A day in the life of Fergus the Wonder Welsh

One sad puppy

Mom still isn't much capable of putting much into words on the subject, so I'll give it a shot. Our little family became one less in number this week with the passing of my older albeit smaller (and only marginally so) brother, Ivan the Great (and terrible). He was the coolest cat I know, be it because he thought he was a dog or because I think I'm a cat I'll never know. What I know for sure was that he was very dear to mom AND because of his love for her I think he did his best to tolerate me. You know how it is, your young, your bouncy, and you SO want to be like your big brother. You want to go where he goes, do what he does, etc. Well I was no different with Ivan. All Ivan wanted was to hang out with mom and yet he would let me hang out on the back of the couch with him or we'd lay face to face on the floor with Ivan tenatively sniffing me while I basically licked off half of his face. He also let me clean his ears (a rather undignified thing for a cat of his stature, but such was the depth of his love) and then he'd try to return the favor. He even learned how to 'gird his loins' so that he could hang out near mom without falling prey to my aerial assaults (picture an 18 lb cat crammed up under a step stool with his head, legs and tail jutting out ~ but sensitive belly protected and that was Ivan when he wasn't on mom's lap). Life is way different now that he is gone. Mom has allowed me more access to the house (she had gated off the back of the house as Ivan's refuge from me~ he could jump over and join me whenever he wanted, but I couldn't do the same) and she is letting me try sleeping at night outside of my crate (she crated me at night so that Ivan could have run of the house AND the bed. I know she misses him so I've tried to be VERY good (and we all know how hard THAT can be!) and yet I miss him too. But I rest assured knowing that he has gone to join the two dogs he loved the most and mom is comforted knowing that they have each other for company again.