Pet Gazette Mount Vernon
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Pet Gazette Mount Vernon

Gypsy Loves His Bro: Gypsy was found in the bushes outside of our house in Belgrade, Serbia at approximately four weeks of age meowing like crazy, obviously starving. Somehow he had wandered off from wherever his mother had him. He decided that our son, Brandon, was “his person” and they have been best buddies ever since. — Bobbie Latham, Brandon’s mother

Gypsy Loves His Bro: Gypsy was found in the bushes outside of our house in Belgrade, Serbia at approximately four weeks of age meowing like crazy, obviously starving. Somehow he had wandered off from wherever his mother had him. He decided that our son, Brandon, was “his person” and they have been best buddies ever since. — Bobbie Latham, Brandon’s mother

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Hammock Buddies: Our cat, Buddy, loves laying in the hammock, either alone or with his human Dad, Mike Latham. — Bobbie Latham

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Brothers: Yoshi and Mojo (right), two tiny bottle-fed brothers, were adopted from a feral colony near Lake Anna. They are now 5 years old. My husband built an insulated two-room condo complete with sun deck for the remaining colony cats. — Leah Dymek and Ron Wood

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Salty: We rescued Salty with the excellent help of the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria back in 2014. He liked to climb on people as a kitten, but we assumed he'd grow out of it. Nope! — Sara Collins

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‘Catch Me If You Can’: Grace Hecker, a senior at West Potomac High School, and her horse "Catch Me If You Can" (nicknamed Patty) are pictured while competing in Mounted Games at the United States Pony Club National Championships in Lexington, Kentucky. Their team took second place. Grace will be entering Virginia Tech in the Fall as an animal science major, on her way to becoming a veterinarian. — Karen Hecker

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Lucky: We hosted a party animal on New Year's Eve this past month! Unfortunately due to age and health conditions this may be our last year with our beloved furry best friend. His name is Lucky and he is such a sweet, kind dog! — Matt Cachine

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Lilly: Ellie (left) and Siena Wilson (right) of Alexandria along with their dog, Lilly, a 13-year Labrador retriever who was a “rescue dog” (from a shelter) when she was a puppy. — Tracy Wilson

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DoodleBug: DoodleBug waits every morning to climb into her Dad's lap and read the paper. — Ron Wood