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The first time I met Lukey, I was working in a veterinary clinic and he was one of the longterm residents in the adoption program. At that point he had been in the clinic for six months and had been adopted once, only to be brought back a day later due to his sensitive stomach. He was a year old and had spent his first winter outside as a stray, and he had the scars to prove it. His ear was buckled, his paws had scarring from frostbite, and one of his canine teeth was broken.

I fell in love with Lukey on the spot but believed that an adorable little squirt like him would be adopted quickly, since I already had two dogs and a cat of my own. Whenever I was running around the back of the clinic in the evening, it became commonplace for Lukey to be tossed around my neck like a scarf as I did tests and checked on patients. Even back then, he was mischievous and had quite a reputation as the local ‘troublemaker.’ If he could get out of his kennel, Lukey would get out and go for a stroll!

Days became weeks became months and eventually the time came when a deadline was set: If Lukey wasn’t adopted by the end of the week, he would be euthanized. Needless to say, he came home with me that night, and he came into our life like a four-pound wrecking ball. Our older cat went on strike in the basement, the dogs were tormented endlessly, and Lukey proved just HOW mischievous he could really be, but eventually we made it work.

Two years later, he’s still a tiny wrecking ball. He lives to pester our other cat, who has given up on trying to put him in his place, and we’ve found Lukey in some downright bizarre places throughout the house. He sleeps on the dogs and loves carrot cake more than life itself, but not a day goes by that I’m not grateful that I gave him a chance.

Story submitted by Sarah Hutchings from Brigus, Canada.

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