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December 16, 2002

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Tanner, the Cat of the Day
Name: Tanner
Age: Five years old
Gender: Male
Kind: Domestic Longhair
Home: Hornhill, Ontario, Canada
 
   We are nominating our cat Tanner because he is the sweetest, most gentle and adorable boy ever! He came from the animal shelter last year after our previous cat passed away and they knew very little about his background. How anyone could give up this gem of a cat is totally beyond us! Although his claws are more like talons he has never used them against us. He doesn't particularly like to be picked up but would never claw or try to get away. He sits patiently, meowing his long, plaintive cry (making us think he really is Maine Coon) and once you relax your hold, he leaps!

    His favorite toys are pom poms that my daughter makes him. He spends hours chasing them all over the house, until they fall apart and we find strands of wool everywhere! He also likes a piece of badger fur my son got on a field trip and carries it around meowing and moaning as if he wants us to look at his prize! After we got him we tried and tried to give him canned food, as our other cats had all gone crazy for it but he'll have no part of it. All our Tanner will eat is the same brand of dry, hairball control formula. He loves lots of water and often will be found having a lovely drink out of the toilet if someone forgets to put the seat down!
 

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