LBK

When we moved into our house about 5 years ago, there was a neighborhood cat who used to hang out on our porch. This cat also hung out on other porches, but seemed to like ours the best. She did not, however, like us. She would run any time anyone came up the porch steps or out the door, but we'd look out there and see her huddled up, trying to stay warm in the winter. We put out a covered litter box with towels on the bottom in hopes that she'd move in there to at least stay warm and we started feeding her. She did eventually move into the box. She still wasn't interested in us. We started trying to make friends and very slowly, she started to accept that friendship. Its literally taken years... This summer we made pretty good progress. Its gone from her only running from us sometimes when we try to pet her to pretty much letting us pet her whenever we offer. We are hoping to avoid her having to be outside all winter and are trying to coax her into the house, or at least let her know she is welcome in the house. So we've been giving her wet cat food and milk in the house. Its doing the trick. we started with just putting it inside the door and now we put it clear in the other room. We started leaving the front door open and now she'll come into the living room and meow until we give her some snacks. The first couple times we closed the door behind her she totally freaked out. Now, she's reluctantly learning to use the cat flap in the back to get out when she finds herself trapped. A couple times when we've been watching tv, she's come up to the couch, hopped up, and hung out on our laps, much to our surprise. She even purrs. The other night when I was making our props, she started playing with the ribbon. I think we have ourselves a kitty.

She was always just the kitty on the porch so we've always referred to her as Little Black Kitty, or LBK.