My Girl Sadie

I only have one cat at the moment.  Her name is Sadie.  We adopted her l8years ago from our local SPCA.  It was the first time we adopted any pets.  We also adopted our Benjamin.  We always had strays.  I was born into a home with  5 cats and a dog.  I never remember a time without cats and dogs and a couple of turtles and a poor gold fish that was constantly being harassed by the cats.

It was filled with love and laughter.  I was taught tolerance and how to accept and love all kinds of animals which helped me learn how to accept and tolerate people also.

My husband and I had retired and had lost our cat George the year before.  So we walked into the SPCA very nervous but excited.  We were not going to look at kittens I thought maybe we should get older cats. But we never had kittens so we thought maybe we would try to raise two little ones.  To make a long story short we adopted Benjamin and Sadie.

We lost Benny in 08 and now my Sadie is sick.  I do not want her in pain but I am not rushing to the Vet.  She has only been to the vet a few times in her life unlike Benny she has been very healthy.  I never let my cats outside so I have to admit after age 7 I stopped the leukemia vaccination and the rabies.

My little girl is hanging in there and I will hopefully not be selfish and keep her alive for my benefit.  I believe in putting our animals to sleep before I let them suffer.  In the last few years I have had to put my parents wonderful old dog Jack down along with their 3 cats.  It has been a terrible a time.  In the last 5 years I have lost both my Mom and Dad.

So I have to end now and hope Sadie stays with me a little longer.

Benjamin

Sadie