So, we had a pair of catloving friends over to stay recently. They were looking forward to meeting Max, and we wanted Max to become used to having new people in the house.
They arrived and greeted him. He took to them. Boy did he take to them… We lost him there, for a while. Max slept on their bed, settled on the sofa between them and tried to get into their bag when they went home. He came running when they called him – literally, running. Bear in mind this cat is 16 – a human-equivalent age of 82 – and to see him running across the garden like a young cat was just great. If I can get a picture of him running I will post it above, but he caught us all by surprise.
After our friends went home, Max waited hopefully outside the spare bedroom door for a while, then came to us. We’ll do, apparently, but we just aren’t up to his (new) standards.
He’s getting much more relaxed. He’s doing cat-like things like licking his coat, purring, and… well, yes, ignoring his owners if there’s more interesting people around. Well done, Max. Be more cat.
Julia Chalkley 