018 Vanilla opened her eyes sometime in the night. It looks like she has blue eyes! 

Then Lima bean opened his eyes a few hours later and it looks like he has blue eyes too! 

Then at about 2pm today Pinto opened his eyes he was so squirmy that we had trouble getting a picture! 

Husky ears

Since Majas puppies are not a hundred percent husky (They are actually seventy five percent husky twenty five percent lab) I was beginning to wonder if they would have the floppy ears of their dad or the straight ears of their mom. So I did some research and apparently huskies ears don't become straight until between four to six weeks. So their still is a chance that the beans will look like huskies and not adorable puppy mutts! Anyways I know this post was boring so here are some cute puppy pictures.

Puppy Update

A LOT has happened over the weekend with the puppies. Friday night Coco decided to surprise and be the first of the puppies to open her eyes and see the big wide world around her. The other puppies followed her on Saturday in the order of Vanilla, Lima and then Pinto! All three of the white ones have blues eyes while Coco looks to have brown eyes but I cant be sure on Cocos eyes because she does not open them very wide. Then on Sunday Coco and Pinto started walking on very shaky legs but walking never the less. They all now seem to be walking with some trial and error they seem walking a few steps before falling. I must say the Jelly leg walk is very very cute. I will be posting a video on youtube before long.

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New Domain

https://monster.motleysblog.com/

This is the new domain of the blog it was suppose to be motleysblog but apparently I have to have something in front of it with a dot in between in it so now its https://monster.motleysblog.com/ so yeah we have our domain but its still has a dot in it. So yay and nay! Anyways thank you for reading I hope you have a wonderful day look forward to puppy post on Monday!

Weird Idea that I would love to try.

I would love to open a tiny house village that is also an animal rescue. I would have horses and goats and pigs and dogs. People could come and stay in the tiny houses interact with the animals maybe go on a horse back ride while staying in some tiny houses or possibly rvs. I would have event like cook outs and marshmallow roast and in the winter have a horse drawn sleigh rides. I would love to have it on lakes and having fishing then a fish fry. I would prefer it all to be tiny houses but I assume in the beginning I know I might have to have some rvs till I can save up enough for all the tiny houses. Maybe I can even have tiny house parking where if you have your own tiny house you can come and park and stay. I dunno this might seem like a silly idea to most but its one of my ideas that I love to day dream about!

Photo copywrite Zyl Vardos Tiny houses

Messy Eaters

Maja and Monster have something common that drives me nuts. They are both very messy eaters. Maja cant eat her food unless she takes it out of her bowl. This inculds the messy treats that we give her like rice or chicken or anything with gravy. I have tried feeding her on the lament floors to reduce the mess but she will drag her bowl over to the carpet to eat or if we feed her wet food in one of those plastic little dishes she will pick it up and carry it over to the carpet. I try not to get mad at her but this drives me nuts and now her food is on my rug which is easy to clean and she takes it to the carpet that I dont have an easy time cleaning. I swear she is doing it just so she can laugh at me cleaning it up. Now Monster on the other hand likes to stick her paw in her wet food to eat it and then she flings her wet food off her paw once she has licked all the gravy off resulting in her wet food being on the walls. I think I would rather have her take the dry food to the carpet rather than splatter my walls with wet food.
Anyone else have these troubles with their pets? How did you solve the issue? Is it a solvable issue?

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween all the people in the interwebs! I tried to get a cute picture of monster with her pumpkin but Maja chased her away and ate her treat! Anyways be safe tonight if you drink take an uber home!

Sorry about the potato quality I made it myself. Enjoy the candy and all sweet stuff that comes with the holidays!