guest publish by Sharon Eisen, DVM

I’m not supposed to like showing cats.  I’m supposed to tend to the needy, the homeless, as well as the ailing as well as ill cats of the world.  That’s what my conscience tells me.  however my ego tells me otherwise.  I want to have the most lovely feline of them all.  My pride wants everybody to ooh as well as ahh over my cat; the feline that I brought into the world by carefully choosing sire as well as dam, putting them together to make a most lovely kitten as well as then, cat.  I apologize to all the unwanted cats in the world as well as I swear, I like them too.

So, when Bentley, my most cherished British Shorthair feline won a finest in show at the Westchester feline show, I discovered myself crying as well as feeling an almost embarrassed joy.  The judge held Bentley method up in the air so everybody might see him.  She turned him sideways, stretched him out as well as explained the attributes that made this lilac colored feline the very best feline of the show.  I stood in the crowd with all the others, admiring his beauty, proud as well as swelling inside, understanding he was mine.  as well as then, he looked at me with his Cheshire grin as well as what I saw in his eyes was, “Look mom, we did it!”

That was in 1999.  Bentley went on to ended up being a ultimate grand champion cat, the greatest level of accomplishment in the feline fancy.  He was an worldwide winning cat, appeared in print ads, TV commercials as well as even had a gig on animal planet.  He liked every second of his life.  He was the only feline I ever understood that posed for the camera.  He delighted being in the limelight as well as liked interest he received. 

When I show back on the day that Bentley won finest In Show, I feel what I felt at that moment around again. sometimes it makes me cry from both unhappiness as well as joy.  That day is a gift, a treasure that I will always have.  Bentley taught me that’s it is okay to enjoy the guilty pleasures of life. 

Bentley died at the age of seven, succumbing to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a illness I didn’t understand he had up until he went in to congestive heart failure at the age of two.  He lived five as well as a half more great years.  as well as that was his other life lesson to me.  online in the moment; make memories as well as like with abandon.

I miss you. 

Your biggest admirer,

Sharon Eisen D.V.M.

Dr. Sharon Eisen has been a practicing veterinarian since 1984. In 1991 she realized her dream of opening a feline-only method in Brookfield, Connecticut. The total feline center was the extremely very first cats-only hospital in the state. While having as well as operating the clinic, Dr. Eisen has likewise been breeding cats for the past 15 years.  a few of her cats have appeared on television as well as have been top-ranking show cats with many ribbons to their credit; as well as others have just been lovely as well as treasured companions.  In addition to devoting her career to the care as well as wellbeing of cats, Dr. Eisen has an abiding rate of interest in the human/animal connection. She has conducted programs in elementary institutions to teach trainees about pet care.  She has led pet bereavement groups as well as she has brought cats as well as dogs into nursing houses to serve as pet therapists.

For many years, Dr. Eisen has wished to share the wonderful as well as compelling storiesof the cats she’s encountered. the time has lastly come.  Her book feline Tales – true like stories will take you on a journey of the heart as well as mind. 

Dr. Eisen lives in Danbury, Connecticut with her other half as well as four cats: Paco, Hershey, as well as Rosie as well as Pawlie Newman.

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2 comments on Bentley Wins finest In Show

Daniela Caride says:

December 3, 2009 at 12:07 pm

I am so sorry about your loss, Sharon. Bentley will always be in my heart after reading such a lovely recount.

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Elizabeth Spann Craig says:

December 2, 2009 at 10:29 am

Bentley appears like he was gorgeous! fantastic to discover a feline who enjoys the camera that much. thanks for sharing the story.

Elizabeth
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