We made early morning appointments to volunteer, clearly forgetting who we are. We stumbled in and headed for our assignments; somehow I pulled the poshest "work" detail ever. I chose
Sinjin's House, which is the home of Best Friends' fat cats. These guys need no socialization, so I spent three hours scritching and grooming them. Sure, my tongue is fuzzy, but my heart is full.
Millie:
Millie came to Best Friends at 31 pounds. Since she's been here, she's lost 3 pounds. You know what it's like to try to lose 10% of your body weight, so let's hear it for the girl. She's very healthy, but exertion taxes her heart. Walking hurts, as you might imagine, and makes her cranky. What doesn't make her cranky: scritches.
She is a feature of the tour - everyone hears about Millie - so I felt honored to be in the presence of celebrity. One of the founders came through looking for her, gave her a pet and a pep talk, and left again.
Nora: <--- check out her "before" picture!
Nora gave me The Look only once this morning, and it was for this picture. She is affectionate and sweet, spending lots of time on my lap, and has no special needs that I know of. I sorta fell for her, but her house is so much nicer than ours! I was envious of her free access to a predator-proof sun porch. She would have resented me forever.
Aly is an attention-hog with a great voice. He wants your full attention, but will settle for the sound of one hand petting. Again, check out his headshots. They do a great job of slimming these big cats down, and replacing extra food with extra attention.
Buddah is the house's Biggest Loser, now that he's a slim, svelte kitty. Is this cat svelte? It is now - I just svelte him.
The caregiver, Barbara, described Orson as a hunka hunka handsome kitty. He is very friendly and cuddlesome. He does have special needs - he has meds for his glaucoma, and doesn't see fully. He probably suffered a car fan belt accident when he was younger.
Isabelle is shy, and enjoyed her cattery instead of enjoying me. I svelte like being alone.
Annie worked in Dogtown with the puppies, and she wants me to show you her fuzzy charges:
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| Bugs, who apparently eats anything. Shown: dirt |
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| Hampton. He got adopted today! |
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| He doesn't have special needs - his junk was hot. |
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| Not adoptable. |
We signed up for four more sessions, including a PIG GIG on Saturday! SCORE!
