I feel all of this! Back in 2008 we adopted 2 approx 4 month old boys that were dumped at the model home in the new community that we had just moved into. Unfortunately one of them developed a fast growing squamous cell carcinoma under his tongue almost 2 years ago now & we had to make the very difficult decision to put him to sleep. It was definitely heartbreaking. We still have the other one though so he is just over 15 yrs old & it has become increasingly obvious that he is aging. I am an introvert & my wife is an extrovert so it was really weird to discover that the “boys” were the same. One introvert that favored me & one extrovert that favored my wife. The extrovert is the one that we still have. He has become increasingly vocal in his old age. It was extremely difficult for him to be without his brother. He has always been very social but is even more so now. Likes to be close always. Cats are very fascinating creatures for sure.
Lovely. Definitely in the small dog camp myself but have enjoyed a cat or two in my life as well! When we said goodbye to our Connor last fall, a friend noted that our pets give us the opportunity to live unconditionally (the inverse of how they our dogs love us unconditionally). I agree! We now have Caylie since May 20, now 5 1/2 months old and full of Yorkie attitude!
I feel all of this! Back in 2008 we adopted 2 approx 4 month old boys that were dumped at the model home in the new community that we had just moved into. Unfortunately one of them developed a fast growing squamous cell carcinoma under his tongue almost 2 years ago now & we had to make the very difficult decision to put him to sleep. It was definitely heartbreaking. We still have the other one though so he is just over 15 yrs old & it has become increasingly obvious that he is aging. I am an introvert & my wife is an extrovert so it was really weird to discover that the “boys” were the same. One introvert that favored me & one extrovert that favored my wife. The extrovert is the one that we still have. He has become increasingly vocal in his old age. It was extremely difficult for him to be without his brother. He has always been very social but is even more so now. Likes to be close always. Cats are very fascinating creatures for sure.
Lovely. Definitely in the small dog camp myself but have enjoyed a cat or two in my life as well! When we said goodbye to our Connor last fall, a friend noted that our pets give us the opportunity to live unconditionally (the inverse of how they our dogs love us unconditionally). I agree! We now have Caylie since May 20, now 5 1/2 months old and full of Yorkie attitude!