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| Name: |
Dexter
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Age: |
One year old
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| Gender: |
Male
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Breed: |
Alley cat
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| Home: |
Texas, USA
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Dexter
is at times like any other cat, but at other times, his own
unique personality shows itself. We found him at Operation Kindness
when he was only six weeks old, he had just been weaned. He was
supposed to be my parents' cat, but when they brought him home, it
was like a magnet drew us together from the first moment we saw each
other.
Like many cats, he can be very stubborn - he will do what he wants no
matter what any of us have to say about it. His pet peeve is closed
doors. Any door that is closed, he will try and try until he finds
some way to open it, see what is so important that the door had to be
closed and then will be content to go off and investigate something
else. When he was younger, I could not go to the bathroom and close
the door--he would sit outside and howl (he sounded like a dog!)
until I came out. Once, by mistake, he was shut up in my bedroom.
When I finally realized that he was in there, I opened the door to
let him out. Instead of hurrying out like he apparently wanted to, he
sat there, looked at me, chewed me out for two minutes, then calmly
walked out of the room.
He's the first cat I've ever had with real attitude. A better name
for him might have been Nut--he sometimes seems to be a little bit
psycho. In the mornings, while I am barely able to move I'm so tired,
Dex is streaking back and forth from my room to the living room, not
minding that he's hitting just about every door or obstacle in his
path. He used to do this in the living room, until we got the
glass-topped coffee table. He only had to hit it four times before he
learned. He also insists on dominating our other cats. He feels for
some reason that he must bathe them, but because they can't stand
him, he is forced to put them in a headlock to do it. He takes great
pleasure in doing this, and nothing can distract him from it.
But he is not always a holy terror. At night, when I get into bed,
the ritual starts. He runs up to me on the bed, waiting for me to
stroke his head and behind his ears so he can go to sleep. If I don't
do it immediately, he sits down and reaches for my hand, drawing it
up to his head so I'll get the hint. And when I'm working at the
computer, he absolutely must sit in my lap the entire time - it
really doesn't matter if my legs go to sleep, that's unimportant.
I've had more laughs from Dexter than any other cat we've had, and at
times he can be the sweetest too. The Dexter experience is definitely
different from any other cat experience!
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