That’s me! Checking in for my every other year post. His name was Cadbury. He passed away 2 years ago. For a guy who hated cats when I bought him for my wife (she was just my GF then) he ended up being an awesome pet.
He had gigs for Western Union, Pier 1, Samsung, Target, TXU, and his picture was on the bottle for all “Out” brand stain remover. He did other stuff but those were the big brands.
If I recall his pay was between $75-$125 an hour. We had 2 years where we made $2500 or more from it, but at that point we didn’t even care about the money, we just thought the whole thing was hilarious.
How it all started is that we randomly got a message from this lady on Facebook telling us she was a “pet agent” and that she had saw a picture of our cat through a mutual friend. Of course my wife and I thought it was a troll or something, but after Googling the lady and her business, we realized it was legit. She set up for us to bring the cat in for a “test shoot” one day. We brought him in and after about 5 minutes, the lady said “okay, he passed!” Apparently, as long as the pet didn’t immediately run and hide under the desk/table, they “passed” the test shoot. She started booking him for commercials and print ads right after that.
Hope all of you are doing okay!