Oh the drama involved in cats and people's lives...

This is my dog Sadie who's a Jack Russell and Beagle mix, and my youngest cat Mr. Baby. We found Mr Baby in the yard in October, in the middle of a thunder storm. He was 2 weeks old and nasty and muddy and smelly, so we brought him in. My other cats freaked out and ran upstairs, and the only one who wanted anything to do with him was Sadie. She licked him and cleaned him, and Mr. Baby immediately took that as "so this is my Mommy.. good, I'm hungry. I'll get some milk," and tried nursing on Sadie. She's a fixed dog so there is no nurse coming out of her nursies but she doesn't care, she's just laying there with this baby cat sucking all over her belly.

Mr Baby is now about 3 months old and he still sucks on Sadie's belly and neck - and she loves it! They do wrestle a lot - although it is actually Mr. Baby who's wrestling Sadie. Sadie mostly lays there and takes the abuse. I wonder if they'll have the same relationship when he's 10 and she's 11...

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January 29, 2003