Kurt Schlatzer » cat http://www.kurtschlatzer.com Portrait, Editorial & Fine Art Photographer Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:19:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1-alpha Taming of the Beast http://www.kurtschlatzer.com/blog/taming-of-the-beast/ http://www.kurtschlatzer.com/blog/taming-of-the-beast/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 01:08:56 +0000 Kurt http://www.kurtschlatzer.com/?p=1572 Sandy has been a feral visitor to my parents’ house on Emerald Isle for many, many years. We’re not quite sure of her age, though we estimate it’s well over 10 years. She’s always been difficult to get near, except when it’s feeding or treat time. She’d rub on my father’s legs, but met any attempt at petting her with a hiss and a swipe of her sharp claws. My parents have dutifully fed a colony of feral cats for quite some time but Sandy never seemed to get along with the rest of the crew — always the outsider.

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Bob Schlatzer with Sandy

This year, something changed in Sandy. She will now let my father pet her and pick her up. She’ll even spend a little time riding his leg as pictured. It’s never for a long time, but after years of hissing and swiping, my father couldn’t be happier.

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Spyder is one year old today! He celebrated this morning with a feast of stinky wet cat food – something of a delicacy around here. He also let me know it was his birthday starting around 4:30am. Let’s just say I didn’t quite share his enthusiasm at that hour ;-)

ps – I hope everyone is enjoying the holidays!

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