Collared attention

Mambo, our first and favorite fur-ball, has become a very affectionate and loving tuxedo-man. For the first year and a half we’ve had him, he’s been very tolerant and patient with us but never seeked any physical attention. Sure, he’d pretend to rub around your legs, but he never touched you. He would trot over when somebody was using the bathroom, but he would never ask to be on a lap. Now he’s the leg-rubbing-lap-sitting-purring-est cat! I owe it all to the strap around his throat! Yep, his collar! I simply do not feel safe with a screen door and cats especially all on the first floor in Austin, Texas, where the March weather is too nice not to invite inside. So, the cats began wearing their collars faithfully about two weeks ago and now ask us faithfully every chance they get to remove those itchy, noisy, blasted collars by rubbing, purring, and generally “begging” us with those eyes that are so cute.