A few magnificent pets: Best of qathet 2021

Seaweed, the sailor cat

BY JOHN KING

We rescued Seaweed about six months ago when he was living in the woods behind our property in Lang Bay. His favourite pastime is riding on my shoulders, no matter what I’m doing.

I could be out doing yard work or riding on my indoor bike or working out. He’ll be on my shoulders, and if he wants me to go somewhere he’ll bat me with his head until I go in the direction he wants.

He loves his morning walk when I take him down to the beach. He loves rolling in the sand and running along the logs and if I go out in the rowboat, he’ll sit at the water’s edge waiting for me to return.

He’s happiest when he’s in the boat with me, or curled up in one of our laps on the deck. People say we rescued him but we know he rescued us.

Lily, the terrier TV sports fan

BY PENNY SHILLINGFORD

Life with my 11-year-old Jack Russell, Lily, has been filled with joy and wonder. She can often be seen proudly trotting up the Seawalk with a stick that’s twice her size clenched firmly between her teeth!

When at home she helps with chores that include chasing after the vacuum cleaner hose, pulling kindling out of the fireplace, jumping counter height in an attempt to capture a dish cloth & tugging clothes out of the dryer.

But her most unusual activity is watching the Blue Jays on television with her favourite ‘road find’ between her paws... when she sees a baseball sail across the screen she makes her own play by grabbing ‘her’ baseball as if someone might snatch it away!

She watches the entire game with me and continues to be a great fan of baseball ... and I continue to be a ‘great fan’ of my beloved dog Lily!

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Ed, the love bug

BY BOBBY FIELDS

This is my joy–Ed.

We have the debate about who saved who, or which one brings more happiness to the other. Don’t ask the cat Icy, she barely tolerates either one of us!

Delightfully dippy, 24/7 365 grin, and always ever lovin’–Ed is my heart.

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