But I felt I should post something. Some have asked if I will do rescue again this year and without any doubt in my mind I WILL for sure be doing kittens again this year. It will be done differently though as my kitten loving sidekick Ruby was rehomed a few days ago.
Ruby is a wonderful dog with so much personality. With all that personality comes a boat load of energy, energy that she didn't know what to do with which caused Ruby to get into lots of trouble. She needed to be with someone who ran, walked or at the very least had much more than myself. It wasn't fair to her to keep yelling at her for getting into trouble when she just couldn't help herself, all that energy had to go somewhere. Ruby also hated having to share me and everyone else with anyone else, Ruby wanted all the attention and love and would therefore go after Quincy if she felt him to be getting to much attention, even a little pet on his head would send Ruby reeling and chasing Quincy away. It was getting where Quincy couldn't do anything without Roo's approval, even sleep comfortably, and eventually he quit doing anything because he knew she wouldn't approve so he would just lay all day and unless she was sleeping or outside wouldn't move.
I am not one to rehome my animals as I truly do believe they are for life, but I also know that sometimes relationships breakdown to a point where there is no hope for repair. An animal/human relationship is similar. It broke our hearts to find her a new home, but I love her and really want her to be happy, I want her to have everything she needs to be a productive member of the canine species. I know some of you will judge me and say how selfish I was, or I should know better etc etc and your right, but until you meet Ruby there is no possible way you could ever know, she wasn't just a dog with excess energy, she was a little spitfire who had WAY MORE energy than normal.
She went with someone I used to hang with when I was younger. She will be the ONLY dog, she is with a runner/power walker. She will be Happy, all that attention she wanted for just herself will finally all be her's, I can almost hear her gloating about all the love she is getting and doesn't have to share lol. The person she is with has bi/polar and I believe that Ruby will help her with that, taking the focus off a mental illness and forcing it to be put into her and her dog. I was told that she could be brought for visits anytime I wanted, but I said no, not because I don't want to see her, but because how confusing would that be for her to see me and Jillian again but be taken away again, even if by the same person. It would also be very hard for me to watch someone "parent" Ruby, b/c I am so opinionated, I would surely leave her new mama in tears and filled with doubt lol....I felt the same way about Mouse, remember that wee sickly kitten that nobody thought would live and against all odds did? Mary offered to take us to see him several times but for the same reasons I don't want to see Roo I refused.
So now, I will have do the kittens all alone, and I will miss my sidekick, when I didn't know if a kitten was sick, she did, and she was right 100% of the time. She also was such a good mother to these babies, she did everything with the kittens, except feed them but if she could have she would have. I will miss that terribly. I miss under my desk being taken up with her bed. My house has been very quiet also.
Quincy, in the past 2 days has almost done a 180, he is playing again, he might be 8 but he still has the ability to play like a puppy. He is less neurotic than he was 3 days ago, and he is more content.
So thats the story on Ruby, I didn't want someone to ask me when kitten season starts and I wanted to be honest about it.
You will be hearing from me again as soon as we get our first litter of 2012 kittens. take care and enjoy the rest of the winter.
