The Girls

As I've introduced The Boys, I should also introduce The Girls - Freaky Bob, Miss Shanti and Maddie.
The Girls live with my ex-girlfriend Anglea and although we're no longer together, we've remained good friends so we have "visition rights." I get to go over and see The Girls and she comes to my house to visit The Boys.

Freaky Bob

Freaky Bob is the bus stop kitty who joined us about eight years ago. Angela used to make the one-and-a-half hour commute to work by riding the bus. One day while waiting at the bus stop, she noticed a small kitten with a short, bent tail, seven toes on each of its front paws and large pointed ears. She  was concerned but thought it probably beloned to someone in the neighborhood. The next morning the tiny kitten was again at the bus stop, this time it tried to get on the bus when the driver opened the door. On the third morning, with temperatures falling, Angela decided that if the kitten was still there when she returned in the evening she would bring it home. "Look what I found at the bus stop," she announced with a tiny head protruding out of her jacket. "I think it's lost." Over the next days and weeks we posted flyers in the vicinity of the bus stop, ran an ad in the local papers and contacted the local animal shelter to see if anyone had called. We recevied no responses from any of our efforts. So we took her to the vet for a check up and welcomed her to our growing family.


Miss Shanti

While Miss Shanti is the newest addition to the clan, she is also our elder stateswoman - coming in at a graceful 13 years old. She belonged to Angela's aunt, but when the aunt moved she was unable to keep Miss Shanti. So we volunteered. She has some health issues mostly related to her age but she is still a loving cat.



Maddie

Madaline is our Puerto Rican rescue dog. She spent the first year of her life tied to a tree with little food or water. She was rescued and adopted by an elderly couple. That couple had her for about a year until health issues made it so they couldn't care for her, so she was returned to the rescue group. The Bumblebee outfit was for a halloween party at the local doggie day care. You'd never see one of The Boys or the feline members of The Girls in that outfit.