Cat named Pudding rescues owner hours after his adoption

MSNBC Today ^ | Feb 23, 2012 | Laura T. Coffey

[Ready4Freddy]

Feline rouses woman from diabetic seizure by jumping on her chest, swatting her face

Pudding the cat is big. He is orange. He is laid-back. And he’s a lifesaver.

Just ask Amy Jung. The 36-year-old Wisconsin resident credits 21-pound Pudding with saving her from the grip of diabetic seizure mere hours after she adopted him from a local animal shelter.

“If something or someone hadn’t pulled me out of that, I wouldn’t be here,” Jung told the Green Bay Press-Gazette newspaper.

Here’s what happened: On Feb. 8, Jung visited the Door County Humane Society with her son, Ethan. She had no intention of adopting a pet; she and her son just wanted to play with the cats, who are allowed to roam free at the no-kill shelter.

But, as can happen with felines and humans, Pudding and Jung felt a strong and immediate connection.

“He just gravitated to her,” Door County Humane Society Executive Director Carrie Counihan told TODAY.com.

Jung made an on-the-spot decision to bring Pudding home. Always a calm and relaxed guy, Pudding took to his new digs right away, displaying not a hint of skittishness on his first day there.

[siamesecats]

I swear those great big orange cats are the best! I had one, and he was fantastic!!

[Slings and Arrows]

That there are.

[Slings and Arrows]

I love ‘em all.

[Grizzled Bear]

Pudding came from a litter of four cats. The other three are named Georgie, Porgie and Pie.

Sorry...couldn’t resist.

[boatbums]

Lucky lady. The typical cat reaction is:

[Yardstick]

Check out this laid back big orange fella:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWIjfDJVsHU

[beaversmom]

Cute :)

[beaversmom]

We like the Orange ones so much we got four:

Alfie, King of the Jungle,
Shelter cat adopted 2000

Cleo, rescued by us from a
field in Southern Colorado
in November 2010.
Her story here:

Ruby, Shelter Cat
Adopted March 2011

Ham, Shelter Cat,
Adopted December 2011
This guy is the typical Orange:
outgoing, laid back, smart,
and a lover

[beaversmom]

We were looking for another orange cat this past December and one of the prospects was a Norwegian Forest cat mix. This cat was the biggest, fluffiest, most beautiful cat I’ve ever seen. If we had to just go by looks, I would have adopted her, but she was a little shy and had a couple of other issues so I didn’t think she would be a good match for our busy, little household. When we went back a couple of days later, she had been adopted. See post above to see what we got instead.

[pbmaltzman]

Give that cat a medal! And some catnip!