Shelby

* Adult
* Puppy

**Shelby Cash** (July 8, 2009 - June 28, 2022) was Steve Cash's dog and best friend. Shelby was the third oldest pet Steve ever got; the first being **Sylvester** and the second being **Ibanez**. Shelby made her first appearance in the episode *"Talking Kitty Cat 3 - Kitty Bath"*. Shelby is a very playful and happy-go-lucky dog.

Since Steve's death, Shelby was no longer living with Celia and was given to Darcy, who is the bass guitarist for their band Pause For The Cause.

On June 28, 2022, Shelby passed away. Her death was confirmed by the admin of the Facebook fan page for Steve Cash and the Talking Kitty Cat series.

## Biography

Baby Shelby was born to a yellow lab named Daisy in a litter of black and yellow labradors. Then 'Steve Cash figure out that he wanted a dog, went to his friend's House to ask for a puppy. His friend gave him a female black lab puppy, and Steve decided to name her Shelby. 'Steve Cash brought Shelby to his home on March 30th 2010. Sylvester was angry and didn’t like Shelby right away.

Shelby got bigger over time. She started to like cat food, bacon, and hamburgers. She would get bacon for her birthday. She still ate cat food even though Sylvester was pissed about it, to the point of wanting to kill her.

## Shelby Can "Talk"

Steve always joked around saying dogs couldn't talk, despite the fact his cats can, but one day that saying would somewhat be put to rest. In the episode *"Talking Kitty Cat 22 - Dogs Can't Talk",* Steve tries to discover who bit through a wire that connected to a TV speaker. Of course, Sylvester denies it, but there was no way to tell if Shelby did it, or even witness it until Steve got an idea. Steve remembers Pixar's 2009 movie, *"Up",* and how the dogs in it all had translation collars that would speak whatever came to the dogs' heads. Drawing inspiration from the invention, Steve went to work, and eventually completed his very own translation collar titled the "K9 Neuron Energy to Audio Converter Collar". Using its wave-receptors, an 8-bit audio interface, and a mobile text-to-speech program, the collar helps Steve to understand what Shelby is thinking. When the collar is around her neck and turned on, we (the viewers watching) are able to get a better understanding of Shelby's personality. Shelby is a bit erratic with her thoughts as she'll sometimes repeat one word or phrase over and over, or she'll provide actual sentences telling you how she is, her response to a question, etc. Unfortunately Her Neuron energy collar broke when she submerged it in water as she was drinking.

## Favorite and Worst Things

### Likes

She likes Hamburgers, Gibson, Random Kitty, Double cheeseburger with only ketchup, Double cheeseburger, McDonald's, KFC, Gibbyson, Squeaky Toys, Swallowing squeakers, Sylvester (to a degree), Steve Cash, Bacon, Cat food (A.K.A. Wet food), Kittens, Back Rubs, Hotdogs, Stealing Hot Dogs From Sylvester, Sylvester's birthday cake, Massive bones, and The Random Gibsons

### Dislikes

Her dislikes are Todd, Getting death threats from Sylvester ,The Landlord Getting her feelings hurt by Sylvester, Being called something, Being beaten up by GG, Being beaten up by Sylvester, Being insulted by Sylvester, Moving, Getting told off by Steve, Sylvester (to a degree), and Being held back.

### Fears

Her dangerous fears ever are Sylvester's death threats, Being punished by Steve, Being kicked out by Sylvester, Being neglected, and Sylvester (at times).

## Abilities

* Eating Cat Food: When Shelby appeared in Episode 23 no more nice kitty, she ate some of Sylvester's cat food.
* Speech: Once Shelby has a K9 Neuron Energy Audio Converter Collar being weared as a necktie or a costume on her neck, she is able to speak some English.

## Gallery

Optional ImageThe specifics to the K9 Neuron Energy to Audio Converter Collar.
## Trivia

* Shelby was also born sometime in 2009, but has been with Steve Cash since she was 8 weeks old.
* Shelby has a strong fear of death threats from Sylvester.
* Shelby, technically speaking, she was first mentioned in the episode, Talking Kitty Cat 2 - Wake Up and Meet the New Dog, where Steve excitedly informs Sylvester that they got a puppy. Shelby never actually made an appearance in the episode though due to Sylvester not being in the mood to see her.
* Shelby sometimes has to wear her soft cloth diaper whenever she's in heat and bleeding from her vagina.
* Shelby was best friends with Gibson and they would often hang around each other up until his death in 2016.
* Although abruptly cut off, in "Talking Kitty Cat 55 - A Cat's Revenge", Steve mentions that Shelby has eaten the squeaker of her squeaky toy at least 19 times.
* She is bigger than Sylvester, Gibson, Random kitty, Gibbyson, Random Gibsons, GG, and other cats, nearly the same size as her mom and her siblings but smaller than Steve and Todd.
* It is revealed in Talking Kitty Cat 25 - A Very Angry Kitty that Shelby’s birthday is the 8th of July, making it 4 days after the 4th of July.
* As of Talking Kitty Cat #67.5 - Sylvester Gets A Job, Shelby has gone blind. This is a sign of ageing in dogs.
* Shelby has to be almost commanded by Steve to do normal, everyday things like walking and running. This is due to the fact that Shelby has gone blind, and is not able to do it herself.
* In Sylvester's blog, he states that Shelby broke her speech collar by drinking water and it went into the water.
* Shelby had to have an emergency surgery on June 2, 2021 after some corn got stuck in her intestine.
* On June 2nd 2021, Shelby had to have her spleen removed, as she may have had cancer in her spleen.
* She was absent in a few episodes. Having a 2 episode absence once.

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