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May 5, 2006 - Friday

 The Dude Abides

We have altogether too many pets. We have three dogs: Billy, Suki, and Sammy. We have 5.5 cats: Sparkle, Cosmo, Wanda, Nina, Oliver, and March, who basically moved out and just lives in the neighborhood now but checks in with us periodically. And we also have a bunch of fish, but fish don’t count because they live in a bowl. So counting the animals that count, we have 8.5 pets. Way too fucking many.

So I’ve put my foot down. Absolutely no more pets. No bunnies, no hamsters, no rats, no snakes, no birds, no more dogs and expecially no more cats. Well, except for this one:

The Dude

Meet our newest cat. His name isn’t locked in yet, but I’m calling him “The Dude” for now because he abides. Other cats? No problem. Dogs? No problem. Sammy the Jack Russell Terrier getting right up in his face and tasting him? No problem. He just sits there purring no matter what happens. As The Stranger said in The Big Lebowski, “The Dude abides.”

I found him at the local pound last Saturday. One of our other cats, Cosmo, disappeared for a few days (as she is wont to do) and I started to have a bad feeling about her being gone, so I went to the shelter to look for her. She wasn’t there (she’s since turned up at home), but The Dude was. And something about him got to me.

His tag said he’s 13 and that his previous owner surrendered him because they were moving and he had a big head and he was really friendly and… I kept thinking about him. 13 years old, a housepet all his life, but now toward the end he was abandoned to the shelter and was going to end his life in a cage. That didn’t sit right with me. So all week long, he’s been on my mind. And yesterday, at 4:45, i said “Fuck it, I’m taking him.” So I left work early, went to the shelter, and adopted him.

So now we have 9.5 pets. And I am absolutely putting my foot down: NO MORE PETS.

I mean it this time.


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7 responses to “The Dude Abides”

  1. Gavin says:

    I don’t care what everybody says about you Chuck, you’re a big softy and you always will be…and I mean that as a compliment.

    The Dude needs a brushing!

  2. mzzlisa says:

    The previous owners were moving and couldn’t take ONE CAT??? How pathetic. I’m glad you got him!! He’s got a great new home.

  3. treppenwitz says:

    You did a good thing.

    But you didn’t need me to tell you that. The good night’s sleep you got last night tells you all you need to know.

  4. Beth says:

    Chuck, I always knew you were a big faker … I remember back in the day, you were putting your foot down? About a dog? I think it was Suki. I didn’t believe you then and see, I was right, 9.5 animals, and you went back for the cat.

    That’s why we love you.

  5. GraceD says:

    I’m with Mr. Amaya; though, I would add “big” to pussy.

  6. Emily says:

    Awww… what a cute story. I’m glad for The Dude that you adopted him! I volunteer at a local shelter and it’s always sad to see older cats that are given up for adoption. You always hold them and cuddle them and hope they find a wonderful home.

    I also love cats. I have three, and I too have said, “No more!” Well, my latest one came to me in Nov. ’05, and I’m sure he’ll hold me to it; he’s quite terretorial and aggressive about it, too. So between that and the fact I live in a studio apt… yepyep, no more cats, I don’t think. :)

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