vlad21
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- Dec 19, 2015
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This is so sweet. :')If you'll do a search and look up Bob stories, you'll see a person and a tortoise that are so bonded it's obvious to others. I socialized Bob from the time he was 3. He went everywhere. He became quite popular in Corvallis. More people knew Bob than me, they always asked, 'Are you Bob's mother?" He went to OSU Pet Days. Petco had him come at Christmas, get your pix taken with Bob for $5 or Santa for $10, all proceeds to Senior Dog Rescue. He did that for about 9 years.
A couple of weeks ago some guy came up to me in the Safeway and asked, "You bringing Bob to Santa this year? My kids have 4 years of pictures of them with Bob, they are so looking forward to it. I started crying, left my groceries and came home.
Petco, hung black crepe streamers and Bob's picture on Christmas. The freakingest thing you ever saw. Groups of kids crying, frankly, I'm damned sorry I went. Bob touched more people than I can even imagine....strangers are still asking me about him.
The hardest thing I have ever gone thru. But anyone who says torts don't have emotion for us just hasn't tried to bond with their animal. Bob's bond with me was visible. But we worked at it for 15 years. I know I was his food Goddess.