Archive for the 'Pet Corner' Category
Jul
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Patches and Buttons and what are called Tuxedo cats. That means they have a white stomach and black down there back and legs.
I got Patches from my aunt who found him when someone dropped him off in the country. We picked him up at Christmas and he was the best Christmas present ever. At the time we got him he was 8 months old.
I just have to say that people who abandon animals in the country need to be shot. I was raised on a farm and I still remembered the farmers having to get together to hunt down a pack of wild dogs who were attacking farms and killing cattle.
Buttons join our family when the same Aunt that found Patches found Buttons. We estimated that he was the same age as Buttons and we took him home. The poor thing had a nasty bite on his front pay that caused him pain sometimes. We think he got the mark by being attacked by wild cats. When we took into the vet, she suggested that we put him down. My dad and I walked out and never went back.
Buttons was the most laid back cat and nothing bothered him. He taught himself how to walk on a leash … yes just like a dog. I remember taking him for a walk and was about to cross path with a dog. I told patches to sit and he did. The owners of the dog were shock and asked how long I have been training him. I told them that Buttons learned all by himself and I did nothing. He wasn’t frightened of any dogs or cats and loved everyone. He was more dog than cat.
I lost buttons a week before Christmas of nose cancer. When a cat cannot smell anything they stop eating. He died in my arms on the way to the emergency room. He was cremated.
Patches trick is to set up and beg for treats or food. He also walks on a leash but he only goes where he wants to not where you want. He has a kitten face with the larges black eyes and he when he wants something he turns on the sad kitten look you just melt.
Below is the picture I made of Patches and Buttons. Buttons is the sleek looking cat and Patches is the fluffy fat one.
