shop cats

A local Motorcycle shop has a shop cat. She likes to sit on the seats of the bikes and there is a sign that says "No sitting on the bikes.. The cat is a seat HOG"

Most of the pet stores in my area where I shop have at least 2 cats each.

The best example is that I went with my friend to visit her MIL in a nursing home facility and they had an in-house cat that had free rein throughout the facility. They even had a sign on the front door to ask guests to watch that the cat didn't get out.

As Yosemite said, most of our pet stores have cats (and the ones in my city also keep one of our shelter cats to help get them adopted). I can't really think of any others except nursing homes and a local realtor who also gives a portion of his profits from each house he sells / buys to our shelter.

The used bookstore in town has a black and white cat named Silas... He's their 'welcoming committee and resident doily.'

Originally Posted by goonie

i've heard that Powell's Books in Oregon has a cat. there's a real estate office in town that has one in the office and my vet does too. plus most of the nurseries and the garden depts at Lowe's & Home Depots in this area have cats. i always see if i can find them whenever i go there

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I completely forgot about Fup!!

Yes, there was a cat named Fup, who lived at the Powells on Hawthorne (smaller than the main store downtown)... but he sadly passed away earlier this year. From all reports, he was a grumpy old man who didn't like people that much...

RIP Fup.

Amanda

i order books at least once a year from Powell's and used to get their newsletter. they always had a little 'Fup' story in their letter. somehow i got un-subscribed.

My Mom's construction office was across the street from the owner's house and their cat (CatCat) would come over all the time. She was in charge of pest control in between naps in the estimator's office (annoying him) and playing with the venetian blinds (also annoying him. ). I took a pic of her and the blinds and Mom had me enlarge and mount it as a gift to her boss. He displayed it proudly. When boss moved, they moved CatCat, too.

We have a local pet store chain and one shop had a shop rabbit that was larger than a lot of cats!

And one shop cat I liked reading about... Tootie the Fax Cat!
http://www.creations-online.com/faxcat.htm

Originally Posted by theimp98

just wonder , has anyone else come accross cats that live in a business?

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My dad had shop cats at his auto repair shop He took in a stray and she was pregnant. Ended up with kittens he gave to his customers. One of them is still alive 19 years later! Four of them ended up with us - 2 stayed at the shop, 2 more came home to live with us. One of them ran away from the shop, and the other lived to be 5. We had a big German Shepherd who was put down, that was the cat's best friend. She had a heart murmur all her life, and a week or so of searching for Ulli (the dog), a blood clot in her back let loose and paralyzed her rear half.

Then there was Turbo & Cammy, they were kittens someone tried to stick in a dumptruck to be hauled off, but we found them in time. Cammy had distemper unfortunately and had to be put down. Someone stole Turbo from the shop. He was a giant lovebug, who crawled up a few skirts We didn't have anymore strays come along after Turbo.

All of the animals we had at the shop were attention-lovers. They'd be spoiled rotten with all the customers who came in.

I've seen quite a few actually...There is an Irish themed gift shop in my neighborhood that has the biggest, snugglist looking cat sitting in the window. He (or she?) is really big (not fat) just a big gorgeous kitty. It looks so funny sitting on the delicate Irish lace in the window

I also remember a couple of bookstores in Boston when I was a student had resident cats. The pet shop I buy my food at has a few and our vet has a couple of "office cats" that like to sit on the counter while you're paying the bill

I have always thought my Stanley would make a good store cat. He's friendly, gentle and doesn't scratch where he's not supposed to Bella on the other hand (although I love her dearly) bites, scratches stuff, pukes and spooks at the slightest noise.

There's a doggie grooming parlour here that has a cat, and one of the horse tack shops has a beautiful fatty residing in her throne (*cough*chair*cough*)

coool i really did not expect there to be that many places with
cats and dogs around!!!

I know of a local feed store that has a resident cat and also a stable. But other than that most shops around here don't.

I have encountered many shop kitties..."most" were pet shop, or veterinary clinic shop kitties though...not a lot of businesses are allowed to have pets in the business around here. I have seen lots of garage kitties though (think junk yards and auto shops).

I haven't been to too many 'shop' type places here in the Twin Cities, though, since moving here in Jan. so there might be more in this neck of the woods (I grew up in Northern MN, on 'da range!)

There's a small business (not sure what it was, maybe furniture or decorator) that used to have a big very fluffy white cat in the window at night lounging on the floor or in the chairs.

My boyfriend and I just got back from the Steam Railroading Institute in Owosso, Michigan. It's a museum and a rail yard where they restore old locomotives and rail cars. They have the Pere Marquette 1225 - which is the model for the Polar Express!!

Anyway - they have a shop cat named Cinders - a dark brown lynx point kitty. She stopped to say hello, but didn't hang around very long. I got to pat her on the head.