@Febbby23 - Beautiful sweet dogs. You can feel warmth and kindness, and gentleness emanating from them. Bandit is pretty, a delight, lively, also the Mother, maybe the watch dog, and Summer is more thoughtful, quiet. Summer knows she's alone now, and while she can't express it, she is feeling the loss. She feels your loss too, as do I, dear Febbby23
Although she feels safe and protected and loved, she definitely needs a lot of love right now. She may react by sleeping more or showing less interest, at least that is what my cards are telling me. She will soak up anything you provide.
@jeanne-mayell Bandit is worried about Summer being alone. I got that instantly. I'm wondering @Febby23 if Bandit was a protective pack leader? Summer doesn't feel as phased as Bandit seems to think she should be.
@jeanne-mayell thank you Jeanne. ❤️ I appreciate you posting this for me. Both are good girls.
@jeanne-mayell we have been extra attentive to Summer and she’s getting both shares of love. I know she’s feeling the loss of her sister and I’m watching out for anything out of the ordinary. Thank you
@dannyboy you are so right. Bandit was more of the mother and protector. We always felt if one had to leave first it would be easier if it were Bandit. It’s not easier on any of us or Summer but the disposition of the girls showed through. The one time I took Summer to the vet without her sister Bandit howled the entire time until we returned. That’s when we knew. Neither option is good but it’s what we have. Thank you.
@ana thank you so much. Those of us who are animal lovers completely understand. They are part of the family. Where else can you receive complete unconditional love like that? Humans can try but we can’t pull it off like a fur baby. We’ve been blessed.
@matildagirl Thanks for your concern about Nimbus' nose freckle. The vet says that's all it is, a freckle. Its been there a couple of years but hasn't gotten any larger. A lot of light-colored cats get them as they get older.
But I do know what you mean about the cat skin-cancer. My uncle was a farmer and had a large extended family of blue-eyed, white barn cats who kept the mice down. With the blue eyes, they were highly vulnerable to the sun. A lot of them had raggedy ear tips from cancer or pre-cancerous lesions.
@ghandigirl Send me a photo of Toby and I will post his photo. I emailed you already about it.
@ana I am glad that’s all it is, poor old Mr Jake, he looked so awful with part of his nose gone and his ears clipped. He was a very loving cat and I am sure sometimes he still sleeps across me at night I feel a weight there. Had to have him put down in 2009, he was 17 but in a lot of pain. Matilda my other cat who was totally different, I think she loved us but would give you a scratch if you got too friendly she died in 2006. Our dog Speights was in 2005. We haven’t had pets since they died, my husband was devastated when Speights died he never wanted to outlive another dog again, it hurt too much. I would like more pets but here were we are too many birds, lorikeets, kookaburras, all sorts and I remember chasing Jake in the garden at 2.00 am trying to get a bird from him, with him growling not wanting to let go when we were living in Sydney. Got it off him, he was not pleased, the bird got away and hid under my car and wasn’t there in the morning so I assume it lived. It would be nice though to have more though.
Regards to all