Kittens will be kittens. They’re super adorable… Cup o’ kitteh Super playful…. Gimmee.. Super loving… Cuddle puddle! But can also be…. Hooman! I scale you like tree! You WILL play!! Demons. It’s not their fault – they’re just wee little things. With youth comes boundless energy and an insatiable need for attention but it can lead to a conundrum. What … Read More
An Open Letter To The Person Who Left Us These Kittens
First of all, all of the babies were fine. Did you raise them? Did you find them? If you raised them, you did a good job. They were all healthy, well-fed, and well-socialized. Good babies. But it certainly did give our medical receptionist a start when she found them in a box on our front door when she came in … Read More
Unrepentant Booger Cat Seeks Very Special Home.
Oh Phil. Phil Phil Phil. What are we going to do with you? I have no idea what you’re talking about. Don’t give us that face. You’re a booger and you know it. Phil is one of those cats that one special person is going to find and be like “I found the coolest, most ridiculous, awesome, hysterical, fantastic cat … Read More
Kitten Bedlam Has Begun
Have you ever been at the beach and one minute your towel is a good fifty feet from the water…. We all want to be this cat. And then you look up and your toes are soaked? The tide just rolls in so quickly you don’t see it happening? That, in a nutshell, is kitten season. And the tide, dear … Read More
Even When You Lose, You Win: The Catch-It Challenge.
Sometimes we all want things but maybe aren’t the best at getting what we want. As hoomans, it’s easy to get discouraged. We have one miss… Aaaaand we just quit trying. Dogs, however, are a totally different animal (obviously). They have one miss.. And realize that trying a) is fun and b) gets you a cookie. I got a lot … Read More
How A Baseball Sized Furball Turned Us All Into Hamster Paparazzi
So this is absurd. We get a lot of hamsters. They’re cute. As shelter workers, we see a lot of cute. It’s not that we get immune to it, it’s just that we’re connoisseurs of cute. Particularly with pocket pets, most of which are pretty stinkin’ adorbs. So when we got a bunch of hammies in from a fellow shelter … Read More
A Frosty Update To Wrap Up 2016.
He likes coyote scat and walks in the desert. This view makes him happy. As do the holidays, Never has a dog been more willing to wear silly headgear.. though they can be exhausting. Post holiday derp-face. So can those walks in the desert, to be honest. Post coyote-scat investigation snooze. Which is why it’s good to have a sunroom … Read More
What A Difference A Day Makes.
Could you watch this all day? We could. You might be asking what this is. This, ladies and gentlemen, is the face of pure, adulterated joy. Damp joy. Soaking wet joy. Exhausted joy. But joy none-the-less. What was the cause of this joy? A hose. Some squirrels. A hike. A car ride. Hours and hours of uninterrupted people time. For … Read More
This Week In Odd Shelter Coincidences: A Triad of Tri-pawds.
So this happened this week. What happened? Me being awesome? I AM awesome. No, seriously Benji. Turn around so they can see what we mean. Oh, you mean this? No biggie. We got Benji. In case you didn’t notice, he’s missing a leg. You poor thing – it must be so horrible…. Stop. Just….stop. Right now. Benji was brought into … Read More
Scrub Wearing Human Tornadoes Skip Lunch, Save Lives.
As far as abandonment go it was an innocuous one. Instead of a pet, two forlorn sandwiches sat forgotten on the lunch table. Besides them two containers of soup were rapidly cooling. Meanwhile, back in cat triage, this was happening: You guessed correctly – it was a kitten. Kitten. Or to be more accurate, about 34 of them. Some strays, … Read More