Grumpy, Un-adoptable Cat Is Her New Mom's Shadow | The Dodo Cat Crazy

So at first she completely hid and I could barely reach her and then she decided she would be chasing me, literally chasing me around the room. I had to wear knee-high boots. Her shelter had deemed her an un

adoptable

cat. I did not do it. I know the extent, but she was definitely ready to commit whatever was necessary, little by little, she started showing little moments where it was almost like this wall in front of her momentarily collapsed and she just reached out to me and I managed to touch her. only a couple of times in those moments.

I can say I probably saw the potential. I knew there was something there. I knew there was someone who would eventually rise to the surface and at that moment I decided to stop trying. I just said. It's no longer just giving her space, she's telling me all this time that she just needs her own timeline and my own selfish need to stifle her needs to subside, oh my gosh, okay, here you go, I started practicing putting out treats. in my chest and her. I would grab them and walk away and then one night I woke up and she was all over me from that moment on it was one touch and she was gone you know there were a lot of those moments but then there were a few days in between where she would decide that she She doesn't totally trust me, so I would say it took me maybe a month before I felt super comfortable with her and vice versa, and then the rest was history, just letting go of that kind of selfish need to connect and really realizing that you're there for the animal is a very profound experience if you really take advantage of that.

She is very easy going and she is in tune with me. I feel like she's just an extension of me. In some ways, she is just my companion.