Gandie's First Trip to Pets Mart

I have to say that this day was definitely an adventure. I decided Gandie was going to go with me to Pets Mart so we could get her a harness that would fit. Gandie likes to go outside at her new house but she has to be tied out on the back porch. Well ironically, Gandie is a cat that actually enjoys car rides. So, that part of the trip was actually fun.

You may think that from the looks of the second picture that Gandie hates the car ride, but actually her ears are back because the windows were down and she was looking out.

Pets Mart is only a few minutes away, so it wasn't long before we were there. Gandie hopped out of the car but was uncertain of her whereabouts and what on earth was going on.

I took Gandie inside and decided at first to just carry her, but she soon wanted down. So, I let her get down. She walked around some in the cat aisle and played with some of the toys..then we started looking at the harnesses. She tried several on and I believe she was beginning to get a bit agitated at me. So, we finally decided on one. Now came the hard part, I had to get some food too and some litter so I was going to need a buggy and I wasn't quite sure how Gandie would react. Surprisingly, she seemed to enjoy riding in the buggy.

We only had one minor incident while we were there. Soon after this picture was taken, Gandie got a bit nervous. One of the employees was walking toward us and her keys were being really loud and she walking rather quickly. I guess Gandie didn't know what to think so she jumped out of the buggy and into the shelves beside her. Once I got her back in the buggy she was fine for the rest of the day.

After we left, Gandie got to wear her new harness and simply relax on a nice car ride home.

One of Gandie's many stories...

On this blog, I am going to include both new and old stories about Gandie. When I got Gandie, she was a kitten. We go both her and her sister. A few weeks after getting them, we found 4 more kittens that had been abandoned. So, we decided to take care of them all. At the time, we lived in a rural community. All of the kittens lived outside and had plenty of space to run and play. One day, after returning home from school, all of the cat were missing. We looked every everywhere. I soon heard a cat meowing, and I looked up and it was Gandie in a tree. We got her down, and looked at her. She seemed to be okay....but where were the other cats? The next one more of the missing kittens showed back up at the house, but we never saw any of the rest of them anymore. Before this event, I was not sure which cat I was going to pick as mine. My sister and I were both trying to decide whose cat was going to be whose. After this, I realized that I was already very attached to Gandie and was greatly relieved that she was one of the ones that survived/stayed. So, I decided that Gandie was my cat.

Gandie's New Roommate

So..as I said before, Gandie and I have moved to the city, but what I didn't mention is that we did not move alone. Gandie and I moved in with my sister and her fiance.... Oh and their pets. This includes Lulu the chihuahua, Bob the cat, and Annabelle the pitbull lab mix....

Needless to say, Gandie spends her time in her room and away from Annabelle. Other than this minor obsticle, Gandie seems to love her new home. She likes to play and she has recently became very talkative.

I love this cat! She is so sweet and I am anxious to tell the world about her.

Who is Gandie?

Gandie is my cat. She is the sweetest, most wonderful cat in the world and from the moment I got her, I knew she was going to be special. Gandie and I have a bond. She precious, loving, and loyal and  no cat could ever replace her. I would like to share with the world the story of Gandie. It may be unninteresting to some and others may love it. I just do not think that there is another cat out there quite like mine!

I have had Gandie since she was a kitten. She got her name from her beautiful gray coat. With Gandie being one of the first kittens that we had ever had, we were not that great at determining the gender. The person who gave us Gandie said she was a boy and that they had been calling him baby because they could not decide on a name. So....it was not long before my dad suggested that we name him Gandalf after Gandalf the Gray from The Lord of the Rings trilogy. And so...that was his name. That is until we realized that he was in fact a she....Thus we decided to call her Gandie.

Gandie is now nine years old. She has already lived a very interesting life. Gandie is a country cat. For about half of her life she lived outside all of the time. She is very courageous. She once killed a snake that was about a foot and a half long. While she was an outside cat, she did not allow stray cats into her yard. One of Gandie's special trademarks is that her left ear is split. This came from fighting off an unwanted cat.

After awhile, I began to worry about Gandie being outside all of the time. I had grown very attached to her and did not want something to happen to her. So, I brought her inside full time. Here Gandie deemed herself the Queen! She was so pampered and love. She could get away with anything. For awhile, she was the only cat inside. Eventually this "good life" began to bother Gandie. She longed to go outside. So, I trained her to go out on leash. For the most part, this has worked out quite well and I have certainly learned from my mistakes. Once Gandie broke the leash and climbed a tree. I was so afraid that she was going to get the remaining part of the leash tangled and then hang herself. Finally, I got her down safely and after that I was more cautious about what I used to tie her out with.

There is so much that I would love to say about Gandie. So many stories that I want to tell, and I will eventually. Gandie's life has just got a bit more interesting. I am in college and now me and Gandie have moved from a rural small town to the city.