Fetch back Friday - The one that started it all

This is fetched all the way back to 2006 when we first started using digital cameras and I was 18!

My daring Rocky is cuddled into my arms and my dad is to my right :) 

The wall behind me I was trying out tester pots so used a bunch of different colours haha!!

This Cat, Booch as I lovingly nicknamed him started of my love for animals, my wish that all had a happy home and it is because of my guilt in not spotting his illness earlier that I am so protective over my puppies. He started it all, made me who I am in such a massive way! 

Before the mad dogs

Before the mad dogs there was a cat that started it all. 

He set the way for my animal obsessive nature. He made me be best friends with pets over humans and not regret that at any time. 

He shown me that even the most independant Tom Cats were there for you! 

And I miss him every day! Always my one and only Booch. 

My Gorgeous boy - 3 years have gone by

Although not a dog, I couldn't let the 3 year anniversary of losing my darling Rocky go by without mentioning it on here. He was my everything and most of all, my bestest friend and the only pet I would go from a small child in infants to a grown woman with. Nothing could ever change that bond.

It was through him that I wanted to write and note about the girls life. As I have written a diary on and off since the age of 8, reading back on memories, however small meant so much after he had gone and memories I had long forgotten was there in writing ready for me whenever I needed them. So that was why I wanted to remember so much of my girls.... as they're with us for such a short time in our life, I don't plan on forgetting the every day stuff that makes me love them so much.

So to Rocky, 3 years ago I had to say a very tearful farewell & I definitely won't forget.

If I recall correctly, this is the final picture, just a few short days before he was gone.

and to prove that I am still a "cat person" that he made me (although admittedly I'm also one hell of a dog nut too now) I've put some pictures of my brothers neighbours kitten, she's 6 months and has a thing about grass, she and her sister also have a habit of making themselves incredibly at home in my brothers new house by just strolling in as they own the place and relaxing at the top of the stairs :-)

I wish I had my current camera when Rocky was here!!

Those two kitties definitely reminded me how great cats are :-)

I also now understand why they say cats are graceful, they're so delicate compared to my girls.