[nagdu] Cats and the human bond

[Tamara Smith-Kinney]

Mardi,

When you were describing the Cornish Rex, I began to wonder if I needed to
go give Mitzi a thorough going-over to be sure she was actually a poodle.
/grin/  When her coat is short, she has a very nice Marcelle wave herself.
She sometimes seems to behave more like a cat than a dog.  /grin/

Tami Smith-Kinney

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Of Mardi Hadfield
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 6:37 PM
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Subject: [nagdu] Cats and the human bond

Jewel, I highly agree with you about cats. Many years ago,I used to breed
show cats. My favorite breed is the Cornish Rex. They are a small very
svelte cat with a beautiful Marcelle wave to their coat.They are very dog
like in personality and very intelligent.One of my Rex Grand Champions,
Tabitha was able to predict and warn me of an oncoming seizure.She would
jump on me and pull at my clothing to warn me. This is the only time she
exhibited this kind of behavior. She was never wrong and would give me some
times as much as a half an hour warning before it would happen. I trained my
cat to walk on a leash and harness and conditioned her to loud noises and
the crowds at the mall.I also trained her to ride in cars and public
transportation. Tabitha went every where with me. I had a basket in my
wheelchair and she would sit in it.Nothing seemed to bother this cat.Once
when I was at the mall, a child popped a balloon right next to Tabitha and
she never moved a hair.Some one asked if she was deaf,because she did not
react to the loud noise.I called her name and she turned her head and kissed
me on my nose.The woman said she was amazed that the cat was so calm.
Believe it or not, I had less access problems with the cat than with my
dogs.When I took Tabitha into a restaurant she would just sit quietly in her
basket and never tried to get the food.  I had other cats that were related
to this cat and began breeding seizure alert cats. I trained these cats and
gave them to people with seizures all over this country and
Japan,France,Brussels and Canada.I did not charge any thing for these cats.
The only thing they paid for was the shipping.I also trained other cats for
this work, but the Cornish Rex were well tolerated by people with
allergies.Picture a cat with a poodle coat that never has to be trimmed.They
are wonderful cats. I lost my beloved Tabitha to cancer at 17 years of age.
I still have one of these cats left. The last of my line.Cats are very
sensitive creatures and the bond with them can be very special indeed!
Mardi and Shaman and Nala,retired.

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