[M Kehoe]

Sheesh, you are both correct.

In the fwiw department, I "obtained" another one two years after tiger. Tiger is a short haired domestic. Big cat (20 lbs). The female (Lady) is a calico about 9 lbs. I never thought that I could bond with a cat, or own one [having had Springer spaniels for hunting all my life).

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[CatherineofAragon]

"In the fwiw department, I "obtained" another one two years after tiger. Tiger is a short haired domestic. Big cat (20 lbs). The female (Lady) is a calico about 9 lbs. I never thought that I could bond with a cat, or own one [having had Springer spaniels for hunting all my life)."

It happens! You remind me of my mom. She grew up in a dog-owning home, never had cats and never had any particular fondness for them. But then she married my dad, a lifelong cat lover, and she said she had to learn to love them in self-defense, LOL. We always had cats, and she adored them.