Maine Coon cats & kittens - the "dogs" & "puppies" of the cat world!
Ever since I first saw Maine coon cats at a cat fancier's show, the breed totally captivated me. I decided then and there that I wanted my next cat to be a Maine Coon. The cats I saw at the show were all beautiful, large cats with wonderfully thick coats. They watched me with a friendly interest that you don't often see in cats. I asked several of the exhibitors about them, and each one told me essentially the same thing. Their cats acted almost more like dogs, loving to spend time with the family, travel with them, responded well to training, and displayed other similar qualities. I was hooked.I like cats, but at heart I am more of a "dog person." I have met a few cats, though, that were even better than a dog as companions. One was a Maine Coon that came into our lives a few years ago. Although a wonderful family pet, he chose my daughter as his "special human." He slept with her and followed her like a puppy, came when called, and was ready to play at a moment's notice, even as an adult cat. He also adapted well when a dog was added to the family, becoming great friends with the dog and inventing games to play with her. He grew to be a huge boy, over twenty pounds of lovable lap cat, and was the darling of our home with his furry tufted ears, thick ruff, and long twitching tail.
Unfortunately, he accidentally got outside (we lived in the city then) and was tragically run over by a car. My daughter was heartbroken. Our other cat became withdrawn. After some time passed, we started looking for kittens for sale or adoption. I tried to find a local breeder of Maine coon cats, with no results.One day about a year later, I heard a tiny cry from the woods near our new house. Going to investigate, I found only brambles too thick to penetrate. My daughter was there that day, and insisted on fighting her way through them. She managed to reach and rescue a tiny kitten, only a few weeks old. We checked with everyone who lived nearby, but no one was missing any kittens or owned a cat that had recently given birth to a litter.
We nursed the little guy, who looked quite a bit like the Maine Coon we lost. As he grew, his personality emerged, and he became more and more like the cat we had loved so much. He isn't pure Maine Coon, but we have been so fortunate to find that the temperament is there anyway. He's almost a year old now, and when we go out to do chores on the farm, the young cat always trots along beside like a dog, investigating all the latches we open, running ahead to hide in a bush so he can leap out and "surprise" us as we walk by, wrestling and playing with the farm dog. Inside the house, he chases stuffed animals and brings them back to us. Like our other cat, he always comes when called, and "answers" us whenever we talk to him or mention his name. He is even learning to sit on command! He's very adept with his paws and uses them like hands.
We still miss our much-beloved Maine Coon that we lost, but we are so pleased to have our new little guy as our constant "doglike" companion, even though he probably isn't pure-bred. The Maine Coon personality is the absolute greatest, in our books! If you are interested in adding a purebred cat to your family, we can fully recommend searching for a breeder who offers Maine coon cats for sale.
