Mermaid

Mermaid

She's a special girl. My mom fell in love with her at a shelter & brought her home for us. Mermaid is sweet and feisty & soft like a bunny. She likes to sit in the window sill and chatter at the birds outside. Mermaid is such sweet company.

She was attacked by a coyote about five years ago. Her hind leg was bitten down to the bone. We aren't sure how she made it out of that alive, we imagine she mauled the coyote's face. My brother James' friend's dad was a vet & very kind to us. He told mom that she would probably need her leg amputated but mom didn't want to do that to her sweet girl. The vet told mom the other option was to keep her in a cage & make her rest fr at least 3 months. So we kept her in a cage, leg bandaged and pitiful faced Mermaid was so sad. I hated to see Mermaid that way but we would pet her and talk to her. Eventually Mermaid got some of her strength back. She used her other three legs and her rear right leg wouldn't touch the ground but after some time and plenty of perseverance Mermaid now uses her rear right foot too. Mermaid welcomed Nicolas into her life just as we did. When he was a small baby she always looked so perplexed and now that he's walking she runs and hides from him because he pats her a little too rough and pulls her tail. Nicolas calls her "mer-may" and "mermy" lol. He definitely loves her and loves to tease her even more.

I love Mermaid. She is a big part of our family.