WE FOUND IT!

We did!
We found the secret!
And if you are very, very nice to us we will let you know what it is!

You DO want to know what it is, don't you?
Or do you want us to keep it all to ourselves?
Bwamaaaahahahahaha!

We are a little afraid of that AbbyGoat.
You have seen her Goat Stare of Death, right?
Would you want that facing you?

I did not think so!
So we wanted to be sure that it was OK to share the secret.

So we asked Pricilla.
She is nice.
She does not Stare at us.
Even if we play around her hooves.

She maaaaed we could tell....the chickens?
WHAT?
How does telling the chickens get the info to all of you?

Pricilla maaaaed that once you tell a chicken a secret it is no longer a secret.
Those birds can't keep their beaks shut.
That way AbbyGoat would not be mad at us!
She is a very wise goat.

So what is the secret and why do the chickens have on their party hats again?

WE ARE HAVING A GIVEAWAY TO CELEBRATE OUR 2000TH POST ON THE BLOG!

I know that Nick and I haven't been here all that long but we think this sounds like a lot of fun.
We like this Farm we have landed on and all of the other goats here - even AbbyGoat. And that publicist lady is pretty nice too.

Pricilla has maaaaed to us that she will spoil us if we are nice to her.
She maaaaed that she is a pretty good sport.
And yes, she IS a little crazy but that is OK - so are we.

So now to the giveaway - one lucky reader will win three bars of Priclla's rich soap! It will be an easy entry too. It is for our followers so you do have to be a follower of the blog and you just need to leave a comment on this post. It can be anyone, anywhere. Pricilla wants to thank all of her loyal readers.*

Comments will be open until 10/27 and the publicist will have random.org pick the winner. Good luck everyone and thank you for reading our blog. And for welcoming me and Nick and Harley to the world.

*one comment per household please. please be sure that you leave an email where you can be reached if you win. the winner will be contacted and will have 48 hours to respond. must be 18 years or older to enter. void where prohibited.

Catastic Event, Day 8: Cattino Review and Rattino Giveaway

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Earlier in the Catastic Event we showed you how to put a Cattino together but we left you hanging as to whether we LIKED this cat scratcher with a modern design and two hammocks for resting.  Let me put your curiosity to rest - well, for the most part. You see, ever since it came in the door of the yurt it has been SHERPA'S Cattino. The rest of us have not been allowed near it!

Well except me for a bit for what the publicist call a "photo op." She plopped me on top and started taking pictures. I can assure you - Sherpa was NOT happy about this. So from this point on I am going to turn the review over to Sherpa as he is the one using the Cattino the most. If any of us try to use it while he is near it well....

It's not pretty. I was thwacked on the head just for testing out the very cool scratching section. So I now turn it over to Sherpa.

Hi everyone. I must meow that I L.O.V.E. my new Cattino. It's like it was created JUST for me. See how cool I look sitting in the bottom? Now I know that it wasn't made for me, it was made for a lovely kitty named Miss Trudy but that doesn't mean that it isn't purrfect for me too! It is made in the USA and is finished with beautiful Baltic birch. It is just short of 2 ft x 2 ft in size. It comes with washable hammocks but what is really cool is the availability of additional fabrics. I am going to meow to the publicist to get me a really cool extra one in leopard for when she is washing my red ones. I wouldn't want to miss any lounging time now, would I? You can also get additional scratchers for when your cats mighty claws rip them to shreds.

The Cattino is a combination cat scratcher and lounger so it is ideal for cats like me. Cats with things to do. Cats with CLAWS. I have been using the scratcher quite a bit but I am a sneaky boy. Any time the publicist would whip out her camera to take video I would stop scratching and hide.

 

 If you cannot see the movie you can watch it on YouTube HERE

Bwahahahaha. Did I scare you?
I am one sneaky cat aren't I?
But no matter how hard she tried I did not let her get me on film either scratching or playing with the catnip mustache. I am clever like that. I hear the trill of the camera and I stop what I am doing.

I love that I can sit inside the Cattino or on top of it. Don't listen to that publicist when she makes remarks that there is a little too much me for the top. I fit just fine. My motto is, "If I am comfortable, that is all that counts!" And no matter where I go on the Cattino I am one happy cat. It is mine, mine, ALL MINE! 

Therefore if you want one of your own you can shop at Cattino and please follow them on Facebook and Twitter. We do!

The publicist is so happy with the Cattino that she is going to send one lucky US reader a Rattino for their kitty. I think I see something I need to take care of so I will let her tell you about the giveaway. I know my Cattino will be waiting for me when I get back. No cat would DARE get on it while I'm gone. They all know here that it is MINE.

Uh-oh. Trouble's a brewing in the yurt!

Image courtesy Cattino

As to that giveaway - as Sherpa mentioned. One lucky US reader will win a Rattino - the mouse shaped cat scratcher from the designer of Cattino. How do you win? Just hop on the Rafflecopter. Good luck everyone!
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 After you have entered the giveaway be sure to head over to the publicist's blog for the Wrap Up of the Catastic Event!

Catastic Event, Day 3 - SwiPets Giveaway

I do not want you to think we Farm cats leave our hairs all over the place.
It is not our fault we shed.
It's erm, nature! That's it, NATURE.
That's why our hairs are everywhere.

I'm sure that many of you find cat hairs everywhere too.
In that case this giveaway will be one of your favorites.
It's from a wonderful company called SwiPets and it is for a two pack of their pet hair removal gloves!

The publicist will be showing you how great these gloves are with a review on her blog tomorrow.
I can't imagine why she would think that we would leave a lot of hair around.....

We are not messy cats.
Erm - OK, maybe Sherpa's hair floats down from his excursions.
And OK, maybe we do sleep on the back of the couch despite the numerous cat beds in the yurt.

Whatevs.

And guess what? The SwiPet gloves also remove doggie hair. Not that there is any of that around here. I wonder if it would work on goat hair? Well, you will just have to wait and see, won't you?

You can go to SwiPets and please follow them on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube

Image courtesy SwiPets

One lucky reader (US) will win the two pack of the great SwiPet Gloves. Just hop on the Rafflecopter!
Good luck everyone!

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After you have entered the giveaway be sure to head over to the publicist's blog to read all about How to Assemble a Cattino! It's very informative. I don't think the male person would have been able to do it without our assistance.

Welcome to the First Day of the Catastic Event!

Are you all as excited as we are?

Pumpkin can hardly contain himself.
He's rolling around like a crazy cat!
Well, he kind of does this all the time but we'll pretend, OK?

Today I would like to tell you a little bit about AniMeals.
That the is the shelter we are supporting with our commentathon on Friday.
We are also collecting a whole bunch of good stuff to take to them.

Image courtesy AniMeals

AniMeals is in Missoula, Montana. That is where we go to the evil vet when we have to do that.
They are a no kill adoption center and animal food bank.
They have even helped goats and horses and pigs!
They have served over 1.5 million meals in the last five years and saved the lives of countless animals!
They are a 501(c)(3) non profit supported entirely by donations.

As I am sure you are aware all shelters need all the help they can get so we Farm cats and going to help AniMeals. Because we are very lucky cats. We have a home, lots of good food, toys and treats. But most of all we have lots of love. All animals deserve love.

To kick off the big Catastic Event we are happy to present you with a giveaway from the Quaker Pet Group and their division - SuperCat. Sherpa thinks they are talking about him - HA! It's really all about great catnip infused toys for your kitties. SuperCat makes fun catnip infused toys for cats that work a bit like scratch 'n sniff stickers! The line currently has markers, stickers, "caves", crumples, and mini plush toys with Supercat spray for long lasting catnip scent.

I am excited to meow to you that SuperCat is also donating a prize package to AniMeals!
Hooray for Quaker Pet Group!

Now for that giveaway - I know you want to know how to win, right? Well guess what? THREE of you will win! That's right! The very nice people from SuperCat have given us three prize packages worth $50 each!

You can either accept it for your kitties or take it to your local shelter. How exciting is that?  It is only open to the US but if you are in another country you can enter for kitty friends in the US or to be sent to a shelter in the US.  Just hop on the Rafflecopter - good luck everyone and thank you for visiting on this first day of the Catastic Event!

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Now that you have entered the giveaway be sure to head over to the publicist's blog for a very interesting guest post from Jeanne of Random Felines all about fostering kittens. You will enjoy it - I know you will!

Farm Cat Friday - We Are Happy The Publicist is Back from BlogPaws and We Have a Giveaway!

Harry the Farm cat here. As you all know I'm pretty much the SpokesCat around these parts.
I want to meow to you that we are all happy that the publicist is back from that BlogPaws place.
The male person is OK but he does not wait on us hand and paw understand us cats like the publicist does.
He does what HE wants WHEN he wants.
Can you imagine?
It's supposed to be on OUR schedule.

Whatever. Now that the cat slave the publicist is back things are back to the way they are supposed to be. She brought us a LOT of fun stuff I have to meow that. So much stuff that we want to share some of it with you kitties whose humans didn't get to go to BlogPaws.

So come along with me and let me meow to you all about it. The weather has been beautiful here and I've been spending a lot of my time out on the deck. I will ad-meow-it that I can be a greedy cat and I didn't at first agree with the publicist.

But she convinced me that I and the other Farm cats are very, very lucky and we could share. After much petting and the consumption of many treats I have agreed with her and we are going to give away what you see here:

Plus maybe some other surprises. Since the publicist is cheap claims that shipping is expensive I can only offer the giveaway to my furriends in the US. I am sure that there are many of you that would like some yummy treats, food and a mousie. I have not eaten its brains - just so you know.

I am going to relax a bit, have a bath and contemplate my life as a Farm cat.

Or maybe go and look for a post dinner mousie brain snack.
I'm sure you want to know how to win, though, don't you?
I'm going to make it really easy!

If you want to enter just say so in the comments and name the cat for whom you are entering.
I will help the publicist pick the winner next week on Farm Cat Friday (5/23/14).
Sound good?

New Soap News and a Giveaway!

Every so often the publicist reminds me that I have to work for my apples.
So today I am here to maaaa to you about two new soaps in my shop!
Well, one is in my shop and one will be there soon.

The first one is a new Favor Soap.
Favor soaps have been keeping the publicist busy as lots of people order these little soaps for their parties.
She has made them for weddings, wedding showers, baby showers and birthday parties. I picked out a new mold because I thought it said it all....

I mean really, what else is important about this soap?
It has goat's milk in it!
Happy Goat milk! That's the best kind if you ask me!

We are also going to introduce a new cow soap.
Don't ask me why - I don't make these decisions.
If it were up to me it would be all goats, all the time.
And well, MAYBE a cat. Maybe.

But the publicist thought we needed a new cow.
She's not in the shop yet - we will have to get her a name.
Any suggestions?
In this picture she is in the brand new limited edition Vanilla Mint scent.
Should we have a giveaway?

Leave a name for the cow and the publicist will pick her favorite.
Then I will pull a name out of a bucket to win one of the new soaps.
How does that sound?

OK publicist - I did the work, where are my apples?

Farm Cat Friday - Sherpa the Farm Cat Meows to You About A Gourmet Diet and Has a Giveaway #HillsPet

This post is sponsored by Hill’s. I am being compensated for helping spread the word about Hill’s Science Diet for Cats, but The Maaaaa of Pricilla only shares information we feel is relevant to our readers. Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. is not responsible for the content of this article.

Greetings everyone. I am so glad to be here on Farm Cat Friday.
I have some very important and tasty stuff to meow to you today.
We cats need to eat. Did you know that we like to graze just like those silly goats?
That's why it is good to feed us some wet food for breakfast and leave kibbles out for us to nibble upon during the day between treats and dinner.

That way big strong mancats like me can keep energy levels high for doing important things like jumping up high and scaring humans. I like to be UP and I need my food to help me get there.

The publicist fed us some delicious cat food from Hill's Science Diet and as you can see we Farm cats really enjoyed it. I even shared with Stinky.

Harry shared with Stinky! This much sharing has never been seen around the Farm. The publicist almost fainted dead away. She was amazed. No matter - we all loved the food.

But back to the important facts about feeding us cats. Hill's lets you feed your cats a complete diet of wet food, kibble and treats with all of the same nutritious ingredients so that our kitty stomachs don't get upset at change. Let me just meow right now that I am very much in favor of treats!

I know that I am always there in the morning to remind the publicist that it is time for our breakfast. I'm sure she appreciates the four of us sitting on her and purring to remind her that we are HUNGRY. If she does not respond right away we then give her a little whap or two - that always works. She gets up and cracks open those delicious cans of cat food for us cats. She also fills up our kibble bowls.

Once in a blue moon she might be late with dinner. I NEED my dinner. I will meow and she will get me fed and then she will try and make things up to me by trying to pet me and be friendly but I do not fall for this. I meow to her, "talk to the paw!" You blew it woman!

I go to my box. But then she breaks out the cat treats and then I find I can forgive her. For a little while anyway. But then she goes and takes pictures like this....

....and she is back on my list again. Seriously! Leave a cat some dignity! But it does show how well fed I am and how my furs are so thick and shiny. Raowr! Thank you Hills!

So remember everything I meowed to you today and feed your cats well AND give them treats! To help you do that I have a giveaway for you thanks to the very nice people from Hill's Science Diet. 20 lucky readers will win Gift Baskets from Hills

You read that correctly! There will be TWENTY WINNERS! Would you like to see the gift basket?
I'm sure you would! Here it is:

I wish I could enter - but I'm a very spoiled Farm cat. I already eat very well.
The giveaway is open to the US but if any of you are from anywhere else you can direct it to a shelter or friend here.

To enter just go on the Rafflecopter. If you have any problems with it just let the publicist know and she will put your information in for you.  I thank you for reading my post today. I was very happy to meow at you today.

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This post is sponsored by Hill’s. I am being compensated for helping spread the word about Hill’s Science Diet for Cats, but The Maaaaa of Pricilla only shares information we feel is relevant to our readers. Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. is not responsible for the content of this article.

We Need Help Naming all of the Kids!

As you all know there are a LOT of new kids on the Farm.
The publicist is going crazy trying to figure out what to name them so she has decided to have a contest!

There will be a very exciting prize! We have a friend named Leah who paints goats.
She has painted ME!
It's true!
I would not lie about something like that.
You can see her beautiful work on her facebook page Goat Rodeo Fine Art.

This is a series she did of paintings of goats. Who do you see in there?
I told you!
ME!

She has also painted my studmuffin.
One lucky winner of the name the kids contest will win two notecards just like the ones you see with Luke; one has Luke on it and one has ME on it. They come with envelopes. If you want more you can order them directly from Leah! She will make them with any of the goats she has painted!

The other prize will be three of my rich soaps!

The publicist will pick the names she likes; the person who gives her the names for the triplets will win the soaps, for the twins the notecards!

Here are photos to remind you what they look like; first up Abby's triplets:

And here are Thelma's twins...

I have very cute great grandkids, don't I?

It's easy to enter and the contest will run for a week and then the publicist will announce the kids' new names.  Just enter on the Rafflecopter. If you have any problems with it just let me know and I'll give it a butt.

** If more than one person enters the same names I will put the names in a hat and pick a winner so EVERYONE should enter!!!!!

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It's Name the Piggie Day - and a Giveaway!

Remember I told you about a new soap that the publicist is making for my shop?

A cute little piggie soap!


Well the first of the little piggies are ready for sale!
But we don't have a name for them.
That is where YOU come in!

I want YOU to name the piggie!
This will be an easy giveaway - here are the rules:


List your piggie name in the comments
You can enter up to three name choices just be sure to put each name in a separate comment.
Be sure to have your names in by 8/1.


On 8/1 the publicist and I will pick out our favorite 5 names and then I will post a poll.
The name that wins the poll will be the name of the piggie! Then the new soaps will be listed in my shop for sale. I will have a SPECIAL SALE to celebrate!


I will give away TWO piggies; one to the person who provides the winning name and one to a random entrant. The same person cannot win the two piggies so it can be fair. I always try to be a fair goat. Not like Abby.....


Isn't that exciting?!
I think so!


We are celebrating today because it is the publicist's birthday - she is one OLD publicist!
So be sure to pick out cute names and enter.
I will look forward to reading your entries!

A Halloween Treat - A Giveaway!

It's Halloween!
I have heard a rumor that we goats will be getting APPLES today.
That is a treat for sure!


As long as the publicist does not plan any tricks I will be a Happy Goat!
I am sure that AbbyGoat will be playing tricks all day.
It is what she does.


I have a treat for you, though.
The publicist had these very cute little gifties made...

See?
They have my adorable little face on them
(MINE, not Abby's!)

They are filled with Jelly Belly Jelly Beans.
Guess what flavors?
Since they are from me you should know!
APPLE!
What else?
Green apple and red apple.
Isn't that funny?
The publicist thinks so....


She is letting me give one away with two favor sized bars of my rich soap! She is calling it a Stocking Stuffer Prize Pack because she thinks it will make a cute stocking stuffer for someone for the holidays.


She is just a little bit silly.
Oh, Happy Halloween! Don't eat too much candy.
I will try not to eat too many apples.


If you would like to win you just need to enter with the Rafflecopter!





Disclosure:  The publicist reviewed the Party Beans on her blog and she got them for free. I just get apples as per usual. Although I love apples I think I should get them every day. Don't you?

For Me?! And a Surprise for YOU!

Is that for me?

You mean that tasty looking bit of yummy red cabbage is for ME?!

All for me and for no other goat?

Ooooh, I am a lucky goat.

Munch, munch, nom, nom, munch!

Braaaaaaaaapppp!!!!
Oh, EXCUSE me!
Cabbage is a gassy vegetable you know!

There is MORE?!

This day cannot get any better!
Chomp, chew, munch, nom, nom, nom!

That was a very delicious treat!
Since I had a treat I now have a treat for YOU!


Yesterday's post was the 1,000th post on my blog!
Can you believe it?
I can't. That's a lot of blogging for this goat (with a little help from Abby)
I would not be able to do it without all of you out there to encourage me so I am going to have a giveaway of my rich soap! This is only for my loyal readers so you have to be a follower of my blog.


To enter to win three bars of my rich soap you just need to be a follower and leave a comment on this post. One entry per household and I will pick the winner on 9/22.


I do thank each and every one of you for reading about our adventures here on the Farm. It makes my little goat heart swell.