Monday, June 23rd, 2008

The Cool Cat of Queen Anne

While working on the computer this afternoon a cat walked up to my window and looked in on me.  After a few meows, I went out to greet him.  The cat had a collar and phone number.  I called the owner and left voice mail.
The cat was very friendly.  I wanted to hang with him [...]

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

RainMan RIP

Just got word that our old pet cat RainMan died. I think he was either 15 or 16 years old. After a few days of being lethargic, he passed away last night. Rainman was the best pet I’ve ever had. He actually came when you called him and could even hand-shake. In January 2007, he [...]

Saturday, October 27th, 2007

Rainman Survives the San Diego Fires!

Rainman was lost close to the Harris Fire during the fire evacuations on Monday. We just got the good news that when our friend returned to her house, Rainman was there waiting for her.

Rainman was the cat I taught how to hand-shake. (YouTube videos: p1,p2)
Rainman Photo Gallery

Saturday, January 20th, 2007

Goodbye Rainman

On Monday we decided to give our cat Rainman back to his original owner. We adopted Rainman in 2001 when he was 9 nine years old. His first nine years were spent as an outdoor cat in Jamul, CA.
For three weeks we dealt with health problems, vet trips and eventually behavior problems. The health problems [...]

Sunday, February 12th, 2006

Kato (1999-2006)

Just after 1 AM early this morning, our cat Kato died.
A few months ago, she started losing a lot of weight and showed other signs of health problems. On 1/22/06, our vet Dr. H said she had a hyperthyroidism and that it could fixed with thyroid medicine. On the phone he stated it would run [...]

Tuesday, January 10th, 2006

Rainman - The Handshaking Cat Video

Hat tip to Joe for telling me about YouTube. They were able to upload and index my cat handshaking videos in less than 60 seconds.
Part 1
Part 2