Gabe lived in NJ with Pam's daughter. I believe they had Gabe shaved every spring, mostly to get the mats out of his very long fur. I brought him to VT in June, when his hair was quite short. His hair is about 9/10 grown in by now. He is letting me brush him, so I am not sure if I will have him shaved this spring.

Gabe was outside with the "workmen" and me today. He was good until I tried to convince him that sitting in the middle of the road was not a good idea. The workmen had watched him slip out into the road, but didn't say anything to me. There are so few cars on our road that I wasn't worry, but I have been trying to keep Gabe OUT of the road. Anyway, Gabe put up an agrument that would embarrass anyone. He howled and hissed and meowed every time I went near him. You might think I beat him every day, when in fact, he is treated like a baby king! After about 5 min. by himself, in the middle of the road, he wandered back into the yard and acted as though nothing happened. AND he did come inside the house when asked to. All tolled, he was outside today for 4 hours straight. He is sleeping right now. Quite a big day for the Gabe boy. Oh, he also climbed in a neighbor's car and wouldn't get out. He decided that the back window of her car was comfy. He was there for about 20 min. then got out.