As I headed up to Highlands over Labor Day I was thinking of one of my neighbors who had just lost one of their pets.
They have a pair of Wheaton terriers, Zooey and Mickey, both 11 years old (sister and brother pair.) Mickey had been given a clean bill of health from the vet only a week earlier.
He was on the foot of my friend’s bed after 9pm when he
started hemorrhaging.
They got him into the car and were on the way to Greenville, 90 minutes away and the nearest animal hospital, when he died.
It was incredibly sudden and truly sad. Zooey is just moping around now, and my friends have had a steady stream of friends and family to visit to keep them distracted and trying to recover.
Then just
3 days later another neighbor’s cat was attacked by two vicious dogs, one of whom had slipped his harness, the other still on a leash (also bit their owner’s hand.)
Buddy, a gorgeous, orange and white tabby who’d ruled the neighborhood for the last 8 years and been with my friends for 16 years. He suffered a nasty gash on his side and was breathing raggedly when he was brought into the house.
We got him into a carrier as he was really scared and kept trying to move around.
It was Saturday and none of the local vets were open.
Rabun Animal Hospital was 35 minutes down the mountain and waiting. But once in his carrier, he let go and died.
I’m tearing up just writing this, Buddy was an awesome cat and to
lose two precious pet friends in such a short time has been a shock to everyone in the neighborhood.
It’s also a wake up call …READ MORE and determine your PP
Time is our greatest non-renewable resource, what
are you doing with yours?
Mega Hugs,
Melissa
PS. My kitty TC (stands for Too Cute or Tiny Cat) is doing well though she has fought me massively this week when I try to get her into her carrier to get her razors (aka claws) clipped. At just 6 lbs, full grown with silky fur, she slips out every time. I have the scratch marks to prove it. I’m now hunting for a top opening
carrier.
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