Good-Bye Jodie

For those of you that have had the pleasure of meeting Jodie you know she can, at best, be described as a difficult cat. For those of you that have not met her, you're probably better off. I adopted Jodie from the Humane Society back in 2003 when I graduated from college. When it was just the two of us, she was a pretty good cat. When Eric came along, she wasn't quite as happy and then when we adopted Desi she suffered a serious personality change. One vet wrote in her file "Will lash out." And she would. But she was my cat and I vowed to keep her. Even after she swallowed a pony-tail holder and had to have emergency surgery costing in excess of $1000. Even when she scratched my mom's eye-ball. Even when we found out we were having Elizabeth. But today she crossed the line. Our lovely neighbor called inquiring about the status of Jodie's rabies vaccination. Apparently our neighbor had had her back door open this afternoon and Jodie decided to come in. When she found our neighbor's cat, she attacked. Our neighbor intervened and Jodie redirected her attack toward our neighbor. I saw the multiple bloody injuries. The lady was so nice about it, even saying she wasn't sure it was Jodie because it happened so fast. But just wanted to be sure she didn't need to be worried about Rabies. We quickly decided that Jodie needed a new home. We can't keep her inside because she would be miserable, as would we (and although I still don't think she would attack Elizabeth, I'm less certain today than I was yesterday.) So Eric's Dad and Step-mom agreed she could join a couple other kitties as an outside cat at their place out in the country. So we loaded up Elizabeth and Jodie and took Jodie to her new home. I didn't get a picture of her settling in, but the picture above is a nice way to remember her. We are so grateful that they were willing to take her - I'm not sure what we would have done otherwise. And I really do think she'll be much happier being an outside cat with lots of space to roam and birds to chase and other critters to hunt. And Desi and Jack don't realize it yet, but their lives just got a whole lot better. Good-bye Jodie and good luck!

Here is a picture of Elizabeth with Grand-ma during the "drop-off."



A close up of Elizabeth's shirt that Daddy picked out - it says "Dingo Snack."