This is Gus. Gus is our second youngest. He has a sister named Cleo (you will meet her next). Gus is a big boy. He also thinks that he is a dog. He loves dog treats and will chase them down the basement steps. Like I mentioned, he and Isaac are best buddies. They can often be found sleeping, curled up together on the couch or on one of the dog beds. Gus and Isaac often chase each other around on the cat condo and wrestle with reckless abandon on the floor. Gus has also been known to curl up to the dogs and try and sleep (this usually ends with a growl and the dog moving).
Gus also came from a rescue. I had always wanted an orange tabby (I had had some as a child and thought that they were the coolest cats) and so when my older cats, Smokey, Chick and Spunky died, it was time to get a kitten. I also knew that it was going to be a male and his name would be Gus.
When it was time, we checked out a couple of places like the county humane society and a rescue here in town. We were always overwhelmed by the number of cats and wanted to bring them all home with us, so we could never pick one out that would fit in our household. We then found an ad in the paper that said that they had 6 kittens and had some orange ones. We called and asked about them. This is how we met Jamie. Jamie runs the "Ray of Hope Cat Rescue". Jamie has 20 cats of her own and has made it her mission in life to save as many cats as she can. Well, we went to see these kittens, they were nearly feral when she found them, and were still a bit skittish. Fortunately Gus was what we wanted, but my sweet partner had ideas that Gus shouldn't be alone. So we also ended up with Cleo. This also forged our relationship with Jamie and her rescue operation (and got us hooked up with Isaac).
So that is the story of Gus. He is a source of constant laughs and our most photogenic child.
Gus also came from a rescue. I had always wanted an orange tabby (I had had some as a child and thought that they were the coolest cats) and so when my older cats, Smokey, Chick and Spunky died, it was time to get a kitten. I also knew that it was going to be a male and his name would be Gus.
When it was time, we checked out a couple of places like the county humane society and a rescue here in town. We were always overwhelmed by the number of cats and wanted to bring them all home with us, so we could never pick one out that would fit in our household. We then found an ad in the paper that said that they had 6 kittens and had some orange ones. We called and asked about them. This is how we met Jamie. Jamie runs the "Ray of Hope Cat Rescue". Jamie has 20 cats of her own and has made it her mission in life to save as many cats as she can. Well, we went to see these kittens, they were nearly feral when she found them, and were still a bit skittish. Fortunately Gus was what we wanted, but my sweet partner had ideas that Gus shouldn't be alone. So we also ended up with Cleo. This also forged our relationship with Jamie and her rescue operation (and got us hooked up with Isaac).
So that is the story of Gus. He is a source of constant laughs and our most photogenic child.
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