Ruphus -> RE: Little Friends to Leave (Apr. 9 2013 17:26:21)
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Hey PGH, I suppose you are right with that it gets harder to part with age. Yet, I have been holding dear animals from very early on. ( When I left kindergarden, reknown for drawings and specially of horses, I had to paint pictures of horses for each of the kids and staff.) Only that somehow I had come around of wittnessing the passing of long-term animal fellows so far, with this time being my first real-time experience. And man, is it devastating for certain. Very fortunately, there are the dogs around me. Been down in the yard for hours today with those clowns, hardly thinking of Igor once; only when enterring the upper floor it has me back instantly. Everything here is him. Can´t walk three meters here without noticing what is missing so essentially. He has been so much more than just a pet. Filling the place with beauty and good nature. Believe it or not, there have always been some who would come to see him and be inspired. ( Aside of kids who´d come to take pics with their cell phones.) The vet and friends try to sooth by telling me that I cared specially well for him. But my main thoughts are basic / about how such treasure of a living being had to leave, and that possibly even under pain ( though, after calling the doc and expressing my displeasure about the procedure, I went and read a bit about euthanasia methods; in consequence sending him a message with apologies). You are right, the memories will be cherrished like those of his predecessors too. All fascinating personallities, like "Morle", son of a wild cat / king of the quarter and picking me up from school daily, or "R" the "Nathan The Wise", who everyone used to fall for. Or my very first cat that used to crap on my mothers pillow while trying to communicate something. - As I learned just few years ago, that didn´t turn out too well, however. Thank you for your kind words, my friend! :O) Hi Erik, You too; thank you for your good vibes. From what you are saying your sister´s cat will then very likely be a Maine Coon too, like Igor. It´s a very interesting breed. Robust and beautiful in the same time, and just the more, the less so called breeders may have messed around. They also have a unique touch to them, with a solid sceleton coming through like with no other breed. These are very gentle and patient types, yet in a position to defend themselves whenever someone could be misusing their well-tempered approach. They will even not hold back if dogs won´t show enough respect. Igor was already a very old hampered man, when he was about to attack Charlie the dog last summer despite the dogs weight and hight of about three times more. ( Man had I to fly, throwing a blanket over the cat and leading the dog outside asap!) Maine Coon are natural farmer cats from Maine / and behind the border to Canada; cats with hair beneath their paws to accomodate running on snow, and they are known for picking larger prey like rabbits. Folks call them the "calm giants". Unfortunately, like with larger breeds in general their lifespan isn´t the greatest. While cats can reach age of up to 35 years, MCs are said to rarely be getting older than 13. All smaller cat breeds present near full "equivalents" of large cats like say leopards or tigers, but never have I experienced a kitten that would be moving as much like a lion in the way Igor used to when young. And there was some lion-style with him still when he had grown up. Too bad that idiots called "breeders" are already at messing up this beautiful and self-confident sub species. That kind of profession is in need of some strict supervision anyway. - I hate the vast of their perverse branch. Anyway, ... Thank you really for the related distraction. :O) Ruphus
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