The Cats Part 3: Barney

Barney was picked up by a co-worker at a gas station where he had been seen multiple times eating out of a dumpster. He jumped right into her car when she called him and went right on home with her. She called him "barn kitty" and although she was quite fond of him had to find a new place for him to live due to personal circumstances. I agreed to try out "barn kitty" as another barn cat at our house and so he became Barney the barn cat!

Barney is a lazy cat. He loves to sleep and eat and will run into the house and find a comfortable place to spend the night if you let him. He is a very curious and social cat-always hanging out wherever people are outside and watching any activity that goes on. He walks under the horse during shoeing, gets on the hay during unloading, and wanders around and on the agility equipment during training. Barney is also very sweet and not shy at all. He's pretty easy to deal with unless he's getting any kind of injection-he does not like needles! And at 15 pounds (he's now dieting!) he can be pretty scary if he wants to be.

Barney is very territorial. He does not allow any other cats in our yard and will spend all night waiting up to make sure he keeps them run off if needs too. He has been injured in more than one fight but lately seems to be winning them all or else just scaring them off with a growl. He and Lefty are the best of friends however, and he never bothers the house cats when he comes inside.

Although Barney rarely hunts anything besides cat food we did come home once and find him lying in the barn next to a freshly killed adult rabbit. Since it is doubtful that a rabbit just wandered into the barn to die and Lefty was nowhere to be seen we had no choice but to assume that Barney had caught and killed this rabbit!

Barney rarely leaves the yard and is a very handsome addition to our outdoor zoo- and sometimes our indoor zoo too.