Been there done that a few times - feel for you!

Brutal man, I have two cats and I couldn't imagine this. Best wishes.

We will rescue one (or two) soon. We miss Rosie a lot already, but getting another one soon won't mean we're trying to replace her.

It's weird. It's been almost 14 years since my house was without an animal.

The sentiment applies to all animals IMO.

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A man and his dog were walking along a road. The man was enjoying the scenery, when it suddenly occurred to him that he was dead.

He remembered dying, and that the dog walking beside him had been dead for years. He wondered where the road was leading them.

After a while, they came to a high, white stone wall along one side of the road. It looked like fine marble. At the top of a long hill, it was broken by a tall arch that glowed in the sunlight.

When he was standing before it he saw a magnificent gate in the arch that looked like mother-of-pearl, and the street that led to the gate looked like pure gold. He and the dog walked toward the gate, and as he got closer, he saw a man at a desk to one side.
When he was close enough, he called out, 'Excuse me, where are we?'

'This is Heaven, sir,' the man answered. 'Wow! Would you happen to have some water?' the man asked.

Of course, sir. Come right in, and I'll have some ice water brought right up.'The man gestured, and the gate began to open.

'Can my friend,' gesturing toward his dog, 'come in, too?' the traveler asked.

'I'm sorry, sir, but we don't accept pets.'

The man thought a moment and then turned back toward the road and continued the way he had been going with his dog.

After another long walk, and at the top of another long hill, he came to a dirt road leading through a farm gate that looked as if it had never been closed. There was no fence.

As he approached the gate, he saw a man inside, leaning against a tree and reading a book.

'Excuse me!' he called to the man. 'Do you have any water?'

'Yeah, sure, there's a pump over there, come on in...'

"How about my friend here?' the traveler gestured to the dog.

'There should be a bowl by the pump.'

They went through the gate, and sure enough, there was an old-fashioned hand pump with a bowl beside it.

The traveler filled the water bowl and took a long drink himself, then he gave some to the dog.

When they were full, he and the dog walked back toward the man who was standing by the tree.

'What do you call this place?' the traveler asked.

'This is Heaven,' he answered.

'Well, that's confusing,' the traveler said. 'The man down the road said that was Heaven, too.'

'Oh, you mean the place with the gold street and pearly gates? Nope. That's hell.'

'Doesn't it make you mad for them to use your name like that?' the old man asked.

'No, we're just happy that they screen out the folks who would leave their best friends behind.'

Well said. I have given Chief dog appropriate notification that he must live forever.

This was us last year on a lazy Saturday.

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And another lazy day with the wife.

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Thank you for this. We usually see people posting like this about their dogs. Although it is painful for you it is very touching to read about how much your cat meant to you. Sending healing thoughts to you.

PS. Nothing sexier than a man who loves cats!

Animals really do become like family members. Sorry for your loss man.

Great pictures!

People give cats a lot of crap but I love em. We lost our cat of 12 years almost 2 years ago and have great memories. Looks like you guys loved her so she I'm sure she had a great life.

I love cats more than any other animal and that's a good lookin cat FMB. Condolences.

Well, it wasn't our plan to come home with these guys when we went to drop off the extra cat food at the shelter, but that's what happened. They don't replace our Rosie, but we've got lots of love to give the little guys.


Riggs...

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Murtaugh...

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Man, I nearly lost my cat last week, and it tore me up. Sorry man. Awesome pic with you and the Kitty sleeping.

I've been torn up for the past two weeks as we started the vet visits and it started looking bad.

I'm not really a cat person, but man, that's a nice looking cat. Looks like a Jaguar a bit.