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Who decides when is Fifo’s time to go?

On November 22, 2022 By Alfredo LanierIn cats, pets25 Comments

Are the usual pieties of putting an animal "out of its misery" sometimes self-serving? Stew and I seem to be on a sad streak lately in the pet department. Our Alpha dog Lucy died about eighteen months ago, quietly and I should add mercifully, because she spared us the decision of having to put her …

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Has Fred lost his hunting mojo?

On August 24, 2022August 26, 2022 By Alfredo LanierIn cats3 Comments

A change in our cat's hunting habits has left us puzzled Almost four years ago, on a dark though not stormy night, as Stew, Félix and I were coming back from town, we noticed two small fur balls tentatively walking along, one on each side of the road. We stopped, Félix got off and promptly …

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San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico

I'm a Cuban-American living with my husband of 50 years in a small ranch about five miles outside San Miguel de Allende. We retired here 15 years ago.

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