Part of the Tribe...

This is Sora ( Rom for 'sister'). We have had Sora, or Soey( And Soso and Sister and Sweetface) as we call her, since she was only four weeks old. We picked Soso and her sister ,Vox , from a litter of 13 pups- the litter of an American Husky /lab, and a wolf. 

    We had two cats when we brought the pups home- Piggy, and Llama. Neither of them appreciated dogs. Pig and Llama would sit on my eqipment box waiting for the pups to walk by, and swipe at them from above. The pups, however, adored the cats, although they maintained a very healthy distance- once they figured out that the equipment box was NOT the culprit attacking them.

Llama the Great on my equipment box

   When the pups were about 6 months old, a kitten followed us home from the grocery store. We named her Monster. She was adorable; sweet, loving and within two days completely convinced she,too, was a puppy. She would walk with the dogs..on a leash!...she would cuddle with the dogs, play with the dogs, sleep in their food dish, and play under their water dish just as soon as Soey would lick it dry for her. Soey was in heaven! She loved to squish with her kitten ( Squishing is like cuddling, only with less consent, but lots of love).

Sora with Monster. Three days after we brought Monster home.

                                                The last picture I have of the two of them together.

When Monster was murdered ( the neighbors broke her neck, and threw her in my backyard ) I didn't think Soey would ever be the same.
      She grieved for that kitten for a long time.

Since our return to Georgia, Soey has formed her own kitten tribe. They nurse from her, sleep with her, and she keeps them safe, warm, and clean. I know she misses her Monster- I know I still do- and she heaps all the love and squishes she had for her kitten on the new tribe....