Aaron Landry

(Post originally on Minnesota Meow)

Name: C. Bac
Nickname: Canadian Bacon, Grey Cat
Born: June 2003
Lives in: Ericsson, Minneapolis
Lives with: Erica and Terry Johnson and another cat, Roni

C. Bac, short for “Canadian Bacon,” was rescued from the Humane Society when he was a kitten after Erica saw a news story about a large influx of cats that needed to be placed in homes. His original name was Edison but as Erica’s sister had a cat named Chovie (short for “Anchovie”) and they are all devoted pizza fans, Edison got named Canadian Bacon. Chovie has since run away but C. Bac now lives with another cat, Roni (short for “Pepperoni”).

As Erica describes:

C. Bac’s the kind of cat that sees you looking at him from across the room and will coming running and beg to be pet. And no minor petting will do — he needs the full-on attention. It gets so bad that at some point you have to hide your hands so that he can’t rub his face on them to encourage you to pet him more!

One of his most bizarre habits involves licking plastic bags around the house. Nobody’s sure where he developed this interest but Erica says “it needs to stop.”

We’ve never thought of C. Bac to be very smart. We love him, as the big oaf that he is. When he and Chovie escaped the house we were surprised that C. Bac was the one that found his way home. We were sitting in our family room above our garage and heard a “meow, meow!” coming from outside. We looked out the window and on the hood of TJ’s car in the driveway was C. Bac screaming at the window. Unlike Chovie, he knew well enough not to wander far and did everything he could to get our attention and get back in the house. It was very sad when Chovie didn’t come home — and C. Bac roamed around the house crying for his friend.

C. Bac lives with his best friend Roni as well as TJ and Erica who are newlyweds that moved to Minneapolis a year and a half ago. TJ works as a application developer for Four51 and Erica work as a graphic designer and event planner for Public Affairs in Hennepin County. They enjoy playing ultimate frisbee, are avid Minnesota Wild fans, love movies and eating out. They’re looking forward to adding to their family soon — this time with less fur.

More photos of C. Bac can be found in Erica’s “Kitties” Gallery.