Foxy The Rescued Barn Kitty - A Dog's Best Friend

My husband James and I are what you might call, "real animal people". We have been married 24 years and have had quite the menagerie. From cats and dogs to birds and fish. And we prefer to rescue our animals and we commit fully to them.

We are both nurses. My husband was an emergency room supervisor for 12 years and is now in radiology. He has been nursing about 25 years. I have been nursing 40 years and my career has taken me into all aspects of medicine and I loved it all. I also am currently in radiology. We look forward to retirement in a few more years.

We feel it is almost too sad to hear how someone outgrows their pet or circumstances change and they can no longer keep them. I really feel for the people if they are real animal people, but my heart goes out to the pets. They simply can not understand.

We rescued Foxy. We have a dear friend that is a feral cat rescuer and she had just made a run of collecting several feral cats. ( which is a whole 'nother story) And she had also collected a little abandoned barn kitty. She was obviously a handled kitten at one time in her life because she was too tame and not at all feral.

But boy was she sick. She was eaten up with parasites and mites and extremely underweight. She had no coat left from malnutrition and constant scratching. She was a mess. Our friend had already had her spayed and she was undergoing treatment for all the rest. But even in her sad state she bonded to us when we went for a visit at the encouragement of a friend that I worked with who knew we were looking for a companion for our paralyzed dog, Isabel. She had told me that she felt "Jade" would be a great match because she was so sweet. And she had been helping to care for her, so felt she would fit right in with us.

When we went to meet "Jade" I expected to see a green eyed black cat. But Foxy has gorgeous golden eyes that are wide and clear and so expressive. So we knew we would change her name. We also knew nothing was going to keep us from taking her home. She just belonged.

Foxy has the most gorgeous tail, in regular light she looks solid black but in the sunlight she has beautiful auburn highlights and her tail. has red rings around it from tip to base just like a fox. Get it? Foxy!

It does not matter where she is in the house, when she hears me go into the Den where the computer is she instantly appears and places herself on the desk right in front of me and "helps" while I work. It is almost uncanny how she knows I am in there. But she really never lets me down. I know she'll be there to give me attention and assistance. I love it!!

Foxy also loves two other things, very specifically, pens and paper. There is no safe pen in our home. If you lay it down, IT WILL NOT be there when you go back. she will have stolen it and it is now gone. It may be found the next time I vacuum, but not easily.

Also paper, any kind of paper. small or large, white or any color she will shred it to bits. Meticulously and thoroughly as if though she is taking pride in her work.

That's life with our Foxy.

This photo does show her red undercoat a bit better. Part of the reason we named her Foxy.

You've now met Foxy and have heard her story. I am sure you agree she is worthy of love.

But as this story started out, she actually came to us because she had a job to do. She was to be the companion of our paralyzed dog Isabel. It did not take long but she did finally understand what we were expecting of her. And our Isabel is such a loveable girl that she won her over quickly.

They are fast friends now and it does help Isabel with the long afternoons while we are at work. The household is peaceful and everyone loves and respects each other

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as long as we all bow to the fact that the princess is Foxy.

The picture is Foxy and Isabel both trying to be on daddy's lap.

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