@triciact @deetoo @yogagirl @polarberry
I took the liberty of starting this thread.
I so miss my marmalade cat that we lost in February... I miss his hugs, and wish he was here to help me through everything that's going on now (but not sick as he was). I just buried his ashes with some wildflower seeds near our lemon tree out back. By myself - the fam wasn't so interested. And then I blocked off where he is so my chi-daschi doesnt try to dig him up!!
And that chi-daschi? She dug her way out under the fence the other night while I was sitting on my deck! I called her for dinner and realized... So I masked up, checked out back in the canyon, nope. Went out front on the street, nope. Went to my next door neighbor (who has cats she likes to chase), and there she was, right outside their back gate, grinning from ear to ear like an idiot. I had to take my mask off - she wouldn't come to me with it on. Scooped her up, and then spend time after dinner plugging up the hole she made and blocking the fence off with flower bed border fencing. And then yesterday I watched her go around to her dig spots and look like "WTF???". I told her to dig elsewhere. She did.
Furry kids!!!!
YAY! Thank you!!
That's so funny! I have one that's a digger too. She could uproot a sequoia in under five minutes. She leaves ankle-breaking holes all over the property and looks at me wanting praise for her great talent.
@laura-f and @polarberry
So I am having a tough day with work today and I keep coming back to this topic (thank you Laura!) because it's making me smile. HOW adorable and funny!
A few years ago I had a border collie named Brandy ( Winnie) she was allergic to allot of different pet and human shampoos they made her have seizures. Anyways, she was mischievous, she was mad at me so she tried pooing on my shoe! She was my best friend we did everything together. She passed after I moved with my mom and she stayed with my dad in Ohio, it hurt that i didn't get to see her before she passed. My mom thought getting me another dog would make me feel better at the time it didn't but Sissy Girl became my angel. She was the sweetest dog, whenever I came home from school she would zoom across the house as fast as she could cause she was so excited! She would sleep on my pillow and lick my forehead before we went to sleep. She passed away in 2017, i was with my mom in the hospital and my sister called me she was having seizures out of no where and looking around for me. I talked to her through the phone and told her I knew she was suffering and if it was her time to go I understood and loved her dearly. She died not 5 minutes later. It took me a few years to get another pet, my fiance is also allergic, well he let me go to the shelter and I fell in love with a kitty named Kiwi she was so scared and didn't trust anyone,but she loved on me. I had her for a few months, but she got jaundiced out of no where and i took her to the vet and she was in liver failure, she wad 2 years old and she passed on my sons birthday. Then I got my kitty Braelynn who has been a rollercoaster i love her dearly shes a mess! ? She loves attention but also doesn't. She'll lick your toes then bite them. She lets me know when she is hungry, she has to have her wet kitty food or I won't hear the end of it!
Sorry for the long rant!!!
For some reason I have always ended up rescuing female cats. I’ve had four since I have been on my own. All have lived long health lives, the oldest lived to be 23. Ten years ago I was down to one and had the chance to take in a boy! He is a gray and white tuxedo named Mr. Peabody. He is a great character. He is also my lap sitter which is what he is doing now. Two years later I looked out my back door and there sat a beautiful baby long hair. He is part Maine Coon. I opened the door to go out to see him and he trotted right in and went nose to nose with Peabody. I tried isolating him in my second bedroom with a portable screen door. It took him less than 10 minutes to escape. I named him Harry as in Houdini. They are my first males since I was a little girl. It’s funny Harry was not especially fond of Sandy, my cat that just crossed, but since he has gone Harry now sleeps at the end of the couch where Sandy liked to sleep. Cats are funny creatures.
For anyone who loves cats or dogs of animals of any kind, The Secret Life of Pets 1 & 2 are must-see movies. They were made for kids but adults too and they are laugh-out-loud funny. I love them.
What do you call a large furry dog that meditates?
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Aware wolf!
@laura-f, why does it not surprise me that you have such a spirited, independent pup? Just like you! I've never seen a chi-daschi; do you have a pic? I'm so sorry for the loss of your sweet marmalade. I love the idea of burying his ashes among the wildflowers.
@polarberry, I loved the Secret World of Pets! Haven't had a chance to see the second one yet.
@laynara, Sissy and Kiwi are precious! Thank you for sharing those pics with us. Our furry companions bring so much joy into our lives.