LOVE this thread! I have had so many weird animals in my life I could talk about what they've learned for days...probably weeks. My Mom has a theory that weird folks have weird animals and I'd have to agree with her. I seem to collect some weird acting animals of all kinds. It's kind of a running joke in the family..you name it..dogs, cats, sheep, chickens, horse, even cows..all weird.
Found the photos. Both have since passed on. How I miss them!
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@flowerweaver, that's so strangely familiar!!! I had a black hair sheep Katahdin and St. Croix cross, name was Black Betty...she looked remarkably like your sheep except she had a white tail and a few white socks. She too would allow a chicken to ride around on her back..she was the only one to do that and I never could get a pic of it because as soon as I stepped outdoors to snap a pic, all the animals would stampede in my direction. Same chicken each time...a young BR pullet. Funniest thing you ever saw.
I loved your story and think it's just incredible that they made you a beautiful figurine just from seeing your pics and reading your story.
My last cat would dip his paw into the commode and then sip water off it. Sometimes he would just watch me using the bathroom(very unnerving, BTW), just waiting for me to flush so he could watch the water swirling. Then, after it had all settled down, he'd dip that paw and lap the water off. If you didn't watch out, he'd do the same thing in your water glass.
My very best dog ever used to pray, he could do a stealth crawl and freeze like Rin Tin Tin, he would sit on the porch swing and swing all by himself when we weren't around, he had a whole route through our town that he would travel every day~unbeknownst to me until much later~that would garner him friends, treats and family time..he'd actually go inside and watch TV with them and then later stand by the door to leave. He knew more people than I did~and this was my home town~ and had a group of dog buddies that would visit out yard to play. He would go through the bank drive thru so they would come out and bring him a treat, he'd wait outside the local deli at the supermarket for a treat and then sit next to my neighbor's car at the store so she would give him a ride home.
I had to fasten a note to his collar to tell folks to stop feeding him because he was getting so fat!
When he died I had to put his obituary in the paper because people kept calling the house to see "where Jim is"...it broke my heart each time I had to explain his death so I finally just put his pic in the paper with the news of it all.
Funny thing is, there was an ad right below his obit, from another family of a guy named Jim and they were thanking people for all the cards and flowers....pure coincidence but it looked like folks had sent such things when my Jimmy died.
All my neighbors cried when he died...they all had their own relationship with him. It makes me cry even to this day and that's been nigh on 16 years ago...he made that much of an impact on us all.
