Teddy - The Early Years

We had just arrived back home in Victoria after a long trip to Kitimat. Arthur, our beautiful Turkish Angora cat, had been staying with my Grandma for the last couple of weeks along with our bunny Bailey and hamster Rebecca. She had so enjoyed the company of Arthur that she decided she wanted a cat. We began looking for a perfect companion for her and it didn't take long before we spotted a tiny tabby cat in the window of Specs. Being the postcard perfect kitten we didn't hesitate before we purchased him and took him home.

Once at our house it didn't take us long to realise this kitten was quite a handful. Bouncing off walls and getting dangerously close to our otherwise Buddha-patient Arthur, who was none too pleased with the new house guest. We kept Teddy (named for his rumbunctiousness and friendliness) for a few weeks hoping he would settle down a bit before giving him over to my Grandma but he continued to be a furry bundle of trouble. Eventually tho it was time for him to live at his new home with my Grandma.

The cute little kittie soon became known fondly as Teddy the Terrible. His particular type of behaviour was called Teddy Trouble. Although much loved there was no end to the things Teddy would explore and get into. Furniture was shredded, toilet paper rolls, if found, were strewn throughout the house, the refridgerator became a fun launching pad to pounce on my poor unexpecting grandma when she came acround the corner. Through all this my grandmother dealt with him patiently, his antics were an amusing stories at our Sunday night dinners. 

Things did, however, get a lot more tiresome when he managed to escape and discover the great outdoors. Teddy's main goal in life was to meet as many people as he could, he would invite himself into houses help himself to their food, everyone was his friend. Neighbors called to complain, and he was sent to the SPCA twice by some unthoughtful person. My grandma had to get a taxi to rescue him. After getting caught up several times in trees, however and with the final visit from a police officer warning my grandma to either keep him in the house or on a leash as he was annoying the neighbors Teddy's days of freedom were over.