Gordon & Zachary now Arnie & Franco

Here are some photos of the boys. They have turned into complete snuggle bugs. Franco [Gordon] has turned into quite the glutton! We had to stop giving them hard food since he was putting on the pounds and the vet recommended just giving them wet food. He's lost about 2/3 lbs since then. Arnie (Zach) used to hate being picked up, but now he looks forward to his morning pets and snuggles up to my neck. 

Callie (Gidget)

Callie (formerly known as Gidget) has been doing well since coming home in October. Our other cat has not been enthralled with the new addition, but there is plenty of room for both of them and the dog. She's just as happy to have winter over, spending lots of time checking out the window views. Callie is very active and playful, enjoying her toys whether it's the laser point or aluminum foil balls. When she is worn out, she enjoys a good lap or snuggle, especially if it means some ear scratches. 

Colbie, Ghost and Brie

Ghost and I thought we might send a quick email back to our extended family at POA. We paused our trip just about as soon as we got started toward our new home.It turned out to be a happy surprise, Petco. Our new parents pushed us around in the cart and we saw many new and beautiful things, also a few stinky dogs. We decided to just keep calm and enjoy the scenery, as the pretty woman seemed to be mostly in charge of what went on. We were almost out the door to the parking lot when the man went back to pick out a tree made of carpet and wood. The shopping cart was already too full and he had to lug it out to the car on his back amidst a series of moans and groans. When we got home, the pretty one cleared a spot in front of the window to make room for the tree. I didn't realize how smart she was until the big yellow ball in the sky made my fur and the carpet get warm, this morning. I think Ghost likes it very much too.

They have a blue plastic doughnut with a ball inside that defies all of our reasoning. Despite hours of trying, we have failed to remove the ball. It goes round and round with both of us swatting it, but as of this writing, the ball remains uncaught. We are happy for the scratching posts of which there are 3. We have used them intermittently to fool the tall ones into believing that their couch is safe from attack. We like the food here and find the water is as good POA. The litter in our pooping box is much softer here and we are happy for that. 

We enjoyed watching TV from the couch last night while we sought near continuous petting. I doubt we will ever tire of the petting and we have been lucky to find a good set of petters. They have started calling my sister Brie. We are not sure if the name will stick so no protesting for now. We found our way into the bedroom this morning and climbed up onto the bed. It felt like walking on a cloud. We didn't spend that much time on the comforter as the pillows are even softer and warmer. I like to see how close I can get my butt to the man's face.

We are happy and like our new home. Tell Martha we are pooping and drinking water and she should not worry about us. We are tired of having our pictures taken but feel that they might slack off eventually. I have a date with the carpet tree and will sign off for now. We both are thankful for having you look after us for these past weeks. We are finally home. 

Love,

Colbie

P.S. Do you know why the new people want to name us both after cheese?

Theodore a.k.a Geno

 Theodore is doing well and is enjoying his new home.

Joe formarly Aloysius

 Aloysius likes his new home! He is so sweet! 

Kesha, now Scout

Kesha is doing very well.  We have renamed her Scout and she jumped right into the family without missing a beat.  She’s been laying in the sun, exploring, sleeping with my son.  She is in heaven. Kesha turned out to be the perfect fit for us.

Jasper & Valentino

 Jasper & Valentino enjoying their new home

Banjo (a.k.a. Rico)

Rico, now named "Banjo" loves his new home.

Salem Eugene

Three years ago today we welcomed this guy into our home. We're so happy to have him with us. Although he is mischievous we love him anyway!!

Missy

Getting Missy was the BEST thing I could have done for Prince, They are a perfect match. He has come out of his shell, he is a different cat altogether!!   I can't believe it!! He's so happy now, its unreal. I think he feels a little on top because he was here first, but he is in love with Missy. They play hide and seek, chase each other, its so beautiful. Missy sleeps with me and stays with my mother in the chair and loves to watch the squirrels and birds. She is an absolute perfect cat. Perfect

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LOVES LOVES to play.

 

Bowie (a.ka. Fenway)

Bowie napping with his new black and white sister Maisy

Bowie LOVES to stretch out on a rug in front of the warm fire and will often hop up on the hearth and just sit and stare through the firescreen when there’s no fire lit, almost like he’s willing something to remedy it! This boy has a crazy high vertical jump – it is the most amazing launch into the air, possibly enabled by his double-pawed feet? He is also an awesome catcher of crumpled balls of tinfoil. Our other cat catches too, so we have lots of catch and fetch time, and its interesting how patient they are with each other as we alternate throwing to them. Bowie has so easily and happily settled into his new home.

Teddy

Teddy is doing well! My cat Keishi likes him already and is trying to get him to engage, no growling, hissing, spitting, or any of that, he is being a good big brother. Teddy has found refuge for the time being in a clean, covered litter box. Keishi keeps popping his head in to check on him and he does not look stressed. I am giving him all the space he needs. Teddy is now leaning INTO me when I pet him!!! I thought I might have heard/felt a couple of purrs too. Starting this morning he has starting to explore the bathroom and get out of that closet space this morning! Him and Keishi have been together in my bathroom all afternoon and he is able to come out to bedroom if he wants.

Charcoal

Charcoal is doing really well! We spent his first few hours together in my bathroom so he could get used to having company. He was very mellow, let me pet him, and fell asleep. He spent the whole first night in the bathroom, but was anxious to explore by Saturday morning. He hasn't gone downstairs to the rest of the apartment, but he's wandering between my bathroom and bedroom upstairs.

He has spent Saturday and today mostly under the bed during the daytime, but he comes out occasionally to rub against my legs and roll over for a belly rub. He came out in the night last night and was very enthusiastic and sought out lots of attention. I'm sure within at few days he'll realize that the top of the bed is much more comfortable than the underside!

His food, water, and litter box are all still in the bathroom, and he pops right out from under the bed when it's mealtime. He's eating well and using the box no problem.

All in all I think he's doing really well and I think this is an ideal fit. I'm so happy that he likes the attention and I hope he continues to adjust so well. I want to wait to move his food and litter until he's explored downstairs voluntarily, so we'll probably spend the next few days hanging out upstairs. Who knows, he may explore when I go to work tomorrow and he has the place to himself.

Thank you so, so much for all of your help in this process. I really think Charcoal and I are going to be excellent together. He's such a sweet boy.

Clifford

 Clifford is the biggest mush I have ever met! As soon as we got home, I opened the cage and he plopped down on the floor and rolled onto his back! I think he is part dog...when I call him he comes and jumps on my lap!!

Joel

 Hi POA Family! - I'm starting to enjoy my new home. Just like we thought, when I first got here I ran and hid under a desk for the first night, but I just couldn't resist having my belly scratched and the smell of treats. So here I am today, walking around my room for the first time. I'm starting to warm up!

Sasha and Belinda

Just a little update on how Sasha and Belinda are doing! They're getting along great, if Belinda isn't washing herself she's washing Sasha and of course Sasha can only tolerate this for so long. They wrestle all afternoon and sleep all morning, only after they've woken me up to feed them though. The also love to run around in the middle of the night making all kinds of noise playing together, I swear Sasha never runs out of energy! We've started calling Belinda, Pound Cake, since she's the heaviest densest cat I have ever picked up, she's definitely gained some weight since she left the shelter.

Peaches 'N Cream

 Peaches and Buffy in my lap, something that happens every night

This feral cat was showing up at my doorstep daily so I started feeding her, making sure she had both wet and dry food.  I named her Peaches 'N Cream.  She never allowed me to get close to her.  This went on for over a year and a half.  After the loss of my beloved Rusty, I found myself wanting to save her and make her a part of my family.  I called POA and Judy trapped her shortly thereafter for me.  She was returned to me within a week, all set to go and spent about 6-7 weeks in the basement, not wanting to join me and my Princess Buffy Angora.  Peaches had a bed of her own and a litter box in the basement she instinctively used.  I would go downstairs and read to her every night, make eye contact (using the Jackson Galaxy eye blink), hoping she would get used to the sound of my voice and feel safe enough to venture upstairs. 

Peaches at home, happy and healthy on the couch

It was News Year Eve when she finally made an appearance in the living room, in awe of the lights, the sound of the television, and a fire in the fireplace. Over time, she came to trust me and actually stay upstairs.  I bought a cat tree for her to claw and she settled in Buffy's cat bed.  Not to worry, Buffy has plenty of beds.  Over time and with patience and love, Peaches is now a lap cat that loves to be petted and combed.  She has no desire to even go outside; I think she knows how safe she truly is here.  Both Peaches and Buffy settle in my lap every night and get along together.  Buffy is 16 years old with a new buddy of her own.  It's truly amazing that this feral cat is now a loving part of my family.  

I have Judy and POA to thank for this,

 Janet Grous

Clarence (a.k.a. Cheddar)

Cheddar was renamed Clarence and is doing well! He gets along great with the other cats, he doesn't like the dogs still but is learning to coexist. 

Benny

Benny was adopted this past Saturday. So far, so good. He's settling in nicely in his forever home. He is the sweetest kitty. We found this sign in a drawer, we have had for years, it was foreshadowing our future kitty. Looks just like our Benny.

We want to thank Benny's foster mom for taking such good care of him, he's a little less velcro now! He is the best snuggler, he even lets us hold him on his back like a
baby.

Jaden now Maggie

As you can see, Maggie has made herself very comfortable since taking over our home two months ago.  She has a good appetite.  When she is not sleeping, she can be very mischievous.  She loves her toys.  She is the first cat that I have had that wants her belly rubbed - very affectionate kitty.  We were concerned that she might not get along with our chocolate lab, but our fears have disappeared.  They are very tolerant of each other and get along just fine

We love Maggie and are very happy that she is part of our family.  We recommend your facility to anyone looking for a new kitty.

Oggie now Finnegan

Oggie has been renamed Finnegan and as you can see from the attached pictures he has become very comfortable here with our other cat, Lillie. She is very patient with him as he will randomly pounce on her and push her out of the way for cuddling. They often sleep together and clean each other.

Vanilla (a.k.a . Koko)

My husband and I would like to thank you for allowing Koko to adopt us.

He is a very special cat. He is so gorgeous/handsome and such a sweet gentle boy. 

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Koko is doing great. I have gotten lots of face bumps,  and my husband has fed him dry food out of his hand. There has not been one hiss, growl or scratch from him. 

We were given his bed to take home with us. He didn't go in that, but decided to use the Animal Planet brand larger squishy bed that is on a blanket chest in there. He has a window right there to look out of. 

Yesterday he escaped from the room and headed downstairs and was face to face with his new sister Spyder. There was not one growl or hiss from either of them. He jumped into a couple of other cat beds to check them out  then headed back up to hide in back of the big cedar chest on the top landing. That is where Spyder would hide when she needed to "get away". 

Spyder is just like her new brother. She is shy and nervous when something is new or different. This was a match made in heaven. 

I kept Koko in the bathroom last night and when I opened the door this morning, Spyder ran in. Koko was in his bed and they just looked at each other. I left the door open and as I was putting fresh food up there, Koko walked past me and went downstairs and looked around. There was another stare down, that's it. Back up he went.

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Somehow he got the bedroom door open and went in there, under the bed, and came out when he was ready to. 

We just adore him and are so thankful to have him as a part of our family.

Churchill

Churchill and I spent the afternoon in nearly complete silence in the TV room...reading and hiding for the first couple hours (you decide who was doing which thing).  Then Churchill came out first to the chair by window and then to drop on my feet where he stayed for at least an hour; he even purred a little.  Of course whenever I reenter the room, we have to go through the run and hide thing again, but he has plenty of time to get more confident.

It amazed me that he became semi-acclimated so quickly.  I will continue to take things slowly and quietly.  We will be a good match. 

Prince

First day he is out in the daylight. He has been playing since one this morning. What a wonderful day!! 

JOEL

Joel is semi-comfortable in "his" room. He has two beds in there and likes to use them. One of them was just upgraded to a new ped-pedic bed. Fancy!  He sure does enjoy his massages, and lets us hold him while enjoying a belly rub, or 20. He always purrs during his time with us! He likes to move about the room and explore, but usually when we are not in there. However, treats are our friends in getting him to come out and say hello.

Leia

Princess Leia (also known as "bull dog") watching TV last night. I was watching TV and she went over and sat in front of the TV so I turned on the "So Cute" kitten channel and she was fascinated by the kittens running all over and getting into trouble just as she does.  Then she tried to help my son play his video game with her paw.

Chloe

  Chloe, adopted on January 3rd, she is blossoming into an adorable spaz with a thing for shoes. She made it on Cute Overload today and POA got a mention.

Bella (Crawford)

The most recent picture of Bella aka Crawford. 

She is doing great, growing fast and her level of energy doesn't go down. 

Oreo a.k.a Alex

Oreo (formerly Alex) enjoying his new forever home.

Elliot

Elliot with Riley. Look how great his eye is looking! 

Bix and Makenzie

Bix and Makenzie, loving our new blankee

Mowgli

Mowgli likes it much better in a nice, quiet home with no other kitties. This way he doesn't have to share his humans with anyone! Mowgli had a very good Christmas, his grandparents bought him a kitty condo to play on! He also let his mom put an obnoxious bow on him on Christmas to make her happy.  He loved sleeping under the Christmas tree while it was here and staring at the lights. He even put his bed under there by himself when mom and dad weren't looking!  He loves drinking water out of the sink and even met a doggie who looks suspiciously like him through the back glass door. His favorite chore is 'helping' his mom make the bed. He loves to take naps with his dad, and also likes to play with the boring stick end of his very fancy feather toy. Mowgli is a very happy kitty at his new forever home.

Simba (aka Oliver)

 Simba(aka Oliver) has made excellent progress.  He is a happy, very inquisitive, fearless kitten who will turn 5 months old on January 19th. He especially likes to hang out with his best buddy, Molly.