The Pet Gazette
Assistant
Safety Officer John H. Parish III reports that his cat, Snowball, was a
stowaway who snuggled in his truck after a visit to his sister’s house on
the same day that he and his wife bought a new house. “I didn’t realize it
until I got down the road and saw his head pop up from the back seat.” With
his sister’s blessing, the couple adopted Snowball, who has made himself
right at home. “Snowball loves to play soccer,” Mr. Parish says. “He will
get a ball and swat it across the room, then run over to it and swat at it
again. He really loves to play with boxes. One day, he decided to climb into
an empty water bottle box. We really enjoy watching to see what he will do
next.”
Carol
Poston in the Department of Nephrology and her husband, Mike, sent this
picture of their pal, Zeke. “When we adopted the stray who had been rescued
by friends, he weighed only 20 pounds and had huge ears. Our friends’ vet
guesstimated he was about 4 months old and possibly a Corgi mix (based, we
assume, on the size of his ears). Eight months later, our puppy weighs 70
pounds and has grown into his ears. This picture was taken when he graduated
from doggy kindergarten. Our vet suspects he is an Akita mix. Regardless of
his heritage, Zeke is a much loved and loving member of our family. The only
things he seems to dislike is peas and screened-in porches.”
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