How did your Furry Owner come into your life?

[emilesc]

My very first cat, Tabby Sebastian, walked through my friend's open door and into the living room. My friend had a dog, so I agreed to take her. I wasn't a cat lover at the time, so I asked my friend to let me know if anyone was looking for her.

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• emilesc
• Jan 22, 2015

She stayed 17 years.  

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• emilesc
• Jan 22, 2015

My second cat, Allie, who's still with me, was sitting out on the lawn of my apartment building. She caught my eye, knew a sucker when she saw one, and literally chased me to my door. I didn't take her in because I knew Tabby wouldn't abide by it. But I did start feeding her. And one day, when it was raining, I worried about her all day at work. When I got home, she was sitting on my porch. So I took her to the vet to get checked. She was about 4-8 months at the time.

She's 12 now.  I call her my little lion.

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• emilesc
• Jan 22, 2015

There was an 7-year difference between Tabby and Allie, and they never worked out who the alpha cat was. But on the day I had to have Tabby put to sleep, I brought Allie with me to say goodbye. And they made amends: for the first time, Tabby let Allie nuzzle her.

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• emilesc
• Jan 22, 2015

That was sort of a disastrous decision, as Zora's rambunctious and Allie's super mellow and there's an 8-year difference between them.

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• emilesc
• Jan 22, 2015

But lately, I've found ways to keep the peace between them. 

Emile

 

[molly22]

I answered an ad in the paper 15 years ago for free kittens. As I was walking up to the house a little black kitty went darting across the lawn into a shed with a little boy trying to catch her. We finally found her and I knew she was the one.

 

[raysmyheart]

 I love these stories and photos!  

I adopted my cat from the wonderful rescue at Petsmart in 2012.   I received a call saying my application was approved for Speedy and she is my everything.  She is a siamese/calico mix.  I like to tell her that when I look up the word "sweet" in the dictionary, her picture is right there!

Wonderful to read these stories!

 

[catmomma627]

I kind of adopted Zoey on accident. I went to the shelter with my mom in her town to donate some food. I had the idea of a kitten in the back of my mind, but I was definitely not looking. They actually had her loose in the shelter and she was perched atop a high shelf. I love grey tabby cats, so when I saw her I was immediately drawn to her. She purred so loud when I picked her up and I fell in love almost immediately. It took me less than 10 minutes to decide to adopt her.

Luna's mom was a stray who gave birth to her at the house of someone my mom went to high school with. She had given away a few of the kittens, but the ones left she was going to let loose outside (eekkk). I went to her house, actually to see her calico sister and feel in love with a back cat, which I never thought would happen.