The dog grew up with cats first of all.
We ended up with two out of a litter of four feral kittens,the others did not survive.They were both due to get spayed today being they were 5 months old this week,but last night the gray kitty " BB " was rubbing up against the lab and the lab lashed out and bit her in the head severely and she died.I saw it happen and smacked the lab rather hard as fast as I could get out of the chair and held the kitten in my arms until she had passed.
This is a two fold tragedy , now I know the lab can not be trusted and second Feisty the surviving kitty is going to be searching the house for her sibling,soulmate all in vain.
I am going to keep the dog and kitten as separated as best I can and am thinking a muzzle for the dog if we are not in the house and maybe even when we are in the house.The dog has changed her life through her unwarranted action in the death of an innocent kitten.
I was so mad I almost put the dog down,but did not as reason came back to the forefront of my thoughts of the situation.
I buried poor little BB in the middle of the front of the yard along with the ashes of Z kitty we lost to laryngeal paralysis earlier this year(He would have been 12 years old this year) as well the ashes of our dog Brandy who would of been seventeen if she had lived two more months ,so little BB is in good company.
If anyone has any positive suggestions on what to do with our situation I welcome some advice as I am still stunned that this occurred.
Just writing about this tragedy will be therapy for me,but even as I write Feisty is making her third round through the house this morning looking for her friend.It breaks my heart and my wife is really taking it badly as it was she who found the feral kittens in the woods and saved their lives.
Picture of Feisty and BB as well as an older picture of Z kitty, Brandy,Ginny,Tia at dinner time.Plus Chrissy a Walker Tree Coon Hound that was abandoned at the end of hunting season last year and ended up at our property.
We are softies when it comes to the four legged creatures of the world.
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