When we got married my husband had a young Labrador retriever. When we moved into our first home I wanted to get a cat.

My husband had never spent anytime around cats and was not sure he would want to live with one. I assured him that a cat would grow on him. We knew that there were a number of animals for adoption at the local humane society so we went to look there first.

I was thinking that we would get a kitten.

I thought that it would be easier for all of us to adjust if we started with a young kitty that we could train.

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