Remembering Our Dear Friend Sage

Two years ago today we adopted our Sage, he was a very old rattie boy that I had seen on one of our weekly urgent lists....he was never going to make it out of the high kill shelter alive. We just could not bear this sweet old guy dying in a shelter after he had most likely been a loved companion of someone who maybe had died or for some unknown reason not able to care for him any longer. With the loving help of the New Rattitude network of devoted rattie lovers we were able to bring this boy home to live out the rest of his life in love, comfort and safety. I posted a story about it back when I first started this blog you can read all about it here if you'd like to. Love At First Sight.

When we decided to adopt Sage, we went in figuring that what we would be offering him was hospice care as he was very old, very sickly, and very fragile. But to our delight and bit by bit over time Sage got stronger and healthier and he lived for almost two years with us and our pack.

On April 30 of this year we helped Sage go to Rainbow Bridge. Sage was quite camera shy but over the last couple of years I managed to get a few nice pictures of this sweet boy who never caused one problem in our home whatsoever. He was a perfect gentleman and his funny ways and character will be remembered and dearly missed for years to come. I wanted to share this beautiful boy with you.

This was Sage's shelter pic. By the time we ended up getting him he was really skinny and really sick and not eating.