Catzpurr and MoonPie were kittens born-to-the-barn.. but soon moved to the back porch to be closer to their adopted humans. That was cat-rule # ‘whatever they wanted it to be!’
When the mother cat, ‘creatively’ known as Miss Kitty! (must have been a slow day), found our barn, she could have had the feeling of ‘no place in the Inn’. She was a neighbor’s cat and the neighbor did not want kittens or kittens born in her house again. They have a ‘spay’ for that problem!! Thus, the barn became the birthing center. It was the (first) “summer of the cats”.
Miss Kitty was connected to a feral colony of haphazard relatives (hmmm, doesn’t that sound familiar). Not feral herself, she was among the smartest cats I’ve ever known. She took care of her relatives in a way I had to respect. Spaying, neutering and finding homes became a priority at The Cabin Farm. I wanted a couple of kitties, but all these relatives were a bit more than I could consider. I had to keep myself steely minded ‘cause love for adorable animals can attack you like a “fever”.
Now, for all you fellow animal lovers, you need to know that each of the cats after being either spayed or neutered (including Miss Kitty, our expense) and given their shots, were then ‘respectably’ moved to a caretaker farm for feral cats. Not Miss Kitty, she moved back home to the neighbor who was grateful she would not have more litters!? We were, too!
Before Max came to live with us he had been used to chasing the felines he encountered in his ragtag lifestyle. But with a bit of loving and firm expectations he changed his ways and now greets and is greeted every morning with dog sniff-licks and cat rubs… which is rather hard to believe coming from this large male dog and this male cat…. Prince Catzpurr, who is so regal his crown rarely slips. His sister, MoonPie, on the other hand thinks Max is only barely tolerable. She is good at giving the “snub” and doesn’t lose much of her dignity when moving away from those wet-nosed dog sniffs.
I love them so !! (oh, it’s probably just pet-hair causing this drippy nose)
Our pets are the closest we get to ‘perfect love’ in this life…. although some of their habits can be exasperating, but who cares!….. they are always entertaining and they remind us how important unconditional love really is.
Next time a word about the "Perfect 10"
