A sad day here. Had to put our cat (Pepper) down today she would have been 21 next month. Had her a lot longer than the kids so far! We actually had two sisters and had to put her sister down nearly 3 years ago (at 18). Pepper had been doing really well, but started deteriorating over the last week or so and this weekend was having trouble walking or doing much of anything. Just kind of stayed with her and Royce held her pretty much the whole evening last night. Put her down on a blanket at bedtime and she didnt move between then and morning. Matt came home this morning and he and I carried her outside a bit and then left her (inside) in the sun where she likes it. Picked up Stephen and Eric at lunch time to let them come home and say goodbye and my husband and I took her in early afternoon. She still hadnt moved at all, but was trying to lift her head up some. She didnt even move when they gave her the injection. Probably could have just waited it out another 24 hours or so but there didnt seem to be a point. She wasnt in pain I dont think, but she wasnt really there at all either. So we have some sad folks here today. When we got them we were both in the Army and I was worrying about heading out on an FTX (field training exercise). That was June 89 long before we even thought about the kids! Just a couple pics Pepper as a kitten, then last April when we took a pic with the boys and sent it into the paper for her 20th birthday:
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marcie.............

i'm at a loss for words.
losing a pet is like losing a family member.
i know this is a hard time for you and the family.

Good afternoon homies
Well I guess the dental problems keep mounting up cause my teeth were worse off than what I thought and they were only able to get 8 of the 16 out and they had to cut them out.
Needless to say 4 days later and still hurting and have to follow up with dentist this friday![]()
oh no....
they couldn't do all the teeth last week?
sending you mummy dust with hopes it will make you feel better real soon.