PETS
My Cat Thinks He is a Dog
One of my cats is a dog trapped in a cat’s body
“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened” — Anatole France
Dog is a Cat’s Body
My cat, Dark, thinks he is a dog. He improves my life every day with his antics. Dark is a pure breed Sepia Ragdoll. His markings resemble those of a Siamese with a dark mask and dark boots on his feet. His eyes are a light green aqua or sapphire depneding on the light.
Dark looks and feels like a very soft, mink coat. He falls over on his back the moment he is rubbed and goes limp — fun to watch; even more fun to rub. He is not a cuddly cat; he will sit on my lap but not for long. What he loves to do is lay pressed against with his full length stretched out against my body while I rub his belly.
A Place to be Himself
This is because he came from a breeder where he was considered a disappointment. Dark was a black kitten when we got him. He was not the mink color that he was breed to be. His value as a black cat versus a Mink Ragdoll cat was tenfold less. He looked stressed out; like he needed a place to be himself.
A month after we got him, his coat began to lighten to the light and dark brown that it…
