The Older I Get........

As you would imagine, I see and hear all sorts of things while on duty at the Front Desk.  The staff constantly ask each other "why doesn't everyone spay and neuter their pets?"  I'm not sure why they ask each other the same question nearly everyday - don't they have the answer by now?  And if there isn't an answer to the question, why do they keep asking it?  Wait, I have it - it's a rhetorical question.  These humans are a funny species, aren't they?  (Is that a 'question' question or a rhetorical question?)

We felines have an answer for everything.  Or rather, we have a 'do' for everything.  If we're hungry, we find something to eat.  If we're scared, we hide.  If we don't like someone or something, we hiss, swat, flatten our ears and hiss and swat some more.  If we like someone or something, we purr, lick, smile, rub, play with and eat it if we can.  But after some thought, even we don't have an answer to the spay/neuter question.  Personally, I am spayed - I'm not going to subject an innocent little kitten to homelessness and dumpster diving like I had to endure.  Ok, so a very loving group of people had me spayed, but still, you get the point.  And actually, I owe my longevity to being spayed - it keeps us healthier longer if we're spayed and neutered. 

Everyone hates that there are homeless pets.  We've all seen that sad TV commercial, but yet, with all our technology and modern advances, there are still homeless pets.  How can that be, people?  Why are so many puppies and kittens being born everyday, only to be out on the streets when they grow up?  Do you know how much awful stuff can happen out there?  How about if all the shelter pets find homes first before we let animals make more babies?  Believe it or not, most shelter animals are 1 year old and under.  So they're still babies!

Here at San Gabriel Valley Humane Society, we offer affordable vaccinations and spay/neuter, so that every lucky dog and cat out there can be protected in every way.  And many communities offer affordable vaccinations and spay/neuter services too.  Trust me, it's one of the most loving things you can do for your pets and to help prevent more homeless pets in the world.

I hear shelter pets make the best pets ever.  Do you know why?  Because they know you cared enough to give them a second chance at a forever home.  And they never let you forget how much they appreciate it and love you for it!  If you can't adopt a shelter pet, why don't you help pay for a spay/neuter surgery for someone's pet?  Or get a feral cat spayed or neutered?  Or ask your Congressman to sponsor mandatory spay/neuter law for all pets.  Or, well you get the picture......  Only humans can help solve the homeless animal crisis.  Please help.

FYI:  An unspayed female cat, her mate and their offspring, if none are ever spayed or neutered, can produce 11,802 kittens in 5 years!  An unspayed female dog, her mate and all of their puppies, if none are ever spayed or neutered, can produce 12,288 puppies in 5 years.

Meet A 'Character' from the Cast........

Well, you've heard me talk about them, so it's about time to meet one of them.  He's affectionately known (although not by me!) as 'D-Man', 'Big D', but ultimately he's Denzel, he of copier fame.  Personally, I think he has a fetish about all things paper.



Hmmm, must be jammed...........






What am I doing up here?  Uuuhhhh.......




I'm outta here......



Paper, I need paper.........

Anyway, now you've met Denzel.  He doesn't intimidate me, except when I'm in the 'little girl's room'.  I don't need an audience, Denzel, I need space!  I just growl at him, someone yells "Denzel, stop it", and I'm on my way.  When I raise my paw he knows who's boss, but sometimes he just 'dogs' me ('cats' me???).  Whatever, he acts like a little brother who can't resist taunting his big sister.  Doesn't he know I'm old enough to be his great, great, great great grandmother??????  Don't tell him I said this, but he really is a handsome man, all sleek and shiny and panther-like, and he's all muscle.  Ok, 'nuff about him for now.  Next you'll meet - Edward!   

It's Always Something......

I know most times I look very serene and 'above it all', but let me tell you, you wouldn't believe the things I see and hear in this front office! And it's always one extreme or the other.  Most humans really, really, really love their pets - but to some, they are completely disposable.  A poor pet was dumped at the door last night in a taped up box filled with grocery bags, but it got out and ran off.  What do you think is going to happen to that poor fellow - nothing good, I say.

I try to do my furry godmother wand thing as much as possible, but sometimes it just doesn't work.  How I wish I could find a loving home for every unwanted cat and dog just by waving my, well, you know how it goes. 

It's quiet at the shelter now, the dogs are snuggled in their blankies and beds, the kitties have had their treats, and I shall keep watch till morning when my adoring staff returns.  I sure hope they buy me more of those freeze-dried ocean fishy treats - the chicken is ok but not as good.  I spoke too soon - there goes the copier - Denzel is making 623 copies of blank papers.  I think he does it just to see the office staff run in to stop it!  You never see him laugh, but I can tell he is, he just has a good poker face.  Hmmm, I think there's a song about that or something.  I may be 'mature' but I'm hip!  Or is it 'hip hop'?????  Isn't that a bunny thing?  Ooooh, Easter's coming!

What a Week!

Whew - finally, this crazy week is over!  Now I can rest my 'furriness' and continue to be adored.
Keeping the office staff and cats in order is quite a task, sometimes a smack or two is required.  Boys will be boys, and Denzel and Edward continue their 'faux feud'.  They think they're macho, but they're just mushmellows when it comes to kittens. Ugh - I hate kittens.  All fuzzy and playful and - wait for it - adorable and irresistible to humans.

Punkin Ballerina has 'left the building' (my office) and gone to her new home.  Now she can be someone else's earache (which I've heard she is).  That kitten never shut up!  Hope she knows how lucky she is.  I did feel badly for her - dumped in the parking lot and nearly crushed by a car.  What are people thinking?  Obviously whoever dumped her wasn't a nice person at all.  And by the way, it is ILLEGAL to dump or abandon an animal, people.

I don't get dogs at all.  They're all slobbery and tail waggly, and they're always running away from home.  Why, I say?  I must look into that further.  What I do know is that microchip thingy gets them home in a jiffy, and when their people come everyone is happy, and I like happy humans.  They see me on my throne and say "oh, is that the office cat?" and everyone corrects them (I've trained them well) and tells them my title.  No one can believe my age - 16+ - as I look like a kitten, if I do say so myself.

Well, must get ready to begin my day.  As a diabetic, I get an insulin shot every morning, after a nice warm breakfast of some kind of mushy stuff.  As a reward for being such a good patient, I get 'freeze-dried' chicken, shrimp or whitefish!  You wouldn't believe how good that stuff is!