This is a picture of Bruiser with two of his cat buddies, Blacky and Big Grey Kitty. They are all three boys and they all think they are the same species. Bruiser even eats lying down because the cats eat that way.

Bruiser is also very smart. He learned to sit, lie down and shake a paw within a few days. I taught him to sit by putting my fingers to my lips like I’m eating something. If I’m eating something, he wants some too. Doesn’t matter what it is. He’ll even eat a tomato if he sees me eating it.

During the cold parts of the year, the cats sleep all over Bruiser. They each keep the other warm. It’s very cute to open the back door and they all look up with expressions that say, “What? What did we do?” Bruiser will have a cat on his back, a couple curled up as close to his stomach as possible and one or two curled against his back legs and butt.

Bruiser is such a sweet boy. Everyone that meets him loves him. At first they are unsure about him because he’s so big but he wins them over quickly. He loves to lean. He has to be touching a person. He can look at you deep into your eyes like he’s trying to understand what you are thinking. He will stare you down he’s so intense. Then his nub of a tail will start wagging and you just can’t help but smile. He wins the stare down every time.

Okay. Enough about the boy. Time to go give him a rub and a hug.