Billy the Cat is a Locksmith
During the day Betty (the shelter manager) lets all the cats out in the cat room to play and they all get along wonderfully! Last night Betty decided to leave Billy out for the night so he could have some free time. Well it seems that Billy was lonely playing all by himself so he let all the other cats out of their cages. Betty came in this morning to find them playing happily in the cat room. retold by Candace
Way to go Billy! What a good natured friendly kitty.
Billy has a sponsor who has offered to donate monthly (for Billy's care until he finds a home) to the group that rescues him. She knows what a wonderful intelligent cat he is.
I wonder what else he can figure out. He has great eyes to paw coordination! I could have used his skills at my house when I couldn't figure out how to open the Have A Heart Mouse Trap.
Bobby, Alex & Homer- Three Adorables - Nov.29 UPDATE
Adorable Number 1Looking at Bobby the basset hound mix makes me ask myself what it is about basset hounds that makes me smile? The only answer I can come up with is that I like laid back dogs who if they were people might say don't sweat the small stuff. Just find a person to cuddle with and relax.
Bobby is most likely a basset collie mix. Could two breeds be more different? One can be a bit lazy, the other has a history of being a herder. But you can't judge any dog by these types of descriptions. Bobby is one unique dude. He will be a super pet. I mean really, wouldn't you like to hang out with him on the couch or have him as your exercise partner for long walks? He is about one year old, and he loves people.
Here is information about basset hounds
http://www.bassethoundrescue.com/maindefault.htm
November 29, 2007 Update
Bobby has a new picture. Is this the same dog? Yipe. It is. Bobby looks different in different lights. He is like one of the models on American's Next Top Model. He has different looks. One day he looks basset hound and another he looks corgi and basset hound. I think some of this as any good model knows is that angle, light, attitude and pose is everything in the modeling business. Don't get me wrong. I am not saying the models on Tyra Bank's show are dogs. I am talking photography.
We suspect Bobby may be a mix of corgi, basset hound and collie. He is a lovable mutt.
More about Corgis
http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/cardigancorgi.htm
Look at this Corgi organization that gives financial aid to needy corgis and corgi mixes.
http://www.corgiaid.org/
Adorable Number 2
Alex is the orange and white calico kitty on your right. He was given up with his sister due to family illness. His sister was adopted. Alex is alone now waiting for his person. He has very soft fur and is very friendly. He is just a baby. Take him home please! One is the loneliest number.Nov. 29 ALEX WAS ADOPTED!
Adorable Number 3
This is Homer. I am so sad he is growing up at the shelter. The first photograph is him now. The second is Homer when he came to Mason County Animal Shelter. He is such a little love. He is still a baby. Please adopt this beautiful kitty or rescue him. He is purrfect. He has been lucky to remain alive at the shelter, but that could change any moment. HURRY, HE NEEDS YOU.
rescue or adoption inquiries
mcasrescues-owner@yahoogroups.com
Cat Poems & Picture and Gifts For the Animals
I wrote these poems about my cat Sammie who passed away several years ago. One poem is about eating, the other about loss. At holidays many people eat a lot, and many people remember their loved ones who are not around anymore. I am doing both. I am going to add a happy holiday poem later.
If My Cat Could Write A Poem
She's in bed again
With the pillow on her head again.
I need to eat.
Meow. Meow. Meow.
I want her to get up. Again.
Like she did to feed me last night.
Oh more kitty treats
Maybe if I sat on her feet,
She'd get up, again
Meow. Meow. Meow.
There are no crunchy treats
In my dish in the room
Where my water bowl
Is clear and deep.
She has the pillow on her head.
It doesn't matter that
It is night
I want to eat again. Now.
If a cat could write a poem, imagine a cat painting a picture.
http://www.monpa.com/wcp
For Sammie
1
long and flat in the sunlight stretching
gray belly fur tipped with white
wise whiskers reflecting sun
joyous cat
in the afternoon yellow hues
crystal globe in the window
against venitian blinds summer light
made rainbows on your belly
white like down
warm like blood
blue spaces cover the bed
with spots of dust bunny gray fur
sunlight becomes moonlight
a waning moon follows my eyes
I search the empty window sill
where you watched
crickets in the night.
2
I called you Fur Girl and Kitty Woman
I called you my Snookie Poo
And Sammie Wammie Woo
I called you many names
and you never said a word
In the middle of the night
I called you
You sometimes came
and watched the woman
who fed you speak
If we were to meet again
and I called you in that yearning way
would you stand in the light
then go away?
I call you my angel cat
my tether to the other side
I still call you in the night
Wait for you to appear
This time in a dream or in sound
Your paws on linoleum
the bouncing of your body on my bed
or tuna water gone
I call you like you could appear
Somehow
out of nowhere
Don't forget the animals during this season.
The best gift besides time and affection you can give your pets is the gift of safety during the holidays. Chocolate can be deadly to dogs and watch those little gifts of chicken or turkey from holiday meals that you give to your pets. Make sure the bones are removed.Check out this link to find other hazards to pets during this season and how to protect them.
http://www.azhumane.org/artimgr/publish/article_592.shtml
The best gift you can give a shelter animal or stray cat or dog is a home. Experts suggest to only give a pet to someone who is interested in animals and has shown interest in being a pet owner and to include the recipient in the choice of the pet. An animal is not an impulse purchase that can be returned like a computer game.
Other Ways to Help Needy Animals
If you can, donate to the shelter, rescue, or feral cat association of your choice . You can also donate pet food to your local food pantry.
Mason's dogs would like some more of these. It gets real cold in WV. http://www.kuranda.com/catalog/donate_landing.php?intShelterID=3113
Poems and Picture
copyright E.P. Glixman
IS THERE A DOCTOR DOLITTLE IN THE AUDIENCE? I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT BETTY, LOUIE, & CASEY ARE THINKING. UPDATE
Sometimes I wonder what animals are thinking. Once I was so puzzled by the antics of a scared senior cat I was fostering that I called an animal communicator. The cat was "talkative" and somewhat affectionate as long as I was lying down, but as soon as I stood up, he ran in fear. There were other things this traumatized tabby cat did too that made me realize I didn't have a clue how to help him. I have to admit his behavior was slowly driving me crazy. The animal communicator talked to the 14 year old cat and told me he said he wasn't like this with his owner of 13 years who had died. He had been in three trial homes before he came to me. He told the animal communicator that he was always a nervous cat, and he didn't like change. He didn't like it when I moved furniture around in my apartment. I was pretty surprised to hear about his dislike of things moving because that is exactly what I had been doing- rearranging furniture. I stopped moving furniture. He became less skittish. He also said he wasn't around many people in his original home. He didn't want to talk about his former owner who he loved very much. He was such a sad kitty. When I first saw him he would not look at me, he would not move. He kept his back side to me the whole ride to my house. From my experiences with this cat, I saw how animals are in some ways just like people in that they have preferences and go towards what is pleasurable and move away from what is not. They react to stress and trauma. They can respond to abandonment and loss by becoming fearful and depressed. And they show trust and affection when acceptance comes their way. I learned a lot from this senior cat.
I've been thinking about Betty the cat wondering what life is like for her with one eye. She is such a loving cat. I hope someone will give her a chance. I asked cat lovers on a kitten forum I found while googling one eyed cats about one eyed cats and if they owned one or knew someone who did and here is what one person wrote:
A friend of mine had a wonderful one-eyed cat named, of course, Pirate. He'd found Pirate as a 6-month kitten with a bad eye infection. The vet was able to save one eye but not the other. Pirate didn't let his status upset him one bit because he was too busy playing, catching any bug that dared enter his domain, and purring the moment one of his many devoted fans made eye contact, let alone petted him. The only way that you could tell from his behavior that he had that missing eye was that he sometimes jumped a bit if somebody approached him from that side while he was paying attention to something else. It certainly didn't make him more aggressive (except when he was Vanquishing his toys and sometimes calling to his humans to admire his Mad Skills) or less friendly to strange humans. We don't know whether he ever even aware of his missing eye, but if he was, he faced the loss with an "oh, well, life's still wonderful fun!" that any human could envy. He died at 16 from a completely unrelated kidney infection. Nobody could tell whether he knew that he was a special little rescue or not, but given the love he lavished on his owner and anybody else who gave him a treat or a petting, I wouldn't doubt it for a minute.
One other person wrote she has two one-eyed kitties who she loves dearly. She lets them roam her 13 acres but keeps them in at night. We need a cat opthalmologist here to explain about how the loss of an eye can affect a cat's night vision.
It is hard to know if Betty knows she has one eye. I don't know what happened to her, but like Pirate she has adapted.Please give this beauty a chance.
And Casey, the handsome dog who is crazy for belly rubs, how can he be so cheerful in the shelter where his life might be on the line?
Here is a link to one animal communicator's website.
http://www.petcommunicator.com/Questions.html
UPDATE NOVEMBER 27
UPDATE NOV 29 Louie the Himalayan was rescued!
COULD YOU BE KELLY'S LUCKY STAR?
KELLY'S STORY
Tortoiseshell cat
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tortoiseshell and calico describe a coloring found in cats caused by a combination of specific genetic traits. In female cats, where this trait primarily occurs, it is a result of X-inactivation, in which different patches of fur receive coding for different hair color due to the activation of an X chromosome from either the mother or the father. Calico coloring is a mix of phaeomelanin based colors (red) and eumelanin based colors (black, chocolate and cinnamon). Cats of this coloration are believed to bring good luck in the folklore of many cultures;[1]
( read more)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortoiseshell_cat
What Kelly will definitely bring to your life is the company of a smart and sensitive cat. Do you think you could be the person who will bring the light of happiness back into her eyes?
**UPDATE ON BILLY (THE BLACK & WHITE CAT WHOSE PHOTO IS ABOVE KELLY'S PHOTO)**
I wanted to give Kelly her own post, but I got some good news about Billy and had to tell you. He is ready for a loving home too. He is around a year old. Bill was very scared when he first came to the shelter. But now he has turned into a love bug who is ready to sit in anyone's lap who will pet him and say sweet nothings in his kitty ears. Billy has gotten in touch with his inner kitty and now needs someone to love. Billy looks like he has been around. In this picture he has that ROCKY BALBOA caught in a pensive moment look. I wonder what stories he could tell you. The posted picture was taken when he first came to the shelter.
For rescue inquiries contact
mcasrescues-owner@yahoogroups.com
IF YOU LIKE BAGELS, THERE ARE A COUPLE AT THE SHELTER
There are two sweet bagels at the shelter. Did I say bagels? I must be hungry. I mean beagles. Janet and Jenny are two young female tricolored beagles who were brought in as strays. Janet is about one year old and Jenny is two or three. According to Betty, they are both friendly and good with other dogs. Like every other four footed creature who is in a shelter, they want outta here.
Beagles are such great dogs. When I was a child, I had a beagle who stole my heart. His name was Tuffy. He went around sniffing everything. Sniffing was the way he learned about the things around him.Beagles make great family pets or can be trained as hunting dogs.
Look at Janet's floppy ears. Isn't she cute? Jenny reminds me of Tuffy with her little beagle belly. Tuffy's belly was a lot bigger. He enjoyed the finer things in life like getting into the garbage and eating the table scrapes my brother and I fed him when our parents weren't looking.
E-mail for rescue inquiries
mcasrescues-owner@yahoogroups.com
"Our Sweet Boy Dozer" Doesn't Feel So Good. He Needs A Place To Recuperate.
Candice at the shelter wrote:"Our sweet boy Dozer tested positive for Heartworm. It is just too stressful to start treatment for him in the shelter. Does anyone have room for this sweet guy?
Dozer is a young male Rottie. He was an owner surrender. I am guessing the HW is why they turned him in. Betty, the Shelter Manager, reports that he gets along well with everyone, people, kids and other dogs.
Please email me (Candice Owens) at mcasrescue@cox. net
or at mcasrescues@ yahoogroups. com if you can help Dozer in anyway."
The estimated cost of treatment is between $300.00 -$700.00.Monetary contributions towards Dozer's treatment will be gratefully accepted. I'm sure Dozer would give you a big wet kiss for helping save his life.
This link explains what heartworm is and the treatment plan. There is a picture of what a heart with heartworm looks like on the site. Yee Gads! No wonder Dozer feels so bad. We have to help Dozer!
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BREAKING NEWS AND OTHER TAILS***UPDATE
Heidi is a Boy! ***Heath adopted. Homer needs a home.
Of course Heidi knew she was a boy. She is one smart kitty. But Heidi didn't know what to do when the people at the shetler said, "that one over there is a girl." She had no words to protest and no one understood "cat " like no one at the shelter understood Marsian (what the Martians on Mars speak). When she said "meow meow meowwwwwwwwwww," people thought she was hungry or wanted out of her cage.
Well it took a little time, but Heidi is officially Heath and part of the Homer and Heath duo.
Homer and Heath are playful kitties. They climb on the inside of the cage and reach out through it trying to get attention. Homer and Heath were brought to the shelter by an elderly couple who found them. They are about 3 months old and want OUTTA HERE. Not that the people aren't nice, but they want their own person or persons. Both are sponsored.
Sheba is a new dog in town. What a sweet beauty with two blue eyes. She is a three year old Husky. Her ideal home is one with older children or adults and people who like conversations. She is a talker in search of her human soul mate.
Let's not forget Casey the lab/Norwegian Elkhound from the Smiling Maxine post. He NEEDS OUTTA HERE also. Older dogs who are rescued are so grateful for the chance to have a home and a person that loves them.
for rescue inquiries contact
E-mail for rescue inquiries
mcasrescues-owner@yahoogroups.com
BETTY IS BLOSSOMING /CORRECTION NOV.13.SHE IS IN FULL BLOOM!
Rescues, Betty is waiting for you. She is at Mason County Animal Shelter Pt. Pleasant WV.
UPDATE**UPDATE**UPDATE**UPDATE**UPDATE**
BETTY IS A LAP CAT!!!! YEH BETTY!!! BETTY LOVES TO BE HELD. THE SHELTER MANAGER SAYS BETTY HAS COME A LONG WAY AND WILL MAKE SOMEONE OR A FAMILY VERY HAPPY. BETTY IS IN FULL BLOOM.
Betty is not fond of being held. Can you imagine? She is between 9-12 months.She only has one eye. She recently started playing with some kitty toys and started liking attention. This not being cuddled thing could easily be reversed with the right owner. Is it you? She also maybe scared, and as I say all the time, some animals do a 100% turn in behaviour once that are out of the scary or confining shelter. Betty may turn out to be that kind of kitty.
I read a story written by an adopter of a cat from the MSPCA, Massachusetts Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, in one of their mailings. The adopter adopted an adolescent cat. She had a dog and cat at home who did not get along. When she brought the new kitty home, she showed him, while placing a gate at the top of the stairs, that in this house the second floor was for cats and the first for dogs and no animal ever dared cross that peacekeeping gate. Well this spunky cat would have no part of this arrangement. He went downstairs and hung out. He grabbed the dog by the ankle and hissed. He even slept in the dog's bed. So upstairs the 13 year old cat who never went down stairs since the dog came was watching.Weeks or months later, I forget, he came down stairs, sat on the couch, hissed at the dog and became free never having to stay upstairs again out of fear. It was like the Berlin Wall coming down on a smaller scale(you know what I mean). SO who says you can't teach old dogs or scared cats new tricks?
Betty could become the biggest cuddler on earth in a few minutes in the right environment. We can only hope(what is life without a cuddle now and then?), or if not respect her for who she is. Cats can bring joy to people in many ways. Every cat is not a lap cat.
Betty is at Mason County Animal Shelter WV
E-mail for rescue inquiries
mcasrescues-owner@yahoogroups.com
TWO WEST VIRGINIA DOGS- SMILING MAXINE & SWEET MATURE CASEY** Nov 29 LATEST UPDATE
***UPDATE**UPDATE**UPDATE **CASEY
CASEY is the dog in the top photo dressed for Halloween
" CASEY IS VERY LOVEABLE. WHEN HE SEES ANYONE HE ROLLS OVER TO HAVE HIS TUMMY RUBBED. VERY SWEET AND PLAYFUL. HE'LL MAKE SOME FAMILY A GREAT PET." from the shelter manager
Maxine and Casey are two of the Urgent dogs at Mason County Animal Shelter in Pt. Pleasant West Virginia. Here is what a volunteer at the shelter said about each dog.
"I believe Maxine is a full pit. Who knows for sure though.There is not a mean bone in her body. She just has the prettiest, sweetest eyes, and the prettiest face. She doesn't even really bark that much. I know I have taken smaller dogs around her kennel, and she didn't growl, snarl, or anything negative. She loves attention and would make a great pet. Plus she has a sponsor which means the cost of her basic vetting is covered when she goes to rescue.
Casey is older and to me he has a look of fear or betrayal in his eyes. I can't remember if he was owner surrender; I think he was because they said he was about 8 years old. He is sweet but a little scared. He did have a sore on his front leg too. I think they are treating it. The shelter thinks he's a norwegian elkhound/lab mix.It is often hard to figure out exactly what mixes are. I'm sure he has some years of love left in him if someone would just look into his big brown eyes, open their heart, and give him a chance. Hopefully we can get some sponsor money for him. Then rescue."
NOV 29
Latest Update on Maxine and Casey- Both still available
For information on these dogs, visit the Mason County Animal Shelter site
masoncountyshelter
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| A rescue has stepped up for Maxine but they do not currently have any open foster space. This girl is URGENT. Can anyone else rescue her? Per county orders, bully breeds can go to rescue only. NO local adoptions. We are rescue-friendly! Rescues, please e-mail to inquire. | |||
MCASRescues-owner@yahoogroups.com
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