Our kitty, Petey (aka Dr Peter Jones), was killed last night.
Greg awoke to a commotion on our porch at about 3:00 a.m. He ran downstairs to investigate and opened the door to find two dogs attacking Petey. Greg scared the dogs away and brought Petey inside.
Poor Petey was in very bad shape. We rushed him to the emergency vet, but we were too late. Most of his injuries were internal and they were extensive, so even if we had gotten him there before he died, I don’t think there would have been anything they could do for him.
Petey always stayed so close to our house and was such a good, reliable, easy kitty. My heart just hurts every time I think about how badly he was injured by those darn dogs. They were running loose (against the law) and attacked him on our porch of all things. I just did not ever imagine such an awful scenario happening to our poor kitty.
We are waiting a return call from animal control so we can file a report. I don’t know if they would be able to find the owners, but if they do, I am considering pressing charges.
Petey was a good, albeit quirky, cat. He drooled when you pet him, shed way too much, sharpened his claws in all the wrong places, and when he was younger, he enjoyed chasing me around the house like a psycho kitty. He enjoyed being petted by Adrianna and the neighbor kids (on his terms, of course). He always stuck close to our house and if we went for a walk, he would follow for a house or two before stopping and then yowling at us. He sure could project his meow for quite a distance. Sometimes he would get a crazy look in his eye and dart out at our feet as we would walk by him, almost skittering across the ground sideways with his tail poofed and his back arched. We will sure miss him.
We love you Petey.
He was a good kitty, i would always make sure i would pet him every time we visited since he was always hanging out on the porch or deck. I would definitely press charges, two dogs can do a lot of damage beyond a loyal kitty.
Oh no! I’m so sorry you lost Petey, especially in that traumatic way. 🙁 Thanks for posting those pictures. They tell his story. Good memories of a quirky, but great kitty. You had him a long time!
Did you bury him in your back yard?
Oh no!!! POOR Petey. That is too sad. I’ll miss his orangey face. 🙁
Oh, how sad! The poor baby – that must have been horrible for him and horrible for you to find him like that. I’m really sorry to hear such bad news. Thank you for sharing your memories of him with us.
My heart still hurts too….He was such a sweet cat…I am glad he had a lot of good years with you both….and when you start to think about the events of the end, just try real hard to push those thoughts out of your mind and think instead about how he had a wonderful long life with you and he will never ever suffer again…..and maybe some people don’t believe this, but I believe some day we will see our pets again in heaven..
Oh, I’m so sorry to read this. The loss of a beloved pet under any circumstances is hard, but this is just a horrible situation. I’m so angry for you.
We’ve been caught up in our own little world lately at AKM3 (AJM4 if he ever gets here…) and I’m just now getting to reading your older posts and so I know this is late but the sympathy is heartfelt.