One of the things cats like (if said cat thinks he’s a dog, which this particular cat does).
Afton at the Bar
He can’t help it; he doesn’t know any better. Never having had a cat-mommy to model himself on — he was a tiny swatch of fur and bone found under a dead-fall and weighed only about 6 ounces when we found him — he modelled the only examples he had; PoGo and Sharav.
Oh, I did the bottle feedings and nurtured him as best I could, but Sharav did the actual raising of him for the most part — with PoGo acting the part of an engaged, but semi-terrified-of-breaking-him ‘dad’.
Kudos to them for the excellent job they did! Afton is now 9 years old and weighs in at around 22 pounds; quite an achievement for the weak, pitiful little creature that wasn’t as big as some of the dust-bunnies under my bed (and I’ll entertain NO comments on my housekeeping, thankyouverymuchhaveaniceday… Hmmmph). He’s lost a little weight after a scary infection from a spider bite, but — with the exception of the loss of 4 pounds and a droopy ear where the bite occurred — seems none the worse for it.
I guess the weight-loss is sort of a good thing, for me anyway. Another thing that Afton likes is to be draped across my shoulders like a stole; lemme tell ya, that boy gets HEAVY!
So that’s Afton. A cat who thinks he’s a dog, doesn’t know the first thing about being a cat and is wearable! That’s my boy.
Hug your pets, whatever they think they are.
Roux
Tags: Afton, Nitnoidography, Rouxminations, Sharav, Things Cats Like, Well-drinks, WTF
