09/23/2025
If youโve been following us since our days as Lewisburg Animal Shelter Volunteers you may remember our shelter kitty Muffs. ๐ ๐โโฌ
After she retired from shelter kitty/dog tester/mouse catching duties, she went to live with my family and me, as I was the former shelter vol coordinator and retired shelter manager so we were as attached to her as she was to us.
Muffs was adopted by the volunteers when their program started in 2012 from Bedford County Animal Shelter. They guessed her age as 5-6 years old at that time, so judging by that our Muffs was 18-19 years old as of today.
She would drive us crazy some days at the shelter when she would get out the door and go on her โwalkaboutsโ as we called them, sneaking out when the ACOs brought a dog in and left the front door open. Scared us silly and we would put out an Amber alert for her to all of our followers. She would be found at the bank next door, the water treatment plant next door, and even one day making it to the mini golf course! Luckily she didnโt get to the main road and into traffic!
Sadly over the past couple of months she developed a very fast growing tumor in her nasal cavity/front lobe, so today with my daughter and I by her side and the assistance of Dr Grissom, she moved on to the Rainbow Bridge with the same character and grace she always had on a day to day basis. Literally purring as she fell asleep. That was our Muffs.
She will be missed by all who knew her, but will be remembered fondly and with much love as the wonderful, charismatic, and beautiful creature that she was. With a bit of a silly girl slapping you as you walked by her at times attitude too ๐
We sure will miss her around here. My kids have literally grown up with her first at the shelter then here at home. My daughter was 9 and my son only 6 when she came into our lives. Now they are 21 and 19 so theyโve grown up with her.
She is buried down in my garden here at the house so every day I still get to feel her presence near me ๐ ๐โโฌ
We love you Muffsy kitty. Run free without pain our dear sweet girl til we see you again ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐โโฌ
~ Susan