Onigiri ~ Kawaii Style!

As I expected it would be, life has been really insanely busy lately. Long before we even got to house shopping, my husband and I decided we were going to get a puppy and a kitten when we get a place of our own (the apartments won’t let us have pets.) We both grew up with pets (or well, in my case, an entire menagerie – I’m a pet addict!) and I for one was going crazy without any furry bundles to cuddle with. We’ve been going to shelters and browsing online for pets for weeks now trying to find our perfect babies. The first cat we liked got adopted before we got there. Ditto the first dog we liked. But as was with the case with the house, having one thing get away from us just meant something even better was waiting.

I’ve always wanted a bengal kitten, but they are typically anywhere from $500-$800 or more. My mother-in-law and I were both browsing online for bengals and she called at the exact moment I found a classified for 9 week old bengal kittens, $150 – she had seen the exact same ad! I told my husband there was no way they were still there; the ad was a day old and there were just the two. But, I said, it doesn’t hurt to call. So I called, and they had one left! “It’s the bigger of the two in the picture,” she said. I looked at the picture and said to myself, well, the one on the right is taller but the one on the left is longer. It’s probably the one on the left. I was a little bit disappointed because I prefer marbles over spotted, but decided I’d drive over and meet him anyway. As it turned out, it was the marbled one! Besides being smitten at first sight, he was an absolute sweetheart, and he settled down purring and snuggling in my hand; he even won over Thom, who isn’t as big on cats, purring and laying down in his lap when Thom found his “sweet spot” on the back of his neck.

The very same day we found the ad for the cat, we’d been to the pound and found the absolutely most adorable puppy ever (the papers say cairn terrier/poodle, but she looks just like a Dandy Dinmont terrier to us), two months old. She was listed as a stray at the time so we had to wait four agonizing days for her to be claimed by her owner or put up for adoption. This morning she went up for adoption. We anxiously waited at opening time, hoping there wouldn’t be too much competition: if more than one person wants the same animal, they do a drawing for it, and every day when we visited her there were people fawning over her and asking when she was going up for adoption. As it turned out there were just three other people waiting for her this morning, and we got her! I couldn’t believe it. I started crying with happiness and excitement. We got to hold and snuggle her and she just licked us calmly and snuggled in our arms. Nobody could believe no one had come to claim her – or that the person who turned her in didn’t just keep her!

We got both of our dream pets – we are so lucky! Here they are ^_^ We’ve named the kitten Kaizoku (means ‘pirate’ in Japanese – bengals are notorious thieves!) and the puppy is Penny!

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SunShine Kukulcan

Posted June 4, 2008 at 12:52 pm | Permalink

Bless the beasts and those who rescue them.

My soft spot is Siamese and black horses.

Much happiness to you and your new furry family.

Blessings.
Nika Dreamscape

Posted June 4, 2008 at 1:05 pm | Permalink

Aww, what adorable pictures! Congratulations on the newest additions to your family. :)
Gillian Waldman

Posted June 4, 2008 at 1:15 pm | Permalink

I am thrilled for you – and welled up a bit just reading this. I have 2 cats, 1 dog and a horse – they are all my babies and bring me a ton of joy.

Best wishes,
gillian
Sai Pennell

Posted June 4, 2008 at 1:46 pm | Permalink

Awww~~~ congratulations! Both look absolutely adorable :D :D
Emme Mannonen

Posted June 4, 2008 at 1:59 pm | Permalink

Very cute new pets! One of my cats is a little thief she looked like the kitten on the left when she was younger. She still steals and has a ‘stash’ under the couch lol.

Congrats on the new pets!
Aradia Dielli

Posted June 4, 2008 at 3:39 pm | Permalink

AWWW!!! They are so adorably cute. Congrats on the new babies, I hope they grow up to be healthy and strong. And bless your heart for rescuing one from the pound :)
Maegen Parvenu

Posted June 4, 2008 at 11:59 pm | Permalink

Thanks everyone for the congratulations! ^_^ The kitten came home this afternoon. We actually took a detour to my mother-in-law’s first because she wanted to see him so badly, and he and her puppies romped around together. He is completely enamored with this mouse-on-a-string toy we gave him. He had no interest in being brought to his food or litterbox, but when mouse started dancing in them he immediately took interest. Go figure. The puppy is getting spayed and will be coming home tomorrow. I can’t wait! Judging by how he got along with my mother-in-law’s dogs, I don’t doubt they’ll be best friends.
Aradia Dielli

Posted June 5, 2008 at 12:15 am | Permalink

I want more pictures lol

Onigiri ~ Kawaii Style!

Happy!

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