{"id":9641,"date":"2009-09-05T16:49:53","date_gmt":"2009-09-05T23:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=9641"},"modified":"2009-09-06T07:23:17","modified_gmt":"2009-09-06T14:23:17","slug":"bidding-a-tearful-goodbye-to-an-old-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/9641\/bidding-a-tearful-goodbye-to-an-old-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Bidding A Tearful Goodbye To An Old Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes Life’s End Brings Meaning To Life<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you don’t like mushy posts – now is a good time to move along.<\/p>\n

Back in the Spring of 1998, my sister was involved in some sort of charity work that prompted her to call me up one day and say, “I’ve found a cat for you!”<\/em><\/p>\n

“What kind of Siamese cat is it?”<\/em> I replied.<\/p>\n

“Well… it’s not a Siamese cat – but she’s a really cool cat,”<\/em> she shot back.<\/p>\n

“Sis, you know I’m a cat snob…”<\/em><\/p>\n

“Doug, the cat’s owner is on his deathbed. His family can’t take the cat. He has attended to all of his affairs – and his cat is the last detail he needs to attend to. She’s a really cool cat!”<\/em> my sister insisted.<\/p>\n

So I agreed to take on this full-grown female feline.<\/p>\n

When she arrived, my sister couldn’t remember her name – but that didn’t matter. She was big and fat and colored black and white like a Gateway computer box… so I named her Gateway.<\/p>\n

I took her to the vet to make sure she was okay, and the vet told me that she thought she was five or six years old at that time – and in good health… other than being rather heavy.<\/p>\n

For the first few months, she kept to herself – often hiding under my end tables. When I would try to pick her up, she would hiss at me and act like she would bite me… so I gave her plenty of space – after all, I didn’t know how she had been treated in the past.<\/p>\n

I remember the first time I let her go outside… a neighbor was walking his Great Dane, and Gateway ran up to that dog sideways – trying to look as big and menacing as she possibly could – with her fur standing on end. It was truly comical, as she had no claws – and that dog could’ve made an hors d’ oeuvre out of her.<\/p>\n

Over the years, Gateway and I became the closest of friends. She asked for very little, but gave in ways that are hard to measure. She Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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