This is possibly the quintessential family dog combined with a cozy cat. When I think of golden retrievers these days I get all these images from the 1950’s and 1960’s- station wagons, picnics-“See the USA in your Chevrolet” sort of stuff. I am normally not in a nostalgia mode but operating right here and now or creating all kinds of things in the future but this particular dog seems to park me in the past. We didn’t even have a golden retriever, a station wagon or a Chevy. I think I have been watching too many old movies.

As for the cat, I feel nothing of the sort except that it is easy to imagine people in ancient China or Egypt or India sitting around their homes and petting a nice, fluffy longhaired cat. (or, at least a cat of some kind). Cat petting, like making cat jewelry, is a timeless activity shared by many cultures which has no end in sight. Perhaps world leaders at their summit meetings should pass out cats to each attendee. With a purring kitty to pet on each official’s lap they might find they all have something in common as human beings and start to like each other a bit better. You don’t need an interpreter to pet a cat.

So, I think this golden retriever and long haired cat name badge would make a marvelous gift item and might even promote world peace!

 

The home page for two animal name badges includes such classices as this pewter Great Dane and fluffy cat head name tag.