27 Oct 06
Before giving her food, I use to ask Dolly to shake or beg or give paw, and she’d lift one paw up (always her right one) for me. Now she’s associated the paw-lifting action with being fed, so she skips the step of me saying anything and automatically does it.
She’ll do anything for food really.
She’s gorgeous! And chubby
She must be doing a lot of begging.
Actually, she’s lost a lot of weight, compared to how fat she used to be, but it’s hard to tell. Her stomach is a lot slimmer, but it still sags to the ground.
I don’t think she’ll ever lose it, heh.
She’s such a cool cat. Before i met her i absolutely didn’t care for cats, mainly because the ones i’d known in my life were stuck-up or teased so badly as kittens that they were traumatized. I thought most/all cats were just like that by nature, then i realised that cats too reflect their owners (or at least some of them do)
Dolly’s one of the main reasons i became interested in owning a cat of my own one day.
Dolly’s been able to make a few cat lovers out of dog lovers over the years. People say that she’s the most dog-like cat they’ve ever met. Maybe that’s her appeal.