I just switched my black long haired cat to a dry cat food supposedly specially formulated for long haired cats and she is way more shiny than before. Hoping next summer it helps with the knots. Last year I had to get her butt shaved!

My cat also pokes me. Drives me nuts if I am wearing nice clothes. She needs to be touching me at all times.

I got a puppy whose mother was a hunting dog, a Brittany, but the puppy was gun shy so she would have been culled. She was the best dog ever. I bet Gumbo was sent to the shelter because he was useless for hunting. And now he has the best life ever!!