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Rescues: Timmy and Timmy II. [1]
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Date: 2023-12-17
First, a quick note about Lucky: He’s doing fine. Our old Springer has accepted him (he’s had to accept a lot of rescues already!) Lucky will have his operation in less than a week and we’re very confident that it will go well.
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Timmy arrived on our doorstep one autumn evening. Our daughter opened the front door and there he was, a small kitten in the style of “Fat Freddy’s Cat”. His poor face had taken a beating, what or why we never knew. We took him in and adopted him. At that time we had a St Bernard, Bruno. He wasn’t like Beethoven; he was like Cujo from the Stephen King novel. Timmy bravely adapted to the huge dog although it was always an uneasy truce.
I must be honest, Timmy was purely ornamental. He had no interest in catching mice even when we had several in the house; instead, the dog assumed responsibility. He had a peaceful life and passed away aged 17, having comfortably outlived Bruno.
Hero sharing his bed with Timmy II.
By now we had adopted Hero, our Springer, from a family nearby who were keeping him on a bare patio outdoors. He is a gentle soul.
Shortly after Timmy passed away we acquired a very similar kitten we named, rather unimaginatively, Timmy II. He didn’t take long to begin taking liberties with Hero.
We hoped our “replacement” would be with us as long as Timmy had been, but alas it was not to be. He escaped over the garden wall and ran into the road, where he was hit by a car. It was a sad day.
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