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

[Flossie's Mom]

Mr. Jingles at his best!! Loves to be outside and I allow that now that he has 160 acres to be free on. Closest occupied house is over 1/2 mile away and there are none for several miles in the other 3 directions. 2nd picture is when he decided to get on the old milk barn and check out what the cows were doing on the other side............. they looked mighty big so he came out of the corral & got up on the barn to sit on top & thrash his tail as he looked down on them at the watering hole! Then he had to check the wiring to be sure it was safe!

Wonder how in the world I'll keep him inside when we travel in the camper for over 30 days beginning early September? I do have a "walking jacket" and leash as well as a couple of different containers but he is not going to be happy........... last year he was not outside much except on a leash so he was easy to deal with. He's older and gotten sooooooooo independant he will be a handful.

We both feel so blessed to have him as well as WeeBee. Flossie is still our girl and we do miss her a lot. It would be mighty lonesome without these two to fill our days and our hearts. Sometimes I think it takes both of them to fill the hole in my heart that she left behind. And there are still days that even that does not do it!

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