I've always had a soft spot in my heart for black animals, particularly black cats. My first two dogs were black... Diablo and Sundance... but I've had so many black cats starting with my boy Typo in the early '90s. They say black cats can be a little shy but very loving and I've found that to be spot on. My favorite cat of all time was a black stray kitten who wandered into my backyard in 2000. I named her Junior because she looked just like Typo and I thought Junior was actually a male cat but no, she was a girl. She brought her sister Slinky with her, also black.I've told this story before but because Junior and Slinky were feral cats, they were hard to tame. It took six months before I ...