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What Pets Can Do: Health and Healing
Just Want to Talk | Last Active: Oct 1, 2023 | Replies (237)Comment receiving replies
@marylou705
Your loving picture, comments on purring and getting your pets from shelters confirm my own experiences. My dogs and cats have all come from shelters or were found abandoned on the street.
I found my dearly departed siberian husky on the streets. He was terrified and starved. I stopped my car, got out and opened the back door to get some treats. I called him sugarbun, and he cautiously came to me. He saw my old dog, Lobo (10 yrs at the time), in the front passenger seat, then took the treat from my hand and jumped in the back seat. I took him home where he passed the kitty inspection (no growling or hissing- just respectful sniffs), ate all the food presented and then tried to eat he paper plate. I got him to my vet who pronounced him under-nourished needing shots and neutering.
For the next 16 years I was blessed with the best dog, Guapo.
He helped me through a nasty divorce. He helped me move cross country and through many health problems. His kindness towards cats and small animals was amazing. He loved his hikes, and cuddling with me while watching tv. He became best friends with my new husband.
I still miss him but am so happy that he found me that day years ago.
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@profnorma Nice story about your husky... I have had a lot of rescue animals... a lab I had for 17 years, and currently have 3 rescued cats who were all born feral and fostered as kittens... one of them, a sweet calico, coming from a rescue group in Puerto Rico before the recent hurricanes hit. I also have a rescued Tennessee Walker horse that I ride and enjoy. Riding him has helped me rehab after neck spine surgery and rebuild my core strength and lost muscle. I was just before my surgery that I adopted the first cat, and a few months after the 2 kittens and they all helped with my recovery and took naps with me while I was healing. At the time I adopted the first cat, I was a caregiver to my parents toward the end of my father's life, and I needed some comic relief, so I got a silly bottle raised cat who loved attention. He could make me laugh even on the hardest days. I thought he needed some kitty friends and he really enjoys playing with them. They all make me laugh and always want to play.
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@profnorma My daughter went to volunteer at a pet adoption event a few years back. One little dog was left, with one eye and a tail that was obviously not as long as it should have been so she took her home to "foster" until they could find her a home. Well, we knew that dog had found a home then. That little dog adores my daughter and she and her husband adore the dog. I kid that she will probably be more upset when the dog passes away than she will when one of us do. As they say, "there's a little truth in every jest".
She used to bring the dog to work and the dog would nap in an open drawer. I think the dog has been very good for her, I'm glad she has her.
JK