Shelter Cat – Freddy
Three-year-old Freddy, who’s recently neutered, looks a little unhappy in his photo. That look accurately expresses how Freddy felt when his photo was taken. The confused boy was happily settled in a home and felt fine about being a boy in every sense. After three years of life, Freddy felt that he understood the world.
Suddenly the people he trusted changed Freddy’s reality. They took him to the shelter. Anyone, of any species, would be miffed and afraid. Being stuffed in a carrier and taken to be neutered, vaccinated and treated for fleas didn’t make Freddy feel better.
However, Freddy learned to love people when he was a kitten. He’s already forgiven these new people. Still, he wants to quickly move to his forever home.
Teeter is the perfect family dog. The five-month-old, golden girl has Labrador understanding and eagerness to please, mixed with a Beagle’s soul-deep sweetness. The combination also created the ideal-sized pet. Teeter won’t be too little, thus, too easily injured, or too big, thus, too difficult to share a sofa with.
Most pet lovers tell anyone who’s interested about their cat or dog. Yet, frequently people bring an animal to the shelter, explaining that the animal, the one clinging to them, is a stray. That was what the person who delivered 11-month-old, social, golden, purring boy Braxton said.
Six-month-old Eleven and his brother, Poe, would have made many owners laugh, at the boisterous kittens and at their own foolishness. Left on their own, being “boys who just wanna have fun”, the kittens got into food left out. It was a prank. It was kitty-cat curiosity. But, with these kittens’ owners, it was the end of being loved.
The holidays are happy times, unless you spend them alone, in a shelter. It’s especially sad because this is 11-month-old Holly’s first Christmas. It’s sad, too, because Holly remembers being adored as a kitten. The pretty little white girl, with gold decorations, can’t talk about that, but Holly’s trust in and love of people shows it.
Perseverance isn’t a kitten anymore. And she isn’t cuddly anymore, either. In fact, she’s afraid to be touched. She’s even afraid when people get too close. Yet, Perseverance wasn’t always that way. Unkind people have taught her that it’s safest to run. It’s the way a cat who’s been abandoned manages to survive, to persevere.
Vada is in her second favorite place in her current world, her cat bed. The pretty copper-colored tabby’s favorite place is on a friendly person’s lap. However, laps are hard to access in the shelter. So Vada settles for a place that almost feels happy.
As he and his sister Pillar huddled, hiding in the undercarriage of the mobile home, Timmy knew that he should be the brave, manly brother. Still, as a baby, it was hard to be manly. Still, both kittens expected Mama to be back any minute. After all, she’d always stayed close. She’d always fed them, even as she faded herself.
Pillar is a perfect, pretty, 10-week-old miracle. The little girl is rare because she’s golden. Most golden cats are male. But that’s not why she’s miraculous. Pillar and her brother Timmy survived alone in the belly of a mobile home, after their mama was taken away. For a week, the nursing babies waited for mama to return.
Stormy, as an Oriental mix, is naturally lithe and elegant, like sacred Egyptian cats. Yet, poor, heroic Stormy passed the line of aristocratically slender to pathetically starved. Her people abandoned Stormy. And it was, as so many sad songs say, just when she needed them most.
Dramatic cases of animal injury and recovery are common at the Grant County Friends of the Animal Shelter and Castle is no exception. We encourage you to read Castle’s story and learn more about how you can help this resilient cat’s recovery efforts.
When a law enforcement officer asks for help from the shelter staff, it can be very serious. Situations don’t get much more serious than Marley’s was. Read Marley’s story and learn more about how you can help this sweet dog’s recovery efforts.
