Kossack llbear sent me a Kosmail with a link to a lovely story about a seeing eye cat.
The remarkable tale of friendship focuses on Pudditat, a stray feline with a fierce reputation as a bully who grew close to Tervel, a blind farm dog afraid to leave the safety of his bed. Pudditat becomes a seeing-eye-dog of sorts, leading Tervel around with her tail in a delightful show of animals helping each other out.
It seems that Pudditat bullies the other cats, but is very attached to Tervel.
On further research, it turns out that Pudditat is NOT alone in being a seeing eye cat.
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Here's a good one.
When Robert Sollars of Mesa, Arizona went blind in 2003, Sollars’ cat, Admiral K’reme, became his seeing-eye cat, helping his owner adjust to his new life.
The Admiral quickly joined in to help. He established himself as Sollars’ “Guardian Kitty,” guiding him around the house and helping him navigate. The Admiral would watch and anticipate where Sollars was headed “just like a good wide receiver would,” Sollars chuckles. Then, the cat would run to the anticipated spot and meow until Sollars found his way.
When I’d get up in the middle of the night, he’d follow me through the house, ‘yelling’ at me until I got back in bed,” Sollars remembers with a laugh. Although losing his sight was traumatic, Sollars says, “It was comforting to have the Admiral with me.”
And then there's
this one based on an article from 1947 about a Persian Cat guiding her owner, even navigating intersections. The article has long since disappeared, but pictures from Life Magazines archive still do.
Then there's the story of a blind kitten, discarded and alone who found her own seeing eye cat at a no kill shelter. The two now have a forever home as they were adopted together.
And those are just a few of the stories that are out there. Move over, poochies. Sometimes the best man for the job might just be a cat.
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