meet the new cats

So moving right along on this week's 'animal' theme, we received three cats from the local rescue group! These cats are here to live with us until someone adopts them, so I expect to have them for quite a while.

Introductions:


This girl above is Mrs. O'Hara. She's the scaredy-cat of the bunch and has pretty much stayed in their room since her arrival. She is affectionate but reserved. Check out those whiskers! Yowzah!


The above clown is Neville, the only male. Strangely, he's also top cat out of the three. He is incredibly forward and incredibly friendly. He's also in the way wherever you go and whatever you do. Want to sit down? He's in the seat. Want to walk somewhere? He's under your feet. Want to brush your teeth? See above picture. Trivia: Neville is polydactyl. I'll post a pic of this when I get a good one.


This last girl is Betty. She is a petite little heart-breaker. She's not as "in the way" as Neville, but is very friendly and people-oriented all the same.

So we've been adjusting to cats in the house this weekend, when we are not busy researching deaf dogs online. We have not made a 100% decision about adopting the deaf dog, but I think we will be sending in an application and meeting him. We've talked to some trainers in our area and I plan on asking advice from our dog trainer we had in Victoria, to see if she thinks we can do right by this guy. According to all the comments I got in the last post, it seems you guys generally think we should get him. We'll see...

Our current dogs would have had their first agility lesson since we left BC today, except that it snowed, bah. We've rescheduled for Tuesday - should be fun!