6A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL October 21, 2015
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Splish-Splash —How to avoid
taking a bath with your cat!
Don’t expect a miracle the fi rst time your
wiggling cat is lowered into warm water,
because bathing cats is an art form. There is
a delicate balance of not terrorizing the cats,
or you. Be brave and bold, “Your mission,
should you accept it...” is to get the cat wet,
clean and dry with the end goal of minimal
water soaking you or your home!
Bathing Tips
Reasons to bathe a cat:
Introducing a new pet to other pets so it
smells like it belongs in your home by using
your other pet’s shampoo.
Just because a cat cleans itself with its
pretty-pink tongue, does not mean their fur
is clean. Bathing removes house dust, out-
side dirt, fl eas and their excrement/eggs.
Cats who sit under cars who have had oil
dripped on their fur.
Aging pets or Persians — it is often es-
sential for cleaning their back ends from
“accidents”.
Physical and Psychological Tips Fur a
Paws-itive Experience!
Trim cat’s claws prior to a bath. (Once a
month, we trim our cats front claws, espe-
cially their dew claws.)
Understand that it is a rare cat that enjoys
a bath! Their instinct is to fl y out of the sink,
dripping wet, and run through your home.
The younger and more often you bathe a
cat, the more accustomed it becomes.
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Wear something that can be soaked by
a bath-hating cat! Or strip down to your
‘barely’ essentials. Clear objects from coun-
ter tops/window ledges protecting them
from gyrating cats’ waving paws, and place
a towel on the fl oor to absorb fl ying water.
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Cut the feet out of a pair of men’s tub
Photo by Mr. AngelScribe
socks and slide them over your arms to pro- Mary Ellen and her Shaded Silver
tect them from engaged claws.
Persian, Whyspurr, teach how to
bathe a cat without getting soaked!
Because cats’ body temperatures run a lit-
tle higher than humans, they purr-fur warm, immediately wipe their face dry.
but not hot, water. They squirm more if the
water’s temperature is uncomfortable, and
Carefully pour the plastic jug of sham-
warm water relaxes them.
poo-water over them, keeping it off their
faces. Consider having one person hold the
Cats feel vulnerable slipping on the bot- cat and another scrub them. It is easiest to
tom of a sink. Place a rag, wash cloth or wash cats in a two-sink set up. After wash-
rubber mat on the bottom of the sink and on ing the cat, place them in the warm rinse
the edge for them to hang onto. Placing a water sink, then rinse with the sink nozzle.
plastic wash basin in the sink allows them to This method speeds up clearing the sham-
hang onto its edges and not your arm.
poo off the pet. NEVER leave shampoo
on a cat, always rinse over thoroughly. Re-
Always! Fill the rinse and wash sinks member, what is on their fur will soon be in
with water prior to showing it to a cat! Cats their tummy, from licking themselves dry.
have remarkable memories, so it is best to A good warm water rinsing prevents tummy
fi ll the sinks out of their hearing range if you upsets.
bathe them often.
Once, I lifted our tiny Whyspurr into her
Put 1 tsp. of pet shampoo in the bath wa- bath with one hand. I was still holding her
ter prior to placing the cat in the sink. This when someone asked a question. I looked
way the cleaning begins when the cat goes up at them, then felt Whyspurr, still resting
in. I place another teaspoon of shampoo into on my hand, swimming in the water. It was
a plastic gallon container to pour over the too deep for her! Adjust water levels to the
cat.
cat’s height!
We always introduce our cats to their bath
“backwards”, never facing what is about to
unfold. There is less drama when we walk
them with their backs to the water, and dip
them into the warm water before they can
react. Once they are wet, they are resigned
to the chore at hand. Encourage your cat
with a kind low voice keeping them calm.
Tell them, “What a good boy/girl”.
Have four towels/microfi ber cloths ready
for drying your cat. Fur absorbs more wa-
ter than you can fathom! Rubbing cats with
a miracle micro-fi ber cloth speeds up dry-
ing. Micro-fi ber cloths absorb more water,
faster, than towels. Placing a cat on the
fl oor, on top of a cloth, and then rub them
vigorously with two more cloths soon has
them almost dry. Use the bottom cloth to
Keep water and shampoo out of the cat’s
eyes, nose and ears! If this should happen,
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W orship D irectory
6th & Gibbs Church of Christ
195 N. 6th St. • 541-942-3822
Pastor: Aaron Earlywine
Youth & Families Pastor: Seth Bailey
Services: 9am and 10:30am
Christian Education
Nursery for pre-k - 3rd Grade
www.6thandgibbs.com
Calvary Baptist Church
77873 S 6th St • 541-942-4290
Pastor: Riley Hendricks
Sunday School: 9:45am
Worship: 11:00am
The Journey: Sunday 5:00pm
Praying Thru Life: Wednesday 6:00pm
Calvary Chapel Cottage Grove
1447 Hwy 99 (Village Plaza)
541-942-6842
Pastor: Jeff Smith
Two Services on Sun: 9am & 10:45am
Wednesday Service 6:45 pm
Child Care 10:45am Service Only
Youth Group Bible Study:
Wed. 6:45 pm & Sat. 6 pm
www.cgcalvary.org
Cottage Grove Bible Church
1200 East Quincy Avenue
541-942-4771
Pastor:Bob Singer
Worship 8:30am, 11am
Sunday School:9:45am
YouthGroup Mondays 6:30pm
AWANA age 3-8th Grade,
Wednesdays Sept-May, 6:30pm
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Cottage Grove Faith Center
33761 Row River Rd. • 541-942-4851
Lead Pastor: Isaac Hovet
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2 Sunday Services: 9am & 11am
Full Childrenʼs Ministry available
Covered Bridge Nazarene Church
152 S. M St.
541-942-4422
Pastor: Cindy Slaymaker
Sunday School: 9:30am
Worship 10:30am
Delight Valley
Church of Christ
Center for Spiritual Living Cottage 33087 Saginaw Rd. East
541-942-7711
Grove
Pastor: Bob Friend
700 Gibbs Ave (Community Center)
Two Services:
Rev. Bobby Lee
Meets Sunday 3:00 p.m.
9am - Classic in the Chapel
10:30am - Contemporary in the
Info: 541-767-0182 (Mrs. “T”)
Auditorium
Church of Christ
First Baptist Church
420 Monroe St • 541-942-8565
301 S 6th St 541-942-8242
Sunday Service: 10:30am
Pastor: Steve Johnson
Sunday School: 9:30am
Worship: 11:00am
Come Worship with us
First Presbyterian Church
3rd and Adams St • 541-942-4479
Pastor: Karen Hill
Worship: 10:00am
Sunday School: 10:00am
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Old Time Gospel Fellowship
103 S. 5th Street • 541-942-4999
Pastor: Herb Carson
Sunday Service: 10:00am
Sunday Bible Study: 6:00pm
We sing the old time hymns.
Grove Community Church
77820 Mosby Creek Rd.
Cottage Grove, OR 97424
541-942-0123
Pastor: Bryan Parsons
Worship: 10:30 a.m.
Nursery: Infant - Pre-K
Kidʼs Church: K to 5th grade
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
and St. Philip Benizi
Catholic Churches
1025 N. 19th St.
541-942-3420 / 541-942-4712
Pastor: Roy L. Antunez, S.J.
Euch. Liturgies; Sat. 5:30pm
Sun. 10:30am
St. Philip Benizi, Creswell:
552 Holbrock Lane • 541-895-8686
Sunday: 8:30am
Hope Fellowship
United Pentecostal Church
100 S. Gateway Blvd. • 541-942-2061
Pastor: Dave Bragg
Worship: 11:00am Sunday
Bible Study: 7:00pm Wednesday
www.hopefellowshipupc.com
“FINDING HOPE IN YOUR LIFE”
Living Faith Assembly
467 S. 10th St. • 541-942-2612
Pastor Rulon Combs
Sunday School All Ages 9am
Worship & Childrenʼs
Church 10:30 am
“The Bridge” Sat Evening Service 6:00pm
Youth 180 Mondays 5:30-8pm
Childrenʼs Breakout Class: Wed. 6:30pm
Non-Denominational
Church of Christ
1041 Pennoyer Ave * 541-767-0447
Preachers: Tony Martin & Robert Evans
Sunday Bible Study:10:00am
Sunday Worship:10:50am & 5:30pm
www.pennoyeravecoc.com
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
1301 W. Main • 541-767-9050
Rev. Lawrence Crumb
“Church with the fl ags.”
Worship: Sunday 10:30am
All Welcome
Seventh-day Adventist Church
820 South 10th Street
541-942-5213
Pastor: Kevin Miller
Bible Study: Saturday, 9:15 am
Worship Service: Saturday, 10:40 am
Mid-week Service: Wednesday, 1:00 pm
Trinity Lutheran Church
6th & Quincy • 541-942-2373
Pastor: James L. Markus
Sunday School & Adult Education 9:15am
Sundway Worship 10:30 am
Comm. Kitchen Free Meal Tue & Thur
5:00pm TLC Groups
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United Methodist Church
334 Washington • 541-942-3033
Pastor:Lura Kidner-Miesen
Worship: 10:30am
Adult Sunday School: 9:30am
Comm. Dinner (Adults $5, Kids Free)
2nd & 3rd Monday 5-6:00pm
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“VICTORY” Country Church
913 S. 6th Street • 541-942-5913
Pastor: Barbara Dockery
Worship Service: 10:00am
Message:
11:00am
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