Sadie
A donation was made in memory of Sadie on Oct 14, 2009.
Sadie – 9.18.1993 - 6.13.2009
SaaaaaaDeeeee! That was the call. If she was awake (and not focused on something else), she would come when called. If she was asleep, then the tail would twitch. She knew her name and could distinguish it from the rest of the pride.
Midge met Sadie at the Bellevue Humane Society on November 10th, 1993. She was 8 weeks old and in a cage with her two brothers. She divided the cage in half with an imaginary diagonal line and kept her brothers at bay with an occasional “bat”. She was born a queen, inquisitive, and full of spirit.
As a young kitten, she immediately became a retriever. I taught her to retrieve (or she taught me to throw) an ear plug. In fact, she would let me know when it was time to play by bringing me the ear plug. Her other favorite toy was the crazy circle with a ping pong ball.
In 1995 we adopted a Brown Lab named BD. We introduced them to each other on the deck. They met nose-to-nose. Sadie looked at the rambunctious puppy, hissed at her, and turned her back on BD. From my point of view, that was an interesting on-the-spot analysis of trust.
Sadie needed companionship and a pride. In 1996 we adopted two Abyssinian kittens. She was a nurturing mother and cared for them as if they were her own. On one occasion, we had to cat watch a relative’s cat that was about Sadie’s age. One of the kittens approached this cat and it growled. Sadie’s response was to place herself between the cat and the kitten. It was definitely her pride.
On another occasion a baby mouse made it into the house. Sadie and her pride surrounded it. She would not kill it, but instead guided it to the brothers to practice their skills.
At night her job was to insure that we all went to bed. She would stay around the shower until I migrated to bed. Then she would howl, carrying her ear plug to the bedroom. Finally, she would nestle down between us for the night.
Sadie was getting an advanced case of kidney failure and had to be hospitalized just before her death. I talked to the vet, and she recommended that I visit Sadie in the hospital. I had prepared myself for the worse but was optimistic. What I saw that day was a young kitten playing with a toy and full of energy. She mrt’d when I called her name. I left her an ear plug. It was encouraging to see her in that state, if only it would be temporary.
When she came home, we tried injections of lactated Ringers solution at home to ease her condition; however, she would not eat nor maintain her weight. On her last night at home, she howled and brought her toy to bed.
It was a hard decision for me to have her put down, but I couldn’t let her suffer. She passed away purring in my lap at the veterinarian’s office. We brought her home and buried her on a berm surrounded by flowers.
Sadie taught us about pride dynamics and how social cats really are. Because of that lesson we have adopted a pair of kittens (male & female) from a litter. The pride is intact with four members that all get along very well. There is also another queen in the making with habits similar to Sadie.
What we remember the most is that Sadie taught us one more facet of love.
Steve S.
SaaaaaaDeeeee! That was the call. If she was awake (and not focused on something else), she would come when called. If she was asleep, then the tail would twitch. She knew her name and could distinguish it from the rest of the pride.
Midge met Sadie at the Bellevue Humane Society on November 10th, 1993. She was 8 weeks old and in a cage with her two brothers. She divided the cage in half with an imaginary diagonal line and kept her brothers at bay with an occasional “bat”. She was born a queen, inquisitive, and full of spirit.
As a young kitten, she immediately became a retriever. I taught her to retrieve (or she taught me to throw) an ear plug. In fact, she would let me know when it was time to play by bringing me the ear plug. Her other favorite toy was the crazy circle with a ping pong ball.
In 1995 we adopted a Brown Lab named BD. We introduced them to each other on the deck. They met nose-to-nose. Sadie looked at the rambunctious puppy, hissed at her, and turned her back on BD. From my point of view, that was an interesting on-the-spot analysis of trust.
Sadie needed companionship and a pride. In 1996 we adopted two Abyssinian kittens. She was a nurturing mother and cared for them as if they were her own. On one occasion, we had to cat watch a relative’s cat that was about Sadie’s age. One of the kittens approached this cat and it growled. Sadie’s response was to place herself between the cat and the kitten. It was definitely her pride.
On another occasion a baby mouse made it into the house. Sadie and her pride surrounded it. She would not kill it, but instead guided it to the brothers to practice their skills.
At night her job was to insure that we all went to bed. She would stay around the shower until I migrated to bed. Then she would howl, carrying her ear plug to the bedroom. Finally, she would nestle down between us for the night.
Sadie was getting an advanced case of kidney failure and had to be hospitalized just before her death. I talked to the vet, and she recommended that I visit Sadie in the hospital. I had prepared myself for the worse but was optimistic. What I saw that day was a young kitten playing with a toy and full of energy. She mrt’d when I called her name. I left her an ear plug. It was encouraging to see her in that state, if only it would be temporary.
When she came home, we tried injections of lactated Ringers solution at home to ease her condition; however, she would not eat nor maintain her weight. On her last night at home, she howled and brought her toy to bed.
It was a hard decision for me to have her put down, but I couldn’t let her suffer. She passed away purring in my lap at the veterinarian’s office. We brought her home and buried her on a berm surrounded by flowers.
Sadie taught us about pride dynamics and how social cats really are. Because of that lesson we have adopted a pair of kittens (male & female) from a litter. The pride is intact with four members that all get along very well. There is also another queen in the making with habits similar to Sadie.
What we remember the most is that Sadie taught us one more facet of love.
Steve S.
