I had a housemate with a cat so HUGE that when I first saw it I couldn't understand what I was looking at. .. I mean, what the heck was that?
One of my aunts had a cat like that. He was a longhair orange tabby. When I first saw him, he was stretched across the bookcase across the room and I just thought something was off, but I couldn't figure out what. Then he jumped down and padded up to me, leaped onto a a stack of two fat phonebook and put his paws on my shoulders and looked me in the eye. He wasn't at all bulky, quite the opposite, very proportional. But he was well over a 16 inches at the shoulders. And a complete wimp. Who wanted to be carried like a baby. Which was hard to do.
Big cats, love 'em! I had a black half-Siamese cat who was huge. Not fat, big and long. I think he weighed 18 pounds in his prime. People would see him for the first time and their eyes would pop. He could stand on his hind legs and hook his foreclaws in my belt. If only he'd had thumbs, he could've opened the doors. I haven't gotten another cat since he and his two sisters died. I can't imagine any cat being as great as those were.
Hope your aunt's OK, sara.
I just watched Ugly Betty, and I'm so glad
she got rid of that stupid Walter! Even though she clearly should be with Henry 2getha 4eva, it was nice to see that she could pull the cute and nice orthodontist, too. Because she totally could!
I'm possibly too invested in these people.
People, I am looking at Newfoundland dogs available for rescue. Somebody talk me down! Thank god, the closest one is in Montreal. But he's making me want to go there to get him--poor guy doesn't even have a name:
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Oh, Sue, what an adorable doggie! Go get him - he wants to be yours!
Oh, I was supposed to be talking you down, right? Sorry.
Zenkitty, he's 1500 miles away, otherwise it would be pretty hard to resist.
Sue, no dog until you are in your new place and a wee bit settled.
I LOVE Newfies! They aren't suited to the heat here or we would have one. So big and sweet and kindly.
Newfoundlands rock, but beware the drool...
Sue, you can have one just as soon as you move to Newfoundland.