I'm watching you.....

Dexter Chat does just that.

He is just such a great cat we were clearly meant to be together....

Cat on a hot tin roof.....

Dexter Chat is now allowed outside as he is fully inoculated! So he has started to explore, firstly by going onto our extension roof (because it is very warm there) and gazing at the sky.

I did laugh at this next photo as he looks like he is about to get the chop in a guillotine!

He decided to venture down.....

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Onto one of the outside lamps.....

Having done that he didn't want to jump the rest of the way and instead jumped back onto the roof! Clearly a cat who loves a hot tin roof (it isn't really a tin roof but then my title wouldn't have sounded so good would it)!

Dexter Jr is fitting in so well

Dexter Jr (for those of you who are new to this blog, he is our new cat who we got from the cat & dog shelter and was called Dexter too as is my son - wrote about it after the Shhh entry earlier in June) has settled in so so well.

He has visited our vet and had his first jab. Vet reckons he is no more than 9 months old (which is what I thought), and he is just fantastic and fast as lightening.

He is also so affectionate, but also very playful and runs around the house, tries to ambush us (no claws) and is just really funny and full of life. We are just so happy to have him as he as fitted right in with our family, but then given the

circumstances of us meeting him I think fate had a lot to do with it!

Here he today.

I want to break free!

Dexter Jr has fitted into our family like a glove. He sits with us, he has even sniffed the dogs up close and personal, and just loves being in our company. Clearly he was meant to be with us and I cannot believe the 2 sets of people who owned him both returned him to the cat rescue saying he was vicious, hated kids and bullied their dog! Wow, if he had been a dog that would be him living there forever (because they do not destroy cats or dogs) - basically he would have become a lifer and he is only 6-9 months old still lets you pick him up by his scruff so he is clearly still a kitten!

He is absolutely not how the other 2 owners described. He is just so soft and gentle it is quite amazing. He lets you kiss his face, he kissed us too, and has let us rub his tummy and purred whilst we are doing it; rubbed against the dogs on his second day with us, has not hissed once - unbelievable and were we right to bring him home. Wee Girl didn't do that and she lived with our previous dog for 14 years. Once Wee Girl had decided (after a couple of years) that our last dog was ok, the dog was not interested, but he loved other cats and used to drool watching them wanting to give them a big lick!

Dexter Jr however is not allowed out until he has settled and really knows this house is his home otherwise he will wander and not return. Also, because he is just so delightful, he will be instantly stolen and added to some old dears harem unless he knows to come back!!! So......

....we were dining alfresco in the main garden last night, but we cannot let Dexter Jr out to join us.

Poor wee soul, he watched us dining and at the lovely garden he will eventually get to roam about in. As you can see he really wanted to come out to join us but we couldn't let him. We have been told to keep him indoors for at least 3 weeks so he settles in his new home and marks it as his territory so he will know where to return to once he does get to go into our garden.

Can't you almost hear him singing "I want to break free"......

I've fallen in love

I've fallen in love for the first time

And this time I know it's for real

I've fallen in love yeah

God knows God knows I've fallen in love

And we all have with you too Dexter Jr, but we can't let you out just yet - soon you can join us in the garden as we dine alfresco!

Surveying from the top of the door!

Dexter Jr is a very curious cat indeed. All the things that happen around a home is giving him much to think about.

First of all there are the humans of the household going into the shower, and Marvin too... what is that small cubicle all about you can almost see him thinking!

So he thought he would take a closer look from quite a vantage point!