Doctor DJ Spooky Booty, aka “Pooky”
July 14, 2008 – August 14, 2026
🐈⬛ My sweet girl, Pooky — full name Doctor DJ Spooky Booty — passed away this morning, at the age of 18 human years. She was preceded in death by her “sister” Muffin, who died last November at the age of 17 and a half.
Pooky was a Cancer ♋️. She loved tuna, Temptations treats (especially lobster or catnip flavor), long walks in the sunshine, and trying to eat all manner of things she shouldn’t — including spider webs, leaves, and grass (thus her nickname “The Lawnmower”).
She slept beside me or on top of me every night. She watched out the window and waited for me to come home every time I left the house. Her favorite toy was a pair of earplugs. She had an expensive water fountain, but she preferred drinking from my coffee cup, so I kept a coffee cup full of fresh, cold water on the nightstand for her at all times.
As she left this world, I was singing her favorite song to her — “You Are My Sunshine.”
All you creatures in the heavens: part and make way… there is now a fucking queen in your midst. 👑
Pooky and I went through so much together over the past couple of decades…but even more so over the last few months. We were both GUTTED by the loss of Muffin last November, and we leaned on each other.
As much as she loved me, I was starting to feel that she was ready to go. But she held on until her 18th birthday. We had a celebration planned, and it seemed like she waited for it…
I have so much more that I want to say, but I’m too heartbroken, too tired, too…
…my God.
I just can’t. I can’t write anymore.
This is all that I can manage right now. And it will have to be enough. I’m done.
Oh, Pooky…
I hope you’re with Muffin again. I hope you are frolicking and exploring and eating all the grass you want.
Please, know that I will always love you, so much.
Goodbye for now, sweetheart.
Love, your human mama,
Jenn ❤️
Jenn Howe 
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