My first cat Sunshine

He was beautiful, long orange hair cat with white paws and a dab of white on his face. He was a rescue when I was a baby. When I got older, he was clearly my cat. He was an indoor/outdoor tom cat. He ran away at one point in his later life for about a year. We thought we would never see him again. Then one day, I was on the school bus about 10 miles from my home, and I saw my Sunshine. I went with my Mom to the location, but there was no sign of him. Two days later I saw him again. We went after school and we called his name. He came out from under a rundown mobile home. He had two big infected holes just under his ears. We brought him to the vet and nursed him back to health where he continued to live a happy life with ME!

My pet sitter always took my cat out to give him exerercise

I used to have pet sitters come and ride my horse.

My first horse Smokey

Beautiful Arabian. Quite the gentlemen you would think. Oh....no. We would ride through the wooded trails with my friends and their horses. If any horse went in front of him I would have to hold on for the ride. He always had to be in the lead and was so fast, which led to my falling off him one day. Thankfully my friends were there. We frantically looked for him. We ended up going back to my house. Who was there? Smokey with my frantic Mother.

My raccoon Rascal

He was given to us as a baby. A friend rescued him after tree cutters cut down his home. He would follow me when I would go for a walk. He slept in my bedroom at night in my bed. That was a mistake. Raccoons are nocturnal and awake at night. He would knead my face and stick his fingers in my nose and ears. He kept me up all night. Eventually I had to put him in a crate. We had him for almost a year. Raccoons become very food aggressive. We found him a home that would rehabilitate him to acclimate to the wild. I visited him about 6 months later. He seemed to be acclimating well.

Stray cat

I befriended a young cat. I would feed her and leave a blanket in the shed. She would regularly meow for me to pet her. One day she was persistent, looking at me meowing, as if she wanted me to follow her. She walked up a hill looking back and meowing. She went through a small hole in the fence stopping and looking back. I walked a block to the next street not knowing where she was going. She stood at a broken basement window. I didn't go onto the property. The next morning, I found her and 4 kittens in my shed. The kittens were feral so I couldn't catch them. Eventually the mom and kittens moved on. I never saw them again.

Cat at my door

I lived on the second floor. It was a cold winter night. I heard a thump, thump, thump on my door. I was scared it might be someone trying to break in. I pulled back my blind. What did I see? A cat pouncing at my window on my door. I put food and a blanket on my enclosed porch. I never saw the cat again.

My Crow boys and girls

I regularly have different groups of crows come to my house throughout the day when I put bread, etc. out. I caw for them. They come. They hang out in small groups, typically, two to five. I put the food out at different times of the day in the driveway and call for them. Friends can't believe they come when I call, until they witness it.

Dog on side of road

I was driving and saw a dog on the sidewalk. There wasn't a person in sight. I was worried the dog would go into the road. The dog had a collar but no tag. I tried to move the dog away from the sidewalk. He/she laid down and wouldn't move. I pulled and pulled on the collar, but the dog wouldn't move. I tried again to move the dog away from the road. I heard someone in back of the house where the dog was. I asked if that was his dog. He said yes and called the dog. Well, at least the dog knows it's boundary ha ha.

Seagulls

I always have bread or cereal in my car. When I see them at the store, I'll stop and feed them. I make sure I have enough to feed them all.