Meet Chewbacca (Chewy) Orlando. The cowboy suggested “ORLANDO” as a first name as an homage to a preschool friend. D suggested Rover, which was met with enthusiastic cheers from the cowboy and calls of “Here ROVER! Here boy!” (which I felt was funny… but just pain wrong!) I suggested Chewy (as in the furry space alien from Star Wars) and it stuck.
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Those green eyes totally got me! We wanted to get cowboy a kitty for Hanukkah (and give it to him during one of the 8 crazy nights of Hanukkah) … but then I went to the shelter to “look”. I made one of those “Honey… I found a kitty” calls in the whiny-I-want-this-one voice to D.
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This little bugger has the LOUDEST purr for being a little dude (I believe he is a runt). He also has a “BOBTAIL”. A genetic defect where he has 1/2 a tail. I knew he was the one. (Sorry to the lady that asked questions about him before I got there… the shelter has a “no holds-no exceptions policy… )
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If you want to know where I have been… it is with this guy and the family. Welcome to the family Chewy!