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December 18, 2004

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Austin, the Cat of the Day
Name: Austin
Age: Seven years old
Gender: Male
Kind: Domestic Longhair
Home: Toronto, Canada
 
   As a kitten, Austin lived with another cat and a dog who didn't much appreciate his intrusion on their territory. For some reason the three animals never did get along, and within a year he was looking for a new home. My husband offered to take him, and so he became a well-loved only cat.

    By the time I entered the scene a few years later, Austin was well-adjusted, if still temperamental. He has lots of love to give, but it must be on his own terms. I was more used to the company of dogs, and so I had to learn to the hard way that uninvited advances are sternly rebuffed. But when he is in the mood for some loving, he demands it, and he has the most wonderful loud purr.

    In our new apartment, he has become obsessed with the balcony - the closest thing to "outside" this indoor cat has ever experienced. He cries loudly for the privilege of lying in a patch of sun on the cool cement and watching alertly whatever movement he can see. Inside, he prefers to lie on plastic bags or on paper, and the bigger the stack, the better, as you can see.

    We love our big, beautiful feline!

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