Tag: cat’s meow

We got Figaro along with his brother 16 years ago. They were each about 6 ounces, furry, helpless creatures with closed eyes and unable to eat or crawl. A veterinarian’s office knew that I took in helpless kitties, bottle fed them, cared for them and let them develop until ready to adopt out and contacted me. Figaro and his brother thrived and were bonded to each other. We weren’t intending to keep them, but didn’t want to break up the pair. When Figaro was 4, his brother died and we kept him. He needed our comfort and his other cat friends. As he has aged, he has been content and mellow. Amazingly, he has pulled through two difficult health issues in the past two and a half years. He initiates play, likes catnip, cuddling and curling up in any box or basket. He has brought me extended comfort as I grieve the recent loss of my two dogs.

I have a cat that loves to go for walks. Her name is Sassy. I found Sassy on Thanksgiving day , two years ago. As I walked my dogs on the levee that day, Sassy came out of a drainage ditch limping on a hurt leg. She ran up to me desperate for some attention. I picked her up and took her home. I never intended to keep her since I already had three dogs, a cat and two hamsters but she quickly became part of the family. She is such a sweet cat and has never been scared of our dogs. I take the dogs for a walk everyday and Sassy would always sit in the driveway and watch us leave. One day she decided to follow us and to my surprise she followed us all the way around the block. Well she's been following us ever since. It's been about nine months now and she goes everyday. If she gets left behind she is quite upset when we get back. My neighbors laugh when we walk by and I get stopped everyday by walkers and joggers that are amused by the sight of a cat walking with two dogs. She makes me laugh everyday, so this Thanksgiving I give thanks for my silly cat named Sassy.

When our daughter entered second grade, we wanted to adopt a pet that could tolerate the affection every 7-year-old wants to lavish on the family doll - er, I mean cat.