Break from the Blog.........

I'm going to take a break from horses right now to say good bye to Ivy League - our 12y/o female tortie feline.  My son decided it was time to give Ivy peace and take away her pain.  She had lived most of her last year in his room - as they were best buds - he fed & loved her, cleaned out her  litter box and her messes which were increasing this past month.

We rescued her from a shelter in Ohio many years ago when she was just a kitten.  What attracted me to her was her one peach toe on her front paw.  She was in the back of the cage and not interested in anything when I saw her but it was love at first sight!

We had taken our Pug along that summer - so we had 2 adults, 2 boys, a dog and a kitten for the ride back.  I remember not even being down the driveway of my Aunts house and Festus ( our Pug ) went crazy in the back seat and knocked over her lil kitty litter pan which she had just used. We thought it would be a wild ride home - but it was not.  She simply laid on my lap purring for the majority of the drive.

                If you look closely - you can see the peach on her toe

                      
                         Ivy League in all her glory....

                One of my favorite photos - hanging with her canine family        watching the world go by..... 



Over the years Ivy raised MANY siblings - including an array of kittens, guinea pigs and was recently sharing her space with our rabbit .  She was quicker to accept the canines that entered our lives over the years - I think she just tolerated all the other species to make us happy.  She was the type of cat that if you just said her name - she would start purring - she was SO sweet and loving - even to the end. 


I am SO glad there is something we can do when our animals are hurting  - I only wish there was something for the  humans who are heartbroken.  I trust time will be the answer - but  - it sure is sad to go in my son's room and not see Ivy on his bed looking up at you with her motor running.