How
do I begin to describe this amazing boy? I received my
dear Josie as a Mothers Day gift from our daughter
GinaLee. We were remodeling our living room at the time
& the idea of taking care of a kitten during this mess
was not something we really wanted to do at the time. So
we figured that when our daughter came home from work we
would break the news to her and she could return him to
the pet store. Little did we know that in just a few
hours he would wiggle his little body into our hearts
and it was love, true, deep love, one that I never knew
existed with a pet. Now, I know that everyone believes
that their pet is the cutest, smartest, etc., but I know
that my boy WAS the one of smartest, and I must say, one
of the cutest, also. From day one we realized that
there was something about the way he would sit and look
at us while we talked to him.
One night I was designing a centerpiece for
my parents 50th anniversary and had about 50 artificial flowers
laid out in front of me. We heard a thumping noise coming
up our basement stairs. Here comes Josie with a ribbon between
his teeth which was tied around a bouquet of artificial flowers
from our daughters bathroom. He brought them over to me and sat
there. We were shocked with our mouths open. The
picture above is the one I took when he brought those flowers to
me so we would be reminded of that special moment forever, I
thank God now that I did.
I
decided to work with him and teach him some tricks. I would sit
on the floor each evening and shake each paw and give him a
treat after each time. After about a week of doing this shaking
a paw routine every night at 6:00 pm, he came over to me on the
couch and lifted his paw at me. He had figured it out!! From
then on he would lift his paw to us to tell us he wanted
something or when it was 6:00 - treat time, when he would shake
paw, give high five, reach for treats & guess which hand the
treat was in.
Josie at 2 years was very playful & needed a
playmate, so we adopted Sulley from our chiropractor. His cat
had just had kittens, so we went & picked out a cute yellow &
white tabby, brought him home & they became friends immediately.
We told Josie when we brought Sulley home that this was his
kitten and I think he knew it, they have been best friends for 4
years.There are so many awesome stories of these two incredible
buddies, but I would take too much space for that! Life was
awesome with our babies.
But,
we made a fatal mistake in May 2008, we took home a kitten on
trial & he must have been what they call a "shedder" and he
infected my sweet boy. We got rid of him, but too late. We're SO
sorry, baby. Mommy & Daddy would never have wanted to hurt you,
you were our precious little gem. If I could turn back time, I
would. I miss you desperately. I never knew it would hurt this
bad, I want you home.
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