I used to make these just for us with Johnny's (et al) face/s  on them.  I made the first one when they redecorated our hallways, and painted over my generic fire sticker.  I didn't have one to replace it, and I wanted it back up there right away, so I made one.  While I was doing it, I figured why not put my cats' actual faces in there?  It might increase their chances of being found in the excitement of a real fire, rather than just saying "2 cats" or "3 dogs".  Maybe if rescuers know exactly who they're looking for, they can zero in and move much faster.  So I put it on the door.  Then my neighbors started asking for them, then their friends, and their friends....

Anyway, I just updated the design and we're offering them for special order throughout January (Resolutions month). It's advisable to get your orders in soon, because, when I've advertised these before, in a week, I had a two-month back order.

It takes an extra minute to do cos it's a custom thing and I need your photos (if you don't have a good photo, I can make a drawing), but it's well worth it for the safety of your kitties.  Let me know if we can make one for you!

Happy New Year,  be SAFE and all the best to you and your cats in 2010!  - JD

Aunt Betty called me one day in mid-December. It was 21º and threatening to snow. Adolfo, Sylvia and Also were huddled together pitifully on her porch, trying to shield themselves from the biting winds, staring in at her.  Each one of their faces was in a different pane of her casement window.  It sounded like a scene from "The Others".  Except instead of getting a shotgun, Aunt Betty went after them with a plate of tuna.  Continued...

So here's the second funniest thing that ever happened to me involving a feral cat:

Cow, as you know from the front page of The Feral Cat Report, is the Big Daddy of the ferals, the Adam Chandler of cats.  Cow does what he wants, when he wants, wherever he wants.  He walks on all the porches, sits on people's grocery bags, and will take your Dunkin Donut if you leave it unattended while you get out the keys.... 

LSS, he's the big cheese of the block.  To make his point, he walks back and forth across the streets, any time, all the time, rain and shine, day and night and afternoon, no matter the traffic.  It's a macho thing, a boast to other male cats.  "I'm not afraid of these cars.  They can drive up my street, but I'm the boss of them."  continued....