Dearly beloved, departed cat

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We still talk and laugh about our dearly departed cat, he had such a personality and left a huge gap. I was delighted when a photo popped up on FB memories earlier in the week, showing him sitting, precariously but defiantly on top of a pile of ironing, with me beside the ironing board in the background! Sorry for your loss, but remember him through his apprentice.

You took your beloved cat into your home and into your hearts.
It always hurts when they leave us even though we know they must.
We have had 4 cats during our 40 years together and missed each one terribly when they died. We’ve said “no more” but each time another beautiful feline has found it’s way into our Life.
I really feel for you today grandtante and I read your lament to your companion and friend with a tear in my eye.

Beautiful but heartbreaking. Our pets really do take a piece of our hearts with them when they leave us. We lost our old Lab last June, and I like to think he's happy that we now have a new Lab, almost six months, who is sharing the love he once knew.

Trold had a happy and long life. I am moved by your message to him . Thinking of you. Enjoy the company of his successor.

What a lovely post, but so sad too.
We lost ours this year. It's hard.

We’ve had three cats during our long marriage, all rescue cats. The last one died some two years ago, and I missed them all, but especially our last during the various lockdowns we’ve had.

A lovely post but so sad. I remember hearing about how Trold recruited and trained an assistant cat. Sounds like he did a good job. RIP Trold.

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Lovely post Grandetante our pets have a special place in our hearts don't they. We lost our two older dogs recently and have two rescue dogs now. We still remember all the fun and pain we had with the first two and talk about them often.

Tara was PTS in January of this year and I still miss her. She was a superb companion.

It's horrendous, isn't it? [brokenheart]

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Go peacefully over the rainbow bridge, little one. ?

Our pets bring us so much joy but leave us far too soon. Lovely post OP. I think of my late dogs mosts days and like to think we’ll meet again

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My sympathyGrandtante
For many years we have had cats and it's heartbreaking when they die. I love all animals but the ones who live with us are all part of the family

My sympathies, I still miss all of my lovely cats xx

My sympathies and a hug Grandtante
He was lucky to have you and you gave him a wonderful life ♥️

So sad Grandtante, and such a lovely tribute. My almost 19 year old boy is curled at my feet. He is very thin now, and very deaf, but still seems to enjoy life and can still jump on the sofa and the kitchen windowsill. I know it can’t be too long until we have to say goodbye, but I dread the day. He has outlived two other cats and one dog, all still missed, but he has been the longest by far and I really can’t remember life before him.

What a lovely post grandtante. I have a cat and they have a special place in our lives and I’m sure we mean a lot to them too. ?

Grandtante So sorry to read of Trold’s departure. He was obviously a very considerate cat and made sure to train the newcomer and ensure that he’s up to scratch!

So sorry grandtante65. Our beloved pets stay in our hearts forever, don't they? You gave him a loving home and a nice life.

I remember my gone but still loved cats and dogs.

My big, black Labrador boy, from my childhood. Always enthusiastic. So loving.

Our gentle female Lab. The perfect pet. Soft, kind and brave. Would have defended us to the death. The whole family grieved for her.

My little black female American cat. The boss of the boys despite being half their size.

My big, fat, black, soft, boy cat. So cuddly and gentle, but a demon hunter.

My big, rangy, scrawny black lad with a white star. Soft and kind. Couldn't retract his claws. A highly intelligent boy.

They'll always be in our hearts.

I love that Trold has trained up his ‘replacement’. They really are part of the family. The last time we had to make that one way trip to the Vet was in 2010 and it was China, who was 18 years old, and our longest live cat. My husband was abroad at the time and my elder son in Iraq. I thought I would do the whole think quietly and let them all know aftwards. Too late, my younger son rang me for a chat at work so I told him the situation. He was on the next bus from London. That night we sat in the garden with China and a bottle of fizz. We toasted China and the next morning took him to the Vet. Son insisted on cross-examining the Vet just to make sure China really was very unwell. Afterwards I went to work, dropping son off at the bus stop. Of course I then had to tell OH and daughter what had happened and let son know in Iraq. It’s never easy, is it? Three months later Milo and Ripley became part of our family.

I too have been the one to make the last sad journey to the vet with five cats over nearly sixty years and sympathise so much. We have loved all our felines but the gallant Oliver, who had an international fan club, is the most missed, even thirty years down the line.