Canuck O' The Week: Maverick

For my final Canuck O’ the Week, I decided to talk about a Canadian who I personally think is beautiful, majestic, kind—quite the stud muffin if you ask me. With a stunning black and white coat, vibrant green eyes and weighing a whopping 22 pounds, I introduce to you: Maverick Starbucks.

Before I talk about why Maverick deserves the honorary title of this week’s Canuck O’ the week, let me back track a little bit. First off, you may be wondering as to why I have a picture of Ryan Gosling. Well, firstly this is because Sir Ryan is indeed Canadian. Secondly (and most importantly), I wanted to grab your attention—I mean look at him, he’s beautiful.

I wanted to end my final post with someone who is close to home—although I would mind having Ryan Gosling a little closer to home. So Maverick, if you haven’t put the pieces together yet, is my 8-year-old cat that my family and I adopted from the local humane society back when I was in grade 5.

My brothers complain that Maverick doesn’t really do all that much, he just lounges, walks at a mesmerizingly slow pace, does his own thing and just, (for a lack of a better word) chills. To me, however, because he is able to lounge for hours, in all of his 22 pounds of glory, is exactly why he’s the best cat there is.

At this point you may be thinking, okay what’s the big whoop about this cat? Well, the reason I admire Maverick and his ability to do absolutely everything with the utmost nonchalance is because he has been through quite a lot. He has had not one but two hip replacements. He also has a heart murmur, asthma and a condition call atrophic cardio-myopathy. Despite all of this, he loves nothing more than waking everyone up at 6:30 a.m., laying out in the sun, drinking out of the sink, and taking up more than his fair share of the bed.

So congrats Maverick and keep on lounging!

Also, regarding his weight of 22 pounds—he’s not chubby…just big-boned!