🚀 go-pugleaf

Bonnie is a Bombay, which is a black cat like no other black cat you have 
ever seen -- sometimes referred to as a mini-black panther, just think of 
polished black onyx and you will have an idea of what a Bombay looks 
like. I will take her out on a leash -- but she seldom walks, so I 
have taught her shoulder riding, and forearm riding. I have almost got 85% 
of her trust in *any* situation [thus the reason for forearm riding where I 
can secure her if she frightens]. She knows that as long as I am with her 
she is SAFE, and will never be hurt [it has taken a long time to get to 
this point]. Gypsy, my last cat trusted me totally from day 1. She too 
would not walk, but it was with her that I taught /learned shoulder riding. 

This is the first cat I have ever had that travels well!!!! I have taken 
her on a BUS to the vet [in carrier] and instead of screaming her head 
off, [as I feared would happen the first time I had to do this -- put 
Gypsy in a car, and you would think that she was about to be murdered] 
she instead tucks her paws underself and allows herself to be admired, 
the more people, the more she shows off. She always prefers women to men 
[this may have something to do with the fact that she may have had more 
exposure to women than men since the cattery she came from was owned by 
a woman, and her primary care provider at the cattery was a woman], in any 
given room where there are people, she will avoid the men, but will visit 
the women -- so long as I am nearby: Wind around my legs, visit a woman, 
allow petting; come back, wind around my legs, visit a woman, allow the 
woman to pet her; come back, wind around my legs...... back and forth, 
back and forth. It is a funny thing to watch. The guy gets miffed because 
no matter what he does Bonnie pays him no mind... but with his girlfriend... 
Bonnie is rolling over on her side, asking to be petted, rubbing all over 
her.

... Yes CATS can serve as excellent ice breakers.

CATS RULE; DOGS DROOL!!!!!

Bob

--