Angel Arie, 1998 – © Colehauscats.com

Angel Arie was your typical orange boy – overly curious and overly loveable. Given to us by a neighbor whose daughter could not, or would not, be taught not to carry him around with her hands around his neck, Arie was first thought to be a girl, then discovered to be a neutered boy. Some vets seem to snip more than others sometimes.

What is Colehaus without at least one overweight cat? Boring, that’s what. Arie helped change that by growing from a scrawny, malnourished kitten to a twenty-five pound boy rather quickly. He easily took to wearing a halter and leash for outdoor romps and loved his green t-shirt (often accessorized with a single strand of pearls and touch of blue eye shadow). Unfortunately, he never quite caught on that he wasn’t that agile little kitten anymore and his many attempts to jump up onto tables and counters ended with poor results. Maybe his adorably stubby legs had something to do with it. Or maybe he staged each fall because afterward, he was always scooped up by Mom or Dad and showered with belly kisses, which he enjoyed immensely.

When not getting himself into all sorts of predicaments, Arie like to watch TV, listen to music (Ozzy Osbourne was a favorite, as we recall), and kept our reading books fresh with tiny bits of dark orange fur. Sadly, we lost him to what we now know was kidney failure in April of 1999, but not much time goes by that we don’t think of him and his entertaining antics.

Angel Arie, 1998 – © Colehauscats.com

Miss you, Arie!

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Here’s a 90-piece, online jigsaw puzzle of our Angel Arie in our library photo above. Have fun and have a great weekend!

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A Colehaus Cats flashback:

2017 – No post
2016 – Wordless Wednesday
2015 – It’s a Thing
2014 – No post
2013 – No post
2012 – It’s Time for Cat Twister!