Posted in Adoptions

I just heard that Minnie, the longest resident in our shelter, was adopted. She had been in the shelter since January, 2009. For months we tried to find the right home for her without any success. Then one of our volunteers told her mother about Minnie and, almost immediately, her mother fell in love with her and took her home. How's that for an an… read more

Posted in Adoptions

I just heard that Minnie, the longest resident in our shelter, was adopted. She had been in the shelter since January, 2009. For months we tried to find the right home for her without any success. Then one of our volunteers told her mother about Minnie and, almost immediately, her mother fell in love with her and took her home. How's that for an an… read more

Posted in Adoptions

I am a volunteer adoptions counselor for cats at my local shelter, The Washington County Humane Society. Today,Saturday, the shelter was open to the public from 1 to 5 in the afternoon and I was there as a counselor. I worked a little more than four hours and didn't even find five minutes of free time to sneak out for a cigarette. The place was nut… read more

Posted in General

It's nice to know I'm popular. Last night when I went to bed Hans crawled up right beside my shoulder and laid down next to me. I've noticed he has been doing that more lately, I believe partly because he's now a senior cat and quieter and more reserved. Then Bagheera crawled up and squeezed between Hans and me so he would be closer to me. Hans did… read more

Posted in Adoptions

The shelter was absolutely wild this afternoon, but it was probably worth it because we got a lot of applications for adoptions. I don't know exactly how many because I was so busy I didn't have time to look at the stack of applications but it must have been a dozen or more. I only had two applications myself but while talking to one of the other v… read more