27/06/2026
I can’t remember if I’ve introduced Stevie to you all before, but she is one very lucky girl, who has probably used up all her nine lives by now.
Stevie came to us as Mumma, after her person went into care due to dementia. Stevie and her two friends, old girl Jack Russells Lill and Lass, were left behind by the woman’s family and it wasn’t until several weeks later that they were finally transported to the Good Place thanks to a lovely friend of the woman in care.
It turned out Stevie was blind, very pregnant and mostly deaf, she was also quite malnourished and generally not in a great state by that point.
Stevie is not one to let things get her down though. She settled right in, had her babies a couple of weeks later, and even adopted a lonely neonate kitten who arrived at the Good Place the day after her babies were born.
Stevie raised her babies wonderfully and they have all moved on to their forever homes - except Winnie who has stayed and us now the prime tormenter of pup Abbey 🙂 She knows her way around and is living her best life.
Then Stevie thought she’d wander outside one night about two weeks ago unbeknown to me.
I found her the next morning cold and very sick laying in a puddle by the back door , with blood all over her head and neck.
I thought a local Tom cat had gotten her, as I could see him sitting not far away watching when I came out.
But once the vet had a look at her and cleaned everything up, it looks like an owl or some other hunter has grabbed her by the neck. She fought off whatever it was and has spent the last two weeks healing.
It looks like she now has a permanent head tilt and is much more wary of going outside. But really, in a week or so once her fur grows back,I think she’ll once again be back to her healthy happy self.
