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Bertha Venation

(21,484 posts)
Mon Mar 19, 2012, 10:36 AM Mar 2012

Daddy the Cat died on Saturday.

I don't feel bad about starting this post thusly: life will now be much easier.

Daddy was an asshole. He picked on our other cats. He picked fights in the neighborhood. (I couldn't begin to estimate the total of the vet bills over the last ten years.) He constantly begged for people food. Underfoot in the kitchen and frequently stepped on. Up on the counters to try to grab what we're cooking. Knocking the fork out of my hand. There's so much more.

Yet when he crawled up in my lap, all was instantly forgiven. He was sweet. He had a quiet purr. And a raspy voice. Someimes he meowed silently; it was comical.

I will miss you, Daddy. RIP









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Daddy the Cat died on Saturday. (Original Post) Bertha Venation Mar 2012 OP
Sorry for your losss. /nt TheMadMonk Mar 2012 #1
what a nice eulogy. barbtries Mar 2012 #2
I'm sorry...We wonder, sometimes, how we... Tikki Mar 2012 #3
Sounds a lot like my Little Man Tate. mikeytherat Mar 2012 #4
Ah, what a handsome kitty TuxedoKat Mar 2012 #5
I am so sorry for the loss of your beautiful kitteh. I can see he had a mind of his own. snagglepuss Mar 2012 #6
The one on the printer could go to LOL cats... Phentex Mar 2012 #7
Any ideas for a caption? Bertha Venation Mar 2012 #8
Here you go. charlie and algernon Mar 2012 #17
Something to do with black & white... Phentex Mar 2012 #18
Cats are gifts which we cannot keep. Ikonoklast Mar 2012 #9
So sorry Bertha. LaurenG Mar 2012 #10
Sorry for your loss... CherokeeDem Mar 2012 #11
Ah, my dear Bertha... CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2012 #12
I know that mixture of relief and loss too well... Kali Mar 2012 #13
RIP Daddy siligut Mar 2012 #14
You can see in his eyes that he was a handful. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #15
hahahahaha Bertha Venation Mar 2012 #26
So sorry libodem Mar 2012 #16
Hang in there, Daddy looks like our Boots, except he had the star on his forehead, Boots does not benld74 Mar 2012 #19
Great pictures of frogmarch Mar 2012 #20
Rest in peace, sweet Daddy boy Flaxbee Mar 2012 #21
So sorry for your loss. He looks alot like my Monster who was also a sweetheart when it came time applegrove Mar 2012 #22
RIP, Daddy. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2012 #23
Understood... MrMickeysMom Mar 2012 #24
some cats are like that, eh? grasswire Mar 2012 #25
So he was a cat... mwdem Mar 2012 #27
Times have been SO rough on you, BV -- I wish I could take a LITTLE of that load from you. MiddleFingerMom Mar 2012 #28
rest in peace Daddy the cat JitterbugPerfume Mar 2012 #29
Daddy sounds like my Hamlet. Brigid Mar 2012 #30
Reminds me of Buddy. hay rick Mar 2012 #31
I am so sorry for your loss tabbycat31 Mar 2012 #32
RIP Daddy. AtomicKitten Mar 2012 #33
silent meows irisblue Mar 2012 #34
Sorry for your loss. Love the picture of the cat sitting on the printer. nt raccoon Mar 2012 #35

barbtries

(28,794 posts)
2. what a nice eulogy.
Mon Mar 19, 2012, 10:39 AM
Mar 2012

i have a tonkinese who sounds just like daddy cat. oh he drives me nuts, but of all the many cats i ever had, this one lets me know he loves me.

Tikki

(14,557 posts)
3. I'm sorry...We wonder, sometimes, how we...
Mon Mar 19, 2012, 10:41 AM
Mar 2012

can live with them....and then, when they're gone...we wonder how we can live without them.



Tikki

mikeytherat

(6,829 posts)
4. Sounds a lot like my Little Man Tate.
Mon Mar 19, 2012, 10:45 AM
Mar 2012

Now he and Tate can be little shits together on the other side.



mikey_the_rat

TuxedoKat

(3,818 posts)
5. Ah, what a handsome kitty
Mon Mar 19, 2012, 10:46 AM
Mar 2012

so sorry for the loss of your beloved Daddy. He sounds like my Tuxedo Cat, naughty but loveable at the same time. (((HUGS)))

Phentex

(16,334 posts)
7. The one on the printer could go to LOL cats...
Mon Mar 19, 2012, 10:57 AM
Mar 2012

The face!

I'm sorry for your loss. He was a beautiful cat.

Phentex

(16,334 posts)
18. Something to do with black & white...
Mon Mar 19, 2012, 01:42 PM
Mar 2012

like the cat. I'll have to think about it or send it to SalmonChanted!

CherokeeDem

(3,709 posts)
11. Sorry for your loss...
Mon Mar 19, 2012, 12:00 PM
Mar 2012

He was such a beautiful boy...no matter how they behave, we still love them...

RIP Daddy the Cat...

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,620 posts)
12. Ah, my dear Bertha...
Mon Mar 19, 2012, 12:24 PM
Mar 2012

What a beautiful boy he was! Yes, life will be easier and quieter...but you miss him already, I can tell...

He was special. And gorgeous!

Safe passage to him...

May you always hear him purring...

Kali

(55,008 posts)
13. I know that mixture of relief and loss too well...
Mon Mar 19, 2012, 12:34 PM
Mar 2012

sometimes it's the assholes who get a hold of your heart the tightest.

 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
15. You can see in his eyes that he was a handful.
Mon Mar 19, 2012, 01:14 PM
Mar 2012

Is he the kind that would be admitted to heaven and then promptly shit outside the litter box?


libodem

(19,288 posts)
16. So sorry
Mon Mar 19, 2012, 01:19 PM
Mar 2012

It will leave a hole in your heart and life for a while. He sounds so much like Bob. I could never open the fridge without him between my feet.

frogmarch

(12,153 posts)
20. Great pictures of
Mon Mar 19, 2012, 02:25 PM
Mar 2012

your beloved Daddy. What a character he must have been, and it's clear from what you wrote that you loved him lots. I'm so sorry he's gone.

Flaxbee

(13,661 posts)
21. Rest in peace, sweet Daddy boy
Mon Mar 19, 2012, 07:32 PM
Mar 2012

Hope you're having fun with my Tommy, and getting bitchslapped by my evil Clarisse She would not put up with your sh*t.

I remember hearing of the many adventures of Daddy. I'm sorry, Bertha. I understand exactly what you mean - life was easier after Clarisse passed (I can't tell you how many thousands of dollars of electronics equipment she ruined by peeing on them) but I loved her dearly.

applegrove

(118,658 posts)
22. So sorry for your loss. He looks alot like my Monster who was also a sweetheart when it came time
Mon Mar 19, 2012, 10:34 PM
Mar 2012

to curl up. I'll always be partial to tuxedo cats because of that.

grasswire

(50,130 posts)
25. some cats are like that, eh?
Tue Mar 20, 2012, 01:46 AM
Mar 2012

My dearest tabby Chester broke every piece of pottery I owned. I finally figured that I continually hollered "Knock it off!!" at him, and he just took it literally.

My condolences on your Daddy cat. I hate to see them go, so much. But there are other cats who need your love and care. Maybe one of them will find you.

RIP Daddy. My dear orange tabby Keiko has been ahead of you almost exactly a year now, and surely is waiting to try to block you from the food dish, as was his favorite sport.

mwdem

(4,031 posts)
27. So he was a cat...
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 10:15 PM
Mar 2012

and you have to love him. Mine pee's on the floor in front of the litter box, hisses at my son's cats, but she is the queen. Why we love them so much, I don't know. Why we let them get away with so much is that we love them. Sorry your boy is gone, Bertha.

MiddleFingerMom

(25,163 posts)
28. Times have been SO rough on you, BV -- I wish I could take a LITTLE of that load from you.
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 10:34 PM
Mar 2012

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MiddleFingerMomMom, not long before she died the day after 9/11 at the age of 81,
swore me to secrecy and told me that out of all four children (who survived childbirth),
I was the one that gave her absolutely the MOST trouble.
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And I was also her favorite.
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I feel your loss. Try to alleviate it somewhat with thoughts of all the good years you
gave each other.
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Brigid

(17,621 posts)
30. Daddy sounds like my Hamlet.
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 11:55 PM
Mar 2012

He was a real brat when he wanted to be. My sister said he was possessed. But then he'd climb into my lap and want to be scritched, and I couldn't stay mad at him. He and Daddy will no doubt become fast friends in kittycat heaven.

hay rick

(7,613 posts)
31. Reminds me of Buddy.
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 12:27 AM
Mar 2012

Buddy was a tuxedo/Sylvester cat.

Buddy was a jerk.

Somebody threw him out when he was less than a year old and he showed up on our doorstep. I told the wife that she could feed him but he would come into the house over my dead body. You know how that worked out.

Buddy was an indoor cat for a couple of years. He used the litter box and everybody was happy.

Then he changed. Even though he was fixed, he started spraying in the house. I said he would have to be an outdoor cat or we would have to get rid of him. We started letting him out and he became an indoor/outdoor cat. He still sprayed inside sometimes and we just sprayed him back with a water bottle and cleaned up afterwards. I had to replace our a/c registers (a favorite target) on a regular basis. the bottoms of our steel doors (another favorite target) got rusty and we taped paper towels over them.

Buddy liked people food, especially peas and broccoli. Eventually we just automatically put a little plate out for him.

For the last few years of his life, Buddy had a thyroid problem. We gave him pills which he spit out more often than not. He went from 16-17 pounds to 6-8 pounds. He vomited a lot and we spent a lot of time cleaning carpets.

He reached the end of the line at a respectable 14 years old. That was 6 months ago.

I really miss that little shit.

tabbycat31

(6,336 posts)
32. I am so sorry for your loss
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 12:40 AM
Mar 2012

I know what it's like to lose a kitty and it's very hard and painful.

Hopefully Daddy will have fun with Tabby across the Rainbow Bridge.

irisblue

(32,974 posts)
34. silent meows
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 06:29 AM
Mar 2012

wow, a cat can mess with your head. one of the cat pack does that, gets me every time, then she'll slap her brother. i am sorry for your loss.

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