Today is the day we adopted our cat Lola.
We've had her five years. We adopted her two days before Halloween. Normally I'd be shocked a shelter would adopt black cats out that close to Halloween but the shelter we got her from wasn't the greatest.
We went in looking for the cat who had been there the longest. Lola had been there 14 months. All they knew about her was she was found in an alley in Yonkers (we lived in New York at the time). In the time Lola came into that shelter and the day we adopted her 3,000 other animals had been registered there. That's a staggering fact.
The best guess at her age is 6 or 7 (probably closer to 6). She's been a tough nut to crack. She's never liked being picked up and isn't really a lap cat. She's made big strides though, just last night she hopped up on my belly and took a nap. Our other cat Bruce and her are Yin and Yang in every way. She loves to purr, he only does for food. She hated being picked up, he's like a rag doll. She's petite and graceful, Bruce is twice her size and walks around like a lumberjack.
I feel so grateful to have her in my life.
Please spay, neuter and adopt!
What a beautiful lady!
ReplyDeleteLola sounds a lot like my black cat Lizzie--she's graceful and dainty (even when she's chasing her own tail in the bathtub!), and she's a bit standoffish with other people, but she's a total sweetheart with me. And Liz also has a gigantic "younger brother"--my boy cat Max is almost 20 pounds of attention whore! :-)
Happy National Cat Day Bruce and Lola!
ReplyDeleteShe's beautiful!
ReplyDelete