Update on the fat kitty

ryn: Yup.

I read about that kitty – 42lbs i heard. that’s a chubby cat!

Years ago there was a story about a mother cat who saved her babies from a fire. Many people wanted them, not any other cats in the shelter. I guess people want to be able to say, remember that animal in the news… here it is!

My brother said the cat came from his old neighborhood in NJ. What a shame the other pets can’t get adopted. Still, anyone who wants a cat simply because it’s a celebrity probably won’t make a good pet owner.

We have four, going on five, and then back to four, but they’ve all enriched our lives. 4 or 5 is kind of our limit though. 🙂

Any animal that I would get( or have gotten in the past number of years) are rescues.

“2 are homo sapiens from my own genetic line. sigh.” cute.

Your message in this entry is such an important one. I have been preaching it for many years. I will never understand people buying poorly bred, over priced, so called purebreds from pet shops or backyards. Just because these places are selling dogs with AKC papers claiming them purebred does not make them a decent representation of that breed. These dogs are randomly bred with poor genitics, inherited health problems and many times (I’ve seen it happen) the parent on the papers isn’t really the parent- the breeders can and do lie about such things- all in the name of making money. Why? Because for some weird reason, people think they are important because their dog is a registered whateverbreed. It’s such crap and thousands of wonderful, unwanted potential pets with lots of love to give are being put to their death. O.K. I’m off my soap box now. Sorry. It’s a hot topic for me.

I’ve always had rescued dogs and cats. They have all been wonderful and hold special places in my heart.

It always amazes me how people will want the one cat or dog that was on TV but that’s it. All of the animals I’ve had in the past came from the street as strays or a shelter. My last cat was a year old & everyone was playing with the kittens & this sweet cat stuck her paw out of her carrier & I just knew I had to have her. She was a great cat. I would always take an older cat over a kitten for that reason. Everyone wants the kittens. Happy painting.

I’ve been a magnet for strays my entire life. 🙂 I love that fat kitty, too!

RYN: Just goes to show how shallow people can be. Sad indeed. I had no words concerning the adoption issue over the fat cat- it made me too mad/sad/depressed.

It’s rather sad about some people. I wish I could take in a couple of animals….but not until am competely settled somewhere. *crosses fingers*

sigh. Unfortunately, the humane societies here locally…. have…. diseased pets a lot of the time. I still choose to donate to this cause, even though I have not retrieved an animal from there…

We have a “Momma Kitty” from the dog shelter in Fall River. We found her because we were taking an incredibly sick stray in (it wasn’t going to make it another couple of days, so we trapped it). The woman at the shelter was so amazed that I didn’t want any of the kittens, that she let me have Isis for two cases of wet cat food and a couple 25 pound bags of litter. Shelters are full of Momma kitties, since all most people want are the cute little kittens. My pet peeve when it comes to animals is the people who buy “Labordoodles” if you’re going to get a a dog like that, get one from a shelter! “Labordoodle” is really just another term for “mutt” after all. Then there are the people who know nothing about a breed of dog or cat, but get it because it’s “cute”. LOTS of Persians are abused because of that. Hugs, John

PS. I apologize for the rant. I hope your painting spree is almost done. Hugs, John

I completely understand the desire for a specific breed-even a labradoodle- because each breed has a general drift towards its own personality. I hate what greed does to some of these animals though- we adopted a golden retriever pup about eight years ago from an Amish farmer who breeds them, and we ended up giving her mother a home too. The family- a Mr and Mrs Lapp, wonderful people- had only

gotten her a little bit before she had her litter from a professional breeder. She had leathery patches on her leg joints, almost no socialization and was scared of people because of the way her first owners had treated her. She was kept in a kennel all the time and bred constantly- she got on very well with other animals, but that was about it. Around people she adopted what I liked to call the

“Eeyore pose”: head slouched down, eyes watchful, ready to flinch at any move by a human. The Lapps were delighted to give her a family so she got a chance ot be an actual pet and live easy for a while. She was a sweet tempered, calm dog. We used to help the family sell their pups because they refused to deal with anyone connected with a pet shop. We had 11 of them from a single litter once. Crazy