Stuart is really very good about new additions. He has set "my limit" at 8 cats, which we currently have. However, I only listen because it's also Onyx's limit. Any more than that he pees all over the place. Onyx has litterbox issues to start with so I don't push him too far!

When I decided to adopt Onyx, Stuart was away...for four months straight! I sent him a picture of Onyx and on the back I wrote, "this cat lives here now" and that was it! He was 1000 miles away in the bush, what was he going to do about it!

When I got Dominique, I called him to ask if I could bring this kitten home. At the time I was a child protection social worker and one of the kids I worked with had found Dommers wandering around. Stuart freaked out! I got all testy with him and said "it's just a tiny kitten, what the ()&*(*^(*&^&(^ is your problem?"...and his response was "kitten? Oh, I thought you asked if you could bring a stray kid home. Of course you can have a kitten!" A kitten seemed easy in comparsion to an out of control teenager!

I have found a good sob story and a few well placed tears go a long way. He would have driven back to town himself to get Twicket, just to get me to stop crying!