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Boo_Boo Loc: Jellystone

Incredible video. Thank you for posting. Only thing missing was a lamb with a lion.

rumitoid

It was a metaphor but I will search.

Boo_Boo Loc: Jellystone

I was teasing you. I have quite a few animals and most live in harmony with each other, I have cats that befriend squirrels and other strange friends (hamsters and coy fish). My dogs, two are in the giant breeds have horses as best friends. Lambs that befriend pups (red fox, wolf, and one loves his coyote). And then I have a few animals that can not seem to get along with anything or anybody. But, in those dog's defense they were rescued from horrible situations and they simply were not taught love and trust. Some never learn and they live out their lives alone, but they crave the love and attention they can not find within themselves to give. Most of our rescued animals find forever homes.... but these guys, well no one wants the unsocial or mean-spirited dog, cat, horse..... so, these guys have a permanent home and each day we offer them not just their food and a warm/cool place to live, but affection and each day we are heartbroken when that love is rebuffed.

rumitoid

That is truly lovely, thank you for sharing. The world could benefit from a Mother Nature whisperer like yourself. Just teasing. But a question. You said "Most of our rescued animals find forever homes": who doesn't find such a home? The unsocial or deemed mean-spirited?

I have been feeding two feral cats for almost a year now. One has gotten friendly and the other as skittish from the start. Almost everyone in the neighborhood has told me feeding them is wrong. I understand their sentiment. But it makes me feel good.

They are there each morning at 630am for me. Such stalwart faith. The Siamese one all over my legs, brushing up against me and looking to be petted, and the Tabby at a distance. One morning it came to me to ask myself which I liked better. A good question. It was more like a duty or obligation before the question. I may have been wrong to feeding them at all, yet now they were dependent on me. I looked at them differently the next morning. The first thing I realized is that I did not love either one. Feeding them was a look good thing in my mind. What a beneficent creature I am. But that was not the truth; it masked real care. I do not like being attached. It was a disadvantage.

So I finally gave them both names and an open door to my house for the Winter. The skittish one, Bathazar the Reluctant (he drools a lot), came in a few days ago. Mingo is on my lap now. Finally looking at them as God's creatures turned my heart. No sooner was I loving toward them then they responded in kind. Which goes to prove I can be an unknowing ass even at my age.

kankune Loc: Iowa

Miss Pennylynn...you do have a most wonderful way with words!

kankune Loc: Iowa

Yah know what Toid, I rarely like anything you say. But....I think that is the most heartfelt post you've ever written..Thank you for posting......

rumitoid

Aghast, lol. Thank you. Seriously.

kankune Loc: Iowa

You're very welcome.....

Boo_Boo Loc: Jellystone

I would never offer an animal up for adoption who has a history of attacking or biting or fails temperament testing. All the dogs I offer for adoption has been evaluated for temperament, some more than a few times.... The other thing, some animals do not get adopted, I will offer them, but if no one wants them. I do not push anyone into adopting. Right now, I have a dog who was badly burned when he tried to save its owner, his owner died in the fire. It was not because he did not try so hard to drag her out of danger. The fire department said when they arrived, he was at her side out in the middle of the yard. He had drug her from the bedroom, through a hallway, and down the steps to the yard. He will always be scarred and his ears will never grow back, yet he is one of the most loving of dogs. People look at him, but so far no one can see beyond the missing ears and patches where his hair is gone and perhaps never grow back. He may never find a home off my farm, but as long as he lives he will never want or need anything...to include affection. I hope this answers your question.

One thing about your feral cats, I hope you have planned a veterinary visit in their very near future and I hope that come spring, you are not planning in putting them back out to fend for themselves.

Boo_Boo Loc: Jellystone

I will say that he has a certain je ne sais quoi. He often hides his true meaning in such posts and there are times he allows us a window into his soul.

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

My cat doesn't get along with anyone!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0wSXxa3TlY

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

Adopted a few feral cats myself. In fact, I'm trying to catch a half grown one now that lives (there's always a few) at the supermarket in town. Everyone feeds her and she wants to come but she's just too skittish.

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

The last feral kitten I adopted was pretty sick...which is why I grabbed it. Took her to the vet and found her eye had become infected and popped...poor little thing! Had her tear ducts removed, eye sewn up and got her fixed. After 5 years my daughter took her with her when she went to college in CA and the cat disappeared. A few months later my daughter found out the cat adopted one of her neighbors who had two other cats and 4 kids. That cat always did like kids.

kankune Loc: Iowa

Yes. The window into ones' soul. Too bad he doesn't do it more often. : )