This is photo of my my cat Sassy, who came to our house as a youngster of about 8 months old. I returned Sassy to her owner three times and each time she came back the next day. Clearly she had decided that our place of abode was more appealing than living in an apartment where her owner continued to allow her to escape. Each time she came back to our house she jumped into my husband’s bass boat and the seat became her bed. She “talked” to me each time I discovered her in the boat which was parked in the “boat port” near the house. I finally gave up returning her and her owner did not call to learn if her cat had taken up residence at our house again.
In April, I discovered Sassy’s teeth were in a terrible condition. I felt guilty since some of my pets for the past year and one half, due to family matters, did not get the attention that they had been getting before my life changed for the worse for a while. By the time I realised she was ill from the condition of her teeth and gums, she needed BIG TIME, REAL, DENTAL INTERVENTION. A veterinary dental surgeon in Austin,Texas, pulled all her teeth and the sockets were filled with a special substance.
In this photo, she is about 5 weeks post full dental extraction. She is doing very well now and as my daughter told me, “she should be good for at least 5 more years of living. I truly hope so for she is a very special kitty. In the very future I will give all of the details that were involved getting Sassy back to being “sassy.”
Sassy, 17 years old. Toothless
Pets, People and, Life 
She does look quite happy and settled in with you. Smart kitty- she knew where to go to find love.
Clare, Sassy was such a sweet cat. She is gone now. Lived another 2 years after the extreme dental surgery. I still think of her and in my mind I can see her sitting in the driver’s seat of my husbands bass boat. I suppose some things will always remain the same of things gone by. The youth of our pets and what they meant to us. She was special to me and dwells in a special place of my heart.
Yvonne, I know you are taking good care of the pets in your care right now, in spite of the problems you are dealing with. I hope you are blessed with health and prosperity during the year of the fire rooster.I will continue to read about Sassy as I catch up on your posts and so she will be alive to me.
Thank you, Clare for the good wishes of good health and of course a little extra money wouldn’t hurt either. 🙂 I had no idea this is the year of the fire rooster. I love chickens. Some of them make great pets too.
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Hmm that is cute- a tiny rooster.
They didn’t have a RI Red!
Ha ha. You are too funny. Rhode Island Reds are such nice chickens and lay those beautiful brown eggs. Where did you find the chicken you posted as your comment?
Ps I will eventually reply to your other comments. I am slow when I want to give a nice and meaningful reply. 🙂
The November chapter of my book, A Berkshire Tale is set at the Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, MA. The chickens and roosters in my books are from there. The main character in the book is a little tabby named ZuZu who was born in a barn at Tanglewood. According to her, some of her best friends are hens. The book is made of of ten stories which follow her adventures through the seasons during her first year. My other cat Roxie is very jealous that she does not have a book about her and she complains of this often when she posts on my blog – Roxie aka The Other Cat in the menu.
I am so sorry Claremary to be terribly late in answering your comment. I do appreciate that you paid this blog a visit. I will need to look for your book. It sounds so cute and I adore chickens. I can just imagine that Roxie is jealous. Now you must write of her exploits with a barnyard animal or fowl.
Regards, Yvonne D.
I will start working on that immediately. Thanks, Yvonne
Claremarry, I’m glad to know that you are going to write about Roxie too. It’ll be a sure hit, I bet.
Thank you. She is sure it’s going to be a best seller. I can’t imagine what she’ll be like when she sees herself on a book cover!
She’ll be a hot selling cat.
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Now that’s something to be proud of. Hot selling has a good ring to it. 🙂
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