Posted by bluedog on November 20, 2002, at 19:59:03
In reply to Re: cat and dogs and diff types » bluedog, posted by IsoM on November 20, 2002, at 15:20:02
Thankyou for your advice.
I must admit I do like an active cat. What I really loved about our Russian Blue/Burmese was that he was constantly "talking" with us. It's been so terribly quiet not hearing his voice constantly since he's been gone. Often when he was in the back garden he would call out just so that we would respond to reassure him that we were still around. He would be at his most vocal whenever we arrived home after having been gone all day. He'd also announce his arrival whenever HE came back from being out for a while and he expected a response whenever he did call out to us. I've been told that it was the Burmese in him that made him so talkative.
He was very attached to us. Even on his final day when he could no longer eat or drink he wanted to be around us and even though he could barely walk he would follow us into whichever room we were currently in. It was heart wrenching to see him try to talk with us and all that would come out was this very sad rasping sound. On that last day he did all the things that he normally did as best he could. He made one last round of his territory almost like he was saying goodbye and he lay down in his favourite spot in the sun. We love our animals so much that we could not allow him to suffer so we made the difficult decision to have him put to sleep. We know he was no longer suffering because his tense little body completely relaxed within moments of the vet giving him his final injection.
I know some people have decided that they will never have an animal again after going through the experience of losing a pet, but I am not like that. I couldn't bear to miss out on the joy and life that animals bring to your life and I believe the pain of losing them is unfortunately the price you pay for that pleasure. I saw a documentary not so long ago on the Queen (I notice that like myself you live in a Commonwealth country) and she once said that "the price of love is grief". I think this is very true.
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