Delilah, our adopted rescue kitty really seems to like Sascha, my German Shepherd.  In truth, Sascha seems to like the kitty as well.

However, I wonder what Sascha must be thinking?  “Why’s this kitten playing with my ear?”  Why am I in the crate when the kitten is attacking me?”

Kitten Playing With Dog's Ear

Once playing with Sascha’s ear got boring, Delilah just decided to lay down on top of Sascha’s crate.

Kitten Watching German Shepherd

Sascha seems to be the most bonded with Delilah as she follows her everywhere and licks her at every opportunity.

On the other hand, Maggie, being true to her character, doesn’t seem to care one way or another about another animal.  It’s people she’s most interested in.

That is, until Delilah decides to go in between the dog’s crates!  That’s when Maggie starts whining, probably asking why she has to be in a crate when the kitten doesn’t:-).

Kitten Bonding With Dogs

She and Chloe get along great, as well as her and the dogs.  In fact, her favorite playmate (other than Chloe) seems to be Sascha, my German Shepherd.

We also got her a new toy today.  I think she likes it.  She carries it around the house.

Delilah Jumping After Toy

Delilah Jumping But Misses Toy

Today was a perfect example.  Maggie slowly waddles over to the edge of the pool and gently glides in the water.

Maggie Goes For A Slow Swim With Her Toy

That’s not Maggie’s favorite pool activity however.  What she really likes to do is to see how far she can jump. Here she tucks back all 4 legs and just jumps.

Maggie Goes For A Giant Leap In The Pool

Whereas in this next shot, she seems to be trying to determine how far she can walk on water.

Maggie Attempts To Walk On Water

She didn’t actually tear the stitches, but she did appear to scratch herself up pretty good.  I cleaned her wound, put on some medicine, and then worst of all for Maggie, put a t-shirt on her.  Of course Leecy had to choose a Country shirt for Maggie to wear.

Maggie Wearing Big Dogs Country Shirt

Is this not the face of a sad dog?

Maggie Looking Sad

I guess after a while, Maggie just resigned herself to just trying to ignore the t-shirt intrusion.

Maggie Laying Down Wearing Shirt

Today, Maggie is still a bit “slow” but she’s not as loopy.  Leecy gave her a pain pill this morning so Maggie just seems a little tired.  She is tempted to try and scratch the place on her back, so I’ll have to watch that.

Here’s some pictures of Maggie on the day after her surgery.

Maggie Scratching Face After Surgery

Below are closeup shots of the two incisions.

Maggie Fatty Deposit Removed On Back

Maggie Tumor Removal On Shoulder Blade

I didn’t mention it before, but Leecy and I took Chloe and Maggie to the vet the same day Madison was put down just to make sure everything was okay.  As it turned out, Maggie had two lumps on her back, one was a fatty deposit, the other was unknown.  So Maggie went in for surgery today.   The big lump was just cut out, whereas the smaller lump has to be sent to pathology.  I’m trying to stay mentally neutral about what this may indicate.

Tonight Maggie is very groggy and has two large holes on the side of her body.  The good news is that she doesn’t seem to be experiencing significant pain.  I’ll try and take some pictures tomorrow of her war wounds.

Not an inexpensive week in terms of pet care.  I think were shooting right 800+ for this week alone.

Although we aren’t actively looking for another cat just yet, we previously talked about a Birman or a Ragdoll.  If anyone knows any reputable breeders in Houston, let us know.

Leecy would like to type her own words about Madison.

Hi. Madison & I were buddies…it only took about a year for her to get use to me being here, but she did finally come around once she realized I was the one feeding her.   I would sit upstairs on my computer & she would come around and stand on her back legs and tap me so daintily with her front paw “meow” wanting to come up on my lap. Once on my lap she would come up, I would hold her paw, which wasn’t any bigger than my fingerprint, and she would bend her toes around my finger–like we were holding hands…  She would come sit on my lap while I would be at my craft table. I could still do alot with a 4lb cat on my lap, poor Chloe won’t be able to do that with me.

In Madison’s ‘bedroom’, my daybed is in there, and she would lay on that to look outside into the backyard rose garden, pool, bird feeders. One time I noticed when I changed the sheets there was a ‘pee-spot’…uh oh…kitty has a bladder problem..getting old… so I put a vinyl table cloth on the mattress to protect it and put her blankets over it so it was still snuggly for her.  On that bed is a mountain of pillows. I threw a blanket over them & she just seemed to love the height & comfy-ness of her ‘mountain’. We’d always find her up there so cozy.

Chloe went upstairs with me today and I showed her the window sill Madison would sit on to soak up the sunshine or watch the neighbor’s dogs. She was instantly spread out & purring on the sill. I noticed her front paw kneading on the sill. I have NEVER seen her do that, so I wonder if she knew this was Madison’s special place.    Chloe has claimed Madison’s tree also, which is coated in her smell & fur still. Maybe its a sense of her mother figure is still around.

love you Madison.

Maggie, Our Golden Retriever, Smiling

By the way, I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned the diet that both Maggie and Sascha eat.  Both of them are on the RAW diet.  Sascha has been on this diet since I got her, whereas I started Maggie when she was about a year old.  Neither of them have ever had their teeth cleaned and the vet always compliments them on how white their teeth are.

Here’s the diet for both dogs.

• Ground Turkey Meat (same stuff you and I eat)
• Fresh Salmon Oil
• Beef Organs
• Ground Vegetables (carrots, green beans, parsley, zucchini)
• Vitamin C
• Vitamin E
• Berte’s Green Blend (dried sea vegetation, alfalfa meal, blue green algae, spirilina powder, iris moss powder, foenugreek seed, anethol-fennel, lemon peel powder, garlic, dulse powder)

On the opposite days of the above, the dogs are fed just raw chicken backs with some salmon oil on top.

We get all of these products (minus the ground turkey, which we get at HEB) from Bones2Go.  If you decide to visit Tracey at Bones2Go, tell her I said hello.

Even though Maggie is 8 years old, when it comes to water she thinks she’s still a puppy.  One of her favorite things to do is to take a giant running leap when a toy is thrown in the pool (Remember, you can click on the picture for an enlarged view).

Maggie Diving In Pool

On the other hand, Sascha goes into the pool because Maggie does.  She does to chase toys in the pool, but she doesn’t take a giant running leap like Maggie does.

Sascha Retrieving Toy In Pool