Russian of the Month
December

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Barlow, a dream come true!!!!




On June 18th, 1996 Barlow was born and he had five brothers and sisters. Because of the proximity of this litter I was lucky enough to hold him for the first time when he was 10 days old. Oh, what a little meows he gave. I went to visit hime a couple of times every week and it was really beautifull watching the litter grow up. So when Barlow came home finaly, we where very well acquainted. I was very nervous for doing everything right. Barlow was my first cat you see.
I have had a big love for cats all my life but they could not come into our household then. My mother and sister where mortally afraid for cats. So I had to do with catcards for birthdays ( there’s a whole box of them in the attic) and cat calendars etc, etc. My sister called out that she would never visit me again with such a scary cat in my house.
Luckily she was very brave and tried it and after a few weeks – Barlow was in lying on my lap- she said to my surprise: “I would like it if he would come sit on my lap for a change.” A miracle happened. As if he understood, Barlow stepped slowly of my lap and walked very quietly over to my sister. First he put one paw on her lap, very slowly, then looked at her and there went paw number two. Al very careful. And yes, there he lay. Since then they are friends for life and I am totally ignored when my sister visits us.

Barlow is a very sweet cat. Especially for the people he knows. He loves drinking water from the tap and to play hide and seek. Sometimes he’s a little too good at it. He will follow you around all day as if he’s on a leach and tells whole stories. He is very clear in what he wants and therefore we sometimes call him Lassie, just for fun.
He never scratched anyone or hissed at someone. We can truly do anything with him.He trusts us for the full 100%. He will not show himself to strange people and that is a shame as we are very proud of him. That is why I am glad that he will be in the middle of everyones attention this way. Because our Barlow truly is a dream come true for me.


tekst and pictures:Inez