Update on Chloe (Annie)

I'm so used to Tiara who will sit there pose for a picture. Chloe does not sit still! She is learning her tricks and absolutely loves to play with Tiara! She is so perfect for us we just love her! I plan on getting her groomed soon but she is so adorable. These pictures don't do her justice! I need to get some better ones to share with everyone!

Lila and Venus - the frien-emies!!

I realized that it has been quite some time since I have submitted an update about Lila, and I don’t know that I have ever provided one for Venus. 

I adopted Lila from POA in March 2011.  At the time, her age was estimated at 15-17 years old.  As you can see from the 2 attached photos, she is still going strong, more than 2½ years later.  She is an absolute age-less wonder.  She has some bursts of energy where she runs around chasing a toy, which is just amazing.  She loves her treats, and she loves to snuggle.  Her favorite spot is lying on top of me while I’m sitting in the living room chair.  Other than her chronic (but managed by medication) hyper-thyroid condition, she is a picture of health.

It took some time, but Venus has adjusted to being in my home since I adopted her from POA in April 2013.  She is the neighborhood watch commander.  Her favorite spot is in the front window, where she watches birds, squirrels – and humans.  I think that she probably knows everything about everyone who lives in my neighborhood.  The photo that I have submitted is of one of my other cats, Dusty (on the left), and Venus (on the right).  Both are on neighborhood patrol.  I love this photo because, for years, Dusty would not come out of my bedroom.  She is now moving around the home with more confidence, and she and Venus are “frien-emies.”  They can share space, as long as they don’t get too close to each other.  

I am so happy and so blessed to have these cats in my life!

Best Wishes and Happy Holidays,

Sara Taylor

Bo Finds His New Home

Marvin Goes Home

Ollie Goes Home For Thanksgiving!

Allie's Photoshoot and Her New Family

Paco and Chippy!!

Elena (Bianca) and Her New Home

"Just wanted to send an update- I adopted Bianca in September 2010, renamed her Elena Kathryn. 

While she likes to bark a lot and has been a bad influence on our adopted cocker spaniel that showed up a month later, she is doing really well, and we still love her to pieces!!

She sleeps in bed snuggled up with me every night.

I have been fostering kittens for Our companions, and I am so thankful to adopters who send updates, so I thought I needed to send an update to you.  I LOVE my little girl."

 

Sir William (Sheldon) Goes Home

"Willie is doing much better - we are using a training collar on him and it is working very well. We took him on his 1st camping trip. He loved all the activity with the dogs, kids and people. He took a liking to a female poodle named "Lucky" and met another Corgi named "Penbrooke". He even slept in his own bed (like a rock) after all the exhausting days! We  were happy & relieved at how well he did."

Benny (Gogi) and His New Home

" We just wanted to let you know that our little Benny is doing great!   He fits right in and seems to be very happy.  He gets along well with Mackie.  When he plays, he bites Mackie and Mackie puts him in his place, but he bounces right back.  He hasn’t used the crate since about the 3^rd day after we brought him home.  He has free roam of the house and we often find him sleeping (and snoring) happily on a pillow somewhere!
I bring both dogs to work with me once or twice a week and everyone just loves him and he loves the attention.   We found out that he does not like to travel in the car.  As soon as we put him in the car, he starts to drool profusely.  Even before we are moving he starts drooling, so I’m sure it is not a motion sickness, he is just afraid of the car.  We’re trying to get him used to it because we want to take both dogs on vacation with us in October.  I hope he gets over it soon.
He is getting trained this weekend on the Invisible Fence and then he will be able to run free in the yard with Mackie.
Thank you again for our little bundle of joy!   He’s so cute and so loveable.  He truly is bringing us so much enjoyment."  

Update on Morocco!

"Morocco is finally relaxing more and more! He loves the bed and ruffling up the covers when you aren't looking! And he loves looking out the window to see what's going on! I've put the photos in order of his first night with us until tonight. He needs some work in areas, but he really is a great dog. We are so happy to have him as part of our family.  :)"

April's Making Smiles!

"We wanted to share some photos of April with you. She's doing well and is a very happy little girl!  She's got such a funny personality!  I had a long, difficult day at work yesterday. When I got home, she ran all over the house, ecstatic that I was home!  When she finally calmed down, she jumped in my arms and just kept kissing me. My bad day just melted away!"

Keko Has Left The Building!!

"Things have been going really well. Alex and Gracie have been getting along. There have been some fights but that is to be expected. They have gotten along really well today on our hike.  
Keko has not tried to escape at all and has been really great on walks. Right now he is sleeping next to me on the couch, catching up on some z's after our long walk. I will send you a picture of him sleeping and some pictures from the past couple of days. We absolutely love him and we are so excited to have him in our family."

Mia (River) and Her New Home

"Things are going really well with Mia.  She has gained about 6 lbs and has gotten a little bit taller.  But we're pretty sure she's not going to be bigger than she is right now at 30 lbs.  She is a very feisty little girl.  She has eaten through 2 crate beds,  4 socks and a plethora of bones.  For the first week or so that we had her, I hiked with her (on leash) and Pacino.  After that, we've been hiking off leash 5 days a week.  She doesn't let Pacino or I out of her sight, which is very nice.  We usually walk with 4 other dogs, so there's quite a pack running through the woods, and she holds up very well with all the others.  She loves running and chasing and being chased!  She's definitely a good match for our family. 

She's made quite a few new friends! For some reason, when she gets out of control Pacino sits on her!"

Morocco's New Family

Abby and Her New Family

Chloe (Cutie) and Her New Family

"As you can see, Cutie really settled in with us, Winston and Gizmo.  They all get along really well although Gizmo wasn't too happy at first.  She definitely took over all of us and we are so happy that she found her forever home.  As you know, Winston was adopted from the Animal House in Waterford.  February will be 2 years and is now l0 years old.  Gizmo was also rescued and it's been 8 years .  As you can also see, we're letting her hair grow in for the winter which is absolutely beautiful.  So wavey! 
We can't tell you how very happy we are that she lives with all of us.  She has completely won us over with her happy, warm and "cute" disposition.  Again, thank you for giving us the opportunity to adopt her."

 

Gracie Goes Home

Jessie And Her New Family

Snowflake (Pixie) and Kiera (Reese) happy in their new home!

Thanks for the call, I have been meaning to send a note on their behalf.  Both are doing great. 

Playing w Danny trying to do homework

Snowflake my 1 year old also has a name change to Pixie.  She is our "wild" one!  She loves to play and can't get enough.  She will bring toys to you if you stop playing.  She can also fall asleep while playing, she is adorable!  Pixie enjoys a "good ole fashion" full body rubbing/massage and will twist and turn and make sure you don't miss any part!  When she first came home she spent the first 1/2 day hiding up in a recliner chair.  Finally Reese encouraged her to come out and play which she did.  By day 2 she was roaming freely within the house.  She did not know how to climb stairs so on day 1 that evening when we all went up to bed she stayed at the bottom crying.  We carried her to the second floor.  She needed help learning how to climb stairs up and down, with down being more difficult.  She figured the stairs out in no time.  Slow but steady she would move up and down.  Pixie can not get enough of the fish in the fish tank.  Doesn't try to get them but loves to watch them from any angle.  Eating and sleeping without difficulty.  She has put on weight and now doesn't look as skinny. Loves to lay on people, walk on them and it doesn't matter who it is just anyone who will give her the attention. I had knee surgery shortly after we adopted the cats and Pixie was extremely attentive and was constantly on me laying and staying by my side when I moved from room to room.  She was patient and calm. (two words that don't often describe her!) She makes lots of noise and has a gerbil sound when she gets excited and/or is looking for you.  She can't sneak up on Reese because she squeals! Love her to death and we couldn't be more happy.

Natural position!

Following my surgery. I was sleeping.

Kiera my 3 yr old has a name change to Reese.  She is quiet, loves to drink from the faucet and can be found sleeping in any sink in the house if you can't locate her on her other 3 favorite spots, a bed, a couch and/or a cat bed placed on top of the dryer (which is located in our kitchen and is open to the room!)  She carries around stuffed animals a small gorilla and a bear and will often drop them by you, if you leave that area, she will get the toy and bring it with her.  Explored the house immediately upon arriving and climbed from top to bottom on EVERYTHING until she was content with what she found.  Eating and sleeping without any difficulty.  Likes to lay about by people when movement is occuring in the house.  Likes to be held and pet only on her head and face.  Don't reach for her lower back or stomach, growling will occur but no claws or teeth. She's a delight and beautiful and we are so happy to have her.

Naptime!

One sink I love

           
Both cats have adjusted well and are now natural parts of the family.  Over the holiday they met their extended people family and joined right in.  The both like each other sometimes Pixie is to much for Reese and she will growl and that will be the end of the interaction.  However, you can also find Reese laying around with Pixie cleaning her face.  Both are the cleanest cats!  I don't think my other cat ever washed herself this much.  They are such a joy to have. Thanks so much AGAIN to POA for allowing my family to adopt animals.  (These 2 are our 4th from POA) !
The Lester's  Dianne, Jim, Abbie, Danny

Update Cadbury (Harley) and Cuddles (Gretsch)

Just thought you would like to see how content they are.  They are such cuddle bugs!  So glad they found me!

They each weigh around 8lb.  Gretsch’s heart murmur is gone.  One of their favorite hangouts is the kitchen sink.  They wait for me to run the cold water so that they can drink it out of the sink (even though they get fresh water at least once a day)!

Thanks for doing what you do!

Update Opal

 

I thought I would give you a little update... Opal and Vanilla Ice are doing well as you can see from the pics.  Opal likes her new digs and Vanilla doesn't mind (too much) sharing.  They both have figured out their preferred locations and do play with each other.  From time to time Vanilla gets impatient or simply is done playing and lets Opal know, kindly.  All in all they are doing good. 

 

Best,

Aprile 

 

 

Update Sage (Zina)

Hi everyone!!

 

Just wanted to update you about Sage (now Zina)!

She is doing very well and getting bigger:) She is so sweet and is getting used to her surroundings. She is still not very social but she is getting better.  I am still trying to convince her that humans sleep during the night but she seems to think that between 3 and 6 am I am supposed to pet her and treat her like the princess that she is!! I hope that her foster parents like the pics that I have attached and I would like to thank them for doing such a great job taking care of her until I was lucky enough to become her new mom :D

Thank you, Chris

Boots and Growler Update!

Hi Sushama,

The boys are doing great! They stayed under Lily's bed for about a day when we first got home, but they are now everywhere! They are such awesome snugglers and they are so funny when they play together. Growler's trick is to step on my Bose radio and turn it on in the early morning hours. Lily wanted to keep the original names so they remain Boots and Growler. We are all in love. They are a perfect fit for us. Thanks so much for your help! :) I will send a pic when I have a good one!

Update Timmy (Angus Paddycat)

Hello!

I just wanted to send an email and some pictures to let you know that Angus Paddycat (formerly known as "Timmie") has settled in with Mark and me in his forever home and is doing well. As far as we're concerned, Angus is the perfect cat - he's smart and funny and loves to snuggle.  Best of all, he and his sister, Joyce, have become the best of friends - they play together, wrestle together, nap together and even eat out of the same bowl.  As far as his mobility is concerned, Angus is not letting whatever's wrong with his legs get in his way - he can get up on the couch and the bed and the dinner table and climbs the stairs up to our loft like a little mountaineer.  He is a wonderful cat and we feel very lucky to have him as part of our family.

Attached are a few pictures of Angus and our Halloween pumpkins - he was curious enough about the pumpkins to sit still, so I could take some pictures that weren't a furry blur!  Also, there are a couple of picture of Angus and his sister, hangin' out in the living room during a quiet moment.

Thank you for all your help and for the good care you took of our Angus Paddycat when he was with you.  He sends his love and a great, big, loud, PURR to everyone.

-Rachel and Mark 

 

Update Mairead!

Hello. Just wanted to let you know that Kitty has been very happy in her new home. ❤️
Gayle

Update Buddy!

By the way,  we found out his name.  It's Buddy.  Every time one of us passed the bathroom- we would say "Hey buddy are you going to come out and see us soon?"   Then we would pet him and love on him and then let him be.  Well he began to answer us when we said Hey Buddy.  He would give a mew in return and jump out for some lovin.  Well it stuck.
Buddy it is and he is doing great.
Diane