by Neil Sanderson | May 13, 2019 | Cat Safety
Thanks to all the organisers and exhibitors of yesterday’s Nine Lives Cat Club show at Hamilton Gardens. We enjoyed attending the show and talking with cat owners about how to keep their pets safe and happy at home. On 15 June we’ll be at the NZCF National...
by Neil Sanderson | Apr 4, 2019 | Oscillot Installations
Jade and her family, including four Ragdoll cats, recently moved into a new home in beautiful Central Otago. Peter Ellis and his team from Entranceway Fencing installed the sleek coloursteel fences and a black Oscillot system. Jade sent us these photos yesterday and...
by Neil Sanderson | Nov 9, 2018 | Oscillot, Oscillot Installations
Can the Oscillot system go around curves? You bet! This is a very special installation we’ve just completed in Auckland. The paddles were custom powdercoated to match the fence at this new development. You might be wondering: “Aren’t those gaps in...
by Neil Sanderson | Oct 15, 2018 | Oscillot
Lots of interest at the Auckland Cat Club stand – probably the largest stand at the show! Cynthia brought Rosabella to our booth so people could learn about Persians – and the Oscillot cat fence system. While waiting to meet the cats, people enjoyed our...
by Neil Sanderson | Sep 28, 2018 | Cat Roaming, Hostile Neighbours, Shooting Cats
We rarely post on this blog about cases of cruelty to cats – either the reports we see in the news or the stories told to us personally by people who have had their cat threatened, injured or killed. There are a lot of these cases in New Zealand, and we...
by Neil Sanderson | Sep 10, 2018 | Cat Safety
Lynette McLeod is a postdoctoral fellow in the School of Psychology and Behavioural Science at the University of New England in New South Wales. She studies why so many people are reluctant to keep their cats from roaming – despite the countless benefits for the...
by Neil Sanderson | Aug 6, 2018 | Oscillot
What a great show last Saturday! The Auckland Cat Club put on their 69th Annual All Breeds Show at the Te Atatu Peninsula Community Centre. A new feature was the judging of children’s cats, and judge Sam Pratt complimented the young cat owners on how friendly...
by Neil Sanderson | Jul 25, 2018 | Cat Roaming, Cat Safety
A Unitec master’s student has tracked 37 Auckland cats using GPS while recording their activities on video. The 180 hours of footage reveals cats getting into 326 risky situations, ranging from cat fights (11) to wandering on roads (a third of the cats did so)....
by Neil Sanderson | Jul 9, 2018 | Cat Safety
Thanks to the Hamilton Cat Club for putting on another great All Breeds Show yesterday at Hamilton Gardens. This was the club’s 67th annual show and it just gets better every year. We were pleased to be able to talk with so many show visitors about cat...
by Neil Sanderson | Jun 29, 2018 | Cat Restrictions
Palmerston North City Council’s new Animals and Bees Bylaw 2018 comes into effect on 1 July. Here is an overview of the key changes affecting cats and their owners: Council has made it mandatory for cat owners to microchip their cats, and have the microchip...
