Dog to Cat Convert – In Progress

Kerry, a friend of the family, is a cat person and is in heaven having heard that I’m coming over to the other side…CATS. She loves to hear the ‘Dog to Cat Convert’ stories. Yet, I should mention that this conversion is still in progress. I’m remembering fondly the mother and six puppies we fostered for the Humane Society last summer.

Yeah, it was hard work and difficult to let them go but for me – the dog person – I was so very happy. Okay, maybe I wasn’t happy at 5AM when the whining started or the fact that they were learning to be house broken so we had to go out every 2 hours. Yet, they were adorable when they became a miniature pack and followed me outside running like a little herd of wildebeests.

My husband took to them rather slowly (i.e. I’m not sure he actually touched a puppy until they had been in the house three days) and my daughter thought they were cute as long as they were small (the mother dog held no interest to her). This proved to me that they really, truly, honestly, loved cats more than dogs.

It took me the better part of a year to accept that if we got a pet it would have to be a cat – majority rules. Then magically I heard about the Siberian breed and Anna Shea followed. Prekrasne Anna will be home in a little over six weeks.

Anna Shea (top) at 7 weeks old. Puppy pictures from last summer (below).