Coco: Personality Plus |
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Coco: Personality Plus |
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On Memorial Day weekend, 2001 I made my first trip to
the Minnesota Valley Humane Society
to look for a good companion for me and Raleigh. I was in tears several times seeing these
poor cats who had such sad histories and who were sad and scared. Of all the cats there a pudgy little tortoiseshell shorthair named Coco sort of adopted me. She crawled right in my lap, put one front paw on each shoulder and rubbed her face against my face. I paid the adoption fee, went home to get my spare bedroom made up to be a pleasant spot for her, and picked her up and brought her home the next day. I think she's part American Shorthair. She was about 2 1/2 years old at the time of adoption. She's sweet, playful, and mischievous. She's quite doglike: she fetches, she catches things in her paws, sits on her haunches ("gopher girl") and she has an assortment of odd sounds. Coco is all personality - and, she's pretty cute :-) |
Galensgranny's animations
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Galensgranny is a very active member of the About.com Cats forum. She did a great animation of Coco and a cute picture of her wearing a jaunty purple hat that gives her kind of an "artful dodger" look (and matches her purple Beastie Band). There are also a couple good ones on Raleigh's page. |  |
Pictures of Coco
Click any small thumbnail picture to see a larger version of the picture
For more pictures, see Playful Coco, Affectionate Coco and Coco's Busy Day.
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| My favorite shot: Coco in her favorite cube | Poised for play by her favorite cat furniture | By the blanket her former family sent with her |
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| Coco at rest in the spare room window. | Tummy rub time! Coco loves tummy rubs :-) | She sleeps in this bed to be near the action |
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| At rest, but watching for any fun to participate in | This girl can catch birds from her BBQ grill hideout! | The ring in her mouth is her favorite toy |
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| Coco alert on the deck | Coco watching deck action | Is that squirrel here again? |
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| Coco loves the Christmas tree; I left it up longer than normal for her | Another shot; waiting for playtime with the fishing rod toy | Playful Coco climbed all over the boxes of ornaments and wrapping |
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| 1st of a series of three play pictures | Really getting into it with her whole body | Look at the rear claws fully extended! |
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| Waiting for something to pounce on | Coco will play in anything, even a simple bag | Hiding in the dresser drawer |
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| "Come toward the whiskers...." ** | Coco at rest; cooling off after being on the deck. | She loves to "groom" me as in this shot. |
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| Buzzard Girl "vulching" from the kitchen cupboards | Another shot of my "buzzard girl" peeking down at me | She gets into the tiniest places |
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| She often crawls in the pantry cupboard | A new favorite spot, her "cave" under the dresser | Her favorite spot at bedtime |
** HostGary from the About.com Cat forum looked at the picture of Coco at the end of the tunnel and said "It's sort of like God is a tortie, saying "Come toward the whiskers...". Everyone on the forum cracked up.
American Shorthair links
The
American Shorthair: Article in Cats and Kittens magazine
American Shorthair Breed
Profile: Cat Fanciers
American Shorthair
Breed Profile: Petsmart
About.com forum
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