tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3196908370614674789.post2182507470466808657..comments2024-03-27T03:11:25.622-04:00Comments on The Philosophy of KLo: Are Pets Part of the Family ... or Just Sort of an Appendage?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13955854427063032485noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3196908370614674789.post-84070212927171411232009-05-06T20:45:00.000-04:002009-05-06T20:45:00.000-04:00Nichole--Charlie is much better, thanks : ) Isn't...Nichole--Charlie is much better, thanks : ) Isn't it funny the steps we'll take for our pets? I guess that really does answer the question of whether we view them as family or appendages. Your kitty is lucky to have you : )Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13955854427063032485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3196908370614674789.post-27499045686629831002009-04-29T11:15:00.000-04:002009-04-29T11:15:00.000-04:00I hope Charlie is on the road to recovery, poor li...I hope Charlie is on the road to recovery, poor little guy. I, too, have a special needs kitty. She never got her adult teeth and all her baby teeth have since rotted and needed to be removed. She has extra thumbs and... she vomits. We have to break her meals down into a teaspoon (of wet food for lack of teeth) every 20 minutes. Otherwise she pukes. Even still she sometimes vomits, especially if she's over-excited about eating because she didn't get her full meal the last time. She's also got crystals in her urine, which means that her food costs $1.75/day...Nichole Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02019214170505205626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3196908370614674789.post-14580242012840305712009-04-28T23:30:00.000-04:002009-04-28T23:30:00.000-04:00DD--I'm sorry about your cats :( Your comment mad...DD--I'm sorry about your cats :( Your comment made me run over to my pillow (where she sleeps ... she's kind of a princess) and kiss Charlie : )Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13955854427063032485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3196908370614674789.post-88485359717278509952009-04-27T21:18:00.000-04:002009-04-27T21:18:00.000-04:00Pets are definetly part of the family.
Sadly, we h...Pets are definetly part of the family.<br />Sadly, we had to put two cats to sleep a year ago (NOT at the same time!) and that broke my heart. Tears do not come to me easily, but when I had to leave the vet without my sweet and beautiful cats, I cried my eyes out.Dutch Sugar Babehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04903299581166663151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3196908370614674789.post-11324920974483329932009-04-27T17:21:00.000-04:002009-04-27T17:21:00.000-04:00Special Agent : )--And I'm sure your cat appreciat...Special Agent : )--And I'm sure your cat appreciates it all : ) You're fabulous, and I am so proud of how amazing your blog is : ) : ) : )Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13955854427063032485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3196908370614674789.post-42506362642250113382009-04-26T21:39:00.000-04:002009-04-26T21:39:00.000-04:00Sista, I spent $2000 on my last visit to the vet -...Sista, I spent $2000 on my last visit to the vet - so you can tell I all but birthed my cat. Family all the way!Dear Blank Pagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00994199156679381487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3196908370614674789.post-64715742594639777252009-04-26T16:17:00.000-04:002009-04-26T16:17:00.000-04:00KLo,
Certainly, I don't mind you sharing...that's...KLo,<br /><br />Certainly, I don't mind you sharing...that's what blogs are for :-) Thanks for your kind, and sympathetic comments! ~Janine XOSniffles and Smileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10073156486641622612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3196908370614674789.post-44059609436998423832009-04-26T15:45:00.000-04:002009-04-26T15:45:00.000-04:00Moonlight Dancer--I know what you mean ... I spent...Moonlight Dancer--I know what you mean ... I spent the first thirty years of my life competing with my siblings for my mother's attention--and then she got a dog :) The thought of your dad crying over cat toys just twinges at my heartstrings : (<br /><br />Michelle--You're absolutely right--pets want nothing more than to love and be loved. We could all learn lessons from them, I think.<br /><br />Jen--Cats definitely make for a bigger family--but in much the same way as babies do lol. <br /><br />Sniffles and Smiles--I didn't even make the connection with "Marley and Me", although I should have given its massive popularity ... sometimes I'm pretty dim : ) And thank you, Charlie is feeling much better : ) Antibiotics are pretty amazing!<br /><br />Beth--Sirius ... what a great name for a dog : ) I don't even have to ask where it came from (well, unless I'm wrong, which is always a good possibility :-)). Enjoy every second with him ... I miss my Puck every day and cringe at the thought of something happening to Sonja (and the crazy Miss Charlie)<br /><br />JLKCA2--Actually, I see where you're coming from and I totally respect you for saying it. I got thinking about your point ... while I was worried sick about Charlie and certainly brought her to the vet as soon as I realized that something was really wrong, my thoughts turned to how huge emergency vet bills are a lot more quickly than they would have if, say, it had been one of my daughters (like, they suggested doing a lot of diagnostic stuff that would have run over $500, and I wouldn't have thought twice if it had been one of my daughters, but we were willing to do the antibiotic route after just a urinalysis with Charlie ... unless she doesn't get better, in which case we'll be shelling out the big bucks. But that's a different story :0))<br /><br />Angie--It's funny, I hated cats for most of my life. I'm still not a major fan of any cat but Charlie, and that's because she thinks she's a dog (she and my black lab play like puppies together ... very cute : )).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13955854427063032485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3196908370614674789.post-30088472201782800862009-04-26T12:36:00.000-04:002009-04-26T12:36:00.000-04:00No no no on cats. [See Colby's Angie-Hates-Cats vi...No no no on cats. [See Colby's Angie-Hates-Cats vid at my place!] But we love our dawgs. Had my last Boston for 16 years, and now a new pup. <br /><br />Think I'll skip the cat news and read back on posts I've missed. :)Angie Ledbetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16407006980893727627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3196908370614674789.post-18185497825666606582009-04-26T12:26:00.000-04:002009-04-26T12:26:00.000-04:00I think there is an in-between kind of love for pe...I think there is an in-between kind of love for pets, though I suspect I might get panned for saying this. I would also be disturbed if I saw/heard people putting their pets down without a second thought. I have been very sad when I've lost pets, and certainly have mourned them, but I have to imagine that losing a child/parent/close friend would be absolutely devastating and I daresay I hope it would be more so than losing a pet...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3196908370614674789.post-46005974480430416972009-04-26T11:43:00.000-04:002009-04-26T11:43:00.000-04:00I didn't expect my dog Sirius to become such a par...I didn't expect my dog Sirius to become such a part of my life...but he is. I can't stand to think of what we'll do when the time comes...He's only 3 years old now, but the thought of him needing to be put down makes me squirm in pain.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11431700962951592287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3196908370614674789.post-2546107324259969962009-04-26T11:17:00.000-04:002009-04-26T11:17:00.000-04:00Not a bit rare...I grieved for a long time after o...Not a bit rare...I grieved for a long time after our dog was put down...he was family...and it must be common to feel that way as "Marley and Me" has been a huge success! Touches many of our hearts! Your cat is quite a personality! BTW, my dog thought he was a cat...and would climb up on the back of the sofa...sometimes leap off of it...always making friends with cats as well...we had to teach him to bark...funny dog...Cheers! And hope Charlie feels better soon!Sniffles and Smileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10073156486641622612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3196908370614674789.post-72735573981788625532009-04-26T10:37:00.000-04:002009-04-26T10:37:00.000-04:00I want a cat really badly so that I can feel like ...I want a cat really badly so that I can feel like I have a bigger family. My mom loves her two cats and would cry and cry if anything happened to them :(Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02866092776584246843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3196908370614674789.post-15333946462967808622009-04-26T10:24:00.000-04:002009-04-26T10:24:00.000-04:00Oh, yes, Ichi was one in a million :) I'll never ...Oh, yes, Ichi was one in a million :) I'll never forget her propensity for barfing on bills. Maybe it runs in the feline contingency of our family ...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13955854427063032485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3196908370614674789.post-13140076926912422962009-04-26T10:17:00.000-04:002009-04-26T10:17:00.000-04:00J and I were just discussing something similar las...J and I were just discussing something similar last night, regarding animals and their personalities. We couldn't fathom the mindset of seeing a pet (or wildlife or livestock, for that matter) as "just a dumb animal", because our boys are so different from each other. Ichi was a third variant entirely, even though they were all the same breed of the same animal. They clearly have their own personalities.<br /><br />As you know, putting Ichi down was easily the hardest decision we have ever had to make. We both went with her, even though neither of us wanted to watch her die. But it was the same thing: she was our cat, and we loved her very much, and we didn't want her to be alone. We both cried a lot, and the vet hugged us and then sent us a card with a page-long message about how clear it was that we loved her. She also remembered humorous little details about her (and as you recall, Ichi was quite emo herself)-it was very nice. Anyway, my point was that I remember wondering why we seemed to have left an impression on the vet. I wondered how anyone could possibly act differently toward their pets. I guess they do :-(mmayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03141617140227164898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3196908370614674789.post-35363103992841145212009-04-26T09:18:00.000-04:002009-04-26T09:18:00.000-04:00I believe pets are a big part of the family. I bro...I believe pets are a big part of the family. I broke down when my cat passed on due to kidney failure. They are the only part of the family that never looks or talks down to you, is willing to listen to all your rants, and only asks for an occasional belly rub in return.Michelle H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10117937124348728578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3196908370614674789.post-29086479896382987052009-04-26T09:08:00.000-04:002009-04-26T09:08:00.000-04:00No our pets are definitely part of the family. My ...No our pets are definitely part of the family. My parents got a new cat several years ago that developed this strange webbing around her heart (it was genetic) and they took her to angel memorial to have surgery, but even though she made it through the surgery she ended up crashing in the night and they let her go. My father was devasatated. Months later if he found one of her toys, he'd break down and cry. It was really harder on him than my mom. Now they have two cats and they love them to pieces. Definitely family. Those cats are treated better than me. *pout* LOLStarvingBitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11905457524933733167noreply@blogger.com