OT: I lost my pet - Casper

stainz i feel your loss!
suprising how they and we attach our selfes to each other.

my kit kat passed this past march.. he come to me in 91!
was a good cat and is missed a lot...
born under a barn and under a barn he rests now...
yes i also cut the roots away with a buck 124 ..
that way he had room for his toy..
a new friend will one day come along..
not to replace but to add to memories
 
You have my sincerest sympathy.
I lost a 3 yr old Rottie to cancer a few years ago and my current female Rott just had a tumor removed from her side. We are hoping that we caught it in time.

As 334dave said, don't worry about finding a new best friend to give a loving home to. There are many animals out there who desperately need you.
Your memories are for you to keep, your heart you can share .....
 
Stainz, my sympathies on your loss. I still think about my dog Nutmeg, a German Shepard/Collie mix I had as a kid. She used to walk my paper route with me and I always felt safe having her with me on those dark winter nights as I walked around delivering the papers. Now we have a Havanese, a small dog that's easy on my wife's many allergies. I had no interest in a small dog when we went looking but that was pretty much what we were limited to due to her asthma. Now I have taken a great liking to the little mophead of fur.

I'll try to cheer you up with a story I'm sure many can relate to. One summer day we were all in our kitchen, my wife was making dinner and I was on the floor with the small dog I didn't want, talking in a VERY unmanly high voice, asking Sadie (the dog) if she was daddy's best girl, prettiest girl and other silly things we say to our dogs. Suddenly, my daughter says, "uh, daddy, there's someone at the door." The screen door. Yep, while old Buckaroo is talking like a little girl to his little fluffy doggy, some guy running for county legislature is standing at the door! I mustered up all the manliness I could and greeted him with a deep voiced, "hey, how's it going?" I don't know how he didn't burst out laughing.

Take solace in knowing that you gave Casper a great life.
 
:(I'm so sorry for your loss.I too just lost a cat (to cancer),not long ago.


Casper was a beautiful cat.It sounds like you gave him a wonderful life.

Smoke & prayers to you & your family.
 
I stopped by my vet's to close Casper's file - they were shocked. He reassured me that as massive as his apparent stroke was, he couldn't have helped him had it occurred there. He apologized for not having any adoption candidates (His cages were normally full - eerily empty Tuesday.). Then he recalled a bobbed tail female orange tabby ~12 weeks old whom he had quaruntined due to an initial positive feline leukemia test result. He offered to re-test her, and if negative, give her the remainder of her shots - and i could have her. We bonded immediately - she was negative - and now resides in our home.

We found two orange tabby brothers, runt all-orange Samson and gigantic Baby Huey Jake, with his white feet/undersides and a huge tail, the Sunday after 9-11 as 6 wk old kittens. Casper was their mentor. They are good indoor cats, but just not lap pets - or likely to ever be held for long - still a bit feral in nature. We also have inherited two elderly females who don't have much use for me. Casper was definitely my cat. Our new little girl looks like Samson, except for the lacking of a tail. We named her Delilah. She chases the orange brothers constantly, attacking their tales when she can (Tail envy?). She has done her best to adopt me. I am still hurting from that sudden loss of Casper - he was in such good shape. Delilah will help, no doubt.

Our Christmas tree is still boxed (Hey, I had real trees all of my life - my wife made me a convert a few years back.). He was such a part of Christmas, it's hard to imagine a tree without him 'in' it! His stocking was already hung - his pictures on the digital picture frame come up regularly. I just never got this close to a pet before. Delilah will help. Yesterday she landed in my cold soup remnants at lunch - today at lunch, she ran up my arm and around my neck - and landed in my tuna sandwich, mouth a chomping! I've found her drinking my pop, ice tea, and water thus far. I think she has some of Casper's traits already!

Thank you all for your kind thoughts and stories. Have a Great Christmas.

John
 
Brother John,

It hurts to loose the ones we love. It just seem to hurt that much more when we've lost one that loved us unconditionally back. Yes, John I'm talking of pets not people's. I'm more of a dog kind of fellow...because most dogs become fast friends of their people and like to sit by them, play with them, be held by them, and are excited to see them when they get home. Cat's are different by nature, when they are kittens they are more like dogs...but, more fun, fun, fun. However, as they mature most become very independent and tolerate their people, for a warm place to sleep and a meal. Your Casper sounds like he was the very rare cat that is almost like a dog only better. Better, because cats can do many things that no dog can ever do;).

In my lifetime I have only met one cat like your Casper. He was a pure white cat named Killer. Killer was my parents pet and the most people friendly cat I have ever met. Casper and Killer were the rare one in a million kind of cat. I am truly sorry to hear of your loss John. Spend some time with Delilah and maybe she will be another one in a million dog like cat.

jb4570
 
so sorry to hear that. i would be devastated if that happned to any of my three dogs or my cat. are you going to think about getting a kitten
 
Merry Christmas to you, Delilah and all the others Stainz! :)
 
I'm with you brother. I lost my Basset hound (she was 10 years old) this evening. She was like one of my kids.
 
For all but two years of my first 63 years, cats were my friends, confidantes, and constant companions. They knew and understood me better than anyone of the human species. Their presence brought joy and comfort, and since no cat lived 63 years, their departures brought sorrow and exquisite pain. But, without ever abandoning the memories of each of their unique personalities, another one came along and filled the bottomless void left by its predecessor's death. We know, at the outset, that their life expectancy is shorter (usually) than ours and that we probably will outlive them. But we are willing to endure that pain in exchange for their unique ability to share with us their joy and zest for life. My last cat was, of course, the most fabulous cat that ever existed, but, he too finally rests with the cat angels.

That was five years ago. Shortly after his departure, he must have sent out the word----"try a dog----there will never be another cat like me." Those were big shoes to fill. But, I did. His presence made the void much smaller and brought joy back to this sentimental soul. You just had to think that he knew the job he had to perform in bringing joy back to this household. And did that puppy ever succeed. This is him as a puppy:



Well, in the intervening 5 years, we have learned to converse in every way but plain english. The memories remain of all the prior fine cats but the void was and is filled with a new personality and solid and faithful friend. He's quite a boy now:




He hasn't yet learned to drive but he is my constant co-pilot and friend.

Hard as it may seem no matter how unfaithful to the departed pet it may appear, GET ANOTHER PET AND RENEW THAT BOND OF FAITHFULNESS AND COMPANIONSHIP THAT ONLY PETS CAN GIVE.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Telechronos
 
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