If you wonder how I came about having two ornery Persian cats, know that the story begins in August 2011, when I went in to pick up the ashes of poor Louie the ginger cat. For the full story, with kitten videos, click on “Andy and Dougy come home”, second page, next to “Home”, above.
Andy at two months of age.
I love Andy’s whiskers. They haven’t changed over the years. The word unruly comes to mind. hehe
Shoko
Cute, aren’t they?
I watched the videos and read about Andy and Dougie come home and the two are heart stealers-were and still are.
Thanks for your comments, Ruth! I’ve had enough interest from others in their origin story, it seemed like I really should make it more accessible as a page. I knew it was in the archive somewhere, and it still took me some time to locate, knowing pretty much what to put in the search box to bring up the most likely blog posts.
Squeeee!
They were such cute kitties, and I am fortunate to have documented their kittenhood in video and photo so I can share that with you all!
Omg!!!!! New favorite picture! These guys should be in commercials!
It would be nice to have a big fat income from them, eh?! I suspect they would drive directors crazy trying to get them to “act”!
I do like Persians but here they would get grass seeds and prickles in their coat because our cats outside cats and have short hair.
Their predecessor was a short-haired cat, and he’d come home with weed seeds stuck in his fur. I can only imagine what the boys would carry home if they were allowed to roam outside — which they aren’t!
so sweet. And I know you still miss that ginger. From the pictures I’ve seen, he had a healthy dose of cattitude!
Yes, he did, Maggie! Louie was a lovable lug of a cat. One time, while I was sitting on my computer chair, he just hopped up on my lap for some loving. I had to put a pillow on my lap, for that matter, after that incident because he was always hopping on my lap, and he weighed as much as a small dog (just short of 24 pounds), which is a lot to land on you lap (“lap”!) when you aren’t expecting it! He was a goofy, smart cat, with lots of personality.
awwww. Sweet Louie.
That he was!
https://youtu.be/NEYeWq_NpYQ
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oh man there i uno way I could have said no to that face.
Tell me about it! He was a charmer as a kitten, as was Dougy.