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I thought you might like an update on Oscar, the little
black cat we adopted this past March from the Gasconade facility. We changed his name to Branwell, after Branwell Bronte, the sole male
sibling in the famous Bronte clan (Charlotte, Emily, and Anne).
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| He's doing great, and he's grown quite a bit, even though he was about a year old when we adopted him. He's very feisty and cracks us up with his clownish antics. He likes to jump out at us from behind doorways, and he often vaults off the walls like Fred Astaire. He loves to play fetch with catnip mice and wadded-up balls of paper. He'll often leap several feet up in the air and catch it in his paws before it even lands on the floor; if he misses, he'll run after it, pick it up in his mouth, and trot back to us with it, depositing it by our hands. He likes to play fetch several times a day (and sometimes, alas, at night when we're sleeping, in which case we have to kick him out of the bedroom and close the door). He can also be quite loving and sweet, especially when he's sleepy, and likes to curl up next to us on the bed. We bought him a scratching tree with a perch on it, and this is his favorite place. (He uses the scratching post several times a day -- he's very good about not clawing furniture ever since we got it for him.) We put it next to a big front window, where he spends a good part of his time watching the birds, squirrels, and passersby. He's quite shy with strangers -- he tends to hide whenever anyone comes over -- but he obviously feels very comfortable with us. I think he might be a bit spoiled, in fact, because he jumps right up on the table and inspects whatever it is that we're eating; we don't have the heart to yell at him, even though he can be quite mischievous at times. He seems very sensitive, and if you raise your voice, he gives you a sad, wounded look that's very effective. He's extremely tidy and perhaps a little vain, always grooming his glossy black fur and admiring his claws -- I say he must be metrosexual. In short, we love him very much, and we have to thank you so much for taking such wonderful photos of him and writing such a great description. If I hadn't found those photos online (through the Petfinders/Pound web sites), we wouldn't have him now. You captured his personality perfectly, and if we hadn't fallen instantly in love with him after seeing his photos, we wouldn't have known that he was in the pound, looking for a home. we're so grateful to have him in our lives. |
| I'm sending you the original photo that won us over along with two new, more recent shots. If you want to use this email and the new photos in your Success Stories page, please feel free. It makes me feel a little sad that all the "success stories" so far involve dogs. We cat lovers need to stand up and be counted! |
| Sincerely, Rene and Christian S. |
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