King Cat

Meet Hobbes. Yes, the 17 lb cat we have had for 11 years. He is a great cat. He has so much personality and is quite the lover cat. He is a Maine coon and these cats are known for their love for water and personality. Hobbes is so big that he can stand up on hind legs and grab hold of our door handle and shake the door. Yes, seriously. He can hang with the best of the dogs and in fact goes right up to our Australian cattle dog, OBI-WAN and just jumps up and bites him. Its funny.

Let me tell you the story of how we came to get this cat. Hobbes and Calvin his brother were rescued by me (the animal lover). Due to the fact that I rescued both of them together, Ryan and I were engaged at the time and we were trying to think of some really cool names. Ryan loves the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes so we decided to name them basing each name on their personalities. Hobbes was the laid back one, easy going, nice, sweet so hence the name Hobbes. Calvin, the orange tabby cat was a holy terror. Yes, he would just bite for no reason. I think his mean streaks came from the trauma as a kitty but I won't go there. Well, after we moved to League City, Calvin ran out the door and we never saw him again. Good ole Hobbes stuck around and is still the king cat of the Prater house. Meet our king cat....