I'm sorry for your loss. Sixteen years is a long time to get attached.

My friend's redbone Ann was exactly the opposite when it came to food. You could literally pry that dogs mouth open, and pull a piece of food out of it, and she would never even growl at you. I've never seen a dog that calm around food. When you shot a coon out to her she was a completely different dog though. You didnt want to get in the middle of that, it took two or three people to get her off a coon. One holding on to her collar, and one or two to get the coon out of her mouth.

That cat story is crazy. I've only ever known of one cat anything like that. One of my grandma's kittens would follow me when I walked hom from her house. That cat spending the night in the tent is an awesome story though. Thats got to be one of the coolest cats I've heard of.