The cat’s whiskers!

Last Saturday saw the birthday of our MLC Winnie. She has reached the great age of 20!

Regular readers will already know that our MLC was diagnosed with CRF back in February 2008 – so each birthday that Winnie makes, is an achievement. We know (and accept) that we are on borrowed time but we appreciate the time that we have had with her (and hopefully will continue to have for a while longer).

Winnie's Birthday

Today is Winnie's birthday and despite (or maybe because) of everything, she has reached the grand old age of 19!! When she was diagnosed with CRF back in February we never thought she would make it to today - how pleased are we!!

I had always considered my self a "dog" person. I liked cats but never had the urge to own one. Who could have believed that I would fall in love with a cat.

The story obviously begins 19 years ago and begins with some sadness - in October 1989 my beloved dog Tattie died - she was only 5 years old and despite putting up a fight, she died of cancer. Both DH and I were, as you can imagine, terribly upset. We decided to wait awhile before thinking of getting another dog but by the end of the second week we discovered that we couldn't be without a dog. Having trawled the local papers I found a breeder with Old English Sheepdog (OES) puppies due to be born. I contacted her, explained what had happened and our names were duly added to the list. On the 31st October we received a phone call that the puppies had been born - arrangements were made to choose a puppy (which we did) and we set a date to collect the puppy when she was 8 weeks old - 1 week before Christmas! We couldn't wait and the time seemed to drag but eventually the big day arrived. We arrived at the kennels like two excited children and then things took an unexpected turn. The breeder had two abandoned kittens and would we like one. I looked a DH and he looked at me and the breeder sensing our indecision brought out this scrap of a kitten and that was it, she stole our hearts and Winnie became part of the household too!

Winnie & Bramble

Sadly, Bramble died in February 2000.

Winnie's adventures were to continue without her partner in crime and in November 2000 she made the trip across the water to the Netherlands. She enjoys her life here and we are so glad that we brought her with us.

Introducing the "moggy" - Winnie

This is our mlc (much loved cat) - Winnie. She has been part of the family since she was 6 weeks old and in October she will be 19. We brought her with us when we moved from the UK, 8 years ago and she loves her new life here in Holland.

Unfortunately in Febraury she was diagnosed with CRF (Feline Chronic Renal Failure) and we thought that she wouldn't make it. We are so pleased that the tablets worked and 6 months after diagnosis she continues to do well. Like all cats, she is naturally nosey and despite her advancing age, still finds cardboard boxes a great source of fun.

Anonymous said...

Looks like a nice moggy, will she be getting her own blog soon???

28 August 2008 13:07

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Anonymous said...

Great start Lesley, where do we go from here ....lol Winnie is looking in very good shape for her years may she have many more.

Paul

30 August 2008 01:51