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Dubhlin
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Five and a half years old
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| Gender: |
Male
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Domestic short hair
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| Home: |
Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, USA
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This
is Dubhlin. He's all black, except for his white armpits and a white
belly button! He's our crazy black kitty! Okay... domestic short hair.
We joke that he's part dog because he loves having his tummy rubbed, and he
follows us all around the house. Plus, for the first two years of his life
he didn't meow! In fact, when he was a kitten, he fell behind a tall filing
cabinet. We looked for him for hours... calling his name over and over...
thinking he had gotten outside and was lost forever. Then, we had a crazy
thought that maybe he had fallen behind something (like our tall filing
cabinet!). A step ladder and flash light helped solve the mystery of the
missing-no-meowing cat! There he sat, just waiting to be rescued!
He has a special blankie that makes his purr-motor go into overdrive! If he
comes within a few feet of it, he starts purring. As soon as his paws touch
the blankie, you can hear him purring in the next room! It's so loud that
it sounds like a motorcycle!
He had about ten names when we first got him. It was a stormy night when we
brought him home so, naturally, his first name was Thunder! Then... it was
Grinder (because of the loud purring noise!)... then, his Daddy decided
that his name had to mean "Black" in some way because he is black (even
though he was going to call him Black Kitty for the rest of his life
anyway!). So... days of research later... we discovered that Dubh is
"Black" in Old Gaelic and lin means river... so Dubhlin (Black River)
finally had a name! It didn't hurt that his Mommy is a huge fan of anything Irish! :)
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