A STORY OF RESCUES

by RICHARD/MELISSA LEACH
(PHOENIX, AZ. USA)

ME & MY WIFE HAVE 4 CATS 3 FEMALE & 1 MALE. ALL BUT 1 WE HAVE TAKING IN. THAT 1 WAS BORN INTO OUR FAMILY. THEIR NAMES FROM OLDEST TO YOUNGEST, SPECKLES, MIDNIGHT, MITTENS, & TIGGER. DEALING WITH THE 3 KIDS WE TOOK IN. MIDNIGHT WAS A BITHDAY GIFT TO ME. BUT HERE IN THE PAST 18 MONTHS SHE HAS TURNED TOWARDS MY WIFE FOR ATTENTION. MY WIFE SUFFERS FROM SEIZURES, AND MIDNIGHT IS ALWAYS RIGHT THERE WHEN THE SEIZURES HAPPEN. SHE IS VERY DEMANDING ABOUT HOW SHE GETS HER LOVINGS FROM MY WIFE. MITTENS IS THE ODD BALL OF THE BUNCH. SHE IS AN EQYPTIAN MUE W/ 6 TOES ON 3 OF HER PAWS. HER FORE PAWS SHOW THE SIXTH TOE. SHE LOVES TO CLIMB DOOR JAMS, & HANG FROM THE TOP OF THE DOOR. SHE KNOWS HOW TO USE THAT EXTRA TOE. VOCAL ISN'T THE WORD FOR HER. WHEN SHE WANTS ATTENTION SHE IS UNDER FOOT LETTING YOU KNOW SHE DEMANDS HER ATTENTION. TIGGER IS THE YOUNGEST (MALE) JUST BEEN FIXED. THE TRUST HE HAS WITH ME IS OUT OF THIS WORLD. I CAN PICK HIM UP HOLD HIM IN MY ASRMS W/ HIM ON HIS BACK. AND HE DOESN'T MOVE TILL I PUT HIM DOWN. HE TERRORIZES THE OTHERS. BUT YET HE IS STILL TRYING TO PROVE TO THEM THAT HE IS THE ALPHA MALE. THE GIRLS KNOW WHO THE ALPHA MALE IS IN OUR HOME. ME THEIR OWNER. WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO OUR OLDEST, SPECKLES. SHE IS THE ALPHA FEMALE BUT YET SHE IS ALWAYS FIGHTING FOR HER SPOT. SHE MAY RUN FROM THE OTHERS ESPECIALLY TIGGER. SINCE HE IS THE ONLY MALE. WE LOVE OUR KIDS AND WOULD NOT GIVE THEM UP FOR ANY THING. THEY KEEP US GOING DAY TO DAY. THEY HAVE SHOWN US THAT WE ARE GOOD HEARTED PEOPLE. AND THEY LET US KNOW WHEN WE GUESTS OVER IF THEY ARE GOOD AT HEART. I DO BELIEVE THAT THEY TRAIN US NOT US TRAIN THEM. JUST IN CASE THEY GET INTO THINGS THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSE TO WE KEEP A SQUIRT BOTTLE NEAR BY. THEY KNOW THAT BOTTLE. ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS PICK IT UP AND SHAKE IT AT THEM. AND THEY SCATTER. KNOWING THEY DONE SOMETHING WRONG.