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In reply to the discussion: What is your favorite memory of a pet long gone? [View all]fizzgig
(24,146 posts)marley showed up in maybe 94, this little grey thing with fur so matted that it looked like dreadlocks, hence the name. we're pretty sure he sought refuge from the drug dealers across the street and he had been badly abused. it was several years before he'd come any further into the house than the kitchen, but once he finally settled in, he was a good, sweet boy. he normally wasn't a lap cat, but he'd come curl up with me if i was on the couch late at night.
we had to put him down on 9/11.
then there was yos, our big black boy. he came from a litter a nearly feral female dropped in our garage (we think she came from the same house as marley). he was born in the summer of 95 and was with us until september 09. he was big and mellow, he was the alpha but he let my girl think she was.
here he is tolerating the princess.