[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Sweet Story
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- Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 20:20:38 -0500
JUST TOTALLY AWESOME GAIL. That is why the GSD is so special. Sandi
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From: "Gail Sprock" <gsprock@xxxxxxx>
To: "ShowGSD List" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 7:35 PM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Sweet Story
> Golden retriever nurses stray kitten
>
> A stray kitten has found a new mother
>
> in a golden retriever who began producing milk for the little feline
>
> after hearing its cries. Honey hadn't given birth in 18 months,
>
> but after her owner, Jimmy Martin, brought home the kitten,
>
> she suddenly found herself playing mom.
>
> "She started licking her and loving her".
>
> Within a couple of days,
>
> Honey started naturally lactating," said Kathy Martin, Jimmy's wife.
>
> "The kitten took right to her, and she started nursing her."
>
> Jimmy Martin noticed the kitten, whom the family dubbed "Precious,"
>
> about six weeks ago, when she ran in front of his concrete truck.
>
> After following her and realizing there was no mother cat in sight, =20=
>
> he took her home.
>
> The kitten refused to drink from a bottle,
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> and Jimmy's mother, Ruth Martin, feared Precious would die.
>
> The family initially tried to keep Precious and Honey apart,
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> fearing the dog would play too rough with the little gray-striped =20
> kitten.
>
> But Honey was elated at Precious' presence,
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> wagging her tail and prancing all over the house trying to sneak a =20
> peak at her.
>
> Eventually, the family let Honey approach Precious, and the dog =20
> immediately took to her.
>
> The Martins said they told a veterinarian about Honey and Precious,
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> and learned that interspecies nursing does happen on rare occasion.
>
> Precious now sometimes plays with dog bones,
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> and Honey lets Precious gnaw on her like a puppy would.
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> "She thinks she's a dog," Kathy Martin said. "She's really fit right =20
> in."
>
> See sweet photo of Honey and Precious at: The Winchester Star in =20
> Westchester, Virginia
>
> ---
>
> =96Gail
>
>
>
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