SophieSophie joined my parent's household a year or two ago, under somewhat “suspicious” circumstances. For a couple years after Jack passed on, my parents were catless. During this time, they sold the house in Maine where I grew up, and moved to a condo community in a neighboring town.
Finally, my mother decided to “officialize” the adoption with a visit to the vet for a checkup and shots. Fortunately, Sophie's owner (whose name I don't remember) didn't mind Sophie's promiscuous behavior. For a while, Sophie stayed at my parents' house in the daytime (they were already retired, so were home during the day). Then every evening, my mother put Sophie out on the porch, to be summoned home by her first owner. This shared guardianship continued until Sophie's other owner moved away, and elected to leave Sophie in my parents' care. Sophie is still happy and healthy today, living comfortably with my parents, who are now her sole owners - as far as they know... |