It's hard not to have a kitty around. As to feeling they're around, I always feel she's somewhere. She would jump onto the desk and insist I stop typing. The other day I felt like she was somewhere about to jump up.
Thank you. You're right that to lose a pet is just as hard as other losses. Your cat Buffy was quite an old cat. 100+ in human years? It's still hard though. Maybe harder. Mine was only 2! I'll dig up another photo for you tomorrow. She was a feral and the runt of the litter. Now I know...
Completely unexpected. She was doing great in the a.m., and just after noon she was wheezing. That day she had to be put down. There had been no indication that she was ill. At all. I was so sad and shocked that even now I can't get rid of her stuff. I washed everything, put it in a corner all...
Hi Ruthanne, and I'm so sorry! Poor thing. I'll send a prayer up for her healing. I searched for tracheal collapse and it seems like a number of dogs get it in their old age?
While in the process of saying hi to everyone, I totally lost track of who had said hi to me. (Sorry!) I'm going to have to go back and figure it out. Until I do, consider this a really warm hello to everyone & thank you so much for responding to me! It feels really good to be acknowledged, and...