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September 21, 2021
Dear Danette and the kitty loving care givers at PFOA, I think of you often and miss my visits to Safe Haven. I was sad to hear that Merry has died. Merry was quite a tough old girl with an attitude. She could still be sweet and friendly when the mood suited her. That is what I like about cats. Dogs are an open book. Cats are complicated. 😀
Thank you for all the good care you continue to give cats and kittens in need. I hope to visit you and the kitties sometime in the future. Mary Beth Lagenaur
July 1, 2021
Dear PFOA,
I wanted to share how well BowTie is doing in his new home and include a few pictures.
Upon arriving home from after a long and pretty vocal car ride home, BowTie (Bow for short) exited the carrier and proceeded to calmly meander around the house exploring his new domain. After which he then hopped up on my daughters’ bed, stretched out between her and her friend to receive hours of love, attention and belly rubs. That evening he took turns going between my husband and my laps on the couch, he gave us each equal opportunity to give him love and pets.
His arrival home coincided with record setting temps and our house quickly became very, very uncomfortable and he was showing some stress from the heat. Fortunately my husband’s parents live a short 5 minutes away, have air conditioning and were thrilled to have him. So for the worst of the heat wave, he spent 3 nights in air conditioned bliss with my son coming along as well to chaperone and see to his care. He spent his days on their couch going from lap to lap, getting loved spoiled and possibly a little overfed- we were worried we might not be able to get him back! Bow’s new grandparents really loved having him in their home.
Overall he’s eating, drinking and ‘producing’ quite well and seems completely ‘at one’ with his new forever home. We are so thrilled to have him in our family, it was just what we all needed-to have a furrbaby strolling through the house again and curling up in our laps. Thank you for taking such good care of him and helping him find his new forever home with us.
Thanks for all that you do.
Gratefully,
Jennifer and the whole Dowell family
June 1, 2021
Every Tuesday we celebrate Rascal. What a special day to adopt our beautiful boy. He is my “ sugar”. He is ready to go to bed at 10:00 every night. His blankets are on our bed where he makes “ biscuits “ before settling in for bedtime. At first he was hesitant to get on Ted’s lap. Soon Rascal realized that his dad loved him very much and enjoyed petting him.
We want to thank you and let you know that Rascal is loved, spoiled and enjoying his forever home.
HUGS 🤗
Andrea and Ted
May 29, 2021
hi all,
got a call from a pfoa staffer wanting 2 know how i was doing. she said we could answer by phone or email, & i wanted the latter so i could include the latest fab videos of moi!
unfortunately, pattijeanne must be suffering from stage fright. )-; our folks wanted to capture her unearthing me from an overturned box (a trick we’ve done repeatedly), but she now won’t do same camera. go figure. … hopefully that will change in the near future.
i am GROWINGGROWINGGROWING probably, obviously, as i speak. i really look more like a small cat than a kitten. either i am way older than everyone thought or i am going 2 be way big. my parents are pulling for the latter, but the jury’s still out with my dogs.
speaking of my dogs, yesterday my mom bought me 3 little mice. she threw 1 down, but patti snapped it up. so she thru another 1 down, & patti snapped that 1 up 2. she threw the last 1 down, and patti couldn’t get it without losing the 1st 2. so i thought ‘aha!,’ this 1 is mine. but then linda snapped that 1 up. SO NOT FAIR! what do they think they are? cats?
that said, i think i’m really a dog in cats clothing. i run back and forth with patti +/or linda everywhere they go. all the time. i’m gearing up 2 growl with them 2, every time the ups truck makes an appearance. the dogs don’t seem 2 realize that ups could mean amazon and amazon could mean toys and other good stuff.* but when in rome. … i actually think i might be part horse, too: i actually gallop, rather than run, back and forth. gives new meaning to the expression, thundering hooves.
all & all, everything is going great. only my mom has 1 regret and that’s that i’m not black. i plan to work on that.
take care and hope to see you soon.
xo,
peach
* i will send a snap of my new amazon scratching post. super cute!
cheers & cheerio!
xo, peach
April 5, 2021
I have an Izxy also but even though she looks like your Izzy their personalities are no where alike. Mine hates to be held but loves to be petted on her terms–which means all four feet on the floor. She is rotund and looks like a walking football at times LOL. She is very particular about what she eats liking gravy and not much else in the way of wet food. She does like her treats however. I think she inherited a lot of her mother’s feral characteristics. We love her anyway. I enjoy your mews letters so keep them coming. Your friend, Beverly Brown
April 5, 2021
Great newsletter and great news as well! Thank you for all you do! Vivian Brown
February 10, 2021
Dear Mary Myers, Danette Grady, and all PFOA staff, who make PFOA the wonderful community organization it is. We and our cat, Rosalee, are indebted to you all for your service to us and to the many pet lovers in the greater Sequim and Port Angeles areas. It’s our pleasure to be a part of your “family”.
Best wishes for continued successes, and we hope you all STAY SAFE!! The Covid vaccines are coming! (smile) Love to you all, Loretta and Dick
November 29, 2020
Thank you for all you do, give them all a hug from me! I send $$$ whenever I can. Elaine Burns
November 25, 2020
Thanks to all of you who work tirelessly to help all the dear kitties. We are loving sweet Maggie, adopted from PFOA, and she loves us back. May you keep safe in Love’s warm embrace. Warmly, Julie and Phil Roe and Maggie
November 25, 2020
Thank you very much for all the good and necessary work you continue to do! We adopted our cat, Odie, last year on October 30. He has been a blessing to our family, having a gentle and loving soul. God Bless, Doug and Rita Garcia
October 27, 2020
Hi, I felt like I needed to reach out to y’all and say thank you. I adopted my cat from you 13 years ago. His name was Brillo. He was the best cat in the whole wide world and I cherished every second I had with him. Not sure what else to say but thank you for taking a chance on him and blessing me to adopt him. He will forever be missed and loved. Alexandria Wilson
‘cause it’s hard to say …
back feet—like a bunny kick. It’s a natural reaction for us, as well as grrreat exercise (some of us need that more than others). So if you’d like to help out, you can get some cool ideas from the internet. Just Google “kicker toy”. Ooooh … don’t I sound techy?
So, with the other kitties still scared and Garland doing pretty well, Garland got to move to the main shelter. He’s downstairs in B4, and I think he and Suzie might have a thing going. Remember I talked about the handsome bachelor cat last week? Well, that’s Garland. But now Suzie has competition, ‘cause Miss Pepper just came back to the shelter a couple of days ago, and Miss Pepper and Garland are roommates!
When you think of a bonded pair of kitties who would really love to have a furrever home, who comes to mind? Peeka and Boo, that’s who! These sisters have been through so much change and loss in their lives—way too much for their 8 1/2 years! Well, they now have that furrever home they wanted, and the change in Peeka was really fast. The first night they were home, Peeka crawled up on her new dad’s chest and made herself comfortable! Here’s the first photo we got from her new family—a relaxed, friendly cat, sitting in the middle of the room, watching her mom get ready for the day.
He was a stray, pretty much on his own, until he found a house with a kitty door. So he started going in and out, and adopted the people who lived there. Of course, with a kitty door comes … kitties. There were several of them living there, and Mike must have decided that one more couldn’t hurt, so he immediately made friends with all of them. Well, most of them. He really tried, but there was one cat that did NOT like him—at all.
Doncha just love it when it’s all good news?
He loves to snuggle into their shoulder and purrs real loud so they know how happy that makes him. There must be an alarm clock inside of him because at 11 am he lets his office staff know it’s lunch time and he’s requesting that his Fancy Feast beef with gravy be warmed to just the right temperature for him.
We have a new kitty at the shelter, and I’d like to talk about her this week. Why? ‘Cause she’s a really funny girl. She’s a young tuxedo who is a bit chubby at 13 pounds! I’ll bet she drops that extra weight really soon, though, ‘cause she gets a really lot of exercise. This girl is amazing! She zooms around her room, hitting all the cat trees, and finally ends up on a (temporary) resting spot. Naturally, all the humans in the room are laughing!
So, this week I get to talk about some of the kitties we have had for a while, but don’t get too much written about them. Yes, I’m talking about the “Pole Barn 9,” a group of kitties that have been through some pretty rough times. They came from a place that people refer to as a “hoarding situation” where their caretaker passed away and the kitties had no one to care for them. They were either never socialized, or have been through so much that they are pretty scared of everything: humans, other kitties (‘specially ones they don’t know), other critters, things that go bump in the night … you get the idea! They arrived last September, so they’ve been here almost a year.
Last week Rhodes got to move to the main shelter! So that’s two!!
She’s very gentle, and super patient with him. He’s a little over six months old, and is kinda like a little brother. He follows her around the room, trying to impress her. And she puts up with him very nicely—she is a very patient, low-key kitty—until he gets on a good run and launches himself onto her back. She doesn’t get upset or anything. She just shrugs him off and bats him with her paw, trying to teach him how to behave properly.
