Chardonnay

ChardonnayChardonnay the kitten was found and cared for by Jake, the old, resident dog of a local vineyard in Paso Robles, Ca. Jake took care of Chardonnay and treated her like one of his own when she was born, tending to her fur and letting her snuggle with him during naptime. Chardonnay has found a permanent home at the vineyard now as well as a place in Jake’s heart.

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Comment by Michaela in Kansas
2006-11-07 15:11:36

hi! this kitten is so cute!! i love the story that goes with it!! its so sweet! the story and the kitten!

 
Comment by Tarah
2006-11-07 15:12:14

How sweet! I love that the kitten was saved by a dog!!

 
Comment by Chuck in Colorado
2006-11-07 15:37:57

What a cutie! Way to go Jake, must be a real cool dog.

 
Comment by Jennifer
2006-11-07 15:42:26

Fermented Fuzz!

 
Comment by anji
2006-11-07 15:43:49

how cute, and i love the name, it fits so well :) i hope things are back up and running well on TDK, i have missed my daily ‘fix’ for the last few days

 
Comment by Madeleine
2006-11-07 15:44:19

Too adorable for words!

 
Comment by Heather
2006-11-07 15:44:22

Oh, its time for another fuzz? I’m running a day behind…just saw Nyan and very cute tiny fuzzy wonder.

Chardonnay is cute too, just in a laidback guy kitty kind of way. lol

 
Comment by Dee from Tampa
2006-11-07 15:47:34

What a great story! And the new site looks great, Kittenmaster!

 
Comment by The Kittenmaster
2006-11-07 15:54:06

Sorry about all the downtime, we had a spot of bother with the blogging software we were using. The site will be a bit wobbly for a little while longer while I get things fixed, so bear with us if you see any strange messages or wonky looking pages.

Comment by Alicia
2006-11-07 21:40:52

Thank you for all the work you do. The site looks great and the kittens just keep getting sweeter every day.

 
Comment by Debby in Philly
2006-11-07 22:06:17

I am a longtime lurker. Thank you for all of your work. I always come here when I need a kitten fix. The new format is great.

 
 
Comment by ppearson in KY
2006-11-07 15:58:15

Kittenmaster, the new and improved TDK looks great. I for one am grateful for all the work and time you put into this little community. Chardonnay is a beautiful little girl with gorgeous green eyes. I hope she and Jake have long and happy lives together.

 
Comment by caroline
2006-11-07 16:04:18

Welcome back TDK! I’ve missed my “fix”.
This little orange cutie is sweet.
I like the story of her doggie caretaker, so sweet! :)

 
Comment by Dee from Tampa
2006-11-07 16:20:34

Fun quiz at the following link: Boy cat or Girl cat? Try to guess by the 20 photos. It’s harder than it seems–I only got 10 out of 20 correct!

http://cats.about.com/library/BoyGirlCatQuiz/blphotoquizboygirl.htm

Comment by Cathi in NC
2006-11-08 03:19:20

I also got 10 out of 20, Dee! I think we need to study harder.
I love the story of Chardonnay and Jake. He looks quite content with himself now.

 
Comment by Susie from hilliard
2006-11-08 16:02:27

I got 12 out of 20 right………..

 
 
Comment by Dee from Tampa
2006-11-07 16:57:15

Kittenmaster: While I like the time stamp on each post on the new site, will each post be numbered? I’m asking this since we can’t directly reply to a post by “attaching” on to it….

 
Comment by rorye
2006-11-07 17:01:10

What lovely eyes!

 
Comment by rorye
2006-11-07 17:08:49

Dee, I got 13 out of 20 right. I seem to think more cats are boys than girls, but maybe that’s just because I like my tomcats.

 
Comment by gladys
2006-11-07 17:11:32

I love these little butterscotch tigers…Tabbies are my favorite!

 
Comment by Bridget
2006-11-07 17:34:22

I love the orange babies.

 
Comment by Evangeline from Montreal Canada
2006-11-07 17:52:51

Hello Kittenmaster, Love the new look. I’m also wondering if we will be able to reply to each other…That was fun.

Gorgeous ginger fuzzbutt and a lovely story to go with it!

 
Comment by Evangeline from Montreal Canada
2006-11-07 18:01:24

Dee, I got 15 out of 20, due mostly to luck, I think:))

 
Comment by Mary
2006-11-07 18:02:03

What an adorable little orange angel. I think its great when animals take care of each other, especially dogs and cats.

I’m glad you’re back up and running. I can’t do without my daily dose of kitten cuteness.

 
Comment by Kathy from VA
2006-11-07 18:11:53

hmmm I’m wondering the same thing, I love reply to other people especially the one’s who think like I do and that’s practically everyone on here…..
Chardonnay is beautiful and my fav…an orange kitty…!

 
Comment by Teresa, Mittens & Rocky
2006-11-07 18:14:31

Oh my! Oh my! I was going through withdrawls the past few days! Thank you Kittenmaster for not letting it go on any longer! Ha ha. The new site looks great!! I’m overjoyed that the kitties are back.
I’m with Dee & Evangeline, will we be able to reply to each other?
Chardonnay is so adorable and cuddley. Kiss kiss. Great story about Chardonnay and Jake. Reminds me of my sister’s cat Mister and his doggie sidekicks Gussie & Dutch. All of Paso Robles, CA, I might add.

 
Comment by caroline
2006-11-07 18:15:37

Dee, I got 14 out of 20 on the boy cat /girl cat quiz!

 
Comment by Arcalian
2006-11-07 18:21:03

*Red Red Wine FUZZ*

Does Chardonnay act like a dog at all?

 
Comment by CatRancher from Iowa
2006-11-07 18:21:59

Thank goodness! My TDK withdrawals were severe. I was barely able to work yesterday!

Love the new look!

 
Comment by CatRancher from Iowa
2006-11-07 18:24:31

Chardonnay is a white is in not? But sounds better than Merlot or Cabernet for a “red” cat. In any event, Chardonnay is purrfectly beautiful!

 
Comment by Esther
2006-11-07 18:48:10

Holy moly, I got 17/20!

can you tell I want a cat really bad?

Comment by Cathi in NC
2006-11-08 03:21:19

…or you studied real hard!

 
 
Comment by HV in HMB, CA
2006-11-07 18:51:10

Lovely ginger girl!! And love the story…..
Also thanks to the KittenMaster for the site… nice update and glad you are back today.. thought I was going to expire from lack of cute fuzziness.
I have to also say, I liked the ‘reply’ feature. And I got 14 out of 20 on the boy/girl thing…. I would have guessed wrong on Miss Chardonnay too… I have not yet met a ginger fuzz girl… only boys….

 
Comment by Dee from Tampa
2006-11-07 18:51:26

First bad Thanksgiving joke, coming up…

Q: Why did the turkey join the band?

A: Because he had drumsticks!

Comment by Susan in GA
2006-11-08 02:42:03

Oh Dee that was a fowl joke!
I am in seventh heaven I am kitty sitting for my brother and sister-in-law cat as they are in Charleston. Their youngest daughter gave birth tonight to a little girl she has a boy already.
I love the kisses I get from Petey first thing in the morning just have to drink coffee inbetween smooches.

 
 
Comment by caroline
2006-11-07 18:52:56

I would love to see a photo of Jake and Chardonnay together!

Comment by carebear
2006-11-07 21:44:09

Me, too!! I love pictures of dogs and kitties together! Or, if not appropriate to this site, maybe the owner of the pic could post a link to a site with those pics!? Thanks!

 
 
Comment by apl
2006-11-07 19:00:17

Dogs love baby kitties. What a beauty she is. I miss my orange kitty being little like that. Why don’t they put her on a wine label?

 
Comment by Rosie
2006-11-07 19:30:23

*Footballer’s Wife FUzz!*

 
Comment by Dee from Tampa
2006-11-07 19:32:54

Happy voting US residents!

 
Comment by Dee from Tampa
2006-11-07 19:36:43

By the way, I just finished the book Marley & Me. What a great read! If you’re a baby, like me, you will cry many times throughout the book—mostly happy tears.

Comment by Evangeline from Montreal Canada
2006-11-07 22:37:34

Hey Dee, looks like we got our wish re replying! I just bought Marley and Me and a book called From “Baghdad with Love” A true story about a Marine who rescued and brought home to the US a puppy named Lava..(available at Amazon.com)

Comment by Dee from Tampa
2006-11-07 22:48:21

I’m so glad we can reply to each other! Tell me when you finish Marly & Me so we can discuss it!

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Comment by Carolyn
2006-11-10 02:26:02

I loved the book ,too
My cat oves to be with my dog. The dog couldn’t care less

 
 
Comment by Lisa
2006-11-07 19:49:47

Ack! Orange tiger alert! What a dollface. We love the gingerbabies ’round our house! So, so cute.

 
Comment by Lisa
2006-11-07 19:51:02

(Sitemaster/mistress, the new site looks absolutely smashing.)

 
Comment by m in athens
2006-11-07 19:54:11

Ha! Take that, simplistic binary explanations for “maternal” behavior!

 
Comment by Dee from Tampa
2006-11-07 20:00:20

Please sign the Animals Matter To Me Global Petition (You can post photos of your pets, as well.)

WSPA is joining animal welfare organisations across the world to build a petition of 10 million signatures that will be sent to the United Nations to persuade governments to adopt an international agreement on the welfare of animals.

http://www.wspa-international.org/news.asp?newsID=289&type=0

 
Comment by Dee from Tampa
2006-11-07 20:02:57

Please sign the Animals Matter To Me Global Petition (You can post photos of your pets, as well.)

http://www.wspa-international.org/news.asp?newsID=289&type=0

 
Comment by Theresa-Cat's Momma
2006-11-07 20:08:07

Love the new look and I’m glad TDK is back.

 
Comment by Dee from Tampa
2006-11-07 20:10:25

Kittenmaster: When you get a spare moment, could you please inform us of the differences with this new format? Is there a word/length limit? And I could not post what I had cut and paste from another site a while back. Are these just the temporary “bugs” to which you were referring?

 
Comment by Edna and Sheri
2006-11-07 20:15:58

Couldn’t get on yesterday. Kept getting ‘page cannot be displayed’ notice. Is this going to be your new format?

Such a dear kitty! God bless her always. :)

 
Comment by Renee in Arkansas
2006-11-07 20:17:21

What a sweet little ginger kitty, love the story. I’m glad TDK is back, I missed my kitten pics. Hello Dee, glad you are back. I’m wondering too, Kittenmaster, will we be able to reply to each other. I really enjoyed doing that. That, along with the pictures, brightened my day.

 
Comment by CaddyCat in NJ
2006-11-07 20:47:42

Sweet Chardonay Fuzz!
Jake sounds like a wonderful Pup! How wonderful of him to care so much!

Kittenmaster: Thanks for putting all the time in to this site. It is very appreciated.

 
Comment by Dee from Tampa
2006-11-07 20:50:17

Did anyone see the Faith Hill clip, yet? It’s so obvious she was joking— I can’t believe so many people are upset with her. (And, for the record, I’m not a country music fan—just giving my two cents.)

Comment by CatRancher from Iowa
2006-11-08 14:20:39

Is the clip online somewhere that I can see it? I VOTED and I am happy today…especially that I won’t receive anymore calls from political parties!

 
 
Comment by Dee from Tampa
2006-11-07 21:06:44

There are a few good free samples (they change daily) at Walmart’s site at the following link—make sure to scroll all the way down…

http://walmart.triaddigital.com/Free-Samples.aspx

 
Comment by Karin
2006-11-07 21:09:17

This kitty reminds me of my former neighbor’s cat, Dominick. Dominick was a rascal and got into all sorts of mischief. If you chirup at him, he would come like a dog and play fetch with you.

Kittenmaster: I am very glad to see TDK is back up as I was having withdrawals from not seeing the kittens. The new look is very nice but I agree with Dee regarding making it so we can reply to a particular person’s posting.

Thank you for making the site possible. It is a joy to see the kittens and read the postings. Makes my morning a joy.

 
Comment by Tom M
2006-11-07 21:14:02

Well, I would watch out, Jake. This adorable kitten is probably already plotting a takeover.

 
Comment by Rosie in SA
2006-11-07 21:16:05

Love the girl - Always wanted a red headed baby!
My dog was rescued by my cat! She would climb in the box with the litter, then when they were older she litter box trained the whole bunch! I love stories like Chardonnay’s!
PS: got 15/20 on the quiz

 
Comment by The Kittenmaster
2006-11-07 21:27:28

Right, I’m not sure whether we can do threaded comments, but I’ll look into it. We’re running on completely different software now so lots of the old features will be missing until I find replacements for the new version. The old version had the small drawback of being completely broken, though, so hopefully this is an improvement on that…

Dee, I don’t know what the limit is on how long comments can be, but if you’re cutting and pasting stuff from other sites it might fall foul of our spam filter, that’s all I can think of there.

Comment by The Kittenmaster
2006-11-07 21:37:35

There, that should do it.

Comment by Dee from Tampa
2006-11-07 21:42:46

A Master AND a Wizard! Thank you, Kittenmaster!

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Comment by Rosie in SA
2006-11-07 21:28:12

Love those red headed babies!! Miss my little red bunny cat. Too funny the dog rescuing the cat - lol. My cat rescued my dog!! Sheloved him, groomed him, litterbox trained him and tried to teach him to climb the tree! Now that was funny!!!
Got 15/20 on the quiz.

 
Comment by Dee from Tampa
2006-11-07 21:30:40

Britney Spears filed for divorce today—-shocking! (haha)

 
Comment by RMC
2006-11-07 22:08:56

We want to see Jake too!

 
Comment by angela
2006-11-07 22:09:18

What a sweet little tiger. She looks like she’s ploting some kind of trouble. Love the new look Kittenmaster. Thanks Dee for that link to the quiz. I got 12/20 but it wasn’t fair, some of those kitties were to cute to be boys. :)

 
2006-11-07 22:19:26

Thats such a sweet story!

 
Comment by kathy
2006-11-07 22:26:24

oh my - how just sweet is she???? Very pretty color & what a sweet dog he must be.

 
Comment by Evangeline from Montreal Canada
2006-11-07 22:43:59

Hi Kittenmaster,forgot to add - you rock! Thanks for all your work
this is the loveliest site on the net.

 
Comment by callie's mom
2006-11-07 22:57:44

Yes, Kittenmaster Love the web site…so glad someone takes the time to give back a bit of happiness to the world when so much is negative. I loved the cat yesterday….lol….

 
Comment by Teresa, Mittens & Rocky
2006-11-07 23:14:25

Love those pretty green kitty eyes.
Wow Kittenmaster. The site gets better and better each time I visit! Thank you so much for you hard work and dedication!

 
Comment by taylor from tennessee
2006-11-07 23:23:58

awww how cute any one actully out there im lonely talk to meee!!!!!

 
Comment by Susan in GA
2006-11-08 02:49:19

Kittenmaster/mistress I take back my comment of yesterday about trying to justify your paycheck. The site is very nice and I am so glad we can comment on postings. Thank you.

 
Comment by Teresa, Mittens & Rocky
2006-11-08 04:11:09

Since Paso Robles wines (Central Coast wines in general) are becoming better known, which winery does Miss Chardonnay and Mr Jake reside? We live in Los Osos and frequently go to the North County to visit family. We would love to visit.

 
Comment by moonbiter
2006-11-08 14:41:27

Your RSS newsfeeds are now broken. They should not start with http//.

 
Comment by Bev in MA
2006-11-09 01:24:13

What a cutie! Both kitty and photographer! Reminds me of another kitty from 1985, Ginger.

 
Comment by melissa
2006-11-09 21:03:01

and some people belive that cats and dogs can not get along at all i love this story!

 
Comment by Gary
2006-11-10 01:09:08

Thanks to the Kittenmaster for the hard work and great pics. My orange boys are wondering how their pic got online. What a sweet kitty!

You sexers might be interested to know that the probability of getting between 9 and 15 correct answers by guessing the sex of twenty cats is almost 75%. You’d have to get 14 or more consistently to pass my maths class though.

Comment by ANNAKRICK
2006-11-22 20:48:02

THAT IS VERY BAD TO PUT ONLINE BECUSE MY KIDS GO ON THIS WEB SITE DONT DO THIS ONE AGAIN OR I WILL CALL THE COURT HOUSE!!!!

 
 
Comment by rosannejoy
2006-11-11 06:09:47

Can we see a piccie of Jake?

 
Comment by Patiod
2006-11-13 16:31:08

Which vineyard? We just returned from Paso Robles, and met quite a few vineyard dogs (Meridian’s were huge and sleepy, Rabbit Ridge’s was old and friendly) and one winery cat (a three-legged tabby basking in the sun outside Four Vines/Rotta)

 
Comment by jacen
2006-11-21 20:13:27

cute

 
Comment by ANNAKRICK
2006-11-22 20:52:48

IT REMINDS ME OF MY CAT TOM TOM . HE WAS A VERY HANSOME CAT ALL THE GIRL CATS WOULD CASE HIM .BUT NOW I MOVED AWAY IN THE CITY AND DONT SEE HIM BUT WHEN I GO SEE MY AUNT HE ALL WAYS RUNS TO ME THANKS FOR SHARING THE PICTURE ONLINE THANKS AGAIN ANNA

 
Comment by ANNAKRICK
2006-11-22 20:55:04

HAY IM SORRY ISAID THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT SOME ONES ELSES COMENT

 
Comment by cuty
2007-02-26 21:53:22

awww so cute

 
Comment by Samia
2007-03-13 10:13:46

looks just like my kitty Heera!

 
Comment by petergxmq
2007-04-17 08:45:16

Keep working!

 
Comment by Deb
2007-04-20 05:58:29

cats and dogs are the best thanks for helping save the babys all they want to do is be loved your are nice people

 
Comment by Deb
2007-04-20 05:59:49

from Edmonton Alberta