As they walked through the door, I immediately ran to the door to greet them. "Boots!" Kathy said, "We have a something you are going to love!" I couldn’t wait to see what they had for me. "A new toy?" "Maybe a new kind of litter for my box?" I pondered to myself. Little did I know what was in store for me.

It all started about 2 months ago, when I noticed one of my owners started getting a little overweight. She always was extremely concerned about her weight, but this incident didn’t seem to bother her. Then a few weeks later, I was lying under the table when I heard her say "I think its time." Instantly her husband, Warren, rushed her out the car and they were off, without another word.

About a week or so later, they came in and I saw it. He was a chunky, little, brown-haired, brat. I knew it from the first time I laid eyes him. At first I tried to be kind to the new member of the family, but it got very frustrating as he pulled my hair, drooled all over me, and constantly grabbing for my tail! I could tell we weren’t going to get along well.

At the time the Minnesota Twins were leading the American Central, which meant that every night Warren would have to watch the game. I was sitting in the dirty clothes when I heard the blaring of the game coming from the living room. I hurried out to join him and I soon found Brandon (the chunky baby) sitting in my spot by my owner! In the past, I almost always sat on the arm of Warren’s recliner while watching TV, and when I realized I had been replaced, it was war.

As the days went by I unconsciously found myself trying to be nice to the young child. Soon, Brandon began sit next to me and play. At first it was only for a few minutes, but as the weeks passed he played with me more and more. Finally, one evening during a preview for the new hit movie "Top Gun", Brandon wiggled off the arm of the warrens’ recliner, (my old spot) and sat on the floor beside me. At that moment, I felt that perhaps my worst enemy had just become my best friend.

Within the next year we became inseparable. However in another year or so… Warren, Kathy, & Brandon all rushed out similar to June 3^rd of 87’. Another 4 days later they returned with a new baby girl, but that’s another story in itself.