Merlot Joins Two Old Friends!

Merlot left Saturday afternoon and joins two of our old buddies, Otto and Traveller. Remember Otto?? He was adopted the first weekend we brought cats to PetSmart in June of 2006. He was joined by Traveller last year. His new parents had been looking for another black cat with golden eyes. Remember, both Otto and Traveller are black cats. They had met Merlot before but she was shy and would not come out. On Wednesday night they met her again and Merlot walked out of her cage and curled around her new mom's neck! Judy M said that Merlot talked the whole way out of the store on Saturday! Good luck to the Three Musketeers!

Clairy is going home tomorrow (Wednesday) night! Her new mom had two senior cats who recently passed away and when she saw Clairy she knew it was time for a new friend.

I am sad to say the Glory was brought back to the Shelter on Sunday. She has had allot of difficulty settling in. I have been assured that the staff and volunteers at the Shelter will continue to socialize Glory and see if she can come back to us. I know we all hate to see a cat go back to the Shelter but PetSmart is a unique environment and not every cat will do well there. There is so much activity and so many different people in and out and dogs brought up to the window and non-stop noise, etc. The cats we have there need to be able to be handled by different people every day. Glory does not like being handled and let many of us know that. Thanks for your patience with her and hopefully our resident cat whisperer at the Shelter can help her along.

I heard tell there is a new daily form that needs to be completed at PetSmart. I spoke with Concetta about this and she advised me that it is a corporate mandate and management tool that actually was manadatory at the start of this program. Please complete it as best as you can and ask the manager if you need help. Do not let it stress you out!!

Four new cats were brought to PetSmart on Sunday. They are Shelly, Webbie, Socks and Gossamer. Remember Gossamer? He was a tiger striped male that we adopted out last October. He was brought back to the Shelter in December and we were told he did not get along with the two resident cats that he had joined. He appeared to settle in fine on Sunday. Let's hope his next home is truly forever. Socks is a young gray and white female who is very friendly and asked to look around the place after being put in her cage. Shelly and Webbie are both shy and scared and will need some TLC. Shelly is calico and Webbie is a gray and white female. Shelly likes her own space so monitor her before opening up the doors between cages. Webbie is particularly shy and afraid but should come around with time.

The March schedule WAS complete but I have some cancellations that need to be filled. Please let me know if you are available. They are: Thursday, March 6 and Friday, March 14 in the mornings and Monday, March 17 in the evening. The April schedule looks great! The only open days are Saturday, April 5 and Thursday, April 17 in the mornings and Sunday, April 13 for the Adoption Table. You know the deal....let me know!

Here's the new guy and girls: