Austin

Our cat Austin, is a half wild, ginger cat. His mother is a domestic cat and his father is wild. As a result Austin can be a tad playful! We have 11 dogs and all of them HATE cats. If they spot a wild cat whilst out mustering they have to see to it that the cat is, at least scared away. Consequently, Austin HAS to be an indoors cat. His 'wild side' however gets him into trouble and he has learnt to break out of the house. He has destroyed screen doors and windows, he knows how to open an unlocked sliding glass door and he has realised that if he worries the back door enough, by putting his paws under it, so they are outside and curls them up, he can pull the door inwards towards himself and OPEN it!!

There have been times when he has been face to face with 11 dogs, where each dog is shaking in anticipation to 'get him'. They didn't- to my surprise and relief. He must smell like us, or me for that matter as he is definitely my cat, and that must be the reason why the dogs left him alone.

Some would say that Austin is a spoilt cat. If I were to be honest, I would agree! I buy him toys ALL the time. He has everything an indoors cat could want really. That doesn't stop me from buying more though (gee, what will I be like when I have babies of my own?!?!?. His latest TOY, is a cat house with scratching poles. He was starting to ingore his scratching mat and decided that one of our rugs was the best thing to scratch his claws on...

Here is Austin on his new toy

He loves sitting on the top and looking out into the world! I am so pleased he likes it!

Here are two other shots of Austin, looking outside- love the reflections!! I played around with one of them, turning it into B&W- I love it!