Boysie is a rescue dog, all of our current dogs are rescued and living with us because they are, for one reason or another, unadoptable. My husband and I had decided a couple of years ago that it was time to allow natural attrition to lower our dog population. We were afraid that a new young dog would outlive us.
When I got the call about Boysie it was a life or death decision for him and the carefully reasoned plan went kablooie, he was five months old and going to the pound the next morning.
Our local pound has a 24 hour rule. If you lose your dog on Saturday afternoon and he ends up at the pound he will be killed on Sunday, even though you couldn't pick him up because they are closed and do not answer phones at the weekend.Boysie came with a (very sick) cat, Kenny was his bestest friend and I was unable to turn him away. $300 in vet bills and 18 months later he is a gorgeous and healthy cat although not as keen as he used to be to wrestle and be covered in dog saliva.
I had not realized how much Boysie missed his kitty friends until this adolescent tea drinking kitten 'followed him home'. The kitten is between 7 and 9 months old and totally unafraid of rambunctious little dogs. He is very friendly, thin, has had an injury to one back leg, has not stopped eating for two days and uses the litter box copiously.
I have placed an ad in the local paper and am hoping nobody responds.
Y'all come back!
I'll bet Boysie invited the kitty to come home with him. And it drinks tea?? Crazy!!
ReplyDeleteOh yes, a very clear case of enticement, he took it straight to his food bowl and watched while it gobbled.
ReplyDeleteI was amused when it drank cold tea, not so much so this morning when it elbowed me out of the way to get to my hot cuppa.
He made a move on my Grapenuts too, but I growled.