After I began The Aware Cat on March 1, 2009, I actually didn’t know what I used to be doing. I had completed writing Buckley’s Story: Classes from a Feline Grasp Trainer, and as a primary time creator, I knew I wanted to do one thing to “construct a platform.” Again then, authors had been informed to begin a weblog – so I began a weblog. Clearly, I knew I used to be going to put in writing about cats, however past that, I didn’t have a lot of a plan. I actually by no means thought that The Aware Cat would develop into what it has develop into: a trusted useful resource for cat dad and mom all over the world on the lookout for strong details about feline well being, diet, conduct and a lot extra.
Extra importantly, The Aware Cat grew right into a group. Since March 1, 2009, now we have introduced you 4,690 new posts. Greater than 100,000 feedback are a testomony to the power of this group. And with greater than 20 million web page views, our web site retains reaching an ever-growing viewers of cat lovers who need the most effective for his or her feline members of the family.
Our group extends past simply this web site to our Fb web page and Instagram. Each entice cat lovers who take pleasure in sharing their love for cats with a gaggle of like-minded folks on daily basis. Social media could have its drawbacks, nevertheless it’s really great when it creates thriving communities like this one.
Through the years, I’ve been approached by numerous events about promoting The Aware Cat. Up till just lately, I might have by no means even conceived of contemplating this, however generally, a possibility presents itself that’s too good to show down.
Adjustments coming to The Aware Cat
As of tomorrow, The Aware Cat might be below new possession.
This was not a straightforward choice for me. I’ve constructed this web site into what it’s now over the previous 13 years, nevertheless it was all the time a lot greater than only a enterprise. Other than my books, the content material on The Aware Cat represents my total physique of labor, aside from the articles I wrote for magazines or different web sites. It additionally turned a chronicle of my life with my cats. Excited about letting all that go was troublesome, to place it mildly.
And but, I felt that this was a possibility I couldn’t move up. I had been desirous about slowing down a bit of. Posting new content material seven days per week for 13 years, regardless of how a lot I beloved doing it, was not all the time straightforward. And in contrast to different presents I’ve had up to now, this one leaves me assured that my work, and by extension, all of you, might be in good palms. The brand new house owners’ imaginative and prescient is to develop into probably the most useful pet firm on this planet. I consider that below their curation, The Aware Cat will attain a fair wider viewers, which, in flip, will assist much more cats. You’ll proceed to seek out all of the content material you’ve come to depend on through the years at consciouscat.internet.
A heartfelt thanks all of you
None of this is able to be doable with out all of you. Phrases can’t convey how grateful I’m to all of you for all of the years of studying, subscribing, commenting, and emailing me to let me know the way one thing I posted helped your cats. Leaving you, my group, in good palms, was at first on my thoughts as I went by the choice course of.
A brand new starting: Purrs of Knowledge
As I went by the choice course of and the negotiations, I noticed that there have been some issues about The Aware Cat that I might by no means wish to let go of, particularly Allegra’s World, Ruby’s Reflections, the Sunday columns, and another, very private items. All of those posts will reside on my new web site, Purrs of Knowledge with Ingrid King. We’re at the moment placing the ending touches on it and it’ll go dwell very shortly.
I’ll proceed to put in writing about feline well being, diet, and conduct and introduce you to and evaluate new merchandise on Purrs of Knowledge. You’ll nonetheless hear from Allegra. I’ll nonetheless share recollections of Ruby. You’ll proceed to get the Sunday quotes.
In case you are already an e-mail subscriber, you’ll robotically proceed to obtain updates from me from Purrs of Knowledge, and I hope you’ll proceed to be a part of my group.
You’ll not be robotically subscribed to the brand new ConsciousCat.internet e-mail publication. If you want to obtain updates from The Aware Cat – and I encourage you to try this! – you’ll must subscribe to their e-mail publication right here.
The Aware Cat will live on on consciouscat.internet and on Fb, but additionally below new possession. I’ll construct a brand new group on my Purrs of Knowledge Fb web page and I hope you’ll be a part of me there https://www.fb.com/PurrsofWisdom
Should you’re following me on Instagram, Twitter or Pinterest, the one issues that may change are the names of the accounts. You don’t must do something apart from preserve following.
I’m enthusiastic about sharing Purrs of Knowledge with you, and on the identical time, I’m trying ahead to watching how the brand new house owners will develop what I created 13 years in the past in order that much more cats and their people can dwell joyful, wholesome lives.
