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Many of you have read short posts about my Heart cat Sherbert. How many of you think objects carry a part of someone after their death? Those of you who read about Sherbert knew he was a gentle soul who loved to baby my fosters. Well I have an interesting story..
Today I took my beagle Max to the vet to get his leg looked at. While there I saw looked in a crate and saw a pitiful looking calico hooked up to an IV, she was wrapped in Sherbert's Blanket. The very blanket he was wrapped in on his last trip to the vet. The very one I had made for him years ago.
While waiting for my vet to get time to look at my dog I sat and talked to 2 ladies that were there. One was the owner of the calico. Both were caretakers of a total of 4 feral colonies. My vet joined into the conversation a bit later, she said she had planned to send back the blanket, but that it had become the most used blanket she had. It seems the ferals loved it. ALL of them. It seemed to calm them and they accepted being handled easier when wrapped in it or laying on it. The calico that was on it came from one of the colonies, she had been dumped 3 days earlier and was in renal failure, she moved and figited on any other blanket but that one, which she stretched out on and took the IV. It must have been a sight to see me cry when I saw that blanket, I must have seemed crazy. But I am happy that something so simple as a blanket is bringing comfort to others. I think Sherbert would have liked that somehow.
Today I took my beagle Max to the vet to get his leg looked at. While there I saw looked in a crate and saw a pitiful looking calico hooked up to an IV, she was wrapped in Sherbert's Blanket. The very blanket he was wrapped in on his last trip to the vet. The very one I had made for him years ago.
While waiting for my vet to get time to look at my dog I sat and talked to 2 ladies that were there. One was the owner of the calico. Both were caretakers of a total of 4 feral colonies. My vet joined into the conversation a bit later, she said she had planned to send back the blanket, but that it had become the most used blanket she had. It seems the ferals loved it. ALL of them. It seemed to calm them and they accepted being handled easier when wrapped in it or laying on it. The calico that was on it came from one of the colonies, she had been dumped 3 days earlier and was in renal failure, she moved and figited on any other blanket but that one, which she stretched out on and took the IV. It must have been a sight to see me cry when I saw that blanket, I must have seemed crazy. But I am happy that something so simple as a blanket is bringing comfort to others. I think Sherbert would have liked that somehow.