ron ron, little bear, lani bear, lani bug, lan, weedow, lan bon little bon, baby gur, pumpkin head, sweetstuff, munchkin face... and believe it or not, she RESPONDS to most of them!
i saved her from being sent to a shelter as a 6 month old kitten (friends had a change of heart after getting her *eye roll*), so we took her in, as a test, to see if she would be okay with us... uuum, yeeaah, i would never give up an animal unless i HAD to, sooo.... i sort of KNEW she would be ours, BUT figured if she completely disrupted the house, like a fool, THEN find her a home (never a shelter! 80% of animals taken there get euthanized. its sad.). BUT, she was ours, instantly. she is absolutely hilarious, vocal, sweet, very UNattention needy (which i love - she's harmonious, not "attachy"), she's slightly overweight (18lbs!) due to her breed (typical for domestic shorthairs), but as long as she stays healthy and doesnt gain any more, i will continue to LOVE this trait of hers. we have a skinny cat, oakley, and as much as i love him to death, he's... gross?... to pick up. maybe not gross, but hard? unpleasant? he's pure skin and bones! he wasnt always this way! i worry that i will crack him. haha. lani, on the other hand, is a little munchkin. super soft, squishy, a round nugget of sweetness. she's just...cozy... and i LOVE LOVE LOVE that in cats. i've had three cats like this and i've loved them all the same. james was my soul kitty and got lost in the streets of ramona, ca, but lani is very similar to him. she's not as loveable and carefree (nothing is like he was *sniff sniff*, and nothing ever will be...), but i think its because she was a bit abused as a kitten. she lived with a 5 year old that had no parental guidance of how to treat an animal. i witnessed, with my own eyes, her being bashed in the head with a plastic light saber and the parents not doing much other than saying, "hey, dont do that." i stepped in and was a bit more adamant...
"J, would you like it if you were hit in the head with something hard?"
"No."
"Well, the kitten doesnt like it either. It hurts, and with her being so small, it could permanently damage her and we never want that. Treat her with love and pet her softly, but NEVER hit her. She'll love you back for it."
"Okay." Child moves on while hitting the walls with his light saber and yelling some sort of gibberish.
ug. really? i have to be the parent to your child in your own home? i dont believe in abuse. i barely believe in hitting. its a damaging practice for ignorant people that have no words to use, but i have not one ounce of tolerance for animal abuse and wanted to set the child on fire and throw him out of a tall window while shouting, "FOUR," to the people below, shutting the window and then asking whats for dinner.
okay, so maybe my imagination runs a little wild sometimes, but i love animals.
anyway, i will teach you to love her. i will teach you to feed her everyday. i will teach you to respect her. no bothering her while sleeping, no pulling her tail, etc. animals can provided a plethora of knowledge about the respect of life to children. she's pretty young, so she'll be around for awhile.
my little bear.
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