‘From dog person to cat convert’: Finding unexpected joy and companionship in the purrs of a shelter cat

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    'Y'all, I did NOT realize how affectionate & loving a cat could be.'
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    I got my boy Joe from a shelter right at the beginning of ..... not actually because of the ..., my birthday happened to be a week before Texas decided it was a real thing and that we should shut down. I
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    had been single for years at the time and felt it would be a healthy thing to have a pet... mostly to be responsible for the life of another creature. I'd
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    only grown up with dogs, we lived on some land and just always had multiple golden retrievers at all points of my youth.
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    My family loved golden's, as they should, and were the classic anti-cat dog people. So yeah I just had all the stereotypes ingrained in me.
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    Fast forward to my 30th birthday, I wanted a companion but lived in a small apartment 20 stories up and didn't think a dog was a good choice. I thought a cat
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    would at least be better than a reptile or hamster or something, but didn't expect much in terms of a relationship. Went to the
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    local shelter and fell in love with a young black cat mostly cause they said he'd been there forever and had 2 previous owners that both returned him... and that made me sad. Brought
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    him home, opened the carrier and he sprinted into the closet and hid behind some junk for like 6 hrs. Accepted that cats
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    are funny and timid and it would take some time. That night I got in bed, turned the light off, and fairly quickly heard him scampering across the apartment to the bed. He
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    SINCE
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    jumped right up, rubbed his face against mine and curled up in my arms... and we've slept that way ever since. I was
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    dumbfounded that night, it felt like everything I knew about life just turned out to be wrong (I had taken a small dose of edibles, so I remember it hitting me especially hard).
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    First 8-ish weeks of my profession got shut down in Texas, so all of the sudden I'm home with nothing to do but Joe just constantly keeping me entertained and loved on, it was awesome. He also would
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    try to talk and communicate with me all the time, which I had no idea was a thing, him just casually yowling back to anything I said to him.
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    Needless to say it's just gotten better and better ever since.
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    Fast forward to this morning, I'm flying to a friend's wedding but woke up way too early and so decide to make coffee and sit on the couch with Joe. He
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    spends easily 45 minutes just laying with his head tucked into the side of my neck, purring like a chainsaw and rubbing his face against mine the whole time, and we're just chilling and enjoying the morning. My eyes even
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    started sweating a little when it hit me how lucky I am to have a buddy like Joe that cares so deeply and, furthermore, makes a point of showing it.
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    Anyways, sorry for the essay but these creatures are special and I had to share those thoughts with someone. I
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    thought dogs were affectionate but now I think they just want to be loved on and showed you're proud of them.
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    Cats don't give a what you think, but seem to want YOU to know how much they love you specifically... when you deserve it. Cheers!
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    GoldenAl... I am so happy for Joe that he found his Person; I guess he was waiting for you to come into the shelter. You got yourself a love bug, you lucky person!
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    District_R... Joe sounds like just the best thing ever. That story made my heart absolutely happy for you for finding that companionship.

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