Adopt a Shelter Cat Month
I wanted to do something special for this very important month, but time slipped away from me as it often does. So, on this last day of the month, all I can do is share a poem. It is based on what I imagine a caged, shelter cat might be thinking. Maybe it will touch your heart enough to adopt a new friend.
Musings of a Shelter Cat
Oh, look at that one. Doesn’t she look nice? Do you think she’ll notice me? Maybe she’ll want to hold me. I’m going to purr really loud. Maybe she’ll hear me and come this way. She’s not taking the bait. Should I meow? Maybe she likes talkative cats. No…nothing! Maybe I should roll around, show her I like to play. Maybe she likes active cats. No… she’s leaving. She didn’t even look my way. She probably wants a kitten and thinks I’m to old to adopt. Oh, look at that one. He looks nice. I think he’s a cat man. Prrrr… prrrr…prrrr…prrr! © Janet Buickerood Blue June 29, 2014
And the Winner is…
our furiends, Hannah and Lucy, in the UK. Pretty purrfect…a garden flag with two cats for a two-cat household. I’ll be contacting them via e-mail for their address.
I used Random.org to select the winner. Forty-two comments were left on the post, Fabulous Feline Flag Giveaway. Number 28 was the first number selected of the 42 by the random number generator. Hannah and Lucy made that 28th comment.
I wish I had flags for all 42 making comments. Alas, I don’t, but I will plan to offer them again in future giveaways. I hope some of you like them well enough that you will order one or more for yourself or as gifts from AJ’s Pup Pastries.
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YEA!! Hannah and Lucy must have a great English Garden just waiting for the lovely flag.
Conkatz to Hannah n Lucy!!!
Apawz Apawz!
Lub Nylablue n Sherriellen Mum
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Congratulations to the flag winners! ☺ that poem is so sweet. Poor adult cats get looked over so much. We have to get kittens/puppies here or my doggie brother won’t accept them. He doesn’t like adult kitties that aren’t ‘his cats’
Hi, C.A.T.S mom Judy, here. The poem made me really sad. I wish people would consider adopting older cats. The best cat that I ever had was Andy’s mom, Ginger. She was a pregnant stray / barn cat. We didn’t know where she came from only that she turned up at our neighbors farm. I fed her and eventually got her to trust me. We took her in along with Andy and his brother Oddie and found good homes for the other kittens. Ginger ended up being the absolute best cat that I ever had. She knew what it was like to be scared and lonely and she was so grateful to us. If a cat (or dog) is old enough to remember living on the street or in a shelter they will be forever grateful to a kind loving human who adopts them.
That is a wonderful tribute to shelter cats and I am sure sometimes they think like that. Any thing to get out of that cage. I like that and we are thrilled that Hannah and Lucy won those flags. That is just terriific. Have a great day.
Oh we wish we could take all shelter cats to forever homes
We love your poem and our hearts go out to all the shelter kitties awaiting forever homes…Congrats to Hannah and Lucy on the win of the garden flag, that will be great for them!
Concats to Hannah & Lucy!
Your poem make our mama’s eyes get all wet. Everytime she is working at the shelter she takes some time to go out to the adopt rooms and visit the kitties. Most of the time the people are looking at kittens while the older cats watch. The other day when she was there she looked in Catopia (one of the rooms) and there were folks playing with the big kitties. It made her smile.
Concats to the flag winners! Your poem brought a little leak to our eyes….we wish we could have another kitty, but it took the Human 7+ years to get me to trust her at all, and she is scared to do anything to risk me regressing. She talked to the peeps at her vet’s office about it and they were not optimistic about me tolerating a new family member. So in the meantime, she contributes as much as she can to good kitty causes and thinks, Someday…….. XOXOXOXOXO
Hooray! That flag is perfect for our sweet pals Hannah and Lucy! 🙂
We love that shelter cat poem. Surely that is what they are all thinking!
Concatulations on the winners ! Well done ! Purrs
Dat is so pawsum!!! A little sad but vewy touchin’. Mommy wuld adopt evew kitty in da world ifin hers kuld. And Concats tu Hannah and Lucy.
Luv ya’
Dezi
Oh, well done the winners..Mummy and Daddy are from the UK (they talk funny there!).
The REAL Maple Syrup Mob xxxxx
Concats to Hannah & Lucy! We think they are the purrfect kitties for the flag! We might have some adoption news to share, we hope!
That poem made our mommy’s eyes leaky. She’s weird.
Concats to Hannah and Lucy!
Concats Hannah and Lucy! Your poem put tears in Mom’s eyes. She would adopt a dozen of us if should could afford it. We feel so sad for kitties and puppies that don’t have their own furrever homes.
Marty and the Gang
It must be so difficult to be a kitty in a shelter while attempting to be noticed by possible adopters . . .especially when you might be very stressed out by the environment in which you find yourself. Great poem! Congrats to Hannah and Lucy. We do love the flag enough to order one for ourselves. We will have to get our Mama on that!
Leo sends his love to Lily Olivia his Little Fortune Cookie.
the critters in the cottage xo
Concats to Hannah and Lucy. I like the poem about the shelter cats.
Concatulations to Hannah and Lucy!
What a beautifully touchin’ poem.
Purrs,
Nissy
Concatulations to Hannah & Lucy! We just recently started following them 🙂
Love your poem. It made me want to adopt all of the shelter kitties…. as usual. Hopefully it will touch the heart of someone with a less full house-hold.
Sampson sends many kisses to Astrid, and we all send our love!
Hooray for Hanna and Lucy!
Congratulations to Hannah and Lucy!
We came back to let you know that you are one of the first 6 to comment that you want to try the hairball chews. There were two others before you that either passed or live outside the US or Canada. So you will be receiving 2 packs of the chews. Watch for the man in the blue shorts! 🙂
CONCATULATIONS TO HANNAH AND LUCY!! Wooo hooo!
Our congrats also to Hannah and Lucy!
Have a great week…
Noodle and crew
A big concats to Hannah and Lucy! They have such a nice garden we know that flag will look great in it!
What a sweet verse. We wish we could adopt them all … but we hope that those who are looking will find a special friend to share their homes with.
conga ratz two ewe hannah & lucy !!! thiz bee one awesum garden flag 🙂
Yes, we think that’s how a shelter cat must feel. Always having to put on a show in order to find a furever home.
Congrats to Hannah and Lucy. We know they and their mum will love the flag.
Concats to Hannah and Lucy…….and please give your Mom a big hug for being able to speak for the shelter cat – I remember saying those things in the shelter and also remember how excited I was to be taken out of my little cage and hugged by the very first human EVER to hug me…..now I get hugs from those humans every single day. I wish that for every homeless animal everywhere….to know love.
Hugs, Sammy
Concats to Hannah and Lucy!!!
How lovely and concats to Hannah and Lucy 🙂 and we love the poem…so many older kitties deserve a home and they have a lot to offer ..so sad they get looked over …hoping your Monday os sunny and lovely 🙂 hugs Fozziemum xx
I purr for every shelter cat, every day. Someday, they will all find a home.
Well done Hannah and Lucy xxx
Concats to Hannah and Lucy! You’re right it’s purrfect for them!
Have a happy Monday, sweet furriends.
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