I'm Bob, the cat

I don't remember a lot about my short stay at the Humane Society. I do remember a kind lady cleaning my cage and giving me lots of great chin scratches. I was a lucky cat, I didn't stay at this shelter long.

This same lady, I think she worked at the shelter, brought a little boy in to look at cats. It was January 21, 2004. It was my lucky day since the young boy fell in love with me instantly. We went into the cat play room to get to know each other and 20 minutes later I was on my way home with my new boy.

Oops I got ahead in my story. I was one year old when my first family moved and had to give me up. I had lived with small kids and a dog. I'm a long haired cat and when I was taken to the shelter my fur was really matted, I was dirty and oily and very thin. I was a gift to my first family and they just didn't know how to care for me and didn't have the time.

A few days after going home with my new family I looked like a different cat. The mom would brush me and cut the matted fur out. The boy played with me. I had an unlimited supply of glitter balls since the mom did work at the shelter and she bought new toys for for almost everyday.

My new family had an old dog named Tara. We got along fine. She didn't play with me but it didn't matter since my new boy, his dad and mom played with me a lot.

I got good food that tasted so good. I always had to eat cat food that upset my tummy and wasn't very good. I started filling out and looking healthy on this new food. I went from 8.5lbs. to 10lbs in about 6 weeks.

Now our family has grown to 3 dogs, me the king of the pride, a finch (that I can't get near) and 4 fire bellied toads (they have a fancy name but they are just little frogs)

I love my dog brothers, especially Riley the big goof dog. Scotty also came from the shelter I was in and he used to be my best bud until Riley was adopted a few years ago. We are one big happy family.

I know for as long as we are all alive we will be together. My mom knows having a pet isn't an experiment, we aren't disposable, our live is in her hands and she takes that very serious.