tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64030648338737093582024-03-06T00:06:45.333-05:00LucysLovesongThe life and times of an abandoned Bengal cat and her kittens. From being neglected to being loved, this is my Lovesong to all who helped us.sofyblu2http://www.blogger.com/profile/02629691028646960240noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403064833873709358.post-78725832653294379592012-05-06T22:12:00.000-04:002012-05-07T14:15:44.145-04:00In Honor of Faith & Atticus..Momma and kittens that were burned in Georgia.<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">To play the game Pass It On, stand or sit in a circle. One person begins the game by thinking of a short phrase, then whispering the phrase into the ear of the person standing or sitting beside him/her. That person then whispers it to the next person and so on. The last person says aloud what they heard whispered into their ear. Finally, the first person tells what he/she whispered in the first place. Ever feel like we play that game on FaceBook? Post a traumatic picture and watch how many times the story changes from the original content. In the mean time we armchair warriors sit behind our monitors saying the most hurtful things possible, conjure up drama that would be the envy of any daytime soap opera, and of course bludgeon the people with what they should have done. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-size: large;">I watched this happen with the story of Faith and Atticus, the mother and kitten burned in a Georgia fire. No one EXACTLY knows what happened (because there were NO witnesses) but we have conjured up the most evil of stories. When Faith's story first broke, I purposely tried to follow every thread possible. And the bottom line was everyone was so hot to seek retribution and vengeance, they forgot about the real story. Most did not read, they reacted, over and over and over. But I did watch an entire community of fuzzlebutt lovers come together. People that do not live that area need to remember that not all states are alike. Police departments are ruled differently and the views on the worthiness of a little fuzzlebutt are dramatically different from those who are reading this.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-size: large;">The real story? There are a LOT of ferals in that area. A man had a substantial pile of brush and seemingly that's where Faith nested. He started the pile on fire. Whether or not he knew she was there NONE of us will ever know. We can guess to our wildest imagination but we will never know. Faith was seen by the man that fed the strays over a several day period. At that time she was able to come and eat and run away. He contacted Paula Radley who graciously took in the kitten Atticus and took Faith to the vet. Faith unfortunately declined from her wounds and was in pain. Paula with the help of Petra Brooks made the hardest decision ever to send Faith to the Rainbow Bridge. It takes a lot of courage to make that decision.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">I have set up an Amazon Wishlist for Paula with hopes that we can help her out with some kitty basics. This was my idea as I thought she truly deserves some love from us. Many people have asked what they can do to honor Faith's name and help in the care of Atticus and the other kitty. If everyone could send a even a small item of food or litter that would truly help Paula out. Just pick something off the wish list and have it sent directly to her home. Just to feed these kitties it takes a box of 32 cans per week,16 pounds of cat chow per day, and 2 bags of the 21 pound of litter a week. Just remember that Amazon doesn't say who the package is from, so everything will arrive anonymously.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">You can look for the wish list by typing in Paula Belinda Radley located in Georgia OR this is the link to the wish list I set up for Paula <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/registry.html?ie=UTF8&id=2FQ3VZ7RLBTA3&type=wishlist" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/registry.html?ie=UTF8&id=2FQ3VZ7RLBTA3&type=wishlist</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Walmart is in Hinesville, GA. If you want to order things there, Paula can go and pick up. She has to go into Hinesville to do her shopping anyway. There is nothing out in her "neck of the woods." They live directly on the marsh. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Faith will be looking down and proud to know her friends cared so much.</span></div>sofyblu2http://www.blogger.com/profile/02629691028646960240noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403064833873709358.post-19866260702204340742011-10-01T13:49:00.000-04:002011-10-01T13:49:42.128-04:00One Very PRECIOUS Reason Not to Adopt Long Distance<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My name is Precious, I am a 3 year old tortie, and I have a very important story to share. Late June 2011, I was turned into New York's Animal Control as a stray along with my 5 newborn babies. Then I caught the dreaded cold and I was scheduled to be killed on July 13th. A woman from Michigan was so very determined to adopt me and my babies. <a href="http://www.anjelliclecats.com/">Anjellicle Cat Rescue</a> only agreed to help her as she seemed to really care because she drove 10 hours to come pick me up and then 10 hours back to Michigan. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sadly 3 of my babies died while in the shelter. Everyone was so happy that it looked liked I had someone who really cared. Little did they know. A few days ago, Anjellicle, was notified that I was dumped at the Michigan Humane Society. I tried to be a good girl but I guess I just wasn't good enough. It's believed that one of my remaining babies died and the other we just don't know where she is. Guess they only wanted me for my babies and nothing else.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When I got dumped at the Michigan shelter I ended up in quarantine because I scratched at someone. They don't know how scared I was. All this traveling from state to state, cages, babies are dead and gone, and I'm in heat again. The nice people at <a href="http://www.anjelliclecats.com/">Anjellicle</a> were really upset about me! Someone cared! They couldn't understand why this woman would not have called them rather than dumping me again at a shelter like garbage. They were even going to find someone to come pick me up because I likely would have been killed if I wasn't deemed adoptable.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My quarantine was up September 29th and my new foster family came to get me on September 30th. They live in the same area in Michigan. They made sure that I was spayed before I left, so I wouldn't have to be traumatized much more by going back and forth to the vet's. They already have kitties and doggies in their house! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Today, I'm sitting in my mom's office at home, with her and my new 23 year old kitty sister, Sammy. My tummy still hurts from my surgery and I'm so scared again. I don't mean to but I hiss and growl only because I'm so afraid something else is going to happen. I can't take much more rejection, cages, traveling and unfamiliar faces that are cold and foreign to me. They gave me a brand new bed that pads my swollen belly. They tell me I'm so special I even get my food and water in Fiestaware bowls! I know the other kitties and doggies want to meet me but they will have to wait a while until I'm feeling much better and have gained some confidence. Somehow, I don't think I'll ever have to leave here. Today I feel so loved, so warm as I bask in the sun, my tummy has been filled with warmed up food, and I know this time I AM safe. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">PLEASE if you ever consider a long distance adoption think twice if not ten times! Precious was lucky only because others cared. Adopt or foster from your own state, there's never a shortage of fuzzlebutts that need help. What happens if they get sick or you don't want them..the rescue in the other state can't get their animals back immediately! This lousy (and I'm being very nice here) adopter cost Anjellicle many hours that could have been put to helping the hundreds of kittens and cats they rescue. This adopter cost them in higher than normal vet fees for being out of state. What you did to Precious and her kittens was nothing short of torture. You only thought of yourself. You only wanted to congratulate yourself on the back for being a hero for saving a cat and her kittens from the e-list. You only wanted a tiny baby to look at. I hate to even think of what happened to this kitten. I suspect nothing good as you refuse to answer anyone's emails. Your refusal to answer much less dumping this girl like yesterday's trash speaks volumes as to your character. Precious has been so traumatized by all of this it will take much time and work to make her feel whole again. May God forgive you for your ignorance. But guess what? Our family is willing and honored to give her this time she needs. We will teach her to feel confident. We will show her what it means to be truly loved. We will deny ourselves in order to make ends meet just to be able to help her. Precious is now HOME!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The baby was placed in a box out near a barn..alone all night. It's eyes were sealed yet could walk. I can only imagine the pain and grief this little one felt crying for someone to care for him/her. No food, no water, no comfort because someone was too terrified of "white stuff". </span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I belong to a VERY special group of rescue people. I am so proud to call them my friends. Nothing stops them, nothing. They work their regular jobs and do rescue on top of that. Think of the hours involved. I've watched as they laughed in joy at the conquests of saving one cat. I've wept with them as they lost one baby after another yet they do not stop. You really have to know them to realize the work they do, day in and day out. They save the cats that are to be euthanized in the morning, staying up all night trying to figure out how they can squeeze in just one more kitty. How they work together like a finely tuned engine, no one skips a beat. How they immediately stop everything at a drop of a hat to save a cat or kitten. How they spend literally their entire paychecks on this work. Their reward is the happy little purr and smooshing of happy feet from their wards and the knowledge that this small wee being is going to eventually live in a home where they will never know hunger, fear, cold, or being unloved.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Back to last night. When it became obvious that the "finder" would not do a thing to help this kitten, many of us ran for our FaceBook friends in the business. I contacted my group. In no time flat they were organizing a rescue. Let me explain that this meant they dropped what they were doing, stopped their dinner, their families, and their nightly chores of cat care for so many just help one little Star.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was a battle to communicate with the finder as she was too worried about how she would look to her children, her fear that the police would be contacted, totally irrational fears of disease. Yet she was HAPPY that her children were able to find a kitten. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">One of my rescue friends was willing to drive 2 hours each way to go pick up the kitten if it was still alive. "Finder" had signed off and out for the night to put her kids to bed. Didn't care that people were working their asses off for most of the night. Didn't bother to check on the kitten, alone in the dark and hungry. I finally went to bed around 4am resigned that Star would be in heaven.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Today around noon, I find out the kitten is still alive and "would I get someone out there right away so she didn't look so bad in front of her kids". Again the rescues go full speed ahead to get someone there as fast as they can. Did I mention that "finder" was offered money to cover vet costs if she would only take the kitten in? Did I mention that this group of unbelievable people were willing to cover and fund raise to cover all vetting costs out of their own pocket, to spend their hard earned dollars on the gas expenses, taking the time off of work without pay, that they bartered with yet another rescue within an hours drive time to get the baby picked up sooner. Did I mention that if the baby had survived it already had a home?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I sit here crying my eyes out at their supreme efforts to save Star from a woman who claims to be so worried about her children. So worried that she pointedly stated that this was not her responsibility (wait didn't she ask for help initially?). 3 of us called her. She was begged to please go give the kitten something to eat. She shoved a can of tuna at the kitten (my interpretation). Her response was that she was grossed out because the "white things" hatched into worms and were eating the kitten, that she wished they'd never found it. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In between the emails and activity on both threads in 2 separate places, people were voicing their jubilation that something was being done to help this kitten. No one said a word to the "finder" who had again grown silent, too silent. She finally responded stating that "we all should be ashamed of ourselves for damning her"?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? and then shortly thereafter deleted the thread.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">One of the ladies called the "finder" again to ask her to check on the kitten. Baby Star had died alone, cold and in the drizzling rain.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I received this note of THANKS from the "finder":</span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"she called (meaning the rescue) i checked the kitten it died and she hung up telling me she wished i would have been more responcable with the kitten??!! and wouldnt run away from it, wtf ok i did its not my cat for one I dont have wild cats either ok no pets at all so how am i getting the blame i tried to get the kitten help ok without getting my kids all worked up over it ok they are a fucking mess as well and she said that and hung up the nerve wow should have never asked you bonanza wierded opoinonaters for any help wow soooo annoyed right now!! I mean really"</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She's annoyed? Lady, you have NO IDEA what annoyed is even close to. Oh yes this was also directed to me: "THANKS for your help…..and thanks for making me to be an evil no caring bitch much much appreciated :) "</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's OK "finder". Take your shots at me I have nothing but sympathy for you. I do however take great offense that you called one of the ladies back later on screaming "that it was her fault because a rescue didn't get there in time, that she was a fucking (I apologize) bitch for upsetting your children"</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">How dare you? You could assume no responsibility what so ever in this horrendous mess. People were running like madmen because you wouldn't lift a damn finger. Again HOW DARE YOU? How can you look those children in the eye and blame someone else...you could have taught them how much people really do care. So many valuable lessons to make them stronger in their values. Now they learn to be bitter, run from responsibility and pass the buck. How does one raise their own children if you are so sickened by germs. How do you handle the children that are sick, that vomit, that get diarrhea..are they left on their own as well? I understand not all people are pet people. But at least have the courtesy to be respectful to those that tried to help you.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">To my dear rescue friends..words can never convey the sheer admiration and love I have for each and every single one you. Day in and day out you fill my inner self with peace and love by your acts of love and kindness.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">To my fellow selling friends...we are a family of crazy fur loving maniacs and I couldn't go a day without you. You care, you share and above all else you give.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">To the "finder"...you have to look at yourself in the mirror and live with how you treated an innocent animal that needed your help. You have to look at your children and know the real truth. Karma bites hard..real hard. You have my sincerest sympathy.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tonight I feel truly blessed as I look into the sky, seeing that one big bright Star. I know you have crossed the bridge and will always be loved and cared for. Please know that despite the fact that we never saw you nor held you, that you were as surely loved as any kitten could have have been been.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Twinkle, twinkle, little star,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">How I wonder what you are.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Up above the world so high,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Like a diamond in the sky.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Twinkle, twinkle, little star,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">How I wonder what you are!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When the blazing sun is gone,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When he nothing shines upon,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then you show your little light,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Twinkle, twinkle, little star,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">How I wonder what you are!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then the traveler in the dark</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thanks you for your tiny spark;</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">He could not see which way to go,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you did not twinkle so.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Twinkle, twinkle, little star,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">How I wonder what you are!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the dark blue sky you keep,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">While you thro' my window peep,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And you never shut your eye,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Till the sun is in the sky,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Twinkle, twinkle, little star,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">How I wonder what you are</span>sofyblu2http://www.blogger.com/profile/02629691028646960240noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403064833873709358.post-10974376669969094562011-04-24T02:06:00.000-04:002011-04-24T02:06:34.245-04:00Why Own A Dog?<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Why own a dog? There's a danger you know,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">You can't own just one, for the craving will grow.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">There's no doubt they're addictive, wherein lies the danger.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">While living with lots, you'll grow poorer and stranger.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">The third one is easy, the fourth one's a honey.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">The fifth one's delightful, the sixth one's a breeze,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">You find you can live with a houseful of ease.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">So how 'bout another? Would you really dare?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">They're really quite easy but, oh, Lord the hair!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">With dogs on the sofa and dogs on the bed,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">And crates in the kitchen, it's no bother, you've said.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">They're really no trouble, their manners are great.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">What's one more dog and just one more crate?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">The sofa is hairy, the windows are crusty,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">The floor is all footprints, the furniture dusty.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">The housekeeping suffers, but what do you care?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Who minds a few noseprints and a little more hair?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">So let's keep a puppy, you can always find room,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">And a little more time for the dust cloth and broom.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">There's hardly a limit to the dogs you can add,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">The thought of a cutback sure makes you sad.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Each one is so special, so useful, so funny.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">The vet and food bills grows larger, you owe BIG money.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Your folks never visit, few friends come to stay,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Except other "dog folks" who live the same way.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Your lawn has now died, and your shrubs are dead too,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">But your weekends are busy, you're off with your crew.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Then that favorite one comes and climbs in your lap.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"></span></span>sofyblu2http://www.blogger.com/profile/02629691028646960240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403064833873709358.post-87464781807839847302011-03-16T14:47:00.000-04:002011-03-16T14:47:39.793-04:00Pet Food Drive for the Needy was an OVERWHELMING Success...THANK YOU!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUY1HWpyNeMlq_gIY6uwzXGlgkjtNZWCF_BGfTD7Gkw8bVavk1rIa4uC-vNjJbJceCDk1jNc3lnN3COCfDn-qMKBgi5b-fXO-RhABbNhmb3DYhb3RVfUTXog-7triwan_fU8MUAnn-mpg/s1600/3821.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUY1HWpyNeMlq_gIY6uwzXGlgkjtNZWCF_BGfTD7Gkw8bVavk1rIa4uC-vNjJbJceCDk1jNc3lnN3COCfDn-qMKBgi5b-fXO-RhABbNhmb3DYhb3RVfUTXog-7triwan_fU8MUAnn-mpg/s1600/3821.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> <span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Sometimes you just don't know what to say. And this is one of those times. In our last blog, we asked for donations to help feed the needy pets just in our community. Hope Center in Macomb offers a FANTASTIC free food pantry, but the one thing they lacked was pet food. So many people surrender their animals because they cannot afford pet food or they will deny themselves in order to feed their fuzzlebutts.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">On March 12, 2011 we set up a chip in on Facebook in the amount of $600.00 to go purchase cat and dog food for Hope. In less than 24 hours our target goal was met and exceeded! We collected 662.00! Paypal removed $23.42 in their fees so we had $638.58 to spend as responsibly as we could.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">We decided to look for the smaller 3-5 pound bags so that it would reach more people. In order to make the dollars stretch we had to purchase the cheaper brands, but at least we know a lot of furbabies will have full tummies as will their owners. After going to several different grocery stores, wholesale pet stores and just the dollar stores we scored what we think was a pretty darn good haul! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">On March 15th, in total, we purchased 175 bags of dry pet food or a total of 661 pounds of food. We purchased 94 bags of cat food weighing 315 pounds and 81 bags of dog food that weighed 346 pounds. Total amount spent in all was $677.08</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">On March 16th, we delivered it to Hope. They were ecstatic and extremely grateful. And oh so surprised with what a bunch of loving FaceBook animal lovers could do in such a short time. They will be featuring this in their newsletter as well.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">To say <span style="color: #741b47;">Thank You</span> just doesn't seem enough. We see so many of you day in and night out working to save so many animals with the biggest hearts of gold that we have ever met. To call you our best friends is an honor. We sure love you and we know that all the lives that you have and will touch, will love you just as much.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Kitty Kisses and Puppy Hugs, </span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Fuzzlebutts wants to help owners keep their pets and to prevent more from being sent to shelters, sometimes death and just plain starving to death. We may be small but we can help and make a difference. When income plummets, desperate people find themselves unable to feed and care for their beloved pets, causing heartache for the owners and swelling the population of homeless animals. They're just brokenhearted, because the last thing they want to do is give up their pets.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">This hit me like a brick when I found this agency this morning, not 2 miles from our home. Hope Center in Macomb is a "one-stop-shop," also referred to as a "human services mall," that will provide access to services for individuals and families in need. The focal point of the "one-stop-shop" will be the client-choice food pantry, the only client-choice food pantry in Macomb County, which will stand as the cornerstone and main focus of Hope Center in Macomb. The current unemployment rate in Michigan is 15.4%, with Macomb County's rate at 18.4%. According to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Macomb County's current level of poverty is at a population of 44,010. Hope Center in Macomb is located within a 10 mile radius of 87.7% of this population. Hope Center in Macomb is located on the main thoroughfare, Groesbeck Highway, just north of 14 Mile Road in central Macomb County, allowing ease of accessibility to those in need. They provide human food but only on a rare occasion receive pet food or litter to be able to give out.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">So Fuzzlebutts has decided to take on a mission of their own. We are collecting funds to buy food and litter for this agency to be able to provide! Please help us feed and care for some our local pets by donating to the chip in. I will spend the weekend collecting manufacturers coupons and we will shop responsibly! We are so excited to be able to help as there have been many times that people have helped us when we were down on our luck. Even a dollar will help! If we can raise enough we will let you know what we buy and when it is taken to Hope. If for some God forsaken reason that we cannot raise enough, what monies received will be returned to the donater. This will be our first attempt and if all goes well we will do again in the future.</span><br />
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</div>sofyblu2http://www.blogger.com/profile/02629691028646960240noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403064833873709358.post-31335187439212140212011-02-09T00:55:00.000-05:002011-02-09T00:55:29.365-05:00You are invited to a VERY Furry Valentine's Party In Howell, Michigan!<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You are cordially invited to attend the First Annual Livingston County Animal Control Valentine's Day Party!</span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Come meet the love of your life - your very own fuzzlebutt! - at Livingston County Animal Control's first ever Valentine's Day Party and Open House. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There will be refreshments, valentines for the animals, cat and kitten adoption specials, and goodie bags.</span> <br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">They are offering a special cat or kitten adoption - adopt one furbutt, get one deal – pay full price for a cat or a kitten and get a pal for that feline for a dollar. Now how cool is that! I love that they offer these deals so cats are not put down!</span> <br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Even if you can't attend how about contributing to their Kuranda Bed drive? On the floor no more!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thousands of dogs in animal shelters across the country sleep on cold, wet, concrete floors 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Cats in cages have little alternatives to sleeping in their litter pans. Kuranda beds offer them warm, dryness and comfort.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">These sad little souls need you as much as you need them. They cry for the owner that handed over the leash to strangers and left them all alone. They are confused by the unfamiliar sounds and faces that surround them. They long for the touch of a human mom or dad again and maybe some kids to play with. They long for lots of good food and water, a warm home, love and a promise to never be abandoned again no matter what. Can you make that commitment to offer love to a fuzzlebutt? Sure you can :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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sofyblu2http://www.blogger.com/profile/02629691028646960240noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403064833873709358.post-57707949760302211182011-02-07T14:04:00.000-05:002011-02-07T14:04:29.461-05:00I Am Your Dog..Do you keep me chained like a thing?<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am a dog. I am a living, breathing animal. I feel pain, joy, love, fear and pleasure.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am not a thing. If I am hit - I will bruise, I will bleed, I will break. I will feel pain. I am not a thing.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am a dog. I enjoy playtime, walk time, but more than anything, I enjoy time with my pack - my family - my people. I want nothing more than to be by the side of my human. I want to sleep where you sleep and walk where you walk. I am a dog and I feel love...I crave companionship.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I enjoy the touch of a kind hand and the softness of a good bed. I want to be inside of the home with my family, not stuck on the end of a chain or alone in a kennel or fenced yard for hours on end. I was born to be a companion, not to live a life of solitude.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I get too cold and I get too hot. I experience hunger and thirst. I am a living creature, not a thing.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When you leave, I want to go with you. If I stay behind, I will eagerly await your return. I long for the sound of your voice. I will do most anything to please you. I live to be your treasured companion.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am a dog. My actions are not dictated by money, greed, or hatred. I do not know prejudice. I live in the moment and am ruled by love and loyalty.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Do not mistake me for a mindless object. I can feel and I can think. I can experience more than physical pain, I can feel fear and joy. I can feel love and confusion. I have emotions. I understand perhaps more than you do. I am able to comprehend the words you speak to me, but you are not always able to understand me.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am a dog. I am not able to care for myself without your help. If you choose to tie me up and refuse to feed me, I will starve. If you abandon me on a rural road, I will experience fear and loneliness. I will search for you and wonder why I have been left behind. I am not a piece of property to be dumped and forgotten.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you choose to leave me at a shelter, I will be frightened and bewildered. I will watch for your return with every footfall that approaches my kennel run.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am a dog - a living, breathing creature. If you choose to take me home, please provide me with the things that I need to keep me healthy and happy.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Provide me with good food, clean water, warm shelter and your love. Do not abandon me. Do not kick me. Do not dump me when your life gets too busy. Make a commitment to me for the entirety of my life, or do not take me home in the first place.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Englewood, Florida’s “World’s Greatest Cathouse,“ Puffy Paws Kitty Haven is a 501(c) (3) non-profit, no-kill cat hospice specializing in providing quality and loving care to special needs cats. Owned by Rick & Chrissy & Da Kitties </span><a href="http://www.puffypawskittyhaven.com/index.html"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">http://www.puffypawskittyhaven.com/index.html</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">“We care for kitties with feline leukemia, FIV, blind kitties, feral cats, epileptic kitties, kitties with only one eye, senior kitties, kitties that do not use their litter box, kitties with thyroid conditions and more - basically unwanted and unadoptable kitties that would be euthanized elsewhere.”</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Puffy Paws Kitty Haven's mission is to provide hospice care for special needs cats. Puffy Paws Kitty Haven will provide quality healthcare, food, water, shelter and most of all, love to all the cats in its care until they cross the Rainbow Bridge. They serves a unique need as a hospice for special needs kitties, but with declining donations and increasing costs, the mighty Cathouse is in danger of eventually closing one day without an guarantee steady stream of working capital.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Dear Fans of the Kitties </span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thank you all for your kind donations in keeping the kitties safe and alive this past week.</span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Without you we can never do what we do</span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We are so grateful for each and everyone of you.</span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We are facing another week.</span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">* To take care of 268 kitties.</span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It costs around $250 dollars a day to for litter, food, and cleaning supplies</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">* Friskies - 13 oz Cans - Ocean White Fish & Tuna Dinner (Walmart) We use 4 case a day ( 96 Cans) - $67.20</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Publixs Dry Food- We use two 18 pound bag a day - $23.98 </span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We use 22 bags / 660 pounds a day - $120.00</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">At Puffy Paws Kitty Haven they do not put down any animals for behavior problems, space or adopt-ability issues. Yet Puffy Paws Kitty Haven never has and never will let any kitty suffer with any medical condition that only allows pain & suffering and no chance of survival.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">No Kill sheltering models, based on innovative, non-lethal programs and services, have already saved the lives of tens of thousands of animals. </span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But instead of embracing No Kill, many shelters—and their national agency allies—cling to their failed models of the past, models that result in the killing of millions of dogs and cats in U.S. shelters every year.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Puffy Paws Kitty Haven was proud to announce that it has started up a Kitty Adoption Program in the Summer of 2007, and adopted out well over 225 kitties. Currently they have many kitties available for adoption. You may adopt their kitties at PetSmart in Port Charlotte.</span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Since space is limited and they are expanding their adoption program by seeking foster families. These foster families would provide a temporary home for unwanted kitties that come into Puffy Paws care until forever homes can be found.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Puffy Paws Kitty Haven takes care of the largest amount of special need kitties in the area.</span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">They specialize in taking care of special needs kitties that would have been euthanized elsewhere simply because someone would have deemed them to be unadoptable. </span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">They are set up to handle the different medical concerns the kitties have by separating them into their very own living quarters. </span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">They have the 2000 sq foot " Haven Home " which houses healthy adoptable kitties, and their permanent residence who have physical, emotional and behavioral problems. </span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Their workshop is 800 sq foot which was nicknamed the " Kitty Angel Club ".</span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Soon the members of the " Kitty Angel Club ", will be enjoying an out-door, free-standing, backyard fence system thanks to the folks from Purr...fect fence. This portion of the " Haven Home" will be called the Kitty Angel Park .</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Each and every day they need your help. If you would like to make a monetary donation please click one of the donate buttons on their web site or click the ChipIn located there. If you are local you may donate goods for the Thrift Shop or kitty supplies for the Haven or food at their Pet Food Bank and or volunteer, please do.Without your help their will be no Puffy Paws Kitty Haven. Please only give what your heart and budget can afford. If you can donate please do and also please share with all your friends on Facebook and Twitter. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Their back is up against the wall.</span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Without your help they can not feed the kitties.</span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So please help if you can and please share with everyone you can on all the Social Networks and Bloggers.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Please feel free to leave comments! The more the better as Google will be more apt to circulate this blog!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">If there is a special recue group you would like to see featured here please just let me know! <a href="http://www.sofyblu2.com/">http://www.sofyblu2.com/</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.sofyblu2.com/">http://www.sofyblu2.com/</a>sofyblu2http://www.blogger.com/profile/02629691028646960240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403064833873709358.post-23336903684396568542011-01-21T02:13:00.001-05:002011-01-21T02:15:08.630-05:00A New Year with New Beginnings!<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy beginnings for a great New Year! This year will find us doing more and more work on Facebook helping the shelters find home placements for those pets placed on the euthanasia lists. It's not pretty but it's a reality. After all the help we received with Lucy and her babies it's the least we can do to help pay it forward. We will also start blogging about various rescue groups so you can see what they are all about. If you have a group you'd like to see on here please let us know!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also we look forward to opening our online pet shop..fuzzlebutts on Bonanza.com. fuzzlebutts will not be your ordinary pet store. We are working with some of the best manufacturers to bring you items for the larger dogs that are tough and durable! Cat items that are safe and fun. We offer the Toy Go Round Cat Exercise Wheel! And we will have some of THE coolest pieces of cat furniture you've ever seen. We're not quite ready to open yet but we are diligently plugging along. We will eventually offer items for the smaller dogs too! When we do open we hope you will check it out and let us know if there are items that you would like to see!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And now a short update on Lucy and the babies now known as the B5 (Bengal 5). Lucy has become quite the plump mistress of the house. She still has no desire to go near the doors back outside. Fur has yet to fill in on her nose. She is one happy girl these days :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think our society needs a huge "Wake-up" call. As a shelter manager, I am going to share a little insight with you all...a view from the inside if you will.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First off, all of you people who have ever surrendered a pet to a shelter or humane society should be made to work in the "back" of an animal shelter for just one day. Maybe if you saw the life drain from a few sad, lost, confused eyes, you would stop flagging the ads on craigslist and help these animals find homes.</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That puppy you just bought will most likely end up in my shelter when it's not a cute little puppy anymore. Just so you know there's a 90% chance that dog will never walk out of the shelter it’s dumped at? Purebred or not! About 25% of all of the dogs that are "owner surrenders" or "strays", that come into a shelter are purebred dogs. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The most common excuses: "We are moving and we can't take our dog (or cat)." Really? Where are you moving too that doesn't allow pets? Or they say "The dog got bigger than we thought it would". How big did you think a German Shepherd would get? "We don't have time for her". Really? I work a 10-12 hour day and still have time for my 6 dogs! "She's tearing up our yard". How about making her a part of your family? They always tell me "We just don't want to have to stress about finding a place for her we know she'll get adopted, she's a good dog". </span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Odds are your pet won't get adopted & how stressful do you think being in a shelter is? Well, let me tell you, your pet has 72 hours to find a new family from the moment you drop it off. Sometimes a little longer if the shelter isn't full and your dog manages to stay completely healthy. If it sniffles, it dies. Your pet will be confined to a small run/kennel in a room with other barking or crying animals. It will have to relieve itself where it eats and sleeps. It will be depressed and it will cry constantly for the family that abandoned it. If your pet is lucky, I will have enough volunteers in that day to take him/her for a walk. If I don't, your pet won't get any attention besides having a bowl of food slid under the kennel door and the waste sprayed out of its pen with a high-powered hose. If your dog is big, black or any of the "Bully" breeds (pit bull, rottie, mastiff, etc) it was pretty much dead when you walked it through the front door. Those dogs just don't get adopted. It doesn't matter how 'sweet' or 'well behaved' they are. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then it all ends, your pets corpse will be stacked like firewood in a large freezer in the back with all of the other animals that were killed waiting to be picked up like garbage. What happens next? Cremated? Taken to the dump? Rendered into pet food? Or used for the schools to dissect and experiment on? You'll never know and it probably won't even cross your mind. It was just an animal and you can always buy another one, right! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope that those of you who still have a beating heart and have read this are bawling your eyes out and can't get the pictures out of your head, I deal with this everyday. I hate my job, I hate that it exists & I hate that it will always be there unless you people make some changes and start educating the public. Do research, do your homework, and know exactly what you are getting into before getting a pet. These shelters and humane societies exist because people just do not care about animals anymore. Animals were not intended to be disposable but somehow that is what they are these days. Animal shelters are an easy way out when you get tired of your dog (or cat), and breeders are the ones blamed for this. Animal shelters and rescue organizations are making a hefty profit by keeping this misconception going. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Between 9 and 11 MILLION animals die every year in shelters and only you can stop it. I just hope I maybe changed one persons mind about taking their dog to a shelter, a humane society, or buying a dog. For those of you that care--- please repost this to at least one other craiglist in another city/state. Let's see if we can get this all around the US and have an impact.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana;">Now you see why fuzzlebutts wants to get involved.....this could have been any of our 11 kids :(</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Better if I hold it in my paws...Lucy</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Itty bitty Chelsey..one third the size of all the others...but is the biggest troublemaker</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On the night before Christmas all the homeless animals prayed</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Give us a voice Lord on this Christmas day”</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Let us speak to the world</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">To our misfortune, our pain, and our sad lives</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We live in the streets, in the woods, and out in the cold</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">With no shelter, no food, and no one to hold us tight</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Alone in this world as we grow old</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We give up sometimes; many of us have lost the fight</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our dreams fill our minds with visions so bright</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Of food, soft beds, and a safe place for the night</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Of a family to love us and keep us safe</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Someone please pick up this small waif</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our fur may be matted, our eyes filled with fear</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thin and ragged to the world we appear</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Many people only want us to disappear</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We have no home to go to</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">No soft voice do we hear</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">No loving pats</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">No one to calm our fear</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As days turn weeks, to months, and to years</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We ask only that people open their heart</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">To give us a chance, a fresh new start</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We promise to love them</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And guard them through the night</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If only they will give us a chance at a new life</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Lord gave them a patron, a saint, and a cause</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Rescue groups worldwide heard their sad calls</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">They came to their aid and found homes for them all</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The animals’ prayers were answered that day</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A voice they were given</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Their fears swept away</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">They were given new homes</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And families’ to love</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lots of toys, soft blankets, and hugs</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The animals have only one final wish</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">To share with one and all</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Please remember that love is the greatest gift of them all</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"></span></span>sofyblu2http://www.blogger.com/profile/02629691028646960240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403064833873709358.post-31163987762337228202010-09-17T15:06:00.000-04:002010-09-17T15:06:07.417-04:00Bonanzle, Blogs and NOT Censored!!! All is well<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We are back and unsuspended on Bonanzle. Someone jumped the gun and reported this blog as soliciting charity only. Now if we had been directly asking for funds on the forums that would be a violation. However that was not the case. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here's the final word on blogs from Bill Harding himself : "There is no rule against posting links to blog, even if they have donation buttons. What we specifically don't allow is for users to solicit donations on Bonanzle, regardless of where they are soliciting them from. Saying "I have this great blog where you can learn more about my kitty" is fine. Saying "I have this great blog where you can donate money for X cause" is not. </span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The reason we have this policy is that, prior to it, we were inundated with spammers and scammers that would try to use our forums for various nefarious causes. Obviously we like Mary a lot more than those people, but we need to apply our rules consistently for them to be fair & meaningful."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Of great importance to many of us is the issue of shipping calculators that work properly. Bill suggested that we look for a third party provider that he could possibly use. Several of us found Auctioninc. When asked yesterday Bill stated : "AuctionInc looks like it will be possible. The tech lead there has been in communication with me, just a matter of finishing up my tasks in progress before I can delve into it more deeply. Stay tuned." We're counting on you guys to make this happen sooner than later :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And back to Lucy and her band of maniacs. Either the weather change to cool or someone spiked their water..it's turned these somewhat mellow kittens into wild cats. LOL They go beyond the normal kitten play. They are body slamming each other, running and jumping off of everything, shredding every little piece of paper they can find, jumping into garbage cans, dragging around shoes, socks or even tools from the basement. About the only thing they haven't done is grab the ceiling fan and swing. I suspect that will happen any time soon.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Who would have thought such sick little kitties would rebound so fast! And growing like weeds!</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is Lucy and one of her boys, he looks so much like her, all the spots and almost her size. Funny to see Lucy with a bit of a tummy considering how emaciated she was!</span> </div> <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We'll end here for today. Thanks again to all our friends for the unreal support shown in the past few days. You are the best!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Kitty Kisses,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lucy and the Babies</span></div><div align="center"></div>sofyblu2http://www.blogger.com/profile/02629691028646960240noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403064833873709358.post-60825354295607784252010-09-15T15:12:00.000-04:002010-09-15T15:12:59.282-04:00Bonanzle, Blogs and Censorship... A word to the wise<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Well I guess the Lucy and her babies blog has now fallen to an all time low. As many of you know there was a chip in page created for Lucy and her Kittens, upon the advice of many well intentioned people. I was so very careful not to post it on Bonanzle as it is a violation of their forum policies. Throughout time, a very well meaning friend who did not know it was a violation posted it on a forum thread. The posts suddenly began being deleted. My husband not knowing the exact rules re-posted the thread. I immediately notified support at Bonanzle and I thought they might have the common sense to realize the mistakes. I am not a newbie to the rules but my husband is.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On Bonanzle we have had a lot of fun posting pictures of Joey and Lucy and all the kids. We shared so many antics all in the spirit of giving back to all those pet lovers and especially to those that showed us so much support. There is one thread that I will assume will be pulled shortly that has nothing but discussed and showed pictures of Lucy <a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/forums/10/topics/128289">http://www.bonanzle.com/forums/10/topics/128289</a> it alone has had almost 6700 views and is on the 24th page. It is now in the drama section of the forums</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I now find out that our blogs are censored by Bonanzle. The night before last, I responded to a new seller that I was following her and stated : </span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm following! I need something for beyond dry sensitive skin! here's my blog http://lucyslovesong.blogspot.com/</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This resulted in my being dmv'd for solicitation of charity. I'm assuming there's a witch hunt of non-pet lovers that have decided to make it their mission to follow my every move. Management has decided to censor my blog citing : </span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">By the end of last week all 9 cats and kittens had signs of upper respiratory infections and possibly pneumonia. So last Friday we journeyed back and forth to the vet with the 9 of them. All did have an URI and were in various stages of developing pneumonia. Apparently it is a common bug that kitties can pick up at any veterinarian hospital. $583.00 later, we were home with 9 bottles of antibiotics, each got a shot of antibiotic, each got a vitamin B shot and we came come with 2 IV's in the event someone got too dehydrated. We're hoping the mortgage company really loves cats and understands why we didn't pay this month!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sammy the 20 yr old wasn't looking so good for a few days. This is now Monday and all have showed signs of major improvement. Between little steam bathes, cleaning snotty noses and yucky eyes, passing out meds, special diets and just holding them..we need a vacation lol. Yesterday, all of them just slept day and night. By this morning it was like someone flipped the switch back on. Woke up to a cat fight on my head, someone lunged at Sammy and scared the P actually out of her and on to me..and so life has returned. And it better last!!</span>sofyblu2http://www.blogger.com/profile/02629691028646960240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403064833873709358.post-30085343188801238992010-09-07T21:26:00.000-04:002010-09-07T21:26:56.333-04:00When it rains it pours.....9 sick kitties<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Wouldn't you know it. Just get Lucy well healed up and start re-integrating all the kitties and adult cats together. Then the dreaded sneezing begins. Within 3 days all the babies, Lucy and my other 3 adult cats all have an upper respiratory infection. When it rains it really pours! Just got caught up on vet bills and now this. Just can't treat one and none of the others so it's all or none. Short of re-mortgaging the house (I'm kidding somewhat) this is becoming a financial nightmare. They will all have to be taken to the vet. My oldest Sammy is 20 years old and if she gets too dehydrated it's all about doing the subcutaneous IV fluids as well as whatever other meds are needed. $35.00 per cat for an office visit plus meds. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Some days I question my own sanity, we just wanted to help this momma and her babies. To give them a home they never had..warmth, food, toys and lots of love. Were we wrong to take on this major project? We really didn't mind giving up the last 11 weeks to devote time to them. To putting ourselves even more in debt despite the kind and generous gifts offered by many of you. We have achieved all the goals set out for this young furbutt family and now this........sorry I just needed to vent. Now back to my nursing duties...warm food, warm milk supplement, cleaning runny eyes, wiping clean snotty little noses and giving them little steam bathes so they can breathe easier. Keep a good thought for all of us would you? It would be so appreciated</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Kitty Kisses,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> The family of Lucy and her 5 babies, Jessy, Billy and Sammy</span></div>sofyblu2http://www.blogger.com/profile/02629691028646960240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403064833873709358.post-8880145365033627882010-09-02T21:51:00.002-04:002010-09-02T21:55:05.741-04:00Mug Shots of The Bengal Five<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lucy is doing so so much better! After a few terrifying days, she's back to normal although her activities remain restricted. Her incisions are healing well, even though she's been caught pulling at the sutures. Until Lucy is out and about, I'll handle her blog duties but I'm sure not as good as her. Thought maybe you'd like to see the mug shots of The Bengal Five up close and personal.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Bailey (male)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The king pin. Thinks he owns the house and the other kids. He's quickly becoming Russ' shop assistant and in the middle of anything and everything. A little over 4 pounds at 10 weeks he demands food! Only kitten that does not look like Lucy. He has a black nose! and strange looking eyes.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The sneaky one with the speed of a wildcat! He has overly large ears that I personally thinks he uses to detect capture. He's the only one with slanted eyes. This poor boy has fallen in love with Joey. He races to find Joey and latches himself on to the dog's leg or tail and won't let go. Joey puts his paw on him and the little devil weasels out and re-attacks</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This was the runt of the litter and still the tiniest at under 3 pounds. Don't let her cute, petite face fool you! She runs with boys and plays just as rough as them except when she wants attention. Then she's all love and rumbling</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This one will steal your heart and your food. She was the baby that had the hard time after surgery. She has the loudest purr for such a tiny baby, also under 3 pounds. Second in line for the biggest mouth in the bunch. She knows how to demand attention and is priming herself to be the little princess around here.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Another demanding ruler of the roost and the dinner plate. Gabby is my assistant, who is quite the kisser and huggy one. He's the same size as Bailey, and the 2 of them pound the daylights out of each other. Loves to be cuddled and has the biggest mouth of all. As a matter of fact he never shuts up. Even makes growling noises when he eats.</span><br />
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</div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On Wednesday, Aug 25th, Lucy and the kittens were all scheduled for their sterilization. The babies are just about 10 weeks old and weigh between 2.5 and 4 pounds. As expected we were a nervous wreck for our new little family as we dropped them off at 8am and couldn't pick them up till the following morning at 7:30am. Bright and early Thursday morning we were first in line to pick up our crew. Couldn't understand why they kept avoiding us and left us till last.</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Apparently the ligatures on the 2 ascending cuts were fine. However on the descending cut, the ligatures knots untied and she began bleeding in to her belly. When the pressure in her belly became too much, Lucy ripped out her sutures, inside and out, to let the blood drain out and she continued to bleed until they found her. Once stabilized, which took most of the day, they took her back into surgery. Again another incision to find out the problem, re-tie the ligatures, double check the other ones, and close her back up. I think they knew we would not let her stay there another night alone and unsupervised.</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">That night, Lucy was frantic and the only way to calm her was to hold her. She wanted nothing to do with a cage or an elizabethan collar. So I stayed up and held her for 4 hours straight just gently talking to her. She let her self relax. Managed to try the cage one more time for about 20 minutes, but went back to holding. So the entire night I just held her to my chest with her head tucked under my chin and let her sleep.</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Can we puhleeezzz go shopping now? Look at all this cool stuff on </span><a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/sofyblu2"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Bonanzle</span></a><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I'm sitting on all the right buttons so lets go find cat tree, and some more foods, some treats and some toys and, and, and ....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Me and the kids have been keeping mom and dad really busy. The babies have learned to play really well and jump up on everything. Mom's office desk is pretty cool to play hockey on..everything gets thrown off on the floor lol. And then there's the shelves of china to get lost in..so many places to check out.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This past week I've been going out to meet my new brothers and sisters. Samantha is a 20 year old kitty that tolerates me pretty well but is not exactly enthused about the kitties pouncing on her. Billy is 11 years old and Jessy is 8 years old. I pounded them good a couple of times and they are afraid of me...showed them who's boss! Then Sofy is an 7 year old Black Lab/Chow who loves me and the babies. Joey is the 8 month old Great Pyrenees/St. Bernard..boy is he a handful! Joey loves all of us but we have to watch him with the kittens because he gets so excited. The babies just love to crawl all over him and nest in his fur, especially that big ol tail.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hope you all have a fabulous week! We got a new kind of litter box and we have to go try it out! Mom says it's great. It's called the </span><a href="http://www.breezeforcats.com/?DCMP=KNC-BRZ-Goog-2010-BR&HBX_PK=breeze+litter&HBX_OU=50&D=1943648&T=5560582"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Breeze Litter System by Tidy Cat</span></a><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> No more litter all over the place and no more perfume. We'll see you later!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">p.s. feel free to tweet us or facebook us, it would be really appreciated!</span> </div>sofyblu2http://www.blogger.com/profile/02629691028646960240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403064833873709358.post-13624499662853053052010-07-10T23:08:00.000-04:002010-07-10T23:08:32.268-04:00Lucy and the Chunkettes<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Can't believe it's been 8 days since I last wrote to you all! Some days the hours just whiz by us. In 2 days the babies will be 4 weeks old already! In past few days, they have all learned to run kinda wobbily and are eating other foods too. We get Fancy Feast three times a day, then twice a day a mixture of replacement milk, KMR 2nd step cereal and Fancy Feast. Our human mom, ground up Blue Buffalo Wilderness hard kibble and some Purina Kitten chow for us to nibble on as well. Boy are we stuffed, then we go nurse with momma for a while to top it all off.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mom gets to look out the window all day if she wants. Said she wasn't the one who broke all the blinds either! Us kids took over the bathroom lately! Gots to go! One of the babies is trying to pull Joey's tail under the door! LOL</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And then Sofy got hurt a couple of days ago! Joey pushed her off the deck and she landed smack on her nose on the pavement. She got her nose all scraped up and bloody. Her lip is still swollen! Oh yea, Sofy is our newest sister! She is a 7 year old Black Lab/Chow Chow. Ewwww and she has a black tongue too! She hates to have her picture taken. She was a rescue pup from Detroit where she was badly abused for her first 4 months of life. This is her.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I thought today I'd show you how good I'm beginning to look! I'll probably be skinny and underweight until I get done feeding all these kids. But my fur is just shining now. Mom or Dad brush me out everyday and boy does that feel good! </span></div><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Me and mom have been having a struggle as I keep trying to move my babies out of the cage. So we agreed to compromise! During the daytime I get the hallway foyer all closed off for just us and at night we go back in the cage. My little ones are trying so hard to walk and their shaky wee legs need to gain some strength. They are now about 14 days old.</span><br />
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</div>sofyblu2http://www.blogger.com/profile/02629691028646960240noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403064833873709358.post-59097570080340527912010-06-25T21:40:00.000-04:002010-06-25T21:40:13.887-04:00Oh My! All the Help!<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We had a busy first week at our new house. Mom and Dad bought a large parrot cage that measures 2 1/2 feet wide x 4 feet long x 4 feet tall. They put a soft, new mattress cover on the floor of the cage, a new bed and all kinds of goodies for us. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We were fortunate to meet with John McTaggart, of <a href="http://www.lilyslove.org/">Lily's Love Foundation</a> who has provided the extra food my folks needed to care for me (there are already 3 indoor cats, an older dog and a very large breed puppy living here). His foundation is a true act of love, helping those who may be in jeopardy of giving up their pets because they can't afford to feed them due to financial difficulties. In our case the extra meals I really needed were straining the family budget very tightly. If you ever care to make a donation to a superior worthwhile organization, please consider Lily's Love. John is truly one of a kind! He even makes the delivery! Now how cool is that! At Lily's Love they have <a href="http://www.lilyslove.org/index_files/Page470.htm">Gabe’s Gang Pet Soup Kitchen</a> which offers free and low-cost pet food to families in financial crisis. They have the <a href="http://www.lilyslove.org/index_files/Page491.htm">Gracie Grant Program</a> that offers families in temporary financial crisis grants to help cover the costs of life-saving veterinary treatments and procedures. These grants are offered as an alternative to euthanasia when pets face a treatable, yet life-threatening condition. Unfortunately this program is not accepting new applications at this time because they have already exceeded their budget which is funded by private donations. And then, wait! there's more! <a href="http://www.lilyslove.org/index_files/Page512.htm">Toby’s Toy Box</a> is aimed at providing families in temporary economic hardship pet supplies and services at reduced prices or, in some cases, at no cost at all. I really love John for giving me 30 cans of Fancy Feast.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mom set up the Chip In page to help pay for me and the babies to go to the vet for our exam and blood work, to buy us food and basic supplies, to have us all dewormed, and the spay/neutering of the 6 of us (not feeling real good about that but we'll see). I guess I do eat a lot :) 4 cans of Fancy Feast Kitten food made with milk a day, I get milk replacement several times a day, a scrambled egg with cheese and yogurt twice a day plus hard kitten kibble. After living on garbage my tummy's never felt this good or this full!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On June 18th, me and the kittens made the trip to the vet for blood work and a physical exam. It was the first time mom held me in her arms and I loved it! I purred and snuggled in..now this I like. Got thru the blood work fairly easy and they said I was negative for feline leukemia, aids and heart worm. All I know is that I was getting put in my new nursery which was great cause my 5 wee ones opened their eyes on the 17th and they are a squiggly mess. Here I am in my new bed! Oh yea, there's one of my kids :) I forgot the most important part! I have 3 little boys and 2 little girls :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Today we feel like we are truly blessed by all our friends whether new or old. The outpouring of love for us has been unbelievable. May God bless you ten times over..no make that 100 times over. You have made one very lonely and scared young momma feel safe and loved. I'll no longer be scrounging for food, hiding from predators or trying to keep the bugs off my kittens. Super big hugs to you all. Until tomorrow...</span><br />
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