finding solomon

animal friends are amazing… I have been so blessed by my circus of animal friends accumulated over my life… they all hold a special and most amazing place in my heart…

zeek (ezekiel) was one of my favorites when i was a young girl… he followed me around everywhere… always alongside me as I practiced gymnastics, frolicked outside in the fields, and dreamed at night… always cuddled up close to me… he used to jump in my workout bag every day… such a beautiful siamese… sweet and opinionated cat… he was wonderful!!!

then one day to my heartbreaking dismay… I returned home from a week away at gymnastics camp to find nothing but an empty void… he wasn’t there… I called for him for hours… I searched the hillside fields… I cried myself to sleep in his missed presence… the only conclusion to be made… is that he wandered off in search of me… never to return home…

chico is my adoring adopted, rescued, miniature pincher… I acquired him four years ago from an online rescue mission for min pins… he is a most beautiful pedigreed… his former owner was a younger girl who did not have a lot of time to watch him and give him the attention he requires… the transition was hard for her, but she took much comfort in knowing how much I adore him and enjoy having him in my life… he isn’t the easiest of dogs… full of character and spunk… life and vigor!!! ... he can be very naughty and dangerously aggressive… we don’t allow him around small children… he bites and chases... not only children, but other dogs, anything furry... especially cats… some don’t seem to mind, some run for the hills…

chico has taken fairly well to my cat solomon (aka solly)… I rescued solly and fou from an online siamese rescue mission two years before getting chico… they have seniority… fou will not step foot in the same room as chico… while solly “tolerates” him… chico tries to play with solly as if he were another dog… doesn’t always work out very well for solly… chico tends to bite at him, but not too hard… chico knows he will get my wrath if anything happened to solly… chico also gets sweetly jealous of solly… it is silly... and darling to say the least regarding this interaction of dog/cat family…

with the warm weather approaching, my dad often sets chico outside on a chain so he can enjoy the sunshine and outdoor air while my dad works in his outbuildings… yesterday… was such a day… dad tied chico up securely and went off to do his chores…

unknowing to my dad, solly had slipped outside on his heels without detection… he set forth to make his escape into the wild… solly has no claws… he is a strictly an indoor cat… so him sneaking out the door was uncommon and not allowed! my dad was in the outbuildings for a good two hours, when he noticed on his way back toward the house, that chico had gotten free from his leash… dad searched the surrounding areas in panic! I constantly tell my dad to be very mindful of chico because it is miniature pincher's tendency to run away when set loose…

dad found them both... together… dog and cat alongside each other… solly was rolling around in the grass exploring the vast three acre lawn and treading toward the fields… there hovering over him like a father to a child, was a loose, chain-less chico… he had broken free from his leash to keep an eye on solomon… he had followed him all around the lawn for two hours…

it is amazing to me... the depth and love of our beloved animals... chico clearly knows how precious solly is to me… and that he had to monitor him and not allow him to wander away… i believe that animals are so much smarter than we give them credit for… they give us nothing but unconditional love… unmatched by any person on earth… I believe they are little angels sent from God alone...

what a blessing it is for me to come home to an adoring dog and a beautiful cat each day… they bark/meow and lick and kiss me every single time on arrival… they shimmy up to me each night to join me in my dreams… they are nothing short of pure, beautiful, perfect examples of loyalty and love! all are home... all is good... all is safe and sound... as long as they are around!

pet love wins! :)*

- j. marshon