Maggie Wins!
Dallas Observer 2005 Best Store Cat

Our very own beautiful Maggie was chosen for the 2005 Best of Dallas Observer Awards – Best Store Cat. We are so happy for Maggie and she is loving the extra attention. Pick up this weeks Observer (Sept. 29-Oct.6) for a glimpse of our gorgeous girl.

"Luxuriating on her Tiger Dreamz pet bed as you walk in the door of the feline-friendly shop is Maggie, regal store cat. The deed might say that Anne and Jay Horwitz are the owners of The Cat Connection, but as her bio on www.catster.com states, she is the co-owner. Ask them, and well, they won't exactly deny it. Her lush tabby mug is all over the store's Web site, www.thecatconnection.com, and even printed up on her very own Texas pet driver's license displayed behind the counter. Maggie greets customers and does a good job pushing the merchandise. One look at her gobbling Kitty Kaviar or Feline Greenies and who needs to question how good it tastes? It's a sure sale if you can see her live in action...or inaction, rather. The otherwise cool and casual polydactyl (a.k.a. a Hemingway cat, meaning she has extra toes--seven on her front paws and six on her back) is only sensitive about two things: people poking her paws and prodding her belly. Hey, it's all right, Mags, those stripes of yours are naturally slimming."

Congratulations Maggie!

Dallas Observer

Photo taken by Observer Staff Photographer: Mark Graham