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[Phyl]

Black Homeless Cat Shows Up And Starts Running With This Man Every Single Day

http://iheartcats.com/black-homeless-cat-shows-up-and-starts-running-with-this-man-every-single-day/?utm_source=Homer+The+Blind+Cat&utm_medium=Facebook+Post&utm_campaign=Homer+The+Blind+Cat

[Phyl]

My little sweetie pie, Maggie. Two weeks ago at home. She always poses for me.
Click on either link. Top link is to view my Twitter page and her photo. The other is just her photo


https://twitter.com/phyll/status/629357996917788672/photo/1


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CLvtwkCWIAAICST.jpg

[Phyl]

[Nora in IA]

Phyliz, Maggie has the prettiest eyes and I love tiger kitties.

[Phyl]

Hi Nora! Nice to see you.
Here's a bit of great info. on kitties...
You can click on the 'http' or view it on Twitter by clicking the second 'http'.


Cat Genie (@CatGenie) tweeted at 0:03 PM on Fri, Aug 21, 2015:
#Friday #CatFact: When tested, cats? short-term memory lasted about 16 hours, dogs? only lasted about five minutes.  http://t.co/plPuXKgoOr
(https://twitter.com/CatGenie/status/634772949451546624?s=03)

[Phyl]

Cat Genie (@CatGenie) tweeted at 3:30 PM on Fri, Aug 28, 2015:
#Friday #CatFact: #Cat videos are the single most popular category on YouTube, raking in more than 26 billion views. =^.^=
(https://twitter.com/CatGenie/status/637361734878167040?s=03)

[Phyl]

Read about Native Americans domesticating wild cats as pets. Once on the site, scroll down to the Bobcat cub pic .

  http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=63f8042cde6247fdd1c2bdcbf&id=3d10e13814&e=ed48526752

[Phyl]

STRUDEL, THE CAT WHO THOUGHT SHE WAS A DOG

Taken from the Animal Rescue Site of the Greater Good network

 

 

  

"She's the last cat in the cage. I think she's too ugly," my friend said. That was all it took. I dashed to the pet shop and bought her. And so Strudel, the ugly cat with a beautiful heart, came home with me.


This beautiful soul lived with me for twenty years. And every night for twenty years she patted me on the nose, and I would lift the duvet and let her crawl into bed. Then she would curl up into the crook of my arm and off we would slip into dreamland together.


Going for walks was an adventure for her. She would follow me or run ahead and wait for me to catch up, drawing looks of amazement. "She's like a dog!" they would gasp. And I would smile, my heart bursting with love for my wonderful friend. She was my sun and I was her moon. She and I would orbit one another, her bell reassuring me that she was never far away.


Fiercely protective of me, she would growl at strange noises in the house and came when I whistled her special whistle. I knew her miaow the way a mother knows her baby's cry. Fearless and brave, she once chased a doberman off our property, coming back to me to show a pawful of black fur from the hindquarter of the unwelcome visitor.


My heart broke the day she started bumping into furniture. I knew she was going blind, a sure sign her kidneys were failing. One cold morning, I realised I hadn't seen Strudel for a while. I ran downstairs to find her lying, wide-eyed and terrified, in the throes of a massive stroke. I kissed her, put her in her basket and took her to the vet, barely able to see where I was going through the tears. It was her time.


I cry as I write this, over 15 years later. But I know that Strudel will hear my whistle when I cross the Rainbow Bridge and she'll come running to me as she did all those years ago.

Diane Van der Westhuizen
CAPE TOWN, South Africa

[Phyl]

Time will fly ... just a month to...

[Phyl]

I had to post this...just had to.
Please read this tragic and heartbreaking story of a neighborhood kitty who was mercilessly used for target practice by veterinarian Kirsten Lindsey in Texas.
ADLF, Animal Legal Defense Fund is sponsoring a petition to the Texas Board of Veterinarian Medical Examiners. I signed my name to it with a scathing comment.
None of our pets will be safe if this is allowed to go unpunished.


   http://theanimalrescuesite.greatergood.com/clickToGive/ars/petition/JGF-JusticeforTiger?gg_source=ars&gg_campaign=Ad%20-%20468x250petition-sliderjgfjusticefortigerars&gg_medium=house&gg_content=2015-09/468x250petition_150921092443.jpg

[Phyl]

for Carewolf: So sorry for your loss of Bijou.

[eaglesrock29]

STRUDEL, THE CAT WHO THOUGHT SHE WAS A DOG

Taken from the Animal Rescue Site of the Greater Good network

 

 

  

"She's the last cat in the cage. I think she's too ugly," my friend said. That was all it took. I dashed to the pet shop and bought her. And so Strudel, the ugly cat with a beautiful heart, came home with me.


This beautiful soul lived with me for twenty years. And every night for twenty years she patted me on the nose, and I would lift the duvet and let her crawl into bed. Then she would curl up into the crook of my arm and off we would slip into dreamland together.


Going for walks was an adventure for her. She would follow me or run ahead and wait for me to catch up, drawing looks of amazement. "She's like a dog!" they would gasp. And I would smile, my heart bursting with love for my wonderful friend. She was my sun and I was her moon. She and I would orbit one another, her bell reassuring me that she was never far away.


Fiercely protective of me, she would growl at strange noises in the house and came when I whistled her special whistle. I knew her miaow the way a mother knows her baby's cry. Fearless and brave, she once chased a doberman off our property, coming back to me to show a pawful of black fur from the hindquarter of the unwelcome visitor.


My heart broke the day she started bumping into furniture. I knew she was going blind, a sure sign her kidneys were failing. One cold morning, I realised I hadn't seen Strudel for a while. I ran downstairs to find her lying, wide-eyed and terrified, in the throes of a massive stroke. I kissed her, put her in her basket and took her to the vet, barely able to see where I was going through the tears. It was her time.


I cry as I write this, over 15 years later. But I know that Strudel will hear my whistle when I cross the Rainbow Bridge and she'll come running to me as she did all those years ago.

Diane Van der Westhuizen
CAPE TOWN, South Africa

Hi Phyliz,

I was just looking in this thread, mainly because I was looking for a safe place to test how to embed an image after trying to learn this off and on for weeks now -- finally did it (although I removed it; was just a test). 

But then I came across this beautiful and heartfelt story about Strudel, the Cat that thought She was a Dog!  That cat was beautiful -- who said ugly!!   Studel's owner wrote so beautifully, "she was my sun and I was her moon" -- wow!!  I still miss my Mookie (12 yrs ago Sept 8th) and Alex (11 yrs ago May 1st), old ladies that went within eight months of each other -- Mookie was 17 and Alex was almost 18 and three years with diabetes.  I think of them almost every day, even though I have my beautiful Minnie and Mickey for over 11 yrs now.  They are always in our hearts. 

So now I'll test my embed abilities so I can post a nice Rainbow Bridge photo.  They are all there waiting for us!

Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful story!

[Phyl]

Eaglesrock,  your test worked.  So happy you enjoyed Strudels story.  But, why not post a tribute to your Mookie and Alex here as well ?  This is what the thread is for. I know Carewolf wants to keep this going so it won't be eliminated.
All the best...

[viola76]

STRUDEL, THE CAT WHO THOUGHT SHE WAS A DOG

Taken from the Animal Rescue Site of the Greater Good network

 

 

  

"She's the last cat in the cage. I think she's too ugly," my friend said. That was all it took. I dashed to the pet shop and bought her. And so Strudel, the ugly cat with a beautiful heart, came home with me.


This beautiful soul lived with me for twenty years. And every night for twenty years she patted me on the nose, and I would lift the duvet and let her crawl into bed. Then she would curl up into the crook of my arm and off we would slip into dreamland together.


Going for walks was an adventure for her. She would follow me or run ahead and wait for me to catch up, drawing looks of amazement. "She's like a dog!" they would gasp. And I would smile, my heart bursting with love for my wonderful friend. She was my sun and I was her moon. She and I would orbit one another, her bell reassuring me that she was never far away.


Fiercely protective of me, she would growl at strange noises in the house and came when I whistled her special whistle. I knew her miaow the way a mother knows her baby's cry. Fearless and brave, she once chased a doberman off our property, coming back to me to show a pawful of black fur from the hindquarter of the unwelcome visitor.


My heart broke the day she started bumping into furniture. I knew she was going blind, a sure sign her kidneys were failing. One cold morning, I realised I hadn't seen Strudel for a while. I ran downstairs to find her lying, wide-eyed and terrified, in the throes of a massive stroke. I kissed her, put her in her basket and took her to the vet, barely able to see where I was going through the tears. It was her time.


I cry as I write this, over 15 years later. But I know that Strudel will hear my whistle when I cross the Rainbow Bridge and she'll come running to me as she did all those years ago.

Diane Van der Westhuizen
CAPE TOWN, South Africa

I know how much you miss your cat and mine died of cancer when she was 13. Mine was like yours a cat that protected my children from people and other animals. She thought she was the only cat that should have kittens and tried to steal other peoples cats kittens LOL. I still miss her and always will.

[viola76]

I had to post this...just had to.
Please read this tragic and heartbreaking story of a neighborhood kitty who was mercilessly used for target practice by veterinarian Kirsten Lindsey in Texas.
ADLF, Animal Legal Defense Fund is sponsoring a petition to the Texas Board of Veterinarian Medical Examiners. I signed my name to it with a scathing comment.
None of our pets will be safe if this is allowed to go unpunished.


   http://theanimalrescuesite.greatergood.com/clickToGive/ars/petition/JGF-JusticeforTiger?gg_source=ars&gg_campaign=Ad%20-%20468x250petition-sliderjgfjusticefortigerars&gg_medium=house&gg_content=2015-09/468x250petition_150921092443.jpg

I signed the petition and agree this was a cruel inhumane act that should be punished. A vet should know better but appearently some do not and could care less about animals and who knows she may feel the same way about humans one day and decide to kill one of us also. She is stupid if she thought people wouldn't decide to have her called out for this inhumane act. She should never be allowed to own an animal or even be around them.