Lady and Poncho
It is high time we feature a completely cat family, don't you think? Well, this is a great one! Meet the Muller family! We love this family and their wonderful cats! Our day is made every time they come in!
Tell us about your family – humans and pets!
We are Daniel and Lauren Muller. We have a one year old son, Max and two cats, Lady and Poncho!
What do the adults in the family do for a living and for fun?
We own a photography studio in Benson, Mullers Photography. We specialize in wedding photography, and we love it!
For fun we mostly love traveling, being outside and anything food related.
What does Max do for fun?
Max just turned one, so he mostly loves to get into anything and everything that he's not supposed to. He loves the cats, and "dat" (cat) has been one of his first words. He doesn't understand why they don't want to play with him just yet.
Tell us more about the pets you have now and the pets you have had in the past.
We adopted Lady and Poncho as kittens. They are brother and sister and couldn't be more different.
Lady lives up to her name and is a sweetheart.
Poncho is rowdy and always looking for trouble.
We adopted the kittens after we lost our cat Leonard a few years ago. Leonard was the biggest, rowdiest cat of them all and lives on in legend. He broke a lot of glasses through the years, and his favorite toy was a hammer...if that gives any indication. But we loved him!
Tell us about when you first met the Gentle Doctor team or a story about the team others may not know.
We first met the Gentle Doctor team three years ago and have been huge fans since day one! We have experience with other vets and have never felt like our pets have been so genuinely liked and cared for. The staff is friendly, knowledgable and kind.
One time when we visited, we walked and didn't see anyone. Well, we didn't see any humans, just a small dog sitting at the reception desk :)
Do you have wisdom about any medical conditions that you could share with someone who is perhaps just starting to walk their pet through a similar situation?
Lady has a bladder issue we discovered a few months after we got her. She was urinating constantly - always in the bathtub. There was blood in her urine, and she would crouch and shake as if she were in pain. It turned out that she had crystals in her urine. We brought her in and Shawn put her on a special food that has completely resolved the issue. We were so worried!
Semi-related - we did not have our cats declawed. Poncho in particular is a bit of a scratcher when he is playing, and we were very worried when we were pregnant with our son that he would end up (accidentally) scratching the baby.
Even though Poncho is very feisty with us he seems to have a sense about Max and has been very careful around him. We still keep a close eye on Poncho when they are together but hopefully that can be an encouragement to anyone who might be worried about the same thing!