He JUMPED!

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No, not Rygel, our first jumper, nor Oliver, nor Daisy... no, it was Mo who jumped! Mo? A couple of years ago my former supervisor contacted me about another co-worker (I didn't know her) who's husband was having her "get rid" of the cats because their daughter was pregnant. She brought over 2 cats, both declawed named Patches and Moses (Mo). Well, we've already had a couple of Patches, and they are both at the Rainbow Bridge, so we chose to change her name to Diva, which suits her to a "T". Both were over weight, and "Mo can't eat the regular food, he throws it up. He has to eat this special food." Well, they were feeding the other cat garbage from the dollar store, we won't feed our cats that stuff. We put both of them on Purina One and haven't had a moment of trouble with either. Diva dropped weight right off since she was now getting a higher quality of food, and Mo also started shedding some weigh, but more because he was having to be more active. Diva is friendly enough, but Mo is an absolute love bug. He likes to get on you, bury his face and kneed like mad! I don't hold with de-clawing, but he could easily have inflicted damage on bare skin with this trick. So, tonight he came around my feet. I did my "invite" to jump up, and the first time he just stood up and put his paws on my leg. But when I didn't pick him up, the next time he jumped. He got REALLY high too! Actually higher, I think, than Oliver does, and got his front paws over my shoulder. We praised and pet him, like we have with any cat who jumps, and he walked from my arms to the roomie's. He was very pleased with himself, as well he should be. I think we have a 4th jumper now. Yeah, Pong and Timus have both jumped as well, but they've only done it once and twice respectively... Now I have to write his former owner so she can know what new trick Mo has learned from my cats!