Cats helping dogs

Not new, but still makes me smile.
A friend sent this one in an e-mail:

» An Eye on You

Cashew, my 14-year-old yellow Lab, is blind and deaf.  Her best friend is Libby, 7, her seeing-eye cat.  Libby steers Cashew away from obstacles and leads her to her food.  Every night she sleeps next to her.  The only time they are apart is when Cashew goes for a walk.  Without this cat, we know Cashew would be lost and very, very lonely indeed.  Amazing but true: this is one animal that knows what needs to be done and does it day in and day out for her friend.
- Terry Burns,
Middleburg, Pennsylvania

Like many web memes, this one has been kicking around for a while; at least 3 years, as it turns out. Since then:

MIDDLEBURG (October 29, 2008) -- A local cat has been getting a lot of attention lately.

Libby, owned by Terry and Deb Burns, is being honored by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals as Cat of the Year for her loyalty to the Burns' now-deceased dog, Cashew.

Cashew, a yellow Labrador/Shar Pei mix who died in 2005 at 14, gradually went blind and deaf due to old age...

The Burns and Libby will be honored Thursday during the ASPCA's annual Humane Awards Luncheon in New York City. - The Daily Item

So farewell, Cashew. Looks like you had a fine friend.

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