When a litter of small 3-week-old kittens was given up, Sara Budzynowski was working at Wilson Veterinary Hospital, which has its own internal rescue group called The Sparky Fund. With the exception of one kitten, who had to have a portion of his tail removed owing to an infection, the kittens were all in perfect health. Budzynowski’s feelings for the young boy, subsequently known as Renly, grew as she provided care for him.
Budzynowski told The Dodo, “I took him home to foster him about a week after he got that section of his tail severed, and the rest was history.
Budzynowski and her fiancé were over the moon about their little foster fail, and began spoiling him right away. They got him his very own cuddly blanket as well as a cute little stuffed bunny — and now, at 10 months old, he’s still completely obsessed with them.
In actuality, he travels with the blanket.
From the moment we brought him home, “he always adored his blanket and typically brings it around to where he wants to sleep with it,” Budzynowski said.
Since adopting Renly, the couple has also added two corgis, Hotchner and Azula, to their family — and now that he’s a big brother, Renly has started sharing his beloved blanket with his siblings as well.
“Hotchner and Renly sleep in the same room and sometimes when we come home from work to let them out, we see that Renly will put his blanket next to Hotch’s crate and Hotch will try to pull it inside the crate with him, so it’s like Renly is trying to share it with him too,” Budzynowski said.
Renly nearly always has to have his blanket with him wherever he goes.
… and if it’s not, he turns to his bunny instead.
Renly could value the blanket so highly because his parents gave it to him as a present, and he values his parents even more than his cherished blanket. His parents intend to make sure the blanket never leaves him because it essentially serves as a reminder of the day he was adopted.
That blanket has seen a lot over the months and has been washed a lot, but Budzynowski said, “I can’t stand to replace it and plan to keep it for him for the rest of his life.”
