A tale of 2 cats: Soon after I adopted my rescue cats, Elvis (brown tabby) and Ryland (orange tabby) from the shelter, the shelter manager received a call from an animal agent. Yes, there are such people. She was looking for a particularly cute cat to appear in a PetSmart commercial. The manager immediately thought of Ryland, who had the most angelic kitten face imaginable. She referred the agent to me, who came to “interview” Ryland. For this particular gig, Ryland would need to be ok around multiple people and multiple dogs. Problem was, Ryland was quite timid, and wasn’t about to have a personality transformation in the next week, when the commercial was being filmed. Enter Elvis – … [Read more...]