Category Archives: Pets

Homemade Magnetic Latch

Homemade Magnetic Latch {Caturday #10}

February
23,
2013

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We love our kitties, but they are such troublemakers! They are always climbing up on tables or bookshelves where they aren’t supposed to be, they eat paper and cardboard, and they always manage to start huge howling, knock-down, drag-out brawls with each other as soon as I am on a conference call for work!

Last week we woke up one … {Read the rest!}

Christmas Cat Collars

DIY Christmas Cat Collars {Caturday #8}

November
24,
2012

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Today’s post is the last Caturday post before Christmas, so we’re gonna get all Christmas-y up in here today with some DIY Christmas cat collars! Look how cute this thing is!

Now our cats can have some Christmas spirit too.

They’re simple to make, and completely customizable with different fabrics or embellishments. Here’s how to do it:

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Catnip Wrestling Toy

DIY Refillable Catnip Toys {Caturday #7}

October
27,
2012

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This month’s Caturday post is about a quick and easy stash-buster project: I made a refillable catnip toy for our kitties to wrestle with!

We have SOOOOO much catnip from our little herb garden that, for a while there, I couldn’t harvest any more catnip because the tins were already so full. We grew this catnip planning to use it for our … {Read the rest!}

DIY Hanging Sisal Scratching Post

DIY Sisal Scratching Post {Caturday #6}

September
29,
2012

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It’s time for another Caturday post here at Practically Functional, and today I’m going to share a quick tutorial for a DIY sisal scratching post you can hang over a doorknob! (Lucky kitties, they get a fun new project {Read the rest!}

Make your own cat playground out of a wooden board, carpet scraps, L brackets, and an empty wall!

Cat Shelves! {Caturday #5}

August
25,
2012

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For today’s Caturday post I’m going to share my favorite cat-related project that I’ve ever done. And by “I’ve ever done” I mean “I ever had the brilliant idea for and then made my Dad fly out from CA to come actually do the work for”!

In fairness to me, my parents were already out here visiting, and Dad was … {Read the rest!}

Blanket fort for pets that are afraid of thunderstorms alt

Blanket Fort: Are Your Pets Afraid Of Thunderstorms? {Caturday #4}

July
28,
2012

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Are your pets afraid of thunderstorms or fireworks? It’s fairly common for dogs to be nervous or anxious during storms, but I was surprised to find out that our cats are afraid of thunder too!

So that brings us perfectly to this month’s Caturday post: a simple solution for nervous or anxious pets who are afraid of thunderstorms.

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