Well it all started with looking for a new family pet. As always we sat down to family dinner to discuss the idea. Dad had his eye on a Golden Retriever and our oldest had his heart set on a cat. Dad wanted a pet that you could train and could be a family friend. Our oldest wanted a pet that was a little more cuddly and small enough that he could hold and entice with his boyish charm. Our youngest couldn’t stop saying cat. Dad felt out numbered and was looking to mom to even out the odds. Mom decided to look to the internet for some intervention. Low and behold came the BENGAL. Beautiful to the eye with it’s striking coat and intriguing with it’s wild image. The characteristics which we were looking for seemed to keep adding up. Short hair, minimal shedding, many reports of no pet allergy, highly intelligent that was on dad’s list, one of a kind that took care of mom and very energetic and playful, just what our oldest wanted and it was a cat, surely this would satisfy our youngest curiosity and venture for discovery. It didn’t take long for all of us to be convinced this was the pet for us. Once we started searching for our perfect addition to our family, I think dad came in a close second place for the most anxious category. So close that is, I could be wrong about the second place.