This is Rex

[smobgirl]

Rex lives in the parts department of the dealership I looked at yesterday and I love him.

Yesterday was a pretty frustrating day overall and it was nice to take a minute in the middle of work to hang out with this cool little dude. I just hope he gets a bath at some point - he doesn’t need to be ingesting all the filth on his feet.

[Qaaaaa]

Working boy. Love the floppy ear.

[Tripper]

What a guy! Spending a few minutes with an animal is really therapeutic. Our mastiff gives really great hugs.

[Just Jeepin']

Shame he has too many legs for you to adopt him.

[BicycleBuck]

@smobgirl I wish we could add a cat to our household. For years, we thought our daughter was allergic to them. When we had her tested, it came back negative and we made a trip to look at rescue cats. We found a perfect little kitten and my daughter was in love. Then we handed the kitten to our son to hold. Within a minute, he had huge welts on his skin where the kitten had grabbed on. Then he started sneezing.

All this time we thought our daughter was allergic. We never considered that our son might be too. She isn't, but he definitely is.

Shop cats can have it rough. They do a great job taking care of rodents and in return they get nothing but filth. You're right, they shouldn't be licking their feet after walking around a shop floor.

[Jb boin]

[Vondon302]

@smobgirl shop dog best dog.

[LooseonExit]

@smobgirl Good boy Rex working hard, but poor boy Rex living there. Cutie with that ear.

[Chariotoflove]

@smobgirl Good boy, Rex!

[RallyDarkstrike]

@bicyclebuck Have you looked into a hypo-allergenic breed?

https://www.homeoanimal.com/blogs/blog-pet-health/14-hypoallergenic-cat-breeds

[RallyDarkstrike]

@smobgirl Awwww, he's a good boi! I demand you bring him some delicious fishes at some point

[BicycleBuck]

@rallydarkstrike said in This is Rex:

@bicyclebuck Have you looked into a hypo-allergenic breed?

https://www.homeoanimal.com/blogs/blog-pet-health/14-hypoallergenic-cat-breeds

I didn’t realize there were so many hypoallergenic breeds. When I was a kid, we had lots of different cats, none of which were purebred.

I knew about rex rabbits, but I didn’t know there is a rex cat!

[RallyDarkstrike]

@bicyclebuck Yup, there are a lot! Some of the are maybe not the prettiest kitties, but I imagine they give out just as much lovin'!

Siberians are said to be very hypoallegenic to people with cat allergies...we have a friend of the family with one...very friendly and beautiful!
https://www.petfinder.com/cat-breeds/siberian/

[pip bip]

@smobgirl stairs in a parts department? Bugger that again

[smobgirl]

@pip-bip said in This is Rex:

@smobgirl stairs in a parts department? Bugger that again

At least this one had an elevator! Most dealerships I’ve seen here have two-story parts storage. The other one I saw on this trip only had stairs and human power to move stuff.

[pip bip]

We only had stairs in our old building, new joint we moved into 25 years ago this month, is all on one level thankfully

[Shop-Teacher]

@smobgirl DAWWWW!!!

One of the local Ace Hardware locations here has a shop kitty.

[BicycleBuck]

@rallydarkstrike said in This is Rex:

Siberians are said to be very hypoallegenic to people with cat allergies...we have a friend of the family with one...very friendly and beautiful!
https://www.petfinder.com/cat-breeds/siberian/

So much floof! When I was a kid, a calico cat adopted us. She was pregnant and had her litter a couple of weeks later. It was a comical collection of kittens. Two of them grew up to be white and black floof balls like the siberian. The male of that pair was gigantic, but his sister was petite. Another was seal-point like a siamese. One was a calico and another an orange tabby.

It wasn't until a grew up a bit that I realized our cat got around before she came to live with us.

[RallyDarkstrike]

Haha! Maybe dad cat was a Maine Coon? They look like Siberians somewhat, but can be HUGE.

[BicycleBuck]

@rallydarkstrike He was big, but not THAT BIG!

[RallyDarkstrike]

Our neighbours had a more normal sized Maine Coon named 'Snikkers', but for a normal sized cat, he was a pretty chonky boi! Sadly he passed away a few years ago

[gmporschenut also a fan of hondas]

@rallydarkstrike will certainly keep you awrm in the winter. and maybe hunt down a deer

[RallyDarkstrike]

@gmporschenut-also-a-fan-of-hondas Yup, they are supposed to be pretty vicious mousers! They are really friendly cats to people though! Snikkers was a big lovable oaf!