Black cats (and buns and dogs) rock! Simple as.
My stepmom was superstitious about black animals, especially cats, and I wasn't allowed any. When she passed away I brought home my first black cat, her name was Peepiceek, and she looked a lot like Brunhilda. She lived to be around 17 also but acquired vaccine related sarcoma and had to be helped across the Bridge in April of 99.
After I moved out on my own I had at least three black cats, one was my OH's cat Dracula. (Yes, he drew blood the first day he got him, so was named appropriately. :lol: ) He was a Persian cross though and lots of long, fluffy hair on that one. Oh said he was the best dog he ever had...as he would chase neighborhood dogs and trap them under cars. :roll:
We currently have one black American shorthair female who is about 14 years old, we got her the December after Peep passed. She's starting to have health problems so I expect she will leave us before long. But she's still quite the character and keeps me on my toes.
Our semi-feral Kitty and my daughter's dog (looks like a Corgi/border collie cross) are both black and white in many of the same places...they look like a set of bookends. :lol:
I enjoyed your post about your previous bunnies too, BYB...meant to post on their thread as well.