-With Love to All of The Wonderful Cats Who Have Graced our Lives-
Thank you,
"Schwarts - Black Cat" - My first cat in College...will find pictures soon.. :)
"Cleo - Blue Point Siamese"
Mother of 64+ children, Cleo was an incredibly tough and fast little blue point (she had a habit of chasing, catching and EATING bugs, YUK! LOL). She was also the most loving and wonderful kitty and she took incredible care for her children! We rescued her from a breeder that was being shut down due to health violations. She had spent most of her 3 yrs. at the time, in a 3x3 cage. We received her at barely over 3 lbs, malnourished and with worms! After a vet. visit, and much TLC, she was WONDERFUL in a cage...but when she got out and was free to roam the house, it was like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. She was extremely frightened and not socialized. She would hide under furniture and hiss when you tried to get near her. If she was in a box, you could pet her and she would purr.... Well, after a little struggling with her, and some love and care and time, we spent the remaining 13 years with one incredibly cute and loving kitty...that was EXTREMELY well adjusted! She ended up loving people, and being very comfortable around everyone. She had many litters of incredibly CUTE kittens throughout the years...all of which got wonderful homes. Thank you Cleo, for being and incredibly loving and wonderful cat.
"Crash - Seal Point Siamese"
Well, I cant say enough about this cat. I have more stories than I can probably write about Crash..the time he got run over by a mountainbiker, and walked away fine...the time he caught his head on fire looking into a candle (he had respect for fire, but it took a while, lol!)...how he got his name, how incredible he was, how cute he was, how just amazing this cat was. EVERYONE who came over, knew Crash! He was a member of our family for 16 years! Father of probably thousands of kids, lol, he was the most sociable cat I have ever seen! LOL! Every neighborhood he moved to, he seemed to dominate (as you can see by his tattered ears). He would even drive out other animals...raccoons, dogs, opossums, lol! He LOVED bonfires! It was his favorite thing to go lap to lap to EVERYONE at the bonfire..all in rotation! HAHAH! He loved to sit in my lap by the bonfire, or next to me while I played Guitar. Crash was the most incredible cat I ever had....unfortunately right now, all I can write are all the memories...but I will keep updating this as I can...I miss you buddy (headbutts)... Brett.
"Mrs. Tailer - Turkish Van"
'Catnip Quality Control (C.Q.C) Testing Position Filled!'
Mrs. Tailer has graciously assumed the position at E.A.T.s - Edible Animal Treats, L.L.C. of, 'Catnip Quality Control (C.Q.C) Testing Agent' After her nomination and election party, and oddly lucid for a Turkish Van, she recalls “I dont remember much from that night, I'd had a bit too much nip”, “but I remember swimming in the pool” as recent photos confirm.
Here we find Tailer later that night after way way too much nip, with eyes wide open and passed out upside down in a chair! How does one endure the torture it must be, to have to do this day after day, night after night.
It takes months of training, and only then can one become a C.Q.C enforcement agent have the endurance fortitude to survive on the rough and tough Beaches of Lake Erie, and abroad. Tailer was a royal kitty barely saved from the riggors of stray beach life, where she was forced to eat bugs at voluminous rates just to survive. She refused to let the situation break her determination. By gorging on mayflies, this tough little tyke still had the energy to take the long hike down to the beach for a drink of water and her daily bath (and of course a long nap); only to trudge back to resume the critical catnip testing and training. Only after days and weeks of vacuuming our porch from mayflies, and thoroughly testing bag after bag of catnip, was she convinced she was ready to reclaim her heritage; she finally believed she had earned her keep and could grace us with her daily presence. Little did she know she had stepped right into the lap of luxury.....a relative CatnipUtopia ®. She had only scratched the surface of Planet Catniption, as the 'great source' was being quietly mined from a top secret location, only 2.5 miles away, at E.A.T.s - Edible Animal Treats top secret catnip transportation, manufacturing, testing facility. Updates on the life of Tailer, coming soon.
