Comments on: Callie

By: smussy

smussy — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:15:26 +0000

oh. sad. sorry to hear it, but it does sound like she went to a spot she was comfy and safe.

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:45:10 +0000

You said it perfectly. She was a grouch and I never really thought I’d miss her either, but it’s still sad that she’s gone. I’ll never forget waking up in the middle of the night to bottle feed those damn kittens with their sharp little teeth. RIP.

By: Ray

Ray — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:43:55 +0000

Oooooh, don’t get me started on pugs. My youngest sister in Seattle just “adopted” (how can you call it “adoption”, or even “rescue”, when you still have to shell out $700!!!!). His name, for short , is Dr. Kosbee (there’s a much longer name, and not because of the AKC naming conventions for pure-breds….my sister’s just a nut). Dr. Kosbee grows on you…but, he snores as bad as my retired father!

And, if you are looking for a pug to “adopt” (read: $800!!!), I know of an someone on an ad I saw in a Starbuck’s (I know, I know…please don’t crucify me for my Americano) that just had a mess of pure black pug puppies.

By: RachelleB

RachelleB — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:13:18 +0000

great story, ray. funny how even with the sadness of losing callie and max over the past couple years, it makes me want to get a dog of my own even more. yesterday i saw THE cutest pug puppy on the walk to the train.. and i don’t even like pugs that much!

By: Ray

Ray — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:08:49 +0000

Weird, your cat bears a striking resemblance to the cat I grew up with, the cat my sisters adopted, a stray they named “L.C.” (for lost cat). She, too, was a grouch, a curmudgeon…hated being around the dog (Sydney, a mutt of sorts we adopted as a consolation to giving up a different dog when we were fairly young). At various points in my parents’ life, we all migrated out of the house onto adulthood, but the cat and dog stayed. L.C. was the first to go, but she did live a good long life, probably as long as Callie. My father found her in much the same condition as your father found Callie — she was asleep on top of the HVAC equipment in the crawl space, and she probably passed away atop of her favorite resting place — the warm ventilation equipment for the house. Sydney passed some years later, at a very ripe old age….my mother says she passed from loneliness, as her favorite “play thing” (read: she tortured the cat) was no longer around.

Reading your entry this morning brought back a lot of memories for me, and reminded me that I need to find pictures of those two furballs to put up with the rest of my family pictures. Thanks for always sharing.

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:41:46 +0000

oh that is so sweet, and sad that she is gone but, its great that she lived for so long

I love cats, but I cant be near of them, cause’ Im allergic