Author: jchick62

Penny was my companion and best friend for 18 years. She was very sociable and loved being the center of attention. Every morning she would awaken us with meows and paw taps, and every evening she greeted us at the door with meows and head butts. She loved sitting on laps, lying in the sun,…

I had 17.5 wonderful years with my little heat-seeking missile. Whenever I sat down, she sensed it from wherever she was and strolled in for lap time. At night she slept next to my head and purred all night. I adopted her as a kitten to be a companion to Max, a Himalayan who had…

R.I.P. Teddy Bear Bottmeyer 12/27/2008- 9/14/25*Just 3 months shy of your 17th birthday!Aka Ted, Trouble, Chubbles, Chublar, Choobles, Mister, Nerfgerger, Stinky McGee, Ding-a-ling, and Old Man You came into our lives as a second chance, but really you were always meant to be a part of our family. When we first laid eyes on you,…

Two weeks ago, on July 14th, we had to say goodbye to our beloved cat Carlito. He was a beautiful, gentle soul who filled our lives with love for 12 wonderful years. Though he had always been a healthy and happy cat, just over two months ago he was diagnosed with an aggressive and fast-growing…

Little Guy was fierce despite his size – just under four pounds of pure determination and armed with two tiny teeth. From hiking trails to tucked-in tents, if we were there, he was happy. He loved to run. He’d sneak out the door before us and make a break for it, always trying to get…

Penny came into my life during my first year out of college, when I was a teacher in rural Mississippi. There aren’t many details from her first two years of life. But we know that Penny was found scared and with a litter of fresh puppies abandoned by a dumpster. Her puppies were quickly adopted…

Our beloved Ray was equal parts adventurer and cuddler. He loved the wind and the fog and watching birds. When we had people over, he would join the conversation. He was tolerant of everybody and almost anything, and children loved him. He left an impression on everyone he met. Those of us that were lucky…

Biscuit c. September 2004 – 13th August 2022 Biscuit was an SF SPCA rescue. We went to visit the adoption floor “just to look” for a mature, small, short-haired, non-vocal cuddler, and ended up coming home with a year-old, long haired herder with a big voice and an even bigger personality! Bitsy (as she was…

Cleo (2007-2021); in Chicago during her daily squirrel hunt. She was a lab to the core – loved food and people, tried to hunt any critter that moved, and in general she was very high maintenance. She once ate a half-dead squirrel and threw it up on my rug, got bit on the nose by…

Leia (2007-2022); in Chicago during “snowmageddon”. Leia was my husband’s baby; she loved him so much that it made her crazy. She had separation anxiety and would bark at him for sneezing. She got into a lot of trouble – she escaped her crate and dug out his mattress TWICE, she once jumped off a…