They are here, and they are fantastic! Photos for those who wanted them. It's incredibly hard to get good photos of cats, especially kittens! Matilda was zooming all over, and Gus Gus kept trying to crawl in my lap, so....here's what you get!
Matilda is a lavender torti, and Gus Gus is a lavender and white. NOT grey! Just so we're accurate
I'm completely enamored with them. I totally want more. They are everything promised in both the breed description, and what I expected out of the breeder based on my research and my interaction with her. They're amazing. And, so, so cute.
I can try and get some new photos. They are doing awesome...super fun, full of personality. They make us laugh all the time.
They are also completely terrible They have to be locked up when we eat or prep meals - we often toss them in the dog crate! It makes me laugh so hard that the dogs don't have to be crated, but the kittens do! They are so, so into your food that you can't possibly cook food or eat it with them around.
Gus fell about half way into the bathtub with me the other night when I was taking a bath. I don't think he learned his lesson, either - he didn't seem all that perturbed by it.
Everyone gets along great. Bebe will cuddle with them pretty regularly, and grooms them. Fenris doesn't mind them and will lie with them in my lap if there's room. Siouxsie Sioux generally keeps to herself (but that's how she is with Bea and Fenris, too). The dogs are doing great - they still are occasionally baffled by the strange balls of energy, but mostly...eh. Kitties.
That's a large canvas print of one of my photos of Richter. I did it through Canvas on Demand - it's really nice. Very reasonable, too, since they often have fantastic sales. I highly recommend them! I'm working out of my sewing room, so I have that print in there of Richter in one of his coats
My sister has multiple cats, and it seems like there is always one who isn't particularly happy with another, and one who likes to run around and POKE another one just to get a response...just like having a bunch of human kids that mom has to referee from time to time.
They are pretty happy together. Rarely grumpy. I truly think the key to a happy multi-cat household is lots and lots of vertical spaces and places that cats want to be...the more places they CAN be apart if they want, the happier they are. And, of course, enough litterboxes, etc. If you make a super strong effort to provide an environment where everyone feels they have enough territory, you can usually make it work. Cats are incredibly territorial. You have to really understand the cat psyche.
Hers work together OK, though I gather sometimes it can take a bit of shuffling based on who gets along with who. But she's an experienced cat person--I was exaggerating a bit.
All of hers have basically been strays adopted (and fixed) at various stages of their lives with various behavior difficulties and rehomed if possible (the kittens generally just take a little time to bring them around, but the older ones aren't as flexible.)
I know she had one who was "tame" enough to manage to sit on the arm of the couch next to you and even let you touch her and pet her, on HER terms, of course. But you didn't want to catch her eye when she was THAT close, or she would attack. I don't mean the classic don't stare at the cat, of course, many don't like that. This one would grace you with her presence, but it was always, "don't look at her" She was on the edge of being a feral cat but had some special needs which meant she couldn't quite be left as one.
And another had some hormone thing going on that they couldn't quite get a handle on which affected his behavior.
And then often there is one who is getting senile...
Seems like there is always someone who needs a bit of special attention.
Oh, it's for sure harder when they are added as adults and have lived in other types of situations, especially if they were free roaming. It sounds like she's done a great job with them.
Oh MC please make another video of them crawling in and out of those holes in the carpet thingy.......so much fun to watch.
So they say humans can be similar to their pets.....how are you with territory MC?
Do you have places to escape and carpeted towers etc ? >
I don't think so--practically every Dobe I've ever owned or raised has stalked but as I recall they kept every part of their body rigid except their very slow moving feet. Even the 8 month old loaner Joey, who has just started stalking (me, one of the Crows if they land in the yard and the occasional small (unidentified chicadee type birds) who show up looking for seeds) stalks this way. Don't remember anyone who wagged while doing it.
I caught Bebe and Matilda like this when I pulled back the curtains yesterday...I just about died from the cute. I promise it is not staged (I don't think you could force this with cats!):
I love some of these "we're besties--can't you tell" shots you get of the kittens alone or with each other or the other cats. Cracks me up.
My tuxedo boys will curl up together and often Clark will wash Leon--head to toe but then the lil' devil that is part of Clark's character will surface and after cleaning Leon thoroughly Clark with grab him by the throat --that makes Leon scream and they both leap off the bed and chase each other down the hall...
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