We lost our Bassett Hound in 2003 after 13 years. Our son was grown and 11 years later we were thinking about adopting a kitten. We’d never had a cat before. We came across a kitten named Dapper Dan at HSHV. When our son was little (late 1980’s), they had a doll-like toy named Dapper Dan which taught the child how to dress. Came with laces for shoes, buttons, zippers etc…our son loved it! In fact, we still have it in his keepsakes. We hadn’t thought of Dapper Dan for years and now all of a sudden this cute little grey/white kitten was named Dapper Dan and we just knew we had to go see him. Dapper was estimated to be 2 months old. He must have had a rough start in life because when we went to see him he didn’t like us or being held. We put him back and looked at the other kitties but just knew we had to give Dapper Dan a chance. We adopted him that same day and he has been such a joy! He still isn’t a big fan of people, but we love him and give him the best care we can. He just had his 6 birthday on 7/9/2020. Of course we kept his name!

Dapper Dan