Jasmine Kinnear - Every Cat Has a Story: True Stories Exploring the Spiritual Connection of Felines with Their Beloved Owners

Every Cat Has A Story

True Stories Exploring
the Spiritual Connection of Felines
with Their Beloved Owners

Compiled and written by
Jasmine Kinnear

CCB Publishing
British Columbia, Canada

Every Cat Has A Story: True Stories Exploring the Spiritual
Connection of Felines with Their Beloved Owners

Copyright 2007 compiled and written by Jasmine Kinnear
ISBN-13: 978-0-9783893-9-0
First Edition

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Kinnear, Jasmine, 1953
Every Cat Has A Story [electronic resource]: True stories exploring the spiritual connection of felines with their beloved owners / compiled and written by Jasmine Kinnear.
Also available in print format.
ISBN 978-0-9783893-9-0
1. Cats--Anecdotes. 2. Cats--Religious aspects. 3. Human-animal relationships. I. Title.
SF445.5.K55 2007a 636.8'0887 C2007-906449-3

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Publisher: CCB Publishing
British Columbia, Canada
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For my beloved father,
Donald Thomas Hutchinson.
Daddy, you were the only light in my childhood.

With my love,
xoxo dj

Artists like cats; soldiers like dogs.
- Desmond Morris

Other books by Jasmine Kinnear

Proven Marketing Tips for the Successful Cat Breeder

How to Hide Your Cat From the Landlord

Jasmine Kinnears upcoming books:

Insiders Guide to Buying Purebred Kittens

Insiders Guide to Starting & Managing a Cattery

More books in the Every Story series are also forthcoming.
See page 6 for additional details.

Contributing Authors

We would like to acknowledge individual authors for permission to reprint the following material contained in this book. Please note that the stories written solely by Jasmine Kinnear are not included in this listing.

1) Nick L. Sacco, Raytown, Missouri, USA
The Blue Angel & Her Garden of Pets

2) Robin Doll, USA
My Cat Is So Insolent, She Has A Price on Her Head

3) Esther Sustersich, Courtney, British Columbia, Canada
The Ugliest Cat

4) Pat Chalmers, Corby, Northamptonshire, UK
Barney, The Green Pawed Moggie

5) Sande Kay, California, USA
True Reflections

Do You Have a Story to Share?

Do you or someone you know have a heart warming, touching or loving story, poem or article about a cat, dog, mother, daughter, teacher, nurse, etc.? Why not share it with the rest of the world? We welcome stories from those not given a chance to honour an experience that left a lasting impression and significantly touched their lives. If you feel it belongs in a future volume of this series please send it to us:

CCB Publishing
e-mail: submissions@ccbpublishing.com

We will make sure that you and/or the author are credited for the contribution. Thank you.

A sampling of future volumes in the Every Story series includes:

Every Cat Has A Story (Volume 2)
Every Dog Has A Story
Every Mother Has A Story
Every Daughter Has A Story
Every Sister Has A Story
Every Father Has A Story
Every Grandparent Has A Story
Every Single Mother Has A Story
Every Working Woman Has A Story
Every Teacher Has A Story
Every Nurse Has A Story

and many more for additional information visit:
www.ccbpublishing.com

We each have our own perception of the most beautiful species that grace Gods earth. From my perspective even as a child, the most elegant of all his creations has remained the cat. My fascination with them began in early childhood and has developed into a lifetime love affair; I see an exquisite beauty in all felines whether born moggie and domestic or purebred with an impressive pedigree.

After living with countless felines during my breeding career there is a distinct possibility that I may have taken my passion to an extreme. Such devotion has, for example, blessed me with an ability to connect to the source creating a felines anxiety within their home. My purpose is to serve as a verbal bridge of understanding between an owner and their beloved cat when problems occur. I literally serve as the cats voice, informing the owner of the unknown source creating the behavioural problem. Success is often determined when the owner is willing to implement the changes I have suggested as their feline will respond in kind. When an owner has become desperate for a solution to a long-term problem, the changes in the feline's behaviour have literally saved the cats life.

A dear friend and colleague confided that possibly my success has been due to my unique approach with felines. She was often with me during feline consultations and has provided valuable feedback after reading my books. She believes that after 25 years of cohabitating with hundreds of cats I have apparently developed an ability of thinking just like a cat.

Im not sure exactly when my passion for felines began as my father never permitted a kitten in our home. In denying himself the pleasure of loving a cat he didnt realize until much later in his life exactly how much hed missed. However as a child I was forced to accept that our home would never be blessed with a cat as his sole preference remained a devotion for dogs. He thought cats to be sneaky and untrustworthy; yet before his death he also grew to appreciate their beauty.

Some people say that cats are sneaky, evil, and cruel.
True, and they have many other fine qualities as well.
- Missy Dizick

On the special Christmas when I announced my first and only pregnancy he finally came to my apartment for turkey dinner. My father was a paraplegic and travelling was painfully difficult for him, however this was now a special occasion. Hed heard me speak of my two precious males for many years and upon first meeting, he surprised me by warmly bonding with them.

Dustin, my very first cat, had been rescued when five weeks old from within the fields of a local prison by an inmate. Thomas, a sweet tabby male, Id personally rescued six months later during a snowstorm. The boys bonded and were well matched with Thomas becoming Dustins devoted companion.

Thomas had been given my fathers middle name and never left my Dads lap the entire evening. Whether it was Thomas affectionate nature or possibly being his namesake my Dad appeared quite pleased by his attention. My father made a comment at the time that hed doubted anyone else would ever carry his name. Although my father was seldom wrong, in this particular instance I had been saving a surprise for him. He lived just long enough to be told the name of his newly born grandson. Although fate may have prevented him enough time to hold my baby, it is with great pride that my son bears the name of Mark Donald.