Rosegate Furever Home is committed to providing safety, security and comfort to pets in all ages. After a life of service and love we provide neglected and abandoned dogs and cats a loving Furever Home with dignity and compassion love and safety for the rest of their lives.
Due to Covid-19 these precious watercolor paintings were delayed in the transit from all the way from Latvia from artist Evita Kristapsone. She surprised us with these wonderfully made paintings of GiGi and CeeCee. Please visit her website she might be able to work on your pet portraits if you wish. https://www.facebook.com/EvitaKristapsoneArt/
If you see this new logo(s) YES, we are the same people with the very same EIN number, same location same loving care. A document, Amendment - Nonprofit Corporation (Domestic) with the filing date of 8/17/2020, has been filed for Rosegate Furever Home. Simple as can be... Simple as we are. The other name was way too long and since we have young pets too, this name will fits better for long term.
Please continue to show your love, support and care. We are appreciate that a lot.
Those of you who followed Tommy's health condition 3-4 years ago on the Animal Communicators Group in Facebook, know why and how this little ginger boy came into our life.
Secretly I had hoped that Tommy will come back into our life as a ginger kitten. I was desperate to have him back and was looking for signs everywhere that can lead me to him in his new vassel. I needed to ease my pain from my grief. I found feathers that held meaning, heart shaped kitten food in the snow outside (where there should be none) and little anomalous quirks that I hoped werejust that, signs of my desire.
Tommy died on January 28th and on March 29th I was outside tending to Rosie's and Tommy's graves when all a sudden this little pile of leaves had this beautiful spiralling dance around me. It was a whirling little caress of dead leaves come to life all around me.There was no wind nor breeze out there. My husband had just come outside and he saw this little whirlwind. I was smiling and told him, "That's my Boy!" At that time I did not yet know but a little ginger was born and was about to make me aware of his arrival.
He was in the Brown County Humane Society, New Ulm, MN 125 miles away from us. I was checking in at all the shelters and rescues online. A stray momma cat called 'Goat' with her six kittens were just born that day and there were three orange kittens (all boys) in the litter. My heart was beating so hard with excitement as I followed the Humane Society's posts, watching the photos of how these kittens grew. I contacted the worker there and told her that I need one ginger kitten and we will going to see them. She was asking, do I want the one with a white back legs? I said, wow, how did you know that?
Two weeks after their birth we arrived to the shelter and she was surprised but thankful that we came all that way to see 'Goat' and her litter of delightful little puff balls. I had a chance to hold the kitten, snuggle with him and I was in love. Though the future little Kāhili took most of my attention and heart. He had peed in his travel kennel and that too was adorable to me. :) We paid the adoption fee and filed out the paperwork. We would still need to wait a while for them to reach an age they could be weaned and then separated from 'Goat'.
Later that day I saw a cute post with a photo of Baby Kāhili and hes mommy and it mentioned he was no longer available. I was beaming with pride in knowing that I was his new hooman mommy. A cute note from the shelter lady after our visit:
"DON'T CRY MOMMIE
Today I stumbled from our bed. A very nice lady picked me and hugged and cuddled me. Said I was hers. I liked the love I felt from her and her husband. They filled out the adoption form and in a few weeks will I go live with these wonderful people in my forever home. Then I was placed back in the kennel by my siblings and my mommie. Then I noticed my mommie was kind of sad and I said Don't cry mommie, mommie please don't cry. You still got me and my 5 siblings for a few more weeks. Together we will have lots of fun. Mommie please Smile again and let us crawl all over you and let us sit on you back again when your laying down. But mommie please don't cry. We will find a brand new mommie and so will you, cause you a very sweet and great mommie, so please don't cry. I know we will be the last of you children, and you take such good care of us, and love us and feed us and cuddle us when we are scared and comfort us every time we cry, Tonight will be the same and we love you for it. It will hurt all of us when it is time go our separate ways when we get weaned from you. At first it seems cruel, and don't seem right. But we will be fine, cause you are teaching us to be strong good kitties. We will always love you, so mommie please don't cry." Then I noticed my mommie was kind of sad and I said Don't cry mommie, mommie please don't cry. You still got me and my 5 siblings for a few more weeks. Together we will have lots of fun. Mommie please Smile again and let us crawl all over you and let us sit on you back again when your laying down. But mommie please don't cry. We will find a brand new mommie and so will you, cause you a very sweet and great mommie, so please don't cry. I know we will be the last of you children, and you take such good care of us, and love us and feed us and cuddle us when we are scared and comfort us every time we cry, Tonight will be the same and we love you for it. It will hurt all of us when it is time go our separate ways when we get weaned from you. At first it seems cruel, and don't seem right. But we will be fine, cause you are teaching us to be strong good kitties. We will always love you, so mommie please don't cry."
He definitely helped me to go through the grief after Tommy passed. Somehow, he healed my heart, eased my pain and allowed me the redemption to apply my new found knowledge on animal medical observation. I vowed to never be complacent and to not be overly enamored in the opinion of just one doctor of veterinary medicine. He's a shy boy and very jumpy from even the smallest of noises but at night he comes close to me to rub his belly, massage his back and he's purring away. In early "morning", approximately 2-3PM, he's the first one who makes trouble. A constant barrage of noises in order to make sure I won't sleep any longer and feed him right away. To achieve this goal of getting me out of the bed, he is really doing his best by banging the doors and even rattling Tommy's picture off the wall. He knows the connection and what it means so how can I get mad at him, though I pretend to be and tell him so. Kāhili will be three years old on March 29th, 2020 and each of his birthday is now a reminder of Tommy's passing and my healing.
Kāhili arrived just 60 days after Tommy crossed the bridge into the great hereafter. He's a big boy now and about 15 lbs. With fat fuzzy cheeks and a proud fluffy butt he likes to show off. He earned his pretty name after Uncle Tommy who once lived in Hawai'i and showed up into my life in the right moment. "Tommy2" has a little more bravado but he has earned it after his ordeal.
Evan L. MacLean, Noah Snyder-Mackler, Bridgett M. vonHoldt, James A. Serpell. Highly heritable and functionally relevant breed differences in dog behaviour. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2019; 286 (1912): 20190716 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.0716
Educate yourself before adopting a dog/cat. Just because you like a dog for example a poodle, please make sure that their natural behavior will match with yours or your environment. It's not fair for the dogs to dump back to the shelter/rescue because you can not handle it. Be intelligent!
Border collies are highly trainable, greyhounds love to chase, and German shepherds make good guard dogs. While the environment plays a role, traits like these are highly heritable, according to a study of 101 dog breeds. The work identifies 131 genetic variants associated with breed differences in behavior.
Given the dazzling array of dog breeds, from dachshunds to mastiffs, from poodles to bloodhounds, it's easy to forget that most of that diversity arose only in the last few centuries or so, thanks to human tinkering. People have bred dogs for their looks, but the lion's share of breeding efforts have taken aim at eliciting particular behaviors, according to the University of Pennsylvania's James A. Serpell.
"If you look at the evolution of the dog, selection has been primarily for behaviors: hunting behaviors, guarding behaviors, or giving companionship to humans," he says.
In a new study, Serpell and colleagues Evan L. MacLean of the University of Arizona, Noah Snyder-Mackler of the University of Washington, and Bridgett M. vonHoldt of Princeton University offer strong evidence to support what scientists have long suspected: that some of the behaviors that help characterize breeds -- a drive to chase, for example, or aggression toward strangers -- are associated with distinct genetic differences between them. Their findings were published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
"Dogs present a good model for understanding what portion of the variation in their behavior is attributable to differences in genetics, and how much to their environment and experiences," says Snyder-Mackler, who earned his undergraduate and doctoral degrees from Penn.
What seems obvious -- that genes can influence an individual's behaviors -- has not always been easy to support with evidence, in large part because behaviors are complex traits. Tendencies such as aggression, anxiety, or a compulsion to chase anything that moves are governed by many genes, not just one.
But dog breeds, being highly inbred, have allowed researchers to make progress in this area. Serpell and his colleagues recognized that, if a dog breed is associated with a particular behavior that distinguishes it from other breeds, it might be easier to detect the genetic variants contributing to that behavior if you compared that breed's genome to a host of others.
It helped that Serpell was in possession of a treasure-trove of behavior data from C-BARQ, short for Canine Behavioral Assessment and Research Questionnaire, a survey that more than 50,000 dog owners have filled out about their pets. C-BARQ returns a result on 14 behavioral "factors" about each dog surveyed, giving a measure of traits such as stranger-directed aggression, excitability, energy level, and predatory chasing drive.
For this study, the researchers pulled 14,020 of those entries that included information about pure-bred dogs. To look for associations with genetics, they borrowed data from two earlier studies, together representing 5,697 dogs, for which 172,000 points in the genome had been sequenced.
They found that about half of the variation in the 14 measured behaviors across breeds could be attributed to genetics -- a greater proportion that previous studies have found.
"This was based on breed-average behaviors," notes MacLean, "because we didn't have behavioral and genetic information from the same animals."
What stood out to the researchers was that the traits with the highest rates of heritability -- in other words, those that seemed to be most influenced by genetic factors rather than environmental ones -- were behaviors such as trainability, predatory chasing, stranger-directed aggression, and attention seeking. For these traits, genetics explained 60 to 70 percent of variation across breeds.
"These are exactly the types of traits that have been selected for in particular breeds of dogs," says Serpell. "So for trainability, you're thinking of breeds like border collies that have to respond to human signals to accomplish complicated tasks; for chasing behavior you can think of something like a greyhound, which is innately predisposed to chase anything that runs; and for stranger-directed aggression you might focus on some of the guard dog breeds that are highly protective and tend to respond in a hostile way to unfamiliar people."
Taking advantage of their vast pool of genomic data, the researchers looked for genetic variants associated with breed differences in the 14 C-BARQ traits. They found 131 variants tightly linked to these behaviors. Some were located in genes that have been implicated in influencing behavior, including in humans. But many were unknown and provide fodder for future study.
"This gives us an encouraging start and places to look," says MacLean. "We have ongoing projects where we've obtained genetic and behavioral data from the same individuals, so we'll be able to dive deeper into some of these traits and variants to see if the patterns we found here hold up."
If these genetic differences influence behavior, a good assumption would be that they somehow affect the brain. So, as a final step, the team looked to see where the genes in which key variants appeared were expressed in the body. Their analysis showed the genes were much more likely to be expressed in the brain than in other tissues in the body.
Of note, however, is that the researchers' results also leave plenty of room for individual differences and an animal's environment in influencing behavior.
"It's important to keep in mind that we looked at breed averages for behavior," says Snyder-Mackler. "We're not at a point yet where we can look at an individual's genome and predict behavior. Environment and training still has a very, very strong effect."
This Rainbow bonded us together. One of the ends was on our property
the other end was on his old property. We met in the middle...
Moon River
Wider than a mile
I'm crossing' you in style
Some day
Old dream maker
You heart breaker
Wherever you're goin'
I'm goin' your way
Two drifters
Off to see the world
There's such a lot of world
To see
We're after the same
Rainbow's end
Waitin' round the bend
My huckleberry friend
Moon River
and me...
It's very hard for me to start writing a story about Tommy. He came to my life when I most needed him, just as I wished for. At the time, we lived in Hawai'i and sometimes we saw an orange cat sneaking around our yard and watching us from a distance. I always wished for an Orange Tabby. So we decided to investigate where this cat was coming from. Across the street, there was a beautiful foreclosed cabin that looked over South Point on the Big Island of Hawai'i. It was a nursery back then and Tommy grew up there. Suddenly I heard a kitty meow, but we could not see it. I meowed back and he responded right away. Finally, I had a little glimpse of him and we fell in love right away. I loved his voice and cute face from the bush. We ran back to our house and bought back with us some cat food. Later on, we found out that his name is Tommy and the owners had trouble taking him with them or Tommy was refuse to go. We fed Tommy 2-3 times daily. One day he decided to come to our property and see where these nice people were getting this yummy food from. From then on he stayed with us. He was such a loving cat, just like any ginger typically is. He was so skinny that who knows what he had to do to eat to survive.
In just a few days Tommy became comfortable with our dog Rosie and our indoor cat CeeCee. He gained weight and became happy being loved again.
Since we had Tommy, he always had something of concern with his nose. We thought that during his need to survive, he may have gotten into some fights or just a simple scratch from birds or rodents..... The tiny wounds came and went, so we did not take them seriously.
In 2012, we moved to the mainland and he injured his nose while he was traveling in his kennel. At this time he scraped a very deep wound but it healed again nicely.
Two years later we started to be suspicious about the wound. He hated to go to the vet and we worried about another self-inflicted wound so we held off taking him there and hoped we were not being hypochondriacs. It was a big mistake as we have come to know now years later. When we finally relented and after exams, blood tests, and smear samples told us it was not too bad (but actually learned years later it was already too late). We did not know then so we followed the vet's advice and medicine prescription. I had also joined some social media groups earlier about Animal Communicators and Animal Reiki in an attempt to find out what is going on when his behavior first changed.
We had a big day today. Finally was able to take Tommy to the vet. His nasal problem got worse. Blood tests and Cytology with stain have been done. So far not any signs of cancer. He's allergic to something and was not able to heal because when his immune system went into effect, it produced what the vet calls a 'Rodent Lesion' (nothing to do with rodents) and that is common to the upper lip/nasal region. not every cat with allergies gets this, just poor Tommy's luck. He's on medications right now.
The young, inexperienced vet ruled-out: Squamous Cell Carcinoma in her diagnosis.
We had been happy that Tommy had no cancer. However, his poor nose had become swollen and a soar had started on his upper lip. As we did not know any better and instead of having a second opinion, we started to administer the medicines she prescribed for him. She gave Tommy antibiotics, allergy pills, and a very low dose of steroids. None of these medicines helped him. We also started a holistic approach as well.
Tommy's photo on the day of his vet's visit. He had a very obvious spot on his nose and lip.
Our Facebook friends gave us so much support and I updated them about Tommy's condition every once in a while. They continuously gave Tommy Reiki Healing and Prayers. They gave us advice. I even knitted him a "Healing Blanket" with all natural Alpaca Yarns. Tommy's friend has charged the blanket with healing energies. I used Manuka Honey, Colloidal Silver, Cell Foods, Dragon Blood, Coconut oil, Turmeric Paste, etc. Nothing seemed to help him for too long. We started to get worried and in our desperation were able to secure a small quantity of an experimental new cancer drug that has been approved for limited human trials. We had so much hope that the miraculous results others achieved would help him and cure him.
At the beginning of giving Tommy this medicine, it was promising. We had started to see new,
healthy tissue growth and his behavior got much better.
He loved Audrey Hepburn singing the Moon River. It was relaxing for his healing.
Lucy helped him a lot to be comfortable.
But unfortunately, it was just temporary. As the wound did not seem to heal but only got bigger while starting to spread more on his nose and now, both sides of his whisker areas, we had to accept that Tommy is not getting better. I was scared to put him down and still tried everything possible to save him. So I started buying expensive supplements; Green Micro-Algae Superfood, Probiotics, Super B-complex...in desperation. Then his face developed a strange black secretion and he started balding, at that point we knew that Tommy has dying. He weighed 14 lbs. and then lost half and was down to only 7 lbs. He became skinny and weak. We took him to another vet... This vet recommended either putting him down or putting him on a high dose of steroids. I choose the high dose of steroid and we scheduled his euthanasia a week from that day.
His whole face cleared up with a high dose of steroid and with Bio-Preparation F3 which is Green Micro Algae Superfood.
Here is one of our posts to Tommy's friends on the Facebook groups:
Dear friends of Tommy. His condition is digressing. We have refrained from posting his physical appearance out of courtesy. Under these circumstances, he has been to another veterinary doctor who is very pragmatic. She stated a Squamous Cell Carcinoma. It is very advanced and voraciously active. We have about a week to make peace with him and help him to find his own peace before the transition through the veil between our two worlds. On behalf of Tommy and ourselves... and the other pets he lives with, thank you all for your love and support. It seems to have been a comfort to all concerned. Please consider this potential last week to continue the support in a way that would now encourage acceptance and peace with moving to the next realm of existence for him. His courage and indomitable will to fight have been a marvel and at times his way to show love and support for his family but gently needs to be encouraged as unnecessary at this point. His spirit and energy can be used for his journey. Thank you with all sincerity and love. Blessings are upon thee and thine.
Our friends on Facebook were very supportive and they ALL loved Tommy. They scheduled a candle lite ceremony, so to give Tommy a peaceful preparation. During the Candle-Lite Ceremony, Tommy had beautiful dreams while he was resting beside me. He was running, jumping, eating, licking, and making cute noises. At that time I had two dreams about Tommy that he was running away from euthanasia. Since I was a little girl, I believed in animal communication and this was something urging me as a message to consider.
To all the friends of Tommy! Last Wednesday, we took Tommy to the vet, and they gave us the option to either be euthanized or try administering a high dose of steroids. I chose the steroids as a last-ditch option. The vet said to tell them immediately if Tommy is improving or not responding to it. Well, 5-6 days ago he showed some improvement. He is more alert tracking movement with his vision and hearing and his eyes are clear and focused. He is using the scratching pole ...that he had abandoned for many months and yesterday he has started jumping up onto my high bed. He purred for a long time while I was massaging him. The black stuff, scabs, necrotic tissue, etc.. .started to come off easily from his nose area. My husband called the vet yesterday and they were very happy to hear of his dramatic improvement. They felt that Tommy's euthanasia (which was scheduled for tomorrow) could be postponed until a further time when needed. A few days before my hubby called the vet, I felt an urge, a voice inside of me to save him from euthanasia. I told this to Jeannie, Tommy's animal communicator and she connected with him. She did another full healing session and she said that "he is actually feeling a lot better than I thought"... I know it may sound like selfish love but I also had two dreams that he was running away from euthanasia. I am still giving him supplements and increasing the micro-algae (f3) as well since it said we could in severe cases. He is also moving around more than he did in the last 6 months and is stretching his atrophied muscles. He's not in pain that I can tell and Jeannie concurred. He is as comfortable and content as can be given the circumstances. We have put euthanasia on hold. Please continue your love and prayers for Tommy. We believe that the Power of Love could make a difference and potentially a miracle. I and my husband would like to send a small gift to you in gratitude for your continued support. Tommy wishes it to be something that you would consider a little treasure from him. Please send us your name and shipping address. I will continue to keep you updated as always on Tommy and his journey. Many Blessings and Happy Holidays,
Everyone had been amazed and we all had hope. We had been very happy with the progress and could tell even his emotional well-being was better. I then asked him how can we thank all his friends and supporters? While meditating on this he was beside me, comforting me and I fell into sleep. In this vision of dreams, I saw all these candles floating on a lake which reminded me of Hawai'i and when we had been to an Obon festival. The Japanese festival of honoring the dead. Painting that image was an important step and that is how the cover of a card I later made came to be created. Upon awakening from this dream, a short poem had been placed into my mind and I had to write it down. I was sure that poem was from Tommy. My first real communication with him this whole time.
Unfortunately, this happiness only lasted for a few weeks, and then Tommy started feeling bad again and I started to see and feel that he was not willing to fight anymore. His handsome nose was nearly unrecognizable and his upper lip was disintegrating too. Every time I see a photo of him I have to cry and blame myself that I should have taken it more seriously. Tommy was a fighter. He was my little trooper, my love and everyone loved him in the Animal Communicator group. People called him; Cosmic Cat and Wise Teacher. He changed many people's life and touched their souls. He gave us five more weeks until finally he was ready to go home. He loved cream cheese so much and he knew how much I loved him saying the cutest "nam-nam": sounds while he enjoyed his treat. He was still trying to please me by doing that on his last day.
January 28, 2017
Today January 28th, at 11:11 am Tommy helped to cross the Rainbow Bridge. Dr. Sara Herrlinger DVM came all the way from Minneapolis to help him to go peacefully. Tommy's long battle with cancer is now over... He fought hard each day to be with us for a little longer and we treasured the extra 5 weeks we had with him. Tommy hated going to the vet so I'm glad his last moments were spent peacefully, at home, under his favorite blanket. Thank you ALL for being a part of his journey.
I would give hundreds of rating stars to Dr. Sara Herrlinger if it were possible. Our cat Tommy had a long battle with cancer and neither of our local vets had enough compassion to come help him to pass peacefully in his home and with his family, even though one drove past our street every day to and from her work. As I became desperate to search for someone to help Tommy in his final time, my hope was fading that anyone would come out to our rural location. I did find Blue Skies P.E.H.S and felt they were the people that held compassion but the distance was again too much to ask. In a frantic state, I did ask anyway. Much to my surprise and delight, Dr. Sara replied to my e-mail and said that she would be able to take the trip and visit with us. On January 28 she drove 3-4 hours to arrive here and provide care. I felt her true desire to connect and comfort Tommy, as well as help me during this time of transition. Tommy fought hard each day to be with us a little longer and we were treasured with an extra 5 weeks together. Tommy had no pleasure in going to the vet so I am glad his last moments were spent peacefully, at home. Snug under his favorite blanket, cradled upon my lap, we shared words and thoughts. He slipped away gently and in knowing love. Dr. Sara was an amazing, loving, kind, warm-hearted person and I highly recommend her to anyone who needs help with letting their beloved pet pass with dignity. Thank you Blue Skies Pet Euthanasia and Hospice Services
We buried Tommy beside his friend Rosie. We called them the "Orange Balls" who came with us from Hawai'i. We rescued them and gave them a good life. They both died at the age of 14 and they both lived with us for 6 years. Now they are resting side by side as they had been in their life together with us.
Nose Pad Cancer (Squamous Cell Carcinoma) in Cats is a malignant tumor of the squamous epithelial cells. In this case, it is a tumor of the nasal planum or the tissues in the nose pad.
“At first, a skin lesion will appear to be fairly benign, looking like a little scab or maybe a small scratch, and over time it may flake off and the cat’s skin will look normal.
But eventually — perhaps months or a year later — it will reappear.”
Several treatment options are available for lesions that are diagnosed at an early stage,
notes Dr. McEntee. “We can perform surgical removal of the affected portion of a cat’s nose or ears,” she says. “Multiple facial lesions that are less than approximately two millimeters deep can be treated successfully with radiation therapy. Some veterinarians use cryotherapy, which will destroy a lesion by freezing it. And in some cases, directly injecting chemotherapeutic substances into the tumor may be useful. For SCC in the mouth, a combination of surgery and radiation therapy may be successful and result in long-term control, but only if the cancer is detected at an early stage.
However, says Dr. McEntee, when an SCC lesion is more advanced, “We may not be able to control it. We can attempt to do so with a full course of radiation, which will require more than three weeks of treatment. But even this aggressive approach isn’t likely to be successful once the tumor has progressed and has spread internally. This is why it is so important for owners to spot these lesions at an early stage when a tumor is still very treatable.”
Please look for any symptoms:
This tumor progress slowly, often starting as a superficial crust and scab
Decreased air through the nose (i.e., more mouth breathing)
Neurological signs (from pressure on the brain) – seizure, disorientation, behavioral changes.
Please, please dear cat lovers, if you notice small spots on your cat's nose, do not
hesitate to take your kitty to the vet. Also please make sure that your vet is experienced and has enough compassion for animals to not put the business before patience and explore all possibilities. Listen to your gut feelings and always get a second opinion. Do not think the good news is good enough and remember to please do it quick. I know now that Tommy was here in our lives and yours to teach us a lesson. He was a brave kitty and his love reached people all over the World.
To recognize Squamous Cell Carcinoma early, you have to make sure that the surface wound did not go deeper than 2mm (millimeter). It could already be too late if the wound goes deeper.
Here's Tommy's example in pictures:
2012, Tommy scraped his nose on the gate of his traveling kennel.
2013, The injury healed well though it aggravated the cancerous mass which began his ordeal.
2014, This cancerous wound healed over but left a crater on his nose. You can notice the nose started to become swollen as cancer created changes to the bridge of the nose. It was already too late but like many of us, we did not take it that seriously. :( His behavior started to change. He was trying to tell us that something was wrong... Please be alert and save your cat!
Rest in Peace Sweet Tommy Boy! We ALL Love You so Much!
"Oh no! I am so sorry to hear this. Tommy has always been a true role model of strength and determination.. never giving up. Much of that is due to your unconditional love until the very end. RIP dear Tommy.. we will never forget the lessons you have taught all of us here on earth.. and we know you will continue to do so for eternity" -Tasso
"Oh Tommy, my sweet boy! My heart is broken I know that this was coming but it's not easier. You and I never met but it was like we were old friends, kindred souls. Through you, I met a wonderful woman, your mommy! Such love and dedication. You brought so many people together, and so many were touched by you. Can I explain exactly why you are so special? Love can't be explained. You are going to a place where there is no pain and I know you have a task to do there also. But can I ask you one thing? If you have some extra time please come and visit me! I will NEVER forget you. LOVE you always big boy. Ah, Tommy ...you must feel all that love. It's overwhelming.! Never saw THAT much LOVE. " -Lucie
"Though I try to cope with the loving kindest mantra, I still struggle with the reality of his passing, and that hollow space in my heart...however, each time I repeat the mantra, I feel better, for I feel his love and stay connected with him...I guess we have to learn to stay connected in different ways now, no more physical to physical...but physical-to-soul connection...and if we allow ourselves to feel happy with the way we connect with each other in different forms now, we will be fine..." -Nusrat "Oh Katalin, I am sending so much love to you, Tommy, and your family. You are an amazing woman and love conduit for your precious love, Tommy. Forever in our hearts...." -Allana "You have done more for Tommy than what most people would do for their own kids. Take peace in knowing you did all you could, and please give him my blessings from Hawaii. I am sure he knows he is loved." -Thomas "Oh, Katalin I feel so bad hearing this. I know how very hard you have tried to help Tommy, and I am sure he knows also, and he knows how very much you love him. I never knew Tommy but I felt love for him, and for you. I am so sorry that things are not turning around. Love and prayers to you and your family." -Kris
"You did everything for Tommy even more than some people would do for their fur babies. You researched and found things to help him and made sure he was comfortable throughout his illness. You helped him greatly." -Yvonne
"He was a Master teacher for us all" -Nina
"Light will someday split you open....." Teachings..... channeled from a Cosmic Cat called Tommy: when I received Tommy's paw print button/key chain, and Katalin's card with painting, poem, and Tommy's paw prints, I felt an intense wave of pure love wash thru me. I was weeping, feeling this pure love, I felt it was a direct transmission of Divine Love, from Tommy in Spirit, delivered thru his paw print! . I felt as tho he reached his paw thru the veils and touched me with such Love. He shows me, that I too, can actually reach thru dimensions, that this incredible ability is now within my here-and-now capacity. when I feel in my Heart the profound calm-ness, peace, trust, and heart-full experience of divine Love, it returns with me into this world, the Love is imprinted/downloaded into my Heart and E-motional body, and expressed thru me. in this way, the 'here and now world' is expanded into the finer frequencies/dimensions of Love. What a clever, multi-dimensional Be-ing and Bringer of Light, is Tommy, he channels his messages thru you, Katalin,,, and I am now initiated into this very real capacity of consciously reaching thru dimensions, omgosh,,, wow, Tommy,, you are really Rocking the Cosmos! I so look forward to more of your Cosmic Teachings, with all my love and gratitude, from" -Sheila
"Our Hearts are With You Tommy and Katalin I don't usually share my private connection on a separate note, but we have all been following Tommy and we all LOVE him so much, I felt I wanted to share his message this way...I connected to Mr. Tommy and asked if I would be intruding to connect at this time.....I got an okay from spirit.....I then felt Tommy near me...and I saw him place his paw on my cheek...and I began to cry...and I heard ...I am surrounded by amazing love and please tell my momma Kat that she is amazing...and thank her for her total devotion and compassion...He is showing me spirals of the most beautiful lights from the healers as they work with him...and as he came to stand in front of me...his BEAUTIFUL FACE!! Whole and intact...so very handsome...in his beautiful spirit body....with wings from the Angels to prove he is now an Angel boy. I got the sense that although he is sad to go from his Physical life and family...that he is deeply at peace and feeling the love and peace of his "spirit home" Katalin...Tommy showed me a glass vase filled with feathers...I heard he will be leaving feathers for you as a calling card that he is with you...so he says to watch for the pretty feathers momma...his gift to you. He wants all of the "group of animal lovers" he calls us....that he appreciates the kindness and the sharing of love so willingly and so lovingly...he is thankful...His life taught him so much...but mostly how to give and receive love....and he is so thankful. Katalin...He will have some very special messages for you...that he will tell personally to you when you connect with him soon. I thanked him for being our teacher and our friend and told him we all LOVE him very much and pray for his family and support his family for him. I did ask him if he would be joining our special group of crossed-over animal companions and he said ...yes he will always be connected to our group to help other pets and families in need...so I look forward to meeting up with this beautiful soul friend of ours as we continue our soul work to help others
In 2012, we moved to the mainland and he injured his nose while he was traveling in his kennel. At this time he scraped a very deep wound but it healed again nicely.
But unfortunately, it was just temporary. As the wound did not seem to heal but only got bigger while starting to spread more on his nose and now, both sides of his whisker areas, we had to accept that Tommy is not getting better. I was scared to put him down and still tried everything possible to save him. So I started buying expensive supplements; Green Micro-Algae Superfood, Probiotics, Super B-complex...in desperation. Then his face developed a strange black secretion and he started balding, at that point we knew that Tommy has dying. He weighed 14 lbs. and then lost half and was down to only 7 lbs. He became skinny and weak. We took him to another vet... This vet recommended either putting him down or putting him on a high dose of steroids. I choose the high dose of steroid and we scheduled his euthanasia a week from that day.
