RIP Sweet Kitty * UPDATE *Sweet Kitty's Revenge!

Faceman · 01-04-2008, 01:59 PM

I am definitely NOT a cat person.

Barn cats yes, inside cats, no.

But, I inherited Sweet Kitty 10 1/2 years ago when my mother died. Sweet Kitty was my Dad's cat, but my Dad had died the year before.

Sweet Kitty was 8 when I took him in. He had been declawed, so had to be an inside cat. He was unhealthy, unhappy, cranky, on special food, and made monthly trips to the vet. Not being a cat person, I wasn't about to do much for him, so I fed him the cheapest food I could find, didn't pay him much attention, and stopped vetting him - figured he wouldn't last long...

Duh! He blossomed, gained weight, got healthy, got happy, and lived with us for another 10 1/2 years! Stupid cat thought I loved him just because I let him lay in my lap, let him sleep with me, petted him, and carried him everywhere after he got arthritis. Can't understand animals...

Anyway, this afternoon, Sweet Kitty crossed the Rainbow Bridge at age 18 1/2...such a hard thing for any pet owner to do, but something that is our responsibility to do when it is time. We've known this was coming for about 2 weeks, but it's funny - he just looked up at me at lunch time and told me it was time.

RIP Sweet Kitty - you were a pretty darn good friend and companion...

ruffian · 01-04-2008, 02:02 PM

What a handsome boy!
You are to be commended for coming from the "dark side" to appreciate cats.
Kind of have a way of worming their way into your heart don't they?
He was lucky to have you

luckyhorseshoes · 01-04-2008, 02:02 PM

Aww I'm so sorry!
Such a cute kitty!

kindredspiritsia · 01-04-2008, 02:03 PM

I am so sorry for your loss

. He looked like a fine cat

.

Hideaway · 01-04-2008, 02:03 PM

I'm sorry Face.

Sounds like a good little buggar. Romp with the best of em dear Sweet Kitty!

**gbarmranch** · 01-04-2008, 02:04 PM

Bless you and Mrs. Face - you aren't as tough as you appear...

What a beatiful cat, and what a wonderful life he had with you - I am sorry Face that he has passed on -

**seerfarm** · 01-04-2008, 02:05 PM

So sorry to here Faceman. Bless you for keeping him and loving him during his days here on earth. Rest In Peace Sweet Kitty.

pvf · 01-04-2008, 02:06 PM

RIP Sweet kitty!! I'm sorry for you loss!!!!!!!

dproaps · 01-04-2008, 02:06 PM

I'm sorry Face, it's hard to lose one. He didn't think you loved him, he knew you did in spite of yourself.

Actually, I too am not a cat person. However, the stray cats around our place over the year kinda capture my heart too.

roberts617 · 01-04-2008, 02:10 PM

Oh I'm so sorry Faceman. What an adorable face that boy had. RIP Sweet Kitty.

Tango · 01-04-2008, 02:11 PM

You just half to love orange cats. I am so sorry for your loss. He could see wright threw you and new you loved him. Sure explains why he lived so long keep you in or prayes.

scrapchick · 01-04-2008, 02:13 PM

I am sorry for your loss, we had a cat that lived to 20 and they do indeed become a huge part of your life.

horselady · 01-04-2008, 02:14 PM

Sorry to hear of your kitty crossing over.

Kemstar · 01-04-2008, 02:14 PM

Face, you're a good man for taking in that boy. Bless your heart.

So sorry for your loss. He looked like a fine friend.

Shepdog · 01-04-2008, 03:39 PM

Oh Face...

I am so, so sorry.

Stupid cat thought I loved him just because I let him lay in my lap, let him sleep with me, petted him, and carried him everywhere after he got arthritis.

*laughs* Hmmm, apparently he had you pegged from the get-go, didn't he? I mean, not one for indoor cats, and he had you on speed dial kitty beck and call... Well, obviously he picked up on your soft, easily manipulated heart...

And let you worship him in the correct way, the way befitting a gentleman cat. You guys both did really right by each other.

Horses&Soccer · 01-04-2008, 03:46 PM

So sorry for your loss Faceman. We recently had to let our 18 yo kitty go too. It's hard not to love them when they climb up in your lap, give you that half-lidded look, and rumble, rumble, rumble.

tricia3kids · 01-04-2008, 03:51 PM

I am so sorry for your loss. I have never been a cat person, until oneday that special kitty entered my life as well. You did a great job, allowing him to "think you were in love".

wildcat180 · 01-04-2008, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Shepdog

Oh Face...

I am so, so sorry.

Stupid cat thought I loved him just because I let him lay in my lap, let him sleep with me, petted him, and carried him everywhere after he got arthritis.

*laughs* Hmmm, apparently he had you pegged from the get-go, didn't he? I mean, not one for indoor cats, and he had you on speed dial kitty beck and call... Well, obviously he picked up on your soft, easily manipulated heart...

And let you worship him in the correct way, the way befitting a gentleman cat. You guys both did really right by each other.

I couldn't have said it better myself.

I'm sorry for you loss Face. It's hard to lose them at any time, expected or not.

samtom · 01-04-2008, 03:56 PM

So sorry to hear of your loss. He looked like a great cat. They sure do know how to get into one's heart.

snickers · 01-04-2008, 04:01 PM

Face I am so sorry.
He was handsome and thinking, he was just a cat version of you.

He even had that look about him.

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01-04-2008, 01:59 PM
Faceman Kid Safe Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Arkansas Ozarks Posts: 7,260	*RIP Sweet Kitty UPDATE Sweet Kitty's Revenge!* I am definitely NOT a cat person. Barn cats yes, inside cats, no. But, I inherited Sweet Kitty 10 1/2 years ago when my mother died. Sweet Kitty was my Dad's cat, but my Dad had died the year before. Sweet Kitty was 8 when I took him in. He had been declawed, so had to be an inside cat. He was unhealthy, unhappy, cranky, on special food, and made monthly trips to the vet. Not being a cat person, I wasn't about to do much for him, so I fed him the cheapest food I could find, didn't pay him much attention, and stopped vetting him - figured he wouldn't last long... Duh! He blossomed, gained weight, got healthy, got happy, and lived with us for another 10 1/2 years! Stupid cat thought I loved him just because I let him lay in my lap, let him sleep with me, petted him, and carried him everywhere after he got arthritis. Can't understand animals... Anyway, this afternoon, Sweet Kitty crossed the Rainbow Bridge at age 18 1/2...such a hard thing for any pet owner to do, but something that is our responsibility to do when it is time. We've known this was coming for about 2 weeks, but it's funny - he just looked up at me at lunch time and told me it was time. RIP Sweet Kitty - you were a pretty darn good friend and companion... __________________ Read what I said, not what you THINK I said... Last edited by Faceman : 01-11-2008 at 09:02 PM.

01-04-2008, 02:02 PM
ruffian Long Yearling Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Alberta Posts: 1,018	What a handsome boy! You are to be commended for coming from the "dark side" to appreciate cats. Kind of have a way of worming their way into your heart don't they? He was lucky to have you __________________ There is something about the outside of a Horse that\'s good for the inside of a man (Will Rogers)

01-04-2008, 02:02 PM
luckyhorseshoes Weanling Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Cali Posts: 359	Aww I'm so sorry! Such a cute kitty! __________________

01-04-2008, 02:03 PM
kindredspiritsia Started Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Iowa Posts: 2,303	I am so sorry for your loss. He looked like a fine cat. __________________ In Loving Memory of my Grandpa and Best Friend, Stanley Howard Sherer Oct.3,1932-Mar.25,2007

01-04-2008, 02:03 PM
Hideaway Started Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: PA Posts: 2,056	I'm sorry Face. Sounds like a good little buggar. Romp with the best of em dear Sweet Kitty! __________________ Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History

01-04-2008, 02:04 PM
gbarmranch Administrator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mayberry Posts: 29,584	Bless you and Mrs. Face - you aren't as tough as you appear... What a beatiful cat, and what a wonderful life he had with you - I am sorry Face that he has passed on - __________________ Quality Foundation Quarter Horses http://home.earthlink.net/~vpgann As you slide down the banister of life, may the splinters never point in the wrong direction.

01-04-2008, 02:05 PM
seerfarm Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Out with the Herd! Posts: 8,241	So sorry to here Faceman. Bless you for keeping him and loving him during his days here on earth. Rest In Peace Sweet Kitty. __________________ "Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us". ~Hal Borland

01-04-2008, 02:06 PM
pvf Regional Forums Moderator Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 6,781	RIP Sweet kitty!! I'm sorry for you loss!!!!!!! __________________ www.prairieviewfarms.net Raising Reg. Paints and Quarter horses

01-04-2008, 02:06 PM
dproaps Coming two Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Dickson, Tennessee Posts: 1,649	I'm sorry Face, it's hard to lose one. He didn't think you loved him, he knew you did in spite of yourself. Actually, I too am not a cat person. However, the stray cats around our place over the year kinda capture my heart too. __________________ Those who suffer with the suffering are dancing to the rhythm of God.

01-04-2008, 02:10 PM
roberts617 Kid Safe Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Central Oklahoma Posts: 5,153	Oh I'm so sorry Faceman. What an adorable face that boy had. RIP Sweet Kitty. __________________ He who never made a mistake never made a discovery! Samuel Smiles

01-04-2008, 02:11 PM
Tango Yearling Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Gordon Ga. Posts: 801	You just half to love orange cats. I am so sorry for your loss. He could see wright threw you and new you loved him. Sure explains why he lived so long keep you in or prayes. __________________ Tango might be short but at least I don't have to duck.

01-04-2008, 02:13 PM
scrapchick Kid Safe Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Festus, Missouri Posts: 5,067	I am sorry for your loss, we had a cat that lived to 20 and they do indeed become a huge part of your life.

01-04-2008, 02:14 PM
horselady Greenbroke Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: albany new york Posts: 3,608	Sorry to hear of your kitty crossing over.

01-04-2008, 02:14 PM
Kemstar Yearling Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Salem, Virginia Posts: 857	Face, you're a good man for taking in that boy. Bless your heart. So sorry for your loss. He looked like a fine friend. __________________ May we all ride as well as we do in our dreams!

01-04-2008, 03:39 PM
Shepdog Yearling Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In the doghouse... no, literally. Posts: 661	Oh Face... I am so, so sorry. Stupid cat thought I loved him just because I let him lay in my lap, let him sleep with me, petted him, and carried him everywhere after he got arthritis. laughs Hmmm, apparently he had you pegged from the get-go, didn't he? I mean, not one for indoor cats, and he had you on speed dial kitty beck and call... Well, obviously he picked up on your soft, easily manipulated heart... And let you worship him in the correct way, the way befitting a gentleman cat. You guys both did really right by each other. __________________ No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.

01-04-2008, 03:46 PM
Horses&Soccer Started Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Warrenton, MO Posts: 2,922	So sorry for your loss Faceman. We recently had to let our 18 yo kitty go too. It's hard not to love them when they climb up in your lap, give you that half-lidded look, and rumble, rumble, rumble. __________________ When life gives you lemons - find someone to throw them at!

01-04-2008, 03:51 PM
tricia3kids Weanling Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: SW FL Posts: 477	I am so sorry for your loss. I have never been a cat person, until oneday that special kitty entered my life as well. You did a great job, allowing him to "think you were in love". __________________ Be grateful you are on this side of the grass

01-04-2008, 03:56 PM
samtom Yearling Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Louisiana Posts: 856	So sorry to hear of your loss. He looked like a great cat. They sure do know how to get into one's heart.

01-04-2008, 04:01 PM
snickers Bombproof Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Twilight Zone Posts: 8,991	Face I am so sorry. He was handsome and thinking, he was just a cat version of you. He even had that look about him. __________________ " You cant fix stupid " Ron White Life is to short to argue with ignorant people.