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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
The Joys of Adopting Older Pets
Good morning! I'm Bob and Winston's mom and I just wanted to stop in to post a serious essay on the joys of adopting older pets. Serious. I'm wearing my serious face as I type this. Believe me, it is a really serious face.
First, I like to take pictures of the adventures of the boys. Bob doesn't like to have his picture taken so he usually stops doing the cute humorous things once I take out my camera. Then he glares at me and says, "OK, enuff wiht teh pikchurs." This attitude he has learned from his Poppa. Seriously. Winston doesn't care as long as he has food and gets an hour's worth of chin rubs each day. That is all he wants. Ever. Except maybe a squirrel which he cannot catch because his previous family had him declawed.
He was able to bring me a lovely black and white moth from the back yard and a palmetto bug which had crawled under the patio door after a rain. No. I take that back. he doesn't share his palmetto bugs. Instead he used to play with them in the hall until the legs fell off. That's when I would find a legless and often headless bug in the hallway and Winston would give me a look that says: "Oh. Furgot about that. Since he ain't movin' no more, you kin hav him." I have since installed a weather strip under that door to save the limbs and lives of hapless palmetto bugs. Yeah, that's the ticket--I'm saving palmetto bug lives.
The adventures of Mr. Bob Buttons and Winston Henry---the ones I can and cannot photograph---are such fun. Hopefully some of their antics will encourage Bob's readers to adopt an older pet from a shelter so that they, too can have fond older pet adventures. I have to share today's with you.
Actually, Mr. Bob Buttons has been very busy hanging with his Poppa and watching the Burn Notice marathon. Meanwhile, Win has had to go to the vet today to have his teeth cleaned. This involved
him being squeezed into the soft pet carrier (while I thought I could hear Bob chuckling) and having to stay there all day until the anthes--anesth--- until the "knock out" meds wore off. There is a residual effect for the rest of the evening--meaning, Winston is still a bit loopy from his procedure.
After I dropped Win at the vet, Poppa told me that he and Bob had such fun. First there was the morning nap. Then, Poppa said Bob suggested they go to Burger King at about 11:30. He said Bob thought it would be a good joke if he drove through the drive through. "Immajum teh look on teh cashiers' face!" Poppa told Bob that that was not a good idea because Bob is not on our insurance as an approved driver. Perhaps this summer after he's had a driver's ed class and earned a permit.
We live not far from the zoo so they went there after their after lunch nap. Bob wanted a snow cone at the zoo but Poppa knows he never finishes them. So he got a bag of popcorn instead--which Bob shared with the elephants and the lions. Sometimes we can hear the lions' roars from our front yard. Bob was so glad to meet them in person. He introduced himself and told them he was a big fan of their broadcasts. Poppa said when he turned away for a bit, he could have sworn that he saw the lion and Bob exchange raised paw salutes and he thought he heard Bob say, "Solidarity! Free Timba!"
On the way home, Poppa needed a few things from the grocery. Bob stayed in the car. When Poppa came out of the store he heard all kinds of racket. Bob was making faces at two weimaraner dogs in the neighboring parked car and the dogs were going nuts! Bob was laughing his head off at them and they were barking their heads off with dogfanities.
"Come on, Bob. Let me get you home!" Poppa said. Then they both ate something fried because I wasn't home to stop them and they took an afternoon nap. About that time I came home with drugged out Winston in the pet carrier. I poured Win out of the carrier and he slid under the kitchen table. I was sure Bob was snickering behind his paw.
I asked Poppa not to forget to feed them while I ran to a meeting and that they should watch Win who was still woozy from the sedation at the vet's. During a commercial break, Poppa went out to smoke and Bob followed as usual. They left the patio door slightly open behind them. A few seconds later, an orange streak ran out between them and across the yard squealing, "Squiiiiiiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrreeeeeelllll!"It was Win. He tripped over a branch and rolled over on his back and just lay there under the oak tree. "Ooooooo. Ah see skwurls up der!"
Bob looked at Win, then up at Poppa. "Wat a ijjit!"
When I got home from my meeting, Poppa and Bob were finishing up the Burn Notice marathon and preparing for dinner. Winston was on the patio staring at a potted plant.
There are many adventures to be had from adopting an older pet. There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them.
First, I like to take pictures of the adventures of the boys. Bob doesn't like to have his picture taken so he usually stops doing the cute humorous things once I take out my camera. Then he glares at me and says, "OK, enuff wiht teh pikchurs." This attitude he has learned from his Poppa. Seriously. Winston doesn't care as long as he has food and gets an hour's worth of chin rubs each day. That is all he wants. Ever. Except maybe a squirrel which he cannot catch because his previous family had him declawed.
He was able to bring me a lovely black and white moth from the back yard and a palmetto bug which had crawled under the patio door after a rain. No. I take that back. he doesn't share his palmetto bugs. Instead he used to play with them in the hall until the legs fell off. That's when I would find a legless and often headless bug in the hallway and Winston would give me a look that says: "Oh. Furgot about that. Since he ain't movin' no more, you kin hav him." I have since installed a weather strip under that door to save the limbs and lives of hapless palmetto bugs. Yeah, that's the ticket--I'm saving palmetto bug lives.
The adventures of Mr. Bob Buttons and Winston Henry---the ones I can and cannot photograph---are such fun. Hopefully some of their antics will encourage Bob's readers to adopt an older pet from a shelter so that they, too can have fond older pet adventures. I have to share today's with you.
Actually, Mr. Bob Buttons has been very busy hanging with his Poppa and watching the Burn Notice marathon. Meanwhile, Win has had to go to the vet today to have his teeth cleaned. This involved
him being squeezed into the soft pet carrier (while I thought I could hear Bob chuckling) and having to stay there all day until the anthes--anesth--- until the "knock out" meds wore off. There is a residual effect for the rest of the evening--meaning, Winston is still a bit loopy from his procedure.
After I dropped Win at the vet, Poppa told me that he and Bob had such fun. First there was the morning nap. Then, Poppa said Bob suggested they go to Burger King at about 11:30. He said Bob thought it would be a good joke if he drove through the drive through. "Immajum teh look on teh cashiers' face!" Poppa told Bob that that was not a good idea because Bob is not on our insurance as an approved driver. Perhaps this summer after he's had a driver's ed class and earned a permit.
We live not far from the zoo so they went there after their after lunch nap. Bob wanted a snow cone at the zoo but Poppa knows he never finishes them. So he got a bag of popcorn instead--which Bob shared with the elephants and the lions. Sometimes we can hear the lions' roars from our front yard. Bob was so glad to meet them in person. He introduced himself and told them he was a big fan of their broadcasts. Poppa said when he turned away for a bit, he could have sworn that he saw the lion and Bob exchange raised paw salutes and he thought he heard Bob say, "Solidarity! Free Timba!"
On the way home, Poppa needed a few things from the grocery. Bob stayed in the car. When Poppa came out of the store he heard all kinds of racket. Bob was making faces at two weimaraner dogs in the neighboring parked car and the dogs were going nuts! Bob was laughing his head off at them and they were barking their heads off with dogfanities.
"Come on, Bob. Let me get you home!" Poppa said. Then they both ate something fried because I wasn't home to stop them and they took an afternoon nap. About that time I came home with drugged out Winston in the pet carrier. I poured Win out of the carrier and he slid under the kitchen table. I was sure Bob was snickering behind his paw.
I asked Poppa not to forget to feed them while I ran to a meeting and that they should watch Win who was still woozy from the sedation at the vet's. During a commercial break, Poppa went out to smoke and Bob followed as usual. They left the patio door slightly open behind them. A few seconds later, an orange streak ran out between them and across the yard squealing, "Squiiiiiiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrreeeeeelllll!"It was Win. He tripped over a branch and rolled over on his back and just lay there under the oak tree. "Ooooooo. Ah see skwurls up der!"
Bob looked at Win, then up at Poppa. "Wat a ijjit!"
When I got home from my meeting, Poppa and Bob were finishing up the Burn Notice marathon and preparing for dinner. Winston was on the patio staring at a potted plant.
There are many adventures to be had from adopting an older pet. There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them.
Saturday, March 30, 2013
FOOD!!!
Y'all know how much Ah luvs food! Affer all, Ah'm a sowt Loozanna cat! AAAIIIEEEE! Mah mom med diseer video abot Looozanna food fa sum skool enfants. Enjoy!
~WHM
~WHM
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Friday, March 22, 2013
Ahhhh! PetGurl!!
When Mom camed home yessirday, Ai wuz glad to see her but better tahn taht wuz mai PetGurl camed in behine her!
PetGurl! PetGurl! Ai lvs mai PetGurl! She is so sweet! Ai let's her pick me up. Nobody kin pick me up liek PetGurl!
We go to a room where only PetGurl open teh door and Ai kin nap on PetGurl laundry and git PetGurl hed rubs and PetGurl chin rubs. PetGurl givs me moar food in mai bowl. Ai git so full of cat food, cat treetz and cat rubs when PetGurl iz arown. If Ai wanna go owtsides & come bak insides in 5 minutes, PetGurl will lemme and PetGurl will watch teh door fur me and sit owtsides fur me!
Winston goes to hide wehn PetGurl is arown. She iz still a stranger to him. Taht is anudder plus fur having MAI PETGURL come to see me!
~Bob
PetGurl! PetGurl! Ai lvs mai PetGurl! She is so sweet! Ai let's her pick me up. Nobody kin pick me up liek PetGurl!
We go to a room where only PetGurl open teh door and Ai kin nap on PetGurl laundry and git PetGurl hed rubs and PetGurl chin rubs. PetGurl givs me moar food in mai bowl. Ai git so full of cat food, cat treetz and cat rubs when PetGurl iz arown. If Ai wanna go owtsides & come bak insides in 5 minutes, PetGurl will lemme and PetGurl will watch teh door fur me and sit owtsides fur me!
Winston goes to hide wehn PetGurl is arown. She iz still a stranger to him. Taht is anudder plus fur having MAI PETGURL come to see me!
~Bob
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Weekly Missive [Mews frum CAAWS! ~Bob]
Tihs mesich iz frum owr furrens at CAAWS. [you kno, the plays w'er Winston camed frum. We wont hol' it aginst tehm.]~Bob
First up, news and housekeeping:
Thanks to ASPCA's Petrie Grant recently awarded to Companion Animal Alliance, foster adoptions through April 30 this year over the number of foster adoptions during the same period last year will earn $50 for CAA in grant funds. This applies to any adoption by a volunteer foster who finds the home and processes the adoption without the dog returning to the shelter, either through offsite events or personal networking. We thank each and every foster parent and encourage more members of the community to sign-up! Fostering saves lives! If you are interested, please contact CAA at {pshaw@caabr.org}.
MARCH MADNESS: HOUNDS ON THE REBOUND! Mar. 1 – 31 all dogs over 40 lbs are ½ price ($40), including vaccinations, microchip and spay/neuter. (Purebreds excluded.) Please spread the word. The flier is attached again to forward, print and share.
ST. CATRICK'S DAY is coming up! March 14-18 any Project Purr or CAA kitty cat adoptions receive a free office visit and consultation inside the Petsmart Millerville. The flier will be on our Facebook page and attached to next week's missive. Thank you, Petsmart!
Next up: Can you help?
1/ Copies, anyone, pretty please
2/ Shelter needs office help
3/ Shaw Center - fosters and volunteers needed
4/ Government St. Super Sale - fosters and volunteers needed
5/ Thursday afternoon photos
6/ Wish List
7/ Orientation – April sign-up
----- - - - - - ----- - - - -----
1/ Fliers to hand out – is there anyone who could make us a stack of copies for the March Madness promotion? We need them for the shelter and the offsites. Please and thank you!
2/ Office help needed! If you love animals and want to volunteer, but haven't attended orientation, or would prefer to give in a non-contact way, there is a place for you! CAA desperately needs office assistance – answering the phone, retrieving messages, filing documents, unfolding newspapers, and more. This job is open 11am – 5pm 7 days a week. We'll be glad to take whatever you can give!. No badge required. Reply to this email for more information.
3/ Shaw Center offsite Sunday 1p – 4p - CAA and Friends are listed as sponsors of the Skippyjon Jones show at the Manship Theatre on Sunday. (Nice PR!) CAA is looking for temporary cat fosters and/or volunteers to man the table and hand out brochures. Friends has 5 dogs lined up. We have a few kittens on the way (thank you, Katie!), but would love more. Reply to this email for more information.
4/ Government Super Sale this weekend! Can anyone sign up to man our table or bring temporary foster animals to this fun event? We have lots of brochures to hand out and would like to have cats/dogs for adoption. The schedule will allow for both this and Orvis. Part of the proceeds are going to CAA! We thank the organizers for their support of our mission. (https://www.facebook.com/events/141641942667258/) Respond to me if you can help.
5/ Petfinder photographers come Thurs. afternoon starting at 4p. We have badges to help pull the animals so photographers with no badge can take pictures. Fun!
6/ Our wish list is still going strong and we thank you! You can order these items or bring them by. http://www.amazon.com/registry/wishlist/2UEIZW59287YR/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_ws_AVdarb13YE4CJ
7/ Mark your calendars now for the April orientation. Tues., Apr. 2, 6pm at the shelter. RSVP strongly suggested!
As always,
CAA APPRECIATES YOU
Cathy
First up, news and housekeeping:
Thanks to ASPCA's Petrie Grant recently awarded to Companion Animal Alliance, foster adoptions through April 30 this year over the number of foster adoptions during the same period last year will earn $50 for CAA in grant funds. This applies to any adoption by a volunteer foster who finds the home and processes the adoption without the dog returning to the shelter, either through offsite events or personal networking. We thank each and every foster parent and encourage more members of the community to sign-up! Fostering saves lives! If you are interested, please contact CAA at {pshaw@caabr.org}.
MARCH MADNESS: HOUNDS ON THE REBOUND! Mar. 1 – 31 all dogs over 40 lbs are ½ price ($40), including vaccinations, microchip and spay/neuter. (Purebreds excluded.) Please spread the word. The flier is attached again to forward, print and share.
ST. CATRICK'S DAY is coming up! March 14-18 any Project Purr or CAA kitty cat adoptions receive a free office visit and consultation inside the Petsmart Millerville. The flier will be on our Facebook page and attached to next week's missive. Thank you, Petsmart!
Next up: Can you help?
1/ Copies, anyone, pretty please
2/ Shelter needs office help
3/ Shaw Center - fosters and volunteers needed
4/ Government St. Super Sale - fosters and volunteers needed
5/ Thursday afternoon photos
6/ Wish List
7/ Orientation – April sign-up
----- - - - - - ----- - - - -----
1/ Fliers to hand out – is there anyone who could make us a stack of copies for the March Madness promotion? We need them for the shelter and the offsites. Please and thank you!
2/ Office help needed! If you love animals and want to volunteer, but haven't attended orientation, or would prefer to give in a non-contact way, there is a place for you! CAA desperately needs office assistance – answering the phone, retrieving messages, filing documents, unfolding newspapers, and more. This job is open 11am – 5pm 7 days a week. We'll be glad to take whatever you can give!. No badge required. Reply to this email for more information.
3/ Shaw Center offsite Sunday 1p – 4p - CAA and Friends are listed as sponsors of the Skippyjon Jones show at the Manship Theatre on Sunday. (Nice PR!) CAA is looking for temporary cat fosters and/or volunteers to man the table and hand out brochures. Friends has 5 dogs lined up. We have a few kittens on the way (thank you, Katie!), but would love more. Reply to this email for more information.
4/ Government Super Sale this weekend! Can anyone sign up to man our table or bring temporary foster animals to this fun event? We have lots of brochures to hand out and would like to have cats/dogs for adoption. The schedule will allow for both this and Orvis. Part of the proceeds are going to CAA! We thank the organizers for their support of our mission. (https://www.facebook.com/events/141641942667258/) Respond to me if you can help.
5/ Petfinder photographers come Thurs. afternoon starting at 4p. We have badges to help pull the animals so photographers with no badge can take pictures. Fun!
6/ Our wish list is still going strong and we thank you! You can order these items or bring them by. http://www.amazon.com/registry/wishlist/2UEIZW59287YR/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_ws_AVdarb13YE4CJ
7/ Mark your calendars now for the April orientation. Tues., Apr. 2, 6pm at the shelter. RSVP strongly suggested!
As always,
CAA APPRECIATES YOU
Cathy
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Cathy Coates
Volunteer Coordinator
Companion Animal Alliance
www.caabr.org
Cathy Coates
Volunteer Coordinator
Companion Animal Alliance
www.caabr.org
Oh, Mais Non!
Dat's wat happen to me yesstadey! Once dey gots me in dat carrier an' put it in da car---IN DA CAR--Dat is skerry place cher! Ah knowed we waz off to dat pless wat smell ov goggies skrange peepuls duz tings to you! Dis cheer waz da woise caws der waz lotsa goggies der barkin' an wut not. Musta been 1,000 million goggies der yesstadey.
Den woise ov woise dey stikted me! DEY STIKTED ME! Ah sey dat iz not call fah! Ah not talk to Mom all teh wey home. Mais you knowed me: soon Ah furgivved mai mom b'cuz she gots da bes' lap wit da bes' chin rubs. Aaaaaaaaah. She gots so much warmz.
BUT Ah will not fall fah dat trick agin! Fa sho!
~WHM
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Nudder Cat Law
Dont be mad. Jus' be perpared: Stummick clock also wurks on paybak sistum: W'en Mom gits me upset bai
1) being sneeky & snatchin' me up fur taking 2 vet
2) changing catfood too fass
3) not coming home on time
4) not lettin' me go owtsides w'en Ai reddy rite away
Stummik clok has 2 let go. Ai frows up--mekking sure is eder on floor wher she goes or on bed on her side wher he feet go. Iz Cat Law. Dont blame me.
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1) being sneeky & snatchin' me up fur taking 2 vet
2) changing catfood too fass
3) not coming home on time
4) not lettin' me go owtsides w'en Ai reddy rite away
Stummik clok has 2 let go. Ai frows up--mekking sure is eder on floor wher she goes or on bed on her side wher he feet go. Iz Cat Law. Dont blame me.
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