Year
2018 Tributes
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posted in other years)
For pet names beginning with "Y".
YenYen, 12/96 -
4/25/11
My Dearest Yen Yen..
It's been seven years since your passing,
My dearest pet I will always cherish our love,
Tears are still flowing from my eyes as I think of you going over
the Rainbow Bridge without me,
However, a smile appears as I remember your love and
faithfulness, your joyfulness and our friendship.
I will never forget you, you will always be in my heart and in
my memory.
You have my heart always,
Jean
Yoda 'Yodapods'
Meredydd, Sometime in 2013 - 29th October 2018 
Uncle John had found you when you were a kitten beneath a car in a
car park near us. You had a blue collar around your neck so we
were worried that you had gotten lost and that someone was looking
for you. The local veterinary practice put your picture onto their
social media sites, but nobody replied. We thought someone may
have dumped you and we therefore decided that you should come to
live with us and the rest of the felines. As you looked a bit like
Yoda from the Star Wars franchise, especially when you yawned, you
were given the name Yoda Meredydd. We would also call you
'Yodapods' from time to time for some reason we still cannot
fathom!
While your name was Yoda, you were quite the opposite of your
namesake; far from being patient, you would run around and be full
of energy. In fact you once jumped by the stair banister and made
Uncle Anthony jump. You were a handful and no mistake!
Some of the other felines weren’t as playful as you liked, they
were adult cats at the time. However, we did get them to accept
you. Auntie Janet told them that unless you came to live with us,
you’d have to go to the workhouse! They did actually come to
accept you and in fact Auntie Elliw came to be quite fond of you
after we lost her twin, Uncle Trefor. We think she saw you as her
younger brother (or nephew!)
You were a scally-wag, you once stole a chicken portion – much to
Uncle Anthony’s bemusement! You also used to try to help the other
cats (and the humans) to eat their food, we think you saw the late
Uncle Cadwaladar (Cadso) do that so you wanted some of the action
too. You had very similar markings and fur (colour and type) to
Uncle Cadso, as well as something in the way your faces seemed to
be similar; we think that you were actually blood-related to Uncle
Cadso, which meant you were also blood-related to the late Uncle
Trebor (not to be confused with Trefor – Trefor & Trebor were
cousins) We have a picture of Uncle Trebor which you very often
looked at, possibly in admiration! He was also a scally-wag, up to
all sorts of mischief (especially with his cousin Trefor). We
think somehow or other that you knew he had been a scally-wag when
he was with us. Uncle Anthony also wishes that you and Trebor had
been around at the same time, he’s sure that both of you would
have been up to all sorts of mischief together.
You always seemed to want to go out at night, Uncle John wasn’t
that keen – but you often found ways to evade us and therefore
make us go looking for you. We’re sure you were probably having a
good laugh at us while hiding. In fairness, you did always come
back. Uncle Anthony always used to tell Uncle John that he would
do anything to have those that had already crossed the rainbow
bridge to be still with us and giving us the slip like you did.
When Uncle John had an accident in mid-2014 and was in hospital
for some 3 months, Auntie Janet and Uncle Anthony never had any
problems with you and the others coming home for the night – as if
you all knew we were under some stress. We appreciated that of
you!
In October 2016, Uncle John saw that you were coughing and seemed
to be having difficulty breathing late at night; a respiratory
arrest. Uncle Anthony stroked you and tried to help with the
breathing issue. A vet had to come to our house, and realised you
had a heart murmur. You did improve while the vet was with you.
Uncle Anthony wanted a stiff drink afterwards! The next day you
were given a course of tablets to help with the murmur.
You had a quite normal life for nearly two years after – still the
scally-wag and giving us the run-around. However earlier this year
(2018) in September, you had another attack. Luckily we managed to
get you to the vet at their practice while Uncle Anthony again
tried to keep you breathing. They kept you in overnight, and again
you improved. The murmur had apparently gotten worse. Uncle
Anthony realised that there seemed to be a common denominator with
the attack 2 years earlier and then; you had been given flea
treatment earlier in the day on both occasions. Some cats are very
allergic to some treatments as we now understand.
You came back home, but you weren’t quite as you were. We put it
down to you having been disturbed with the second respiratory
arrest. You did still go out and like to play – but not quite as
you did.
You didn’t eat as much of your food and started to go to places in
the house where you rarely went to before. As your tablets were
crushed onto your food, we were worried that you were not being
medicated and Uncle John took you to the vet on the morning of
29th October this year (2018), you were given an antibiotic
injection. You ate a lot later that afternoon. But…
About 2 or so hours later, Uncle John found you coughing and
realised you were having problems breathing. Auntie Janet went to
tell Uncle Anthony, who again tried to help you breathe. This time
it was different; your lips and gums were turning a dirty grey and
you were frothing slightly at the mouth. We managed to get someone
to take you to the vet, while Uncle Anthony tried very hard on the
journey to keep you with us - even resorting to blowing hard on
your nose to try and keep your lungs going and massaging your
heart area.
When we arrived at the vet, they took you in but sadly came back
to say that you had crossed the rainbow bridge. Uncle Anthony lost
his mind and angrily asked you how could you do that to them.
Uncle John had to get Uncle Anthony to regain his mind. Uncle
Anthony is sorry that he got angry with you; he hopes that you
will forgive him and realise that he was bitterly disappointed and
upset that he had failed to keep you with us like he had the
previous 2 times and that you had crossed while in his hands.
The vet explained that heart problems do sadly manifest in that
way. You were only about 5 years old, that rips deep into our
hearts. :’(
We do hope that you are happy where you are now, hopefully with
the others that have crossed before you (Smokey, Jar-Jar, Owain
Gwynedd (OG), Ravage, Ginger, Clustiau the rabbit, Trebor, Trefor
and Cadso)
Miss you lots sweet friend, :'(
Lots and lots and lots of love,
Your feline cohorts and your three human “annoyances” (John, Janet
and Anthony)
Yoshi, July 26,
2006 - April 22, 2018
Our wonderful Beagle Boy, Yoshi, lost his battle with Lymphoma
. We are sorry we couldn't help you this time. If love could
have saved you, you would have lived forever. Our hearts are
breaking. Run free and whole over the Rainbow Bridge with
Kirby! Rest in eternity, Yoshi! You will always be Daddy's
buddy and our forever Good Boy! We love you, Poonie, Poonzia,
Pao-pao, Yoshman!
Yuki, 10/1/2002
- 5/17/2018
We brought you into our lives after the kids grew up and left the
house. You were just a tiny little cotton ball that fit
right into our empty nest. Our Japanese exchange student,
Kana gave us your name and it fit perfectly. Up and until a
month before you passed you looked and acted as if you were a
puppy no one believed you were 16 yrs old.
We will miss the Bichon buzz that would come out of nowhere and
make us laugh until we cried. You had your little quirks
just like humans and that was okay because we loved you! It
hasn't been very long since you left and already we miss your
happy dance greetings, the snuggles on the couch or sitting with
your Dad in his chair.
There is so much more but suffice to say we will remember you
always and hope you did not suffer much near the end when the
inevitable was coming. Thank you for being such a good dog
for us, the best dog for us, we will love you till our end so be
at peace knowing all this our sweet and beautiful Yuki!
