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It was exactly on Jonny's 26th birthday that Cher came into his life. Or rather, she walked directly into his apartment - on the third floor, in a building with a coded door at the entrance. He was spending the evening with a friend, and as that friend was leaving, he opened the door, and Cher waltzed right in, as if she owned the place. “She just… walked in,” he told me.
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Thinking back on it now, he remembers seeing Cher around the building before that night. And being the cat person that he is, there is a chance that he had petted her in the past. That doesn't explain how she knew where he lived, or how she got past the coded door, but that's all irrelevant. The CDS solves these kinds of technical problems.
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Jonny was a med student back then, and he spent long hours outside of the house, so he thought he had no time to care for a cat. But he didn't want to abandon her. So, he decided to open the door to his apartment. “I gave her a chance to leave if she wanted to,” he explained. And then, she left.
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For a moment, it was heartbreaking. She chose him, and it was only when she left that he realized maybe he could find a solution. But, in my expurrt opinion, that was all part of her plan. Now, he knew what he was missing.
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It took less than a minute. “She walked out, looked at the stairs, then looked back at me,” he recalled. And when she walked back up to him for the second time, he knew it was furrever. “She chose me not once, but twice.”
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She was 10 months old and very sick, and it took her a while to get better. She needed someone who could be with her more consistently than he could. So, he brought her to his parents' house - 20 minutes away from his apartment. “My sister chose the name Cher,” he recalled, "because our previous cat's name was Sonny.”
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Gradually, she got healthier, got some of her spiciness back. After nearly a year as a stray, it was hard to keep her locked inside all the time, and she started making very good use of the house's backyard. Luckily, she's a scaredy-cat, so she never strays away from the house, and she always comes back when she's called. After a while, it became clear that this house was the best place for her to be long-term.
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Now, she is six years old, and she is healthy and happy. No longer underweight, she even has a little pouch that jiggles when she walks. She chases birds and critters, she makes friends - or enemies - with the other stray cats who visit, but more than anything, she likes chilling in the house. Specifically on top of the fridge - her favorite spot.
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She loves all of her humans - my husband's mom, dad and his sister. But every time we come visit, every time we cat-sit, she comes up to her chosen human first. “I wish I could be with her more often,” Jonny says that to me all the time. “She's replaced me.” But I know she doesn't feel this way. That special connection between Jonny and Cher is there and always will be. No matter how many times I try to bribe her with treats into loving me more.
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She is the queen of bleps. She is incredibly playful. She has a love-hate relationship with the laser pointer, meaning she loves chasing the red dot, but once it's gone, she loses her mind and keeps chasing its ghost for an hour.
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She will jump on the dinner table while everyone is eating, but only for the attention, because she doesn't care for human food.
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And every time you think you know all of her hiding spots, she will find a new one. Just for the fun of watching you have a heart attack as you search for her.
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She is derpy. She is adorable. She is a diva. She is Cher.
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Side note: Interviewing your husband about his cat is pretty fun.
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