As any pet owner knows, one of the heaviest things a person can go through is losing their fur baby.
What isn’t as well-known, however, is that pets experience many of the same things we do when they lose their pet friends.
A user who goes by “squishiepeachies” on Imgur knows this all too well.
He proudly parented 3 pets.
His buoyant, lovable Golden Retriever, named Crosby, as well as another dog and a cat.
Unfortunately, Crosby and his owner had to say goodbye forever to his companions when they passed within a few months of each other.
While Crosby was clearly sad about his loss, squishiepeachies thought that Crosby was okay being an only dog.
However, squishiepeachies was mistaken.
“This is Crosby. He is the best good boy,” squishiepeachies wrote on Imgur. “About 6-months-ago, he lost his kitty friend, and just over a month ago he lost his best doggo friend that he’s had as a companion since he was 8-weeks-old. Crosby has been pretty okay about being an only doggo, or so I thought.”
Turns out the Golden Retriever was sick of living without his companions.
Crosby found his own new BFF.
Squishiepeachies discovered Crosby’s new chosen companion after arriving home one day.
“On Thursday I came home, and instead of our normal routine of Crosby howling with excitement to see me, he led me straight to the bathtub,” squishiepeachies explains.
It was there that squishiepeachies found a tiny meowing kitten that he had never seen before.
“This kitty was meowing up a storm,” squishiepeachies explained.
It seems Crosby fetched the cat.
He brought the kitten into his home to make him cozy.
“I’ve never seen this kitten before, and although I do have a doggy door, it’s way too high off the ground for this little baby to have snuck in,” squishiepeachies wrote. “Seems to me that Crosby must have brought her inside.”
What’s even stranger about the whole situation was that the kitten looked a little familiar.
“She has an uncanny resemblance to the kitty friend he lost 6 months ago,” squishiepeachies explains. “I talked to the neighbors surrounding my house and she’s been seen before, but no one knows who owns her.”
Squishiepeachies then took the kitten to see if it was microchipped, which it was not.
He had a decision to make.
“She was, however, spayed just a few days ago, and is thought to be about 4 months old,”Squishiepeachies said.
“The vet basically told me that if I took her to the shelter she’d be put down because there are already over 300 kittens at the county shelter alone that need homes. He said I could try putting her outside and hope she goes home, or I could keep her.”
Squishiepeachies decided that since Crosby went through all that trouble to find himself a new kitten, they might as well keep it.
So, now Crosby is very happy to have his new kitty companion Raina Lil Ray-Ray, who was named by the Imgur user’s high school students.
Squishpeachies ended his story by saying:
“I guess Crosby didn’t like being an only doggo after all.”
It’s good to know that Raina is in such caring paws and now lives in a great home with a friend who dearly loves her.
See Raina and Crosby’s budding friendship in the ridiculously sweet video below!
Please SHARE this with your friends and family.
