You know I never thought I would be a cat person I didn’t get along with cats when I was a kid and I’ve always been a dog person and I’ve always had dogs ever since I was on my own and I could get pets myself because they really weren’t allowed when we were kids…
But my kids had other ideas we already had dogs but here I am at work and there’s always stray cats in my yard and my kids once summer decided that they were gonna take care of a stray cat that kept showing up in our yard and I said to them don’t you bring that cat in this house oh we won’t sure they won’t you know they did I come home one day from work and there’s a cat in my house how do I know because the dog is not happy and I’m like I told you not to bring that cat in this house oh but he needs to be he’s so sick and he needs our help I’m like oh my God I told you not to bring that cat in this house he’s just a kitten will come to find out he was not a kitten and the poor thing somebody had shot him and take him to the vet and that’s how I found out he wasn’t a kitten and he was just a starving cat so I get him all fixed up get the bullet out of aim treating for lead poisoning getting neutered getting them all fixed up so we now have a cat he was an interesting cat he was extremely smart he was a really sweet cat he eventually got along with a dog a little too well because they got up to all kinds of shenanigans and he was a really great cat that we had for a really long Time and sadly he got cancer and it just broke everybody’s heart when that poor cat had to be put down I could tell you a story after story of the shenanigans that he got into it with my dog those two were extremely dangerous together because you had a smart dog with a street smart cat they got into all kinds of trouble because they could get into anything because this cat could open any kind of container it was always very interesting to come home from work and see what those two had gotten into all day
Meanwhile since that cat was pretty bonded with my oldest my youngest wanted a cat so here we go we get another cat so now we have two cats did I mention I wasn’t a care person??? that cat lived for 20 years she outlived almost every pet that we had in that house except for like one she was around for every pet that we had she outlived every other cat every other dog rabbits everything and she got along with everybody when she was still there she was the sweetest cat never problem never any trouble she was just there she’d be like I’m hanging out over here don’t worry about me
Next thing you home we get another cat
he did not live that long and sadly he was very sick
Yep he got replaced with another cat
That cat left when my youngest left
So in the term there was another cat that was left in the house because at all times we always had two cats and this cat had bonded with me so I have a dog I have a cat and sadly my cat got sick and I thought well he’ll just go to the vet and get some medicine like he always does and he’ll be fine but it did not work out that way I was unbelievably shocked when they told me my cat was going to die that weekend
So for the first time in over 20 years I did not have a cat and I thought I was never a camp person I was always a dog person but I found out that’s no longer true because of my kids and their love of cats had turned me into a person who liked cats
So I went on the search for a cat it was not an easy thing to find a cat my other house I had stray cats in my yard all the time but this time I cannot find a cat it took me months I finally find a cat I want I go to get the cat they’re six kittens for adoption all but one of them has been spoken for the one I want somebody is in line ahead of me so there’s one left so I thought I better snatch this one that’s left and inform me if the people don’t show up for the one that I really wanted I can have that one and I thought well I could wait for that one but I may not get it so I take the one that isn’t spoken for and I bring her home and she’s hiding she scared half to death later that afternoon they call me and say do you still want this one and I thought sure why not so now I have two cats
so I have two kittens brother and a sister and I’m kind of glad I got two it took a year for all of them to get adjusted the two cats and the dog but they all get along now and the male cat and my male dog are hilarious together
So at night when I sit and watch TV my female cat will try and lay in my lap and my dog gets so upset how dare she
it’s not that he wants to do it he just doesn’t want her to do it so she has to wait till he falls asleep and then she does it it’s so funny
The male cat and my dog they play ball together it’s hilarious they bat a ball back-and-forth between each other
So I never thought I would be a cat person but I do enjoy the cats each cat is different over the years I’ve had different breeds of cats and each one is different the thing I like about cats you don’t have to take him outside to go potty in the rain in the snow in the cold
but you do have to keep an eye on them they get into things they get locked in closets they get into things they shouldn’t be getting into but I don’t think I’d have it any other way
So people say why do you get pets because I enjoy my pets they bring me happiness they bring me joy they bring me a companionship they bring me endless love they bring me entertainment and that you cannot put a price on besides who doesn’t want a little bit of chaos in their lives??
