Happy Endings

Hello MEOW,

It has been a little over a year since I was adopted and as you can see I have settled in nicely. I am a very loved member of the family. I love to play with all the neat toys, bug my sister Missy, and spend quiet lap time with my owner. I love my treats and the vet says I need to slow down on them which I’m not pleased with that.

I have to say I am a bit spoiled but my owner says that is the way it should be. I wanted to thank MEOW for taking good care of me while I was looking for my forever home. I am very happy and loved.

Regards,

Dudley (and Cara)

Dear MEOW Cat Rescue,

It has been over 4 months since Zizi came home with me and she is doing very well. At first I had some concerns with her behavior as she would frequently move into a defensive posture when approached and would sometimes try to bite me when I attempted to pet her. But over the months Zizi has become a lot more trusting. She is still quite high-strung and still likes to hide under the bed a lot, but I’ve decided that if that’s what she wants to do and it makes her happy it’s just fine. She is expanding her comfort zone too though, and spends more and more time in other parts of the house. For example it took many weeks before she started to tentatively explore the first floor of the house and now she comes downstairs often and likes to look out the windows to the back garden. She loves to be petted and most nights she sleeps peacefully by my side; she likes to snuggle up close.

Here is a note from Zizi herself:

I love it here! There are lots of places to explore and places to hide. Here I am in one of the cat trees – I like to lay in the half tube. Every evening we have Zizi’s Special Playtime! Mom calls me and I come running into my room where first I get brushed which I love (I have not had a hairball since I started getting brushed every day!) and then sometimes we warm up with Grab-The-Sock but usually I just want to play my most favorite game Mouse-Tail. Here is a picture of me with my most favorite camo mouse. Sometimes the other cats want to play too but mom makes them leave the room and shuts the door; she knows I get nervous and can’t play with the others watching. She says it’s my special time because I’m special and I like that.

I have an admirer! The tomcat who lives here brings me mice. But I play hard to get. In this photo he just brought me two mice!

Thanks for taking care of me for so long! I know you took good care of me for a long time before I found my forever home.

Love Zizi

We adopted Blue Bell (1-1/2 year old) on February 10 and Clover (3-1/2 months) on the 22nd. It didn't take long for them to become quite attached. So much so, they sleep with each other and not with us! That's OK. They're so fun to have around.

We got Kudos in 2010. He was brand new to MEOW when we came in - he had been found in an industrial park in Kirkland and was pretty scrawny and had a sneezy, runny nose cold. We met with him in a visiting room and he stole our hearts by shedding a whisker before our eyes and licking me (Laura) on the nose within moments of our meeting. Over two years later, Kudos is happy, healthy, and an absolute joy to have around. You can probably tell by the picture that he has made himself awfully comfortable in our life! Thank you for taking such good care of Kudos until he found his home with us!
Sincerely,
Andrew and Laura

 I wanted to give you an update on Cupcake (now Lunchbox). I remember you said she was 24 or 25 pounds when she came to the shelter. Lunchy's now at a sleek healthy weight. She's on a home-made grain-free diet, which along with slimming her down, has eliminated some other health issues. We're still mourning the recent loss of her older "sister", but otherwise she's a happy healthy girl.

Hello Meow,
I've been meaning to send you an update on Punkin, now Ebony (Ebby), who came home with me back in August. She has settled in quite nicely and become very good friends with Ink, her new big brother. In true little sister fashion, she wants to be wherever he is; on the bed, on top of the armoire, at the food dish, on my lap. Ink just rolls with it. They enjoy chasing each other around the house. She also enjoys hunting socks, fortunately not while they are in use. She brings her prey out to the living room so that we can all admire what a fine hunter she is. When she is finally tuckered out, she can be found stretched out on the armoire or curled up on the back of a chair by the front window. From that vantage point, she can keep an eye on the birds outside, the doings in the street, as well as who comes in the front door. The perfect spot!

Ebby was brought to Meow with her new litter of kittens that included Sprite. We hope that all of her kittens have been settled as happily as she has. When I read the article about Sprite, all I could think about was how much like his mother he sounds; the energy, the attentiveness, the big purr that doesn't seem possible from such a little creature.

Thank you for all that you do for these cats, giving them a safe place to land before the next chapter of their lives begins.
Suzanne
 

When we were looking for a new cat companion in Seattle I went through over 400 online pet descriptions before we made our choice. We went to the shelter and found out that the cat we wanted (after sitting in the shelter for 6 months) was adopted 15 minutes before we got there. My wife cried. I nearly cried. It was very stressful. I decided that I wanted to minimize shelter stress in the future, so after going through all the photos again, we made our second choice (which turned out to be Benjamin Black at MEOW). This time I did my homework - I downloaded the forms, had the exact cost of the adoption in my pocket, made arrangements to get to MEOW exactly at opening time, and called the night before just prior to the shelter closing to make sure that Benjamin Black was still available. I also memorized what the cat looked like (it was pretty easy, he had a distinctive bent ear).

The next morning I arrived in the shelter parking lot right as the doors opened. I marched in and laid my adoption papers on the counter.