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

[patricia]

happy late birthday mr jingles i know you had a wonderful day. hi flossies mom, im back. im so sorry i just "left". i, like so many of us, fell into a very severe depression over fred and all my lost babies. its been a hard road but i think that im at a place where i am stronger. i miss my fred every day. i cant explain it, but theres not one day where i dont think of my little ones. i found myself feeling and reliving his passing every time i read a sad posting. i lost sight of what my purpose was which was to give "comforting hugs" to everyone who walks thru this painful site. but im back. my lucy is doing so well, went thru another scare recently (heart murmur) but i took her to a dog cardiologist (who knew?) and he gave me great news: shes fine! of course this time i was crying happy tears. and the most wonderful news of all (i will do a seperate posting to introduce) but a new little dog has adopted me and cuddled her way into my heart. her name is ethel mae potter mertz and she is just the little lite of my life. she and lucy drive me up the wall but make me smile a whole lot. they both work hard at helping momma recover from freds loss. i dont know that that will ever happen completely but im so glad i have them in my life.
thank you from the bottom of my heart for checking in on me and i know this time i wont ever be away for very long...
patricia

big hugs to mr jingles from lucy and ethel. happy birthday little man!