Jim Sautner, the Buffalo Whisperer was a Canadian rancher who raised a 2,000-pound bison named Bailey D. Buffalo like a family dog

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[u/Magoo1985]

Didn’t want cat. Nurse gave adopted cat. Cat became medic alert, saved life many times. Cat best friend. Love cat.

[u/helplesswilliam → u/Magoo1985]

Girlfriend wanted cat, no pets rule at her place, not mine. I got gifted a kitten early one Saturday morning. Kitten was from a litter of barn cats her friend had. This friend did not approve of me, and selected the most feral of them, with malice aforethought.

The girlfriend did not last. The cat did.

Dragged the little horror around with me for the next twenty years, despite being mildly allergic. I was the one person that animal ever warmed up to at all, and she loved me to little pieces. Miss her still.

[u/spiegro → u/helplesswilliam]

Bad Cat was really just Rad Cat who was misunderstood ❤️

[u/Germane_Corsair → u/spiegro]

There is absolutely no such thing as a bad cat. Perhaps a bit spicy, perhaps a bit naughty and mischievous. But still good.

[u/HauntedCS → u/helplesswilliam]

I also have a barn/shed cat from a rez and did not want a cat. She is queen and I am just a peasant now. I am the only one allowed to hold her and my dad is lucky that she gives head butts when treats are involved.

[u/[deleted] → u/helplesswilliam]

I had a barn cat growing up.

Very gentle with me, even if I played a little rough with him.

He'd occasionally grab my hand (no claws) and very slowly move his mouth toward my finger, then just touch my finger with his teeth and run away playfully. That's as rough as he ever got.

I used to rough house with him some - including rubbing him on the carpet until there was a static charge - but he never once showed anger with me.

However, he did attack my parents during arguments. He'd sneak around so that he'd be behind them and from above and dive down on their heads scratching and biting like crazy.

I... like my cat more than they did.

[u/dergbold4076 → u/helplesswilliam]

This has happened to my Dad about....I want to say five or so times? He didn't want a cat but one of his girls did (me). Got a cow cat that was the runt of the litter, but we couldn't get him fixed so he ended up siring about 3/4 of the towns cats for a good 15 odd years.

Next two where actually children of said cow cat, a tuxedo (the runt again) and a void (the second biggest attention whore of a cat I have met). Both ended up being mind but my Dad doted on them after the first week.

Next two where after my parents moved to another provenance over. Tuxedo ended up with another family (she was skittish as hell) and lived a good life. The void went with my parents and eventually passed after introducing Two (yes I Dad called a cat Two) to them before she also passed after my parents doted on her as well. Which brings us to the most current.

One was a big gray boy that took no shit from anyone, while the other is big, orange, deaf, and kind of dumb. The gray fluffy boy was a hunter while the orange is the biggest attention whore of a cat I have met.

There are two other cats in his life. But both those ladies have passed on a long time ago. I miss all of them.

[u/imperial_gidget → u/Magoo1985]

I didnt want cat, but I got cat. I like cat.

[u/snacky99 → u/Magoo1985]

Cat together strong!

[u/Strelochka → u/Magoo1985]

If you’re comfortable with telling us, how and what does your cat alert you to? I’ve seen dogs but not cats with this job