Mr. Jingles, Barn Kitty from the Rez Options

[Flossie's Mom]

My husband's nephew & wife live in ND on reservation land. They feed the deer & wild turkeys & had a lot of "outside" cats. I love cats (as well as dogs!) so would always admire all the new little kitties when we visited.

This spring, just before we left for our annual trip, she told me she had a siamese kitty............ IMPOSSIBLE as all the cats are "cow" cats. Black & white or black. Last year I fell in love with a mostly white kitty with a few black spots. So she had caught him, brought him inside & was "saving" him for me. However he was a very active kitty, noisey, & one of her inside cats hated him. So back to his wild Mom he went! Well, when it was time to bring them up to the house again to begin weaning them, she caught him again & as we drove in the yard.... here she came with one of the most beautiful kittens I'd ever seen!!! How was I going to tell her I didn't want him? I had my old dog who was in poor health & took all of my time & effort as well as a new dog that had adopted us just a few days earlier.

So we took him to our travel trailer & he thought he was in a palace as he'd been in a bathroom or tied to a long leash when outside for 2-3 weeks. She had named him & somehow it stuck. My husband nicknamed him Hans Schnable after a "dirty" wrestler that his Mother had hated on TV back in the 50's-60's sometime. He could hold his own with this about 1 yr old 10 lb stray dog let me tell you.

He was about 3-1/2lb in June & is now 9lb. Not an ounce of fat on him so we think he'll be a good sized boy when he grows up. He & the dog are best buddies and it has all worked out for us.

My Flossie accepted him (probably because she was old, frail & couldn't do anything about his presence anyhow) and he is a great comfort to me especially since I lost her 2 days ago.

He walks on a leash, accepts most anything you do with him. Rides in the car without any complaints. In fact today we took him for a ride without being in a cage. He got on the dash to observe things & finally settled in the back of the van on a pillow looking at the countryside and cars whizzing by.

Couldn't upload a picture as they are too big & I don't know how to downsize them. Trust me he is HANDSOME!!!!! Looks like many full blooded applehead siamese do.

Ginger AKA Flossies Mom

[LoveThem]

Great pictures and great story. I got Lucky a mouse that I could make run with a remote control but it doesn't work at all and then I looked it up online and everyone that bought one said..don't buy it, it doesn't work. I got it in a local store so I didn't know that but I have the receipt. Lucky loves to bat balls around, small soft ones and golf balls. He is a whizz at batting them under the coffee table and runs around knowing they will come out the other side, if not, he lies just like Mr. Jingles in that picture and gets it out with his paw.

You wondered about being stubborn...Lucky is very much that way...won't listen until he sees us actually get up and head for the squirt bottle....then he listens. Don't have any answers to get more cooperation from him.

Thanks for the update. I really enjoyed it.

Judy