Sundays at the Shelter » animal shelter http://www.shelter-cats.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:04:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Junior and Patch http://www.shelter-cats.com/2012/02/junior-and-patch/ http://www.shelter-cats.com/2012/02/junior-and-patch/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:53:02 +0000 Maggie http://www.shelter-cats.com/?p=4900
Roommates Junior (on the lower perch) and Patch were both “owner-release” cats, although not from the same household. They have been living the Shelter life for quite a while.
Their days are spent napping and people watching from the window that looks into the PAWS lobby.

When they see someone come into the shelter, are they thinking, “Will this be the person who brings me home?”

Patch is almost four years old and Junior is about two and a half. They are healthy and ready to go!

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Roommates Junior (on the lower perch) and Patch were both “owner-release” cats, although not from the same household. They have been living the Shelter life for quite a while.
Their days are spent napping and people watching from the window that looks into the PAWS lobby.

When they see someone come into the shelter, are they thinking, “Will this be the person who brings me home?”

Patch is almost four years old and Junior is about two and a half. They are healthy and ready to go!

]]> http://www.shelter-cats.com/2012/02/junior-and-patch/feed/ 0 Hunny and Bunny http://www.shelter-cats.com/2012/01/hunny-and-bunny/ http://www.shelter-cats.com/2012/01/hunny-and-bunny/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:23:58 +0000 Maggie http://www.shelter-cats.com/?p=4886
They’ve been waiting for a new home a little over a year now. Hunny and Bunny are quiet, loving, undemanding cats. They get along very well with other cats, and enjoy people too.


Four black cats!

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They’ve been waiting for a new home a little over a year now. Hunny and Bunny are quiet, loving, undemanding cats. They get along very well with other cats, and enjoy people too.


Four black cats!

]]> http://www.shelter-cats.com/2012/01/hunny-and-bunny/feed/ 5 Hope http://www.shelter-cats.com/2012/01/hope/ http://www.shelter-cats.com/2012/01/hope/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:48:22 +0000 Maggie http://www.shelter-cats.com/?p=4831 Many years ago, when I first started volunteering at PAWS, there was a cat who lived in one of the shelter offices. More specifically, this cat lived under a chair in the office. When anyone came into the room to clean or feed, the poor traumatized cat would scoot under the chair and hiss. This went on for some months.

One day a woman came to PAWS looking for a cat companion. The adoption councilor brought her into the office and she sat in the chair. The cat came out from underneath, jumped in her lap, and started to purr!

I’ve often wondered, was it something in the woman’s tone of voice? Was it her perfume? Did the woman trigger a memory of the cat’s loved ones?

When I’m discouraged about some of the shelter cats’ prospects, when it seems like they’ll never find a new home and loving family, I think about this story.
There’s always hope.

Two year old Mocha came to the shelter just last week. She’s friendly and enjoys the company of people and other cats.

UPDATE: Good news, Mocha has been adopted!

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One day a woman came to PAWS looking for a cat companion. The adoption councilor brought her into the office and she sat in the chair. The cat came out from underneath, jumped in her lap, and started to purr!

I’ve often wondered, was it something in the woman’s tone of voice? Was it her perfume? Did the woman trigger a memory of the cat’s loved ones?

When I’m discouraged about some of the shelter cats’ prospects, when it seems like they’ll never find a new home and loving family, I think about this story.
There’s always hope.

Two year old Mocha came to the shelter just last week. She’s friendly and enjoys the company of people and other cats.

UPDATE: Good news, Mocha has been adopted!

]]> http://www.shelter-cats.com/2012/01/hope/feed/ 7 Kosmo and Yankee Sitting in a Tree… http://www.shelter-cats.com/2012/01/kosmo-and-yankee-sitting-in-a-tree/ http://www.shelter-cats.com/2012/01/kosmo-and-yankee-sitting-in-a-tree/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:42:59 +0000 Maggie http://www.shelter-cats.com/?p=4807
“Play with me play with me play with me pleeeeeese!”

“Will you play with me?”

Yankee is happy that there’s a place where he can get away from pesky kittens. Poor Kosmo!

Yankee and his orange sister Doodle are still available at the Shelter. Tabby brothers Kosmo and Kramer almost had a home, but the adoption didn’t work out. The second time will surely be the charm!

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“Play with me play with me play with me pleeeeeese!”

“Will you play with me?”

Yankee is happy that there’s a place where he can get away from pesky kittens. Poor Kosmo!

Yankee and his orange sister Doodle are still available at the Shelter. Tabby brothers Kosmo and Kramer almost had a home, but the adoption didn’t work out. The second time will surely be the charm!

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These two came to the shelter in late June. Although they are teenagers now, (about 9 months old) they are very calm, quiet, shy young cats and haven’t asked for the car keys yet.

Yankee is a black and white male, and Doodle is an orange and white female.

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These two came to the shelter in late June. Although they are teenagers now, (about 9 months old) they are very calm, quiet, shy young cats and haven’t asked for the car keys yet.

Yankee is a black and white male, and Doodle is an orange and white female.

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Jet and his brother Jack are about a year and a half old. Jet is a bit reserved, while Jack is the more outgoing of the pair, curious and appreciative of a good petting and brushing session.
That’s Jet in the foreground.

And here’s Jack!

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Jet and his brother Jack are about a year and a half old. Jet is a bit reserved, while Jack is the more outgoing of the pair, curious and appreciative of a good petting and brushing session.
That’s Jet in the foreground.

And here’s Jack!

]]> http://www.shelter-cats.com/2012/01/jet-and-jack/feed/ 3 Pablo http://www.shelter-cats.com/2012/01/pablo/ http://www.shelter-cats.com/2012/01/pablo/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:25:46 +0000 Maggie http://www.shelter-cats.com/?p=4724
“I’ve been here since September waiting for you. Could you please come and spring me out of this joint?”

Pablo is under two years old, handsome, and ready to go.

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“I’ve been here since September waiting for you. Could you please come and spring me out of this joint?”

Pablo is under two years old, handsome, and ready to go.

]]> http://www.shelter-cats.com/2012/01/pablo/feed/ 2 Happy New Year! http://www.shelter-cats.com/2011/12/happy-new-year/ http://www.shelter-cats.com/2011/12/happy-new-year/#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:42:46 +0000 Maggie http://www.shelter-cats.com/?p=4699

Here are just a few of the Shelter cats and kittens we cared for and loved in the past year. They’re all celebrating today in their very own homes. My wish for the New Year is a safe and loving family for all animals, and for people too.

Their names have probably changed now that they’ve been adopted, but starting at the top from left to right, here are:
Emmanuel, Calypso, Sophie, Pedro, Tallahassee, Luisa, Pixiedoodle, Gideon, Cameron, Yoshi, Leo, Lynne, Kiet, Levi, Trinket, Willow, and Charleston.

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Here are just a few of the Shelter cats and kittens we cared for and loved in the past year. They’re all celebrating today in their very own homes. My wish for the New Year is a safe and loving family for all animals, and for people too.

Their names have probably changed now that they’ve been adopted, but starting at the top from left to right, here are:
Emmanuel, Calypso, Sophie, Pedro, Tallahassee, Luisa, Pixiedoodle, Gideon, Cameron, Yoshi, Leo, Lynne, Kiet, Levi, Trinket, Willow, and Charleston.

]]> http://www.shelter-cats.com/2011/12/happy-new-year/feed/ 8 More Good News! http://www.shelter-cats.com/2011/12/more-good-news/ http://www.shelter-cats.com/2011/12/more-good-news/#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:35:16 +0000 Maggie http://www.shelter-cats.com/?p=4638
Kosmo and Kramer are together in a new home for the Holidays.

Marmalade has left the building too…

as well as Puck!
It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas around the Shelter.

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Kosmo and Kramer are together in a new home for the Holidays.

Marmalade has left the building too…

as well as Puck!
It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas around the Shelter.

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Some cats and kittens at the Shelter are so appealing, it’s surprising that they aren’t adopted immediately. Thicket, who spent months of her kittenhood charming the staff and volunteers, has finally gone to her new home.
Maybe she was just waiting for the right family.

You can see Thicket’s baby picture HERE.

For more wonderful news from PAWS, please visit our friends at Animal Shelter Volunteer Life.

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Some cats and kittens at the Shelter are so appealing, it’s surprising that they aren’t adopted immediately. Thicket, who spent months of her kittenhood charming the staff and volunteers, has finally gone to her new home.
Maybe she was just waiting for the right family.

You can see Thicket’s baby picture HERE.

For more wonderful news from PAWS, please visit our friends at Animal Shelter Volunteer Life.

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