Clee cat again, I am so pleased with him, he has had three jobs in less than a year & done so well on them all.
It was a shame that we had dogs on the shoot and they weren’t good with cats so we had to leave Clee in his crate hidden up a corner, the one dog had a bark at him and I was worried this was going to make him nervous for the rest of the day. Clee likes to be with us and I also didn’t know whether he would settle in his crate. To start with he protested but then he surprised me by settling really well, we would check on him and have him out for a fuss every now and then.
Our first time on set was just basics again, cats take a couple of times on set to settle, they aren’t like dogs. He was a bit wary as to where the dog was to start with but he settled nicely and towards the end he was doing some nice sits and walking from Kay to me and back. There was another cat there and he was quite happy with that so I was glad of that too!
Back on set again and we got Clee playing and got him to stretch and lie down and reach up with a paw. He couldn’t have been any more relaxed, he was sooooo good. The photographer got an awesome shot of him reaching his paw towards camera – such a shame I can’t have any, I would have loved a copy of that.
After lunch the models were in and they were pretend vets who had to hold him on the vet table. To start with he was held by the female model and she hadn’t got much experience with animals but they didn’t do too badly at all and Clee didn’t get fed up with being messed about with. After a break we then had him with the male model and he was a bit awkward with Clee, but Clee was such a star and didn’t get fed up or stressed at all, I thought he might get a bit angry about being messed about with so much but he didn’t at all. After another break we had him on the table with both models and he was so relaxed he was almost dropping off!
Finally the last shot was getting him to interact with the female model while she was lying on the floor, so getting him playing and sitting in front of her looking to camera etc. He was fab again and as laid back as he had been all day – at this point it was 7pm so it was a long day for him.
He couldn’t have been any better, everyone thinks it is hilarious he has his squeezy cheese and he became known as Mr Cheese!! On set from 9am – 7.30pm – with a 3 hour drive there and 3 hour back it was a really long day but he was absolutely fab, I couldn’t have asked for more! Really proud of the little Tiger!
