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In reply to the discussion: It Looks Like I Slept In A Raspberry Patch... An Update on the Little Deaf Kitty. [View all]IrishAyes
(6,151 posts)And she is truly one unholy terror. At six months Brigid still acts like she's on speed or something. Little bugger even jumped up in the air and nipped me hard on the arm yesterday. Puncture wound, too. Just playing of course, but it still hurt. I yelled at her and then treated my wound. But by the time I finished, I'd forgotten to stay mad, especially when she came up and licked my toes. She was sorry. If I ever survive her puppyhood, she'll be fine, I'm sure. But I've had many dogs and many kinds of dogs throughout my life, and not one has ever been quite like a JRT. They're something else. I'm just praying that she doesn't take to jumping the fence, because she could if she decided to. So far she just stands up and puts her front paws through the openings. She was little enough when I got her that her foster sister Molly Maguire had nothing to fear from her. They've bonded like glue. Maybe that'll help keep Brigid in the yard, especially after she's spayed this month.
But if you couldn't warm to your daughter's JRT, that's certainly understandable. Sometimes I think I must be crazy to keep mine. But she's been so good for Molly that I can't help loving her. I also have a mortal dread of being w/o a dog, and sometimes one does expire, so I have to have two. Brigid's as much for me as she is for Molly.