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Entries from August 2008

Cat and Dog Friendships

August 24th, 2008 · 6 Comments

When I was a boy, we had a Saint Bernard. Like all Saint Bernards, Charlie was a big, slobbery dork of a dog. Charlie was a good dog. We also had several cats, one of which was named Batman. (We named all of our cats after comic book characters.)
Charlie and Batman were best friends. [...]

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Tags: Interspecies · Motives

Libby, the Seeing-Eye Cat

August 14th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Lynn sent me an item that’s been making the rounds as an e-mail forward. Though I’m reluctant to post something that I cannot properly credit, I’m going to do so. I like it that much.
Terry Burns from Middleburg, Pennsylvania shared this photograph and caption with an unknown magazine:

The text reads:
Cashew, my 14-year-old yellow Lab, is [...]

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Tags: Behavior · Interspecies