Damn, sorry man. I've recently realized that our dog is on schedule to die right as the kids are moving out, and it will horribly compound any empty-nest syndrome I may be going through. I need to plan ahead and get a second dog in about 5 years.

Sorry to hear that Tarheel. I lost my 12 year old a couple months back. Happy as hell and then ... one week later I had to let him go. F*ck Cancer.
To make this a somewhat more positive post, I was out to dinner that night celebrating my GF's B-day and the waitress was heartbroken that her new granddaughter was allergic to her cats. She didn't want to let them go, yet wanted to keep them together. Here are JackStraw and Tennessee Jed. They're 2 year old brothers and way more than a handful ... or two.

sorry to hear your bad news tarheel. that sucks.

This is why it is better to have more than one cat. The crying is over because the others need loving too.

That lady should get a Manx cat. They don't smell like ordinary felines and if they sit stock still cats will walk by like they are invisible.

Caught in the act and trying to cover up...

http://cellar.org/2017/catcaught.gif

So, did she let them go? Did you take them? Did the gf take them?

Two can be a handful...

Here is Betty the newest edition. Two die one comes. It is the way of the world.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...5521328dd7.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...211a2bec82.jpg

D’aaawwwwwww! [emoji847]


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Well I was calling her Clyde when young cuz it is all black fuzzy hair back there. She is a girl and didn't care for the name Clyde anyway. Cats don't like just any name so I started calling off names that met my fancy. Her ears perked up for Betty. It is a nice feeling if my cats are in the field and I call them by name and they come to me.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...9cb8f21a20.jpg

If she'll be your bodyguard
You can be her long lost pal
You can call her Betty
And Betty when she calls you
She can call you Al ...

After just a few weeks in his new home, Scooter Pie is going to have to somehow fill in for goofy, irrepressible, seemingly healthy, 11-year old Spike, who failed suddenly overnight.

https://i.imgur.com/LhJccV9.jpg

Spike's with his sister Kirby now.


:sniff:

Yeah, brings back memories, but I was thinking of Betty Boop. She has white with black hair is a way of looking at it. My mother loved Betty Boop.

That is why I like more than one cat. If something happens to one the other is there to comfort me. Cats have feelings too and get my love in return to help them.

Yeah, my other adult kitty Zoey is clearly upset that her lifelong best friend is gone. Without Spike as intermediary, I don't know how I'll ever get Zoey and Scooter Pie together - Zoey (timid, 12-yr-old, 1/8th lynx) is lonely and in hiding, and Scooter is a crazy kitten that needs someone to rassle and play with.

I've been trying to love on Zoey and comfort her, but with the kitten around, Zoey's always on guard and laying very low under the bed and various other pieces of furniture.

:(

Taking it one hour at a time . . .