The Chew Toy Was My Idea

Yeah, I was just getting tired of him nibbling on me, waking up with bite marks, you know how it is. So I figure, he gets what he wants, and I get some rest.


It’s Freckles and Tommy, from Lucy L.!

70 comments … read them below or add one

  1. skippymom says:

    A new post! Hooray! (jumping up and down)

  2. flutterby says:

    NTMTOM’s storyline and hovertext are pure genius, once again, as it truly looks as if teh kittyan iz akshully sayin’ that !! Luff it and luff the puppeh and kittyan !!

  3. RosieLB says:

    WANT! *grabby hands* I don’t know which one is more ah-DOR-able (although I’m leaning towards the sweetness that is Tommy…Freckles being the freckle-faced pooch. You can’t go wrong with a marmie kitty.)

  4. tracylee says:

    Awwww Freckled-Nose-Pup!
    *Smooooch!*

  5. Kross10c says:

    So is Tommy the one with the Idea? because it doesn’t look like little Tommy wouldn’t last one bit from Freckles.
    Another thing Freckles nawms is so loud Tommy can’t get any sleep.
    Poor Tommy can’t catch a break.

  6. Gigi says:

    It took me at least 10 seconds to spot the itsy bitsy kitty!!

    My only excuse is that just when I was falling asleep last night my cat Penny (that’s her as my avatar) decided to chomp down on my big toe! I guess it was moving under the bed sheet to much for her taste. The little devil drew blood!! Took me a wile to fall asleep after that.

    • pebble says:

      Love bites :)

      • Noelegy says:

        Heh. I used to tease my hubby, who is a big Def Leppard fan, by saying that they stole the title of their song “Love Bites” from Judas Priest, who had a song by the same name which I am fairly certain came out first.

        This is funny in this context when you consider the line from the JP song:

        “In the dead of night, love bites, love bites.”

        Okay, maybe you just had to be there. In my head, I mean.

    • TrixandSam says:

      I bet Penny gave you a look of “if you’re going to move that toe and tempt me, then I’m gonna bite it!”, taking utterly NO responsibility for it.

    • Beth covered in cat hair says:

      Penny reminds me of my Missy that passed away a year ago.
      Her love nibble was just letting you know that she was there =)

    • wuyizidi says:

      Same here: in the summer when I’m covered with just a single bed sheet, my cat attacks my legs and feet whenever I move (she likes to sleeps near my feet). It doesn’t happen in the winter when movements are harder to detect under the thick comforter.

      signed,

      sleepless in summer.

  7. e z reader says:

    I call Matchinks

  8. ffleur says:

    If not for those beautiful blue eyes, I might not have seen the kitteh. My first glance thought it was part of the dog’s leg.

  9. ceejoe says:

    d’awwww…. bestest friends forever!

    • Teresa says:

      Yeah :D and I bet that Freckles will make sure no one touches Tommy :D because Tommy is Freckles’ baby kitty :D

  10. Celia says:

    I want to move in with them and snorgle them and admire them forever!

  11. jj says:

    Somehow, I don’t think Tommy is all that innocent. He just has a bigger chew toy – Freckles.

    • Beth covered in cat hair says:

      Bahahaha! And I bet that is true!

    • kzgz says:

      Yes, I have to admit I wasn’t sure who was speaking about chewing whom/what. Then again, I am easily confused. I’ll just say this:

      Doggie with spots! Tiny kitty! that’s more my speed at this point. :-(

  12. flutterby says:

    I have the scars from my Bucky’s love bites all over my arms and even some on the toes. Same thing, foot moves at night and it’s kronsche time!

  13. occula says:

    Best. Crime-fighting duo. Ever.

  14. Lorel J says:

    Uh oh, looking at his position there, it looks as if Tommy’s in the line of fire from Freckles’ other end.

  15. Lucy L. says:

    My babies Freckles and Tommy who is all grown up now! <3

  16. Noelegy says:

    Well, aren’t they just peachy?

  17. ceejoe says:

    Oh, and
    >beepBEEP< on Freckle's nose!

  18. ceejoe says:

    /furrowed brow/
    beep on Tommy’s nose and
    BEEP on Freckle’s nose!

  19. Kim says:

    I think the marmie owns that dog. He’s looking pretty confident there. I’m also guessing he does more biting of gentle Freckles than Freckles does to him!

    • skippymom says:

      I think CO should start a category of Pets Who Have Pets. I think we’ve seen several posts that would qualify.

    • ScoutsMom says:

      I totally agree with Kim. I think Kitty is saying, “Hey, leave us alone. Can’t you see I’m trying to nap with my puppy.”

  20. TUM says:

    BABY RED!
    I dreamed about marmie kittens last night.

  21. Tamara says:

    We need an Extreme Closeup of the Marmie Baybeh!!!

  22. Loris says:

    Kitten’s facial expression = pure adorable eeeeewil!

  23. Sara says:

    My very first cat, several decades ago, was a marmie kitty I rescued from nasty kids playing ball with her… I still miss her. “sniff”. Tommy would fill the spot..,,

    • jlamusings says:

      ((hugs)) I know what you mean. I’ve had many pets over the years & I still miss ‘em all. One was a sweet, slightly slow marmie. *takes hat off* Here’s to all the awesome pets of our pasts!
      I also now have an insane marmie named Malcolm who fills the spot. I think I shall always have a marmie. :-)

      • kimmaroo says:

        Years ago, I was in the market for a kitteh and went to the Humane Society with a marmie in mind. Alas, no marmies at the shelter that day and I ended up with a tiny (5.5-lb.) female adult tuxie who picked ME. I named her “Daisy” after my great grandmother who lived in the Ozark Mountains. Daisy was just about the sweetest kitteh I’ve ever known. She loved anything peppermint and used to try to French kiss me after I brushed my teeth. Someone once gave me some peppermint foot lotion as a gift and Daisy used to go wild trying to lick it off my feet, especially between my toes. I had her for around 13 yrs. and it was tough to get used to not having her around after she was gone. We used to play “tiny tender tickle toes” at bedtime almost every night. I would say that to her in a baby voice and she would spread her toes apart as far as she could, purr nice and loud(ly), and let me rub her toe beans. The cats I have now freak out if I even look like I’m going to try to touch their toes and they pretend to have no idea what “tiny tender tickle toes” means. I get no respect from them!

        Eek! A novel. Stick a fork in me. I’m done.

  24. Mina says:

    I love the kitten. It’s like it got caught JUUUUUST about to do something extremely naughty to the dog and is all: “What? Oh, no, not me. Just lying here. Yep, just lying here on top of this claw hammer and bottle of Nair.”

    • kimmaroo says:

      “…..just lying here on top of this claw hammer and bottle of Nair.”

      *snortlaff*

      you funny

  25. Mary (the first) says:

    Looks like the marmie baby has found himself a new “mom”. Reminds me when I got my kitteh (now 21 yrs. old, thenkyou) and she decided my existing male cat was her new “mom”. He wanted none of it but she persisted with this same look on her face: “I’m too cute, of course you want to adopt me!” He finally gave up and they became bff. I miss him. Snf.

    • skippymom says:

      21 years old, that is awesome! Skippy is 14 and a half so still just a youngster, I guess. Here’s to all the long-lived kitties!

    • Sharpy says:

      I’m amazed that your cat is 21 years old! Are cats living longer these days? I’ve been hearing about older and older cats all the time.

  26. Mamabear says:

    Most every CO post is comment worthy. Sadly, I often I don’t have time to do so and very rarely will I pass one up and say: “meh”.

    On this one, I saw the dog not really doing anything special and went “meh” and scrolled on down to see the next one. Then I noticed that it had gotten lots of comments. So I went back up to see if I had missed…”Heeeey! Look at that kitteh!” THAT’S what I missed.

    I really wonder how many “meh” (again, it’s so very seldom) moments I have just missed out on something full of awesome sauce!

    BTW am I the only one who, once they get a paragraph written is ported back up to the top? Am I doing something wrong, or is it CO’s way of saying: “Heeey, isn’t this post a leetle long?”

    • Sharpy says:

      are you being ported back to the top of your comment box? or back to the top of the window? i know there is definitely a limit of twenty-eleventy nillion words on comments.

  27. kimmaroo says:

    My sister’s shih tzu named “Freckles” (for his pink & brown spotted highly beepable nose) crossed the rainbow bridge 3 wks. ago today. He would have turned 15 on 12/26/11. Everyday, much to Freckles’ delight, the 3 kittehs in his life used to make biskits on him to their hearts’ content. When friends and neighbors come over, they all remark about how much they miss him. Oh, we all miss Freckles so much!!! *sniff sniff*

    • Wend says:

      ((hugs)) to you, kimmaroo. We never seem to get as many years on this earth with our fur-ever friends as we would like. Know that the peeps here at CO understand and support you in this loss.

  28. Deb! says:

    Pure sweetness!

    • elishab says:

      Riiight…….that kitten is just ooozzing sweetness as he plots the world’s demise…..the dog on the otherhand is totally clueless, like, oh yeah another toy!!!

  29. gabbyb says:

    Can we get a zoom in on tiny’s face?

  30. ekajati says:

    Oh wow C.O, I think this is my fave of all time, doggular cuteness to the max further amplified by masterful hovertext – bliss!