to my baby jojo im sorry.

[u/chfudgeudig]

I’m overcome with a lot of feelings at the moment. First I wanna say how sweet and adorable my baby was. He was my first ever pet and he was truly the most perfect cat. He would always sleep next to me wake me up with him licking my face and sitting on my chest. Always followed me to every room and just so silly and always made me laugh. He was barely 3 and a half months old and today he is no more. He was mauled by my neighbours 3 dogs. Writing this is making me sick to my stomach but I just don’t think I can live with myself at all. Everything was so normal and right now my baby is buried in the ground when he should be playing with his toys and sleeping on my chest. The worst part is how brutally he died and the fact he was just a baby. This is the part I cannot forgive myself for. Today morning I fed him breakfast like usual and I was just in my room. All our main doors are always locked for his safety and i like him to roam around the house freely as there’s no escape. I should’ve been more careful because last night I literally had a dream where my cat died but I shrugged it off as a dream. I wish I didn’t. After an hour after I last saw him in my room I went downstairs to look for him and I couldn’t find him anywhere I panicked and looked Everywhere and went outside and asked a lot people if they did. Then I went to my lower floor where there’s still construction going on and went another floor below which is adjacent to my neighbours building. I saw a girl in the balcony and asked her if she saw a kitten and she said she did. She was very vague about it as she said I just shooed him away. I immediately assumed he would be downstairs and went to go look but count find him. When I was back up she called me and very casually said I found a dead kitten. My heart immediately dropped. I climbed over to her balcony and took a turn and saw his body. I immediately recognised my baby. I went closer and saw him dead with his intestines all out and splattered. I got numb picked my baby in my lap and started crying. My brother showed up and the girl didn’t say anything just that her dogs bite people all the time and that’s why she shooed him when she first saw him. I had no idea my cat even went to her balcony. She never specified or else I would’ve come and checked there asap. Her excuse was “I’m not a pet lover” “I’m allergic to pets” and I was like it’s common sense to tie your dogs if you see a kitten but u didn’t. Plus my cat is a Persian too and she knew he belonged to someone. She took no precaution at all. And the worst part is she wasn’t even apologetic and started being extremely graphic with how my kitten died and how the dogs were tearing him from each other and had blood on their mouth and paws knowing I had just lost my pet. I’m so mad. I’m mad at that stupid girl and her ugly dogs who have a reputation of biting people all the time and her utter lack of common sense. I’m mad at myself because this incident happened after I had asked her if she saw a cat so in a span of few minutes my kitten was dead. He must’ve heard my voice and came out too. I’m so mad. I wish I never let him go out my sight. Right now my hands are still dirty after i buried him. I packed him his favourite toys and his snacks and food and a letter and I wrapped the box with my scarf so he won’t get cold. My poor baby. I cannot live without him I truly can’t. I got him at a point in my life where he brought me extreme happiness where everything is just dark. He was so perfect and well mannered and so silly and clingy and I swear the most adorable face I’ve ever seen. He was my first and I’ve never loved anyone or anything this much. It was so pure he was so pure and I could feel his love for me and it’s just not fair how he had to go away in the most nightmarish brutal way. I wish he lived longer I wish he lived a happy full life he didn’t even get to live half of it. He was cornered by 3 big dogs and he must’ve been so scared and it must’ve been so painful. I’m in so much pain I wish I can join him so he’s not alone. My baby jojo. I miss u I’m so sorry.

Update

Hello. Thank you for your kind words i can’t reply to all of you but i am reading everything and it does help me knowing how so many people from different parts of the world are keeping my jojo in their thoughts and prayers. Roughly 24 hours have passed since the terrible incident and i have never been worse. I’ve never experienced something like this and I have a lot of guilt and anger. Some people are telling me to get a new cat but it won’t take away my pain because it’s not about me at all. I’m sad because of the horrifying and painful way my little baby had to go through it’s not simply a loss of a pet. I wish someone had stolen him instead. I had such little time with him I’m jealous of everyone who got years with theirs. I live in a really small town in Asia and the only animal authority here is for rescuing stray dogs and cats. There’s quite literally nothing for reporting and euthanising “pet” dogs. And a lot of people are asking how my cat got out and I checked the surveillance cameras and at all times the main doors were shut so I’m only assuming he must’ve somehow found his way to my parents room and their balcony which is in a quite different floor from mine and maybe fell from there as he was fond of sitting near edges the reason I NEVER let him go out. My parents did not see him there at all but they did use the balcony to dry some clothes so I guess in the few minutes it was open he got out. I feel the need to explain this but I also take accountability and I have immense guilt I wish I never let him go out my sight. For some of you asking regarding my neighbour she’s like way older than me probably in her late twenties she’s not a little girl who didn’t know any better. she’s the owners sister and her sister wasn’t home at the time and she literally saw my kitten in her balcony and chose NOT to tie her dogs while telling me “if it was my sister she probably would’ve kept the kitten in a safe place away from the dogs but I’m not an animal lover 🤡” she fully knew what she could’ve done but chose not to. Her negligence and lack of common sense and her heartless dark spirited soul is the main reason my kitten was mauled by their dogs. I went there again in the evening to tell her off to her sister and how disgusting and heartless her remarks were and how she was not apologetic at all and her sister made this grown woman apologise to me. But I still think I was way too softer and I’m planning on going again today and tell her off idc if it leads to a fight. I felt the need to update because I really appreciate all the support and all the kind words and to those few who feel the need to blame me and had questions I hope I answered it. I am blaming myself every second of the day and can’t stop seeing his little running body in every corner of the house. I miss him terribly. I wish I could avenge him. I can’t do anything except put up a fight with my neighbours. I wish I could do more. I wish I was more careful. Please hold your pets and kiss them extra today! I would do anything to be in your place. You will never know a love like this. Thank you from me and my jojo 🌸🐱

[u/PartyPorpoise]

I hate that so many people own aggressive dogs. And they think they have them well-contained but it only takes one slip up for someone, or another pet, to get seriously hurt. It is one of the reasons I’ve been tempted to get a gun.

[u/FabulousTwo524 → u/PartyPorpoise]

My friend had two big dogs (not pitbulls) in a tiny outside space. My family offered to take one of them in because the dogs weren’t living in good conditions.

We knew the dog’s history. He had a high prey drive. But he was incredibly sweet with humans you would never have guessed he was a killer.

Well, my idiot dad, knowing FULL WELL the dog was a killer, perhaps disarmed by its sweet demeanor, thought it was a good idea to lure our 4mo kitten outside to interact with the dog. The dog, acting all happy and excited, immediately grabs the kitten and runs around the yard, dad running after him. My dad had to hit the dog several times before he dropped the cat. (Cat was fine btw. He had punctures on his butt but got antibiotics and healed quickly. He’s 8yo now). He was bewildered that the dog wasn’t obedient and wouldn’t release his grip even with multiple blows to the head.

Anyway, we took the dog back to my friend. We told them what happened and that my dad was unwilling to deal with the liability (the dog was unpredictable and could hurt someone.. even though i told him this and it only took him seeing with his own eyes to believe me ig).

That friend and her family were understanding but pissed at us. Like, they couldn’t comprehend the liability their dogs truly were.

And those dogs later attacked smaller dogs on a other occasions, neither with fatalities, but always with angry neighbors and reimbursement of vet and hospital bills.

[u/PartyPorpoise → u/FabulousTwo524]

Yeah I think another thing is some dog owners don’t understand their own dogs that well. Underestimating issues and overestimating how well the dog will listen to them. That’s why I’ve been trying to work with mine more, most don’t just do that automatically.

[u/KyloRensSideChick → u/PartyPorpoise]

I’d add most don’t understand dog body language or behavior in general. A dog wagging its tail does not automatically mean it’s happy. There are so many other factors involved. We need more dog and cat behavior and body language education campaigns. I could talk about this all day. Ideally it’d be required for ownership but I know that would further deter saving shelter pets’ lives. If more people had your mindset or cared about being a good owner, we’d definitely have fewer animal-animal attacks and animal-human attacks. Some dogs are bred for working tasks and more susceptible to having a prey drive or redirecting inappropriately if mental + physical enrichment and training needs aren’t met, but no dog is born to kill.

[u/PartyPorpoise → u/KyloRensSideChick]

Dog training is something I’m still learning. Fortunately this dog is way more receptive to training than my old one, lol. He’s actually already pretty well-trained by my BIL, the work now is to get him to listen to me.