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Originally Posted by maddy
People will argue with me on this... but as a non parent... I view pets as children... just as I believe people should really consider if they are ready to bear the responsibility of parenthood - I think similar attention should be given to owning a pet. You don't dump your kids in a field when they become a burden... you don't dump your kids on a street corner when they get sick... you wouldn't consider not feeding your child... you'd make sure your child got all the necessary healthcare...
I could go on... ((((Tin)))) ((((Chey))))
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No argument here hun! I'm in the same boat!
In my time, I've seen some horrible things happen to unwanted animals. Came upon some drownings, shootings, abandonments...etc...and TRIED with every fiber of my being to make sense of it or make it right!
Never made sense of the deaths...I just had to cope!
My cat is a "desperate soul". We adopted him as a sickly kitten and I raised him thinking he'd never grow old. He was pretty bad off. He's now 17(ish) and never cost me a penny till recently. I am so in love with my cat that you guys have a lot to deal with when I lose him!!!!!!
I've had some stray cats living with me before I moved to the Fl. Keys. I lived on the property of a vast farm, and so stray cats weren't unheard of. I met Katie first. She was a calico and loved to weave between my legs as I stepped onto the porch to feed her. I named her Katie from a song my mother used to sing to me..."K K Katie, beautiful lady...you mm mm make me, c c crazy. When the mm mm moon shines...over mountain...I'll be wating at the kk kk kitchen door"!
Next came Rueben. He was a black cat that had never been touched by a human. I held a brush out and talked to him in a voice only a cat would love. Took me 5 weeks to get him close enough to rub the brush. The moment he rubbed against the outstretched brush...I knew I had him, heart and soul! He LOVED the sensation of the bristles. Every morning, after that, I would just sit on the step and call his "name" and there he'd be, and I was his slave...lol!
My heart BLEEDS for unwanted/discarded animals! I've missed my calling and I know if I got into the biz of saving them...I'd have more animals than Carter's got liver pills! Rocky (my 17ish y/o cat) wouldn't let me have another animal in this house no matter how hard I tried!
Soon as he is gone...all hell is gonna break loose! Mr. Lixy doesn't agree...but he married me and he's STUCK! *WEG*