The story is all over the 'news' this morning:

http://entertainment.ca.msn.com/celebs/jann-arden-and-her-dog-booted-off-via-train-2

I checked the VIA Rail site.  Oddly, they state:

Just bloody important!

It made me feel important, needed, an important miestone in my life.

Here it is:

My daughter's cat has treated me as an unimportant, dismissable ignorable person. I have become used to this unfriendliness he has not wanted to have anythng to do with me. Ever. Food, toys, cat grass, nothing helped.

The CMA has recommended that pets no longer be allowed on planes in the cabins.  I'm happy to hear it, but we'll see what the airlines actually do.

I don't understand why so many people feel the need to bring a pet anyway.  Moving? Sure.  A dog depending on what you're doing and where you're going possibly.  A cat, rodent, reptile, etc?  Traveling will just stress them out and they won't be enjoying the destination.  Why don't people just get someone to look after their pet or pay for kennel services?

I have said for sometime that I live in an insane household.  It is now documented.

I took my four pets for a check up today.  

My cat , Molly,  (she is the black cat in the picture of the bedroom I posted a couple years ago) is grouchy because she is constipated.  She also needs to lose weight so she got a diet cat food.

We were talking about our crazy cats at work today and I was over in Redhead's group and they were talking about cats taking over the world.  So, I thought it might be time to share our cat stories.

When a relative comes over is it normal for them to bring their pets? 

I don't think that it is normal.  I am having an issue with a cousin of mine over this.  She has a yappy poodle.  I have a German Shepherd and a cat.  I would have to lock my pets up or they would kill hers.  My cousin wants to come and stay for two days. 

Would it be proper guest etiquette for me as the host to lock my pets in the basement or just absolutely forbid her to bring her dog?