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“Cat” the Character
Everyone always wonders how Cat got her name.
It is a Hungarian custom to name the litters alphabetically. It was our 3rd litter, the “C” litter. My granddaughter was only three at the time. To her, all of the puppies were cats. When she called her, “cat,” this puppy would always run to her.
So we ended up naming her “Cat” and it took some creativity to come up with something that would work with that!
Cat was almost another Tia as far as mischief went! She has her fair share of stories too.
Cat expected 100% of my attention at ringside. If she didn’t get it, she would think of ways to get it. I could not carry on a conversation with anyone. To Cat’s way of thinking, it was not allowed!
Cat learned how to give leash corrections to her people! Friends had difficulty holding her at ringside for us. If they failed to give her 100% of their attention, she wouldn’t hesitate to give them leash corrections too. She would back up nearly to the end of her leash and then give the offending human a jerk with the leash!
Leash corrections for us escalated to more serious corrections for human violators. She started jumping on strangers as they walked by… and would make certain it wouldn’t be anyone I knew!
I spent a great deal of time apologizing for Cat’s antics and then spending more time catering to her. I vividly recall an incident at ringside with Cat. There was an observing judge sitting in a chair at ringside. A friend walked up and had my attention for a few seconds too long. Cat jumped on the judge sitting ringside and came away with his toupee hooked onto her dew claws. Talk about embarassed!
Cat lived with her owner in Chicago until last fall. At nine-and-a-half years old, Cat was displaced from her home due to a divorce.
She came back to Double Ring as a fat couch potato who had forgotten how to run and she looked like a very old dog.
By April, Cat not only remembered how to run, but she had slimmed down to a trim 100 lbs. and went with me to the Kuvasz Club’s National Specialty show in Wichita, KS as a Veteran.
She and I had a blast, and I really enjoy watching her at 10-plus-years on the video from the Specialty.
—Kathy OO
July 2005
