Fur Flying – Your Friday Funny

March 28, 2014 by ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~ Leave a Comment

south dakota cowgirl photography, cats, kittens, fur — Miss Kitty as a kitteh

On a ranch, it’s not uncommon to have lots of cats running around. I mean, this place is big enough for every cat to have its own zip-code.

Granny has a house-cat that managed to get herself knocked-up. Miss Kitty was born in May of 2013 and is now a mama herself. Time flies. The time was coming for Miss Kitty to have her kittens, and she wanted me to “calve” her out for her (ranch wife humor, y’all). I agreed. My indoor/outside cat, Sookie had had her kitten (she had them outside in a -10 and only one survived) a couple weeks earlier so I figured they could live together. Sookie is, after all, Miss Kitty’s mama. As an aside both Sookie and Kitty will be going to see the nice man/woman and will be spayed once their kittens are able to be weaned.

Higgins, my little Papillon, has always gotten along with cats, and these two are no exception. He comes and goes in and out, and hangs out by my feet, all the time. Anyway, all the cats and dogs had been getting along fine. Then on St. Patricks’s day, Kitty had her babies. A couple days later I went into my office to do some work, and clean the cat litter because that is where the mama cats are living right now. Higgins followed me in and I thought nothing of it.

south dakota cowgirl photography, papillon, papillon dogs, papillon photos — Higgins, the one-eyed papillon

Next thigh I know Kitty is yowling, grappling, and on top of Higgins who is yelping and trying to figure out what he’s done wrong. He finally managed to free himself and she charges again! Grabbed him by the neck and was holding on!

He’s leaving the office at my “out” command but the cat isn’t letting go! He’s halfway into the hall and I finally grab the cat by her neck, chunk her back in the office and push Higgins down the hall, returning to my office to shut the door. As I walk in, I find that Kitty has now laid into Sookie!

About ten minutes later, I find Higgins laying in the living room offering to go nowhere near my office. Miss kitty is bigger than him and he’s such a faithful friend, but he’s having none of it!

The next day, I find my exercise ball chair is flat. I’m pretty sure in the ruckus caused by me sending Kitty airborne she caught the ball and deflated it.

That’s kind of how my life rolls. Never a dull moment!

About ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~

Jenn Zeller is the creative mind and boss lady behind The South Dakota Cowgirl. She is an aspiring horsewoman, photographer, brilliant social media strategist and lover of all things western.

After a brief career in the investment world to support her horse habit (and satisfy her mother, who told her she had to have a “real” job after graduating college), she finally took the leap and stepped away from a regular income; trading the business suit once and for all for cowgirl boots, a hat, and jeans. She has not looked back.

When Jenn first moved to The DX Ranch on the South Dakota plains, she never imagined she’d find herself behind a camera lens capturing an authentic perspective of ranching, and sharing it with others. Jenn has always been called to artistry, and uses music, writing, images, home improvement, and her first true love of horses to express her ranching passion.

Horses are the constant thread and much of her work centers around using her unique style of writing to share her horsemanship journey with others in publications such as CavvySavvy, the AQHA Ranching Blog, the West River Eagle, the family ranch website, and her own website.

Using photography to illustrate her stories has created other opportunities -- Jenn’s brand “The South Dakota Cowgirl” has grown to the level of social media “Influencer”. This notoriety has led to work with Duluth Trading Company, Budweiser, Wyoming Tourism, Vice, Circle Z Ranch and Art of the Cowgirl, to name a few. She also serves as a brand ambassador for Woodchuck USA, Arenus Equine Health, Triple Crown Feed and Just Strong fitness apparel. Her photography has been featured by Instagram, Apple, TIME Magazine, The Huffington Post, and Oprah Magazine. Jenn’s work has been published internationally, has been seen in several books and has graced the covers of several magazines.

Jenn became a social media influencer by accident when she started to explore Instagram as a way to share her life on the ranch with folks that don’t get to experience it. It’s grown into an incredible platform that she uses to empower women, create an environment for self improvement and share life on the ranch.

When she’s not working, she loves to drink coffee, play with her naughty border collie named Copper, start ranch colts, and run about the country chasing cans. Her mother still thinks she doesn’t have a “real” job.