TAMMY REAL-MCKEIGHAN
News Editor
Alyssa Nickolite had to do with 3 years of ages when she attempted to smuggle a kitten.
The Fremont woman was visiting her uncle’s farm and found a little, multi-colored feline.
“I put her in the car trying to sneak her home,” she said.
Alyssa’s strategy didn’t work. Her mama, Kari Johnston, took the kitten out of the vehicle. Alyssa was disturbed — not understanding her mom had an even much better strategy.
Now 12 years of ages, Alyssa and her domestic shorthair cat, Bella, were at the Citywide Pet Show on Wednesday. The Fremont Parks and Recreation Department hosts the complimentary, yearly occasion at Christensen Field, where kids can reveal their family pets and receive certificates.
As in previous years, the program was divided into classifications for dogs, cats and various family pets, such as bunnies or Guinea pigs. A kid’s animal might win a certificate for having the fluffiest tail or most beautiful eyes or carrying out the coolest technique.
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With 15 entrants, the program is gradually rebounding after not occurring in 2020 or 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The program has actually had more entrants in previous years, however Wednesday afternoon was still a time when kids might speak about their family pets.
Alyssa remembered being sad about not getting to take the kitten home from her uncle’s farm.
But a couple weeks later on, she got a surprise at her 4th birthday celebration.
Her mama strolled into the living-room with a little kitten – the very same one Alyssa had actually attempted to slip home in the car.
“I was really surprised and I was really happy,” Alyssa kept in mind.
“And she squealed,” her mama included.
Alyssa held her kitten for the remainder of the birthday celebration.
The little woman called her cat, “Bellarina,” due to the fact that she liked ballet. She likewise liked the woman, Bella, in the animation film, “Beauty and the Beast.”
A couple weeks later on, Bella won “Best of Show” for cats at the citywide animal program. Bella won the next year and once again in 2022.
This year, Bella won “Best Cat in the Show.”
“A lot of people say she has a pretty face,” Johnston said.
Cats weren’t the only animals in the spotlight.
Nearby, Presley Yount had fun with her puppy, Gertie, a Bernedoodle — cross in between a Bernese mountain dog and golden doodle.
The 6-year-old Fremont woman had her curly black dog dressed up in a multi-colored t-shirt with a brilliant orange scrunchie hair tie around one leg and a brilliant blue one around the other.
Presley said her dog, Lulu, passed away about 2 years back.
“I was begging for another dog,” Presley said.
“She had a cute face,” the little woman said of her dog, now 2 years of ages.
Presley’s mama values the animal program.
“It has just been wonderful for the kids and I’ve always been a big believer in children with animals,” Raegan Yount said. “I think they learn so many lessons in life – taking care of an animal, bonding with an animal. There’s so many different things a child learns from having an animal.”
And at the city animal program, a kid like Presley can make a certificate if her puppy has the fluffiest tail at the occasion.
