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I've had cats my entire life, until a year ago when my 19 year old rescue, Daisy, moved on to her next life. With a child, a dog, and going back to work full-time, I thought I'd be cat-free for a while.

That was until rodents started taking over my condo. I set traps to no avail. I finally decided to go the predator route and started searching Craigslist for a cat. There was only one listed; his family was moving and couldn't take him.

When I met Kobi, it wasn't quite love at first sight, as he was so attached to his first family, and moving into a new home with a resident dog was not to his liking! Annie really wanted to play with him (she is a gentle old border collie mix), but he wanted none of that.

It had been a long time since I'd had a young cat, so the antics of a one-and-a-half year old - getting into everything, being on the counter, running a parkour course using my bedroom furniture at 3 a.m. - really took some getting used to!

But soon, Kobi and Annie settled into their respective territories, and Kobi comes running to curl up on my lap whenever I sit down. He also sleeps with me at night. A recent bout of illness had me in bed for a couple of days, and he was my faithful companion every minute, sleeping - or attacking my feet.

Now that the New Year has me resolved to hit the gym every morning, he wakes me up at 4:04 a.m. to make sure I get there on time! I amuse my friends with stories and pictures of his antics, and can't imagine life without him. Oh - and no more mice!

Story submitted by Linda Gowan from Thousand Oaks, California.

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