Comments on: Simplify your life with a borrowed pet

By: Molly

Molly — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:22:36 +0000

Oh, I miss our neighborhood cat. His name was Joey. He would always go “home” for dinner when called, but he would also come out and play most of the day. When I would visit my parents from college, he even knew the sound of my truck coming down the street and would come visit. When family/friends came to visit, they had to meet Joey, too.

I do wonder what to do when the neighborhood cat needs to go the vet (abscessed tooth, for instance), and his real parents don’t take him. Joey dealt with this towards the end of his life, and I know he was in pain.

Miss you, Joey.

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Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:02:35 +0000

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By: thistinyhouse

thistinyhouse — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:03:26 +0000

How funny! Cats are great home entertainment.

By: Donna Hess

Donna Hess — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:35:33 +0000

I love to concept of sharing pets. We live in the country so it’s not feasible here but we do have an outside cat with indoor privledges. He comes in for a bit in the mornings and then again in the evenings. Unlike your cat, he’s a begger. ‘Jerry’ has it bad for potato chips. He knows which cabinet they are stored in and will sit in front of it, batting his big green eyes at you, until you give in and get the chip bag out. Once he’s finished his chip he’s ready to be let outside again.

By: DJ

DJ — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:01:59 +0000

Cats are always in search of back-up homes. They are smart that way. You are lucky to be one of her choices!

By: thistinyhouse

thistinyhouse — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:46:05 +0000

At one point this cat had a collar tag that gave us her name, address and phone number. That tag is gone now and we haven’t met the owner yet but I have an idea of who she is. I can’t help but think it will be an awkward meeting.

By: Margy

Margy — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:55:29 +0000

We had a neighborhood cat adopt our house. We had an atrium in the middle of the house. He would jump down from the roof and cry to get into the house from the inside. He would also use our other cat’s door to come inside. Unfortunately, it was hard to get him to return to his own house. He ended up living with us instead. Didn’t made the neighbors very happy, but they just couldn’t keep him home. – Margy

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:29:51 +0000

So sweet!
I just recently read an article about a neighborhood cat that lead many lives for many different people.

Did you make up the name? Or do you know the “real” owners?