Her name is Belle. Named after the city of Bellvidere, VT where she was born. For some reason we have taken to calling her Bell belle. She is just your ordinary looking cat but she is very different from any other cat that I've known. We got her when she was only 5 weeks old (she is now 9 months), she was so tiny that I thought it was too soon for her to be away from her mama. But the vet assured us it was OK. We also have a dog, Bronwyn who is always intrigued with cats but loves them. We believe that Bell Belle thinks that Bronwyn in her mom! Whenever we go walking outside on our property, she follows us. She has crossed creeks either jumping the whole thing or by slowly picking her way over the stepping stones. Where ever we are in the yard she is close by. When we play on the swingset she lays out underneath the slide. She even walks like a dog! The one thing that clued us in to the alter personality was when she joined our dog in eating food bits thrown on the floor by our toddler. Have you ever met a cat that ate mac and cheese?!!
This weekend she had to go in to be neutered (I can never remember if it's neuter or spay for a female but you get the idea). For some reason I felt really hesitant. Would her personality change? Would she resent us? The children certainly couldn't understand why we wouldn't want kittens around. But we still did it. She is fine. This portrait of her was taken the day before we took her to the vet...just in case.
I should also add, just in case he feels left out. We have another cat named Bogart. I've had him since 1993. He's old and thin and has a big bump on his side. But he's very accepting of Belle and we love him for it.
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awww, I love all cats big or small, old or young big knot on head or not, they are all beautiful creatures and I adore all of them. I have 14 cats myself, all outside except for 1 inside cat. She is fat and bald in spots, but I still love her. I did notice that the males seem to calm down when they get fixed, the females become very rude, at least in all of the years of experiencing this with different cats that is what I have seen. Oh and they tend to get fat too, because they get lazier. Great portrait of your cat.
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