17 thoughts on “Wordless Wednesday: Le Handsome Club”
What are you going to do when Le Handsome Tiger is no more? Their lives are shorter than ours, so the heartbreak of losing them will be ours, too.
I have had two pets die of old age, and I was totally unprepared for geriatric cat and dog care. I’m not sure that it’s something that you can learn about beforehand, either, just like parenting. You learn on the job.
I can see how much you love him, which inspired this message.
I didn’t want to be a downer but it looks like I ended up there. Just a heads-up for the future.
Thank you for the heads-up. I do need to be reminded to treasure every minute with my own little furry guy. I’m sorry you lost your precious furry friends
Thank you. It is inevitable that we will lose them, since their lives are shorter than ours.
I contrast this eventuality with what would happen to them if they lost us: we may have heartbreak but their whole world is lost.
I don’t know. I don’t like thinking about it. Thinking about it reduces me to a teary-eyed mess despite being a grown ass man. It’s pathetic.
I will probably deal with it the way I deal with everything I don’t like to think about: in the worst possible way, by pretending it’s not happening until that becomes impossible.
But in the meantime he remains his normal loud, highly opinionated, tyrannical self, so I know he’s doing okay. When he got really sick two years ago, I was extremely worried when he stopped yapping. When he attacked a vet tech later, after two hours of getting fluids and meds, I knew he was starting to feel like his old self.
You can’t prepare for loss. I’ve tried to and failed miserably. Right now my cat is being treated for heart failure, he has to have water removed that accumulates around his heart. There’s no cure, and the treatment is expensive. Prognosis is poor according to the vets I’ve consulted. One day I’ll have to decide when to put him to sleep, and sooner than later.
How do you even make that decision? How do you know when his pain outweighs his will to live? How can you possibly look at those things objectively? These are tough questions and experience with human death doesn’t prepare us. We’re at the point now where the default is extending human life well past where it would have naturally ended, and most people still have a form of agency even in the twilight of their lives, but animals do not.
I’m really sorry you’re dealing with this, Quilpy. I hope your remaining time together is the best it can be.
I faced the decision of ending my senior poodle’s life some years ago. I asked my vet about how I would know when the right time was, and he was very helpful.
It was a couple of years later when I finally did it, and I am sure that it was the right time.
Batman is great!! Eating like crazy and is now a meowscular 7lbs and almost 7 months! Teething so the play bites get a little rough lol!! A very sweet little guy.
Please send photos when you get a chance. We can feature the little guy here and do a tribute to Tux. I wanted to write something about Tux but didn’t feel like it was appropriate to ask you right after he passed away. Do you still have my email address?
Pain In The Bud 
What are you going to do when Le Handsome Tiger is no more? Their lives are shorter than ours, so the heartbreak of losing them will be ours, too.
I have had two pets die of old age, and I was totally unprepared for geriatric cat and dog care. I’m not sure that it’s something that you can learn about beforehand, either, just like parenting. You learn on the job.
I can see how much you love him, which inspired this message.
I didn’t want to be a downer but it looks like I ended up there. Just a heads-up for the future.
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Thank you for the heads-up. I do need to be reminded to treasure every minute with my own little furry guy. I’m sorry you lost your precious furry friends
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Thank you. It is inevitable that we will lose them, since their lives are shorter than ours.
I contrast this eventuality with what would happen to them if they lost us: we may have heartbreak but their whole world is lost.
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I don’t know. I don’t like thinking about it. Thinking about it reduces me to a teary-eyed mess despite being a grown ass man. It’s pathetic.
I will probably deal with it the way I deal with everything I don’t like to think about: in the worst possible way, by pretending it’s not happening until that becomes impossible.
But in the meantime he remains his normal loud, highly opinionated, tyrannical self, so I know he’s doing okay. When he got really sick two years ago, I was extremely worried when he stopped yapping. When he attacked a vet tech later, after two hours of getting fluids and meds, I knew he was starting to feel like his old self.
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You can’t prepare for loss. I’ve tried to and failed miserably. Right now my cat is being treated for heart failure, he has to have water removed that accumulates around his heart. There’s no cure, and the treatment is expensive. Prognosis is poor according to the vets I’ve consulted. One day I’ll have to decide when to put him to sleep, and sooner than later.
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How do you even make that decision? How do you know when his pain outweighs his will to live? How can you possibly look at those things objectively? These are tough questions and experience with human death doesn’t prepare us. We’re at the point now where the default is extending human life well past where it would have naturally ended, and most people still have a form of agency even in the twilight of their lives, but animals do not.
I’m really sorry you’re dealing with this, Quilpy. I hope your remaining time together is the best it can be.
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I faced the decision of ending my senior poodle’s life some years ago. I asked my vet about how I would know when the right time was, and he was very helpful.
It was a couple of years later when I finally did it, and I am sure that it was the right time.
RIP Betsey. I will see you on the other side.
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Those are totally accurate depictions of Buddy’s meowscles and devilishly handsome good looks!
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How’s little Batman? Getting plenty of protein for his own meowscular growth, I hope!
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Batman is great!! Eating like crazy and is now a meowscular 7lbs and almost 7 months! Teething so the play bites get a little rough lol!! A very sweet little guy.
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Please send photos when you get a chance. We can feature the little guy here and do a tribute to Tux. I wanted to write something about Tux but didn’t feel like it was appropriate to ask you right after he passed away. Do you still have my email address?
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You are very handsome.
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Buddy is indeed, one stunningly handsome cat!
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VERY handsome indeed!
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Gorgeous 😍 Little Buddy is just gorgeous!
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He has beautiful eyes.
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He is a beautiful cat with beautiful eyes. He looks pretty intelligent too.
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