"Boots" is a very special guy and we love him so. He was originally adopted by my wife about ten years ago in Chicago at the age of 12 weeks from a local group who rescued and (re)homed alley cats. At the time he was in pretty rough condition with a broken tail, broken nose and severely under-nourished. She took him to a veterinarian clinic where he then got proper treatment including getting fixed, de-clawed and had to have half of his tail amputated. She then brought him home and letterbox trained him and he started his new life of love and happiness.