I still have my feral cat...a neighbor kept him for a while because she had a cat and a German Shepherd that groomed my krazy kat like it was a puppy. She could also let the cat into her house, which I don't because I have a cockatiel that's been in the family 20 years. So I just feed the cat every day & speak to it now and then...but he won't come to me, and I raised him from a kitten.
I love this kat.
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There's a book by Dean Koontz called ONE DOOR AWAY FROM HEAVEN. The hero is an alien boy who inhabits the body of a deceased kid. The plot is too much to go into here, but what I really like about this book is the connection between the alien boy and the dog who used to belong to the deceased family. The alien dreams with the dog and picks up on the dog's superior instincts, hearing, and sight to navigate himself through his troubles, which are myriad. The boy and dog are front and center in every chapter. I wonder who here has dreamed with their dog...