{"id":39,"date":"2016-09-06T17:43:58","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T17:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/budsies.dreamhosters.com\/wppetsies\/?p=39"},"modified":"2018-12-18T20:51:51","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T20:51:51","slug":"loving-cat-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mypetsies.com\/blog\/spotlights\/loving-cat-memory\/","title":{"rendered":"A victim of Tragedy, This Cat’s Memory Lives On"},"content":{"rendered":"

The loss of a pet is never an easy thing to deal with. Our furry friends are part of our lives — they are family — so saying goodbye to a loved dog or cat (or any animal) can be a devastating in any event.<\/p>\n

Ed Tessier had to say goodbye to his cat, Cloud, under some pretty dire circumstances. Ed found Cloud in his wife\u2019s closet on Thanksgiving day \u201c[hunched] over and not looking good.\u201d They rushed him to their vet of 10 years, where they discovered that Cloud had a bullet wound in his abdomen, right in front of his hind quarter.<\/p>\n

\"cat\"\u201cWe got home and were only home a short time when we got the call from the vet saying that Cloud had been shot with a .22 caliber rifle,\u201d Ed wrote. \u201cHe said that he didn\u2019t look good and told us we had two options. We could bring him to the Animal Emergency Room a short distance away or we could have him put to sleep. His best advice was the second choice, because he felt that anything the Emergency Room could do would only be temporary \u2026 a very short time at best.\u201d<\/p>\n

The couple made the decision to have him put down. Ed said he didn\u2019t expect such a harrowing scene on Thanksgiving Day. He regrets that he wasn\u2019t able to say goodbye to him.<\/p>\n

Ed and his wife adopted Cloud and his sister from a friend who found them and was allergic to cats. Cloud was named after the Final Fantasy VII protagonist Cloud Strife, who happened to be the strongest character.<\/p>\n

\u201cCloud was a survivor,\u201d Ed wrote.<\/p>\n

\"KittyA third cat, Snoopy, was added to the mix later on, and he and Cloud hit it off instantly. \u201cIt got to the point that they were inseparable and when you saw one, the other was not far away.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both an indoor and outdoor cat, Cloud would get in many scuffles with neighboring cats and would have to be \u201csent in for repairs\u201d several times. He would sometimes vanish for three days at a time, but according to Ed, would return once the hunting got sparse.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen my wife and I would pull into our driveway each [day] he would always come trotting over to us with his tail high in the air, happy to see us, trying to \u2018mooch\u2019 as much attention as we would be willing to give him.\u201d<\/p>\n

And that was certainly a lot of attention — and a lot of love.<\/p>\n

\u201cCloud was a very dear friend of mine and I miss him very much \u2026 I have had a very difficult time and have not dealt with it very well. I could deal with it better if it were natural causes, but to be taken from us is what had hurt the most,\u201d Ed shared. Ed decided to keep Cloud’s memory alive by ordering a cat stuffed animal<\/a> from Petsies.<\/p>\n

\"cat\u201cWhen I received the Petsie last night, I could not believe how much it looked like Cloud,\u201d he wrote. \u201cIt gave me an opportunity to do what I hadn\u2019t been able to previously do \u2026 say goodbye to my friend.\u201d<\/p>\n

A few years back Ed and his wife made a pilgrimage to Woonsocket, RI, to the set where the movie Hachi was filmed. There, a statue dedicated to the Japanese symbol of loyalty, Hachiko, stood.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat day I had two flat stones with me with Cloud and Snoopy\u2019s name written in permanent marker with me that I placed inside the base of the statue.\u201d Ed recalled. \u201cNot only was Cloud my friend, but he was loyal to the end.\u201d<\/p>\n

RIP, sweet Cloud!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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