I love cats and dogs. I cannot say that I am a cat or a dog person because I love them both equally. After we moved to Belgium and it was certain that we were more or less settled, I told Bas I wanted to get a cat. At first he was not very enthusiastic but later he came around and we decided to adopt a kitten from a shelter. On June 2009, I went to the animal shelter in Schoten ( dierenasiel schoten ). I knew what I wanted: a female cat, preferably a calico. Once I got into the shelter a nice lady took me to in and led me to the "kitten room". As you can guess, it was full of kittens! All sizes, all colors, I felt like I was in a wonderland, I wanted to take them all home! One of them started purring immediately and started climbing up my leg but it did not look anything like the cat in my mind. First of all, it was a tiger, but not exactly a tiger either because it was also black and had white spots as well! It was also a "he" and not a "she".That moment
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