Angel & Rocky (formerly "Casino")

Sent: February 3, 2011 3:12 PM

To: adoptions@uppercredit.com

Subject: Cats

Hi there

Just sending you a picture of our cats that we adopted through you. We got Angel (on left) 4 years ago and Rocky (formerly "Casino") last September.

As you can see, they are great friends-they love to chase each other as much as they like to cuddle together. Rocky also loves our dog and they cuddle together as well (Angel has not taken to the dog yet...still hoping!!!)

Thanks

Nicole

P.S. Thanks to the lady at Pet Valu who recommended Rocky - he is an

absolute doll!!

Clancy ( formerly Shaggy)

* Original Post....

Just one look at Shaggy (as he was called at that time) made your heart bleed, who on earth was going to adopt this dear boy - hearts saddened just looking at him. The answer to this question came fairly swiftly and suddenly when one of our dedicated dog walkers saw him, felt the pulse of that dear heart, and after consultation with her family and input from the resident canine Tess, decided that Shaggy had a new home.

Would the meeting between Shaggy and Tess go well.....yes it did .....so soon, very soon, Shaggy became Clancy and the much loved new family member of the household. Dr. John of Caledon found that Clancy had hypothyroidism and eight month's later a diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome was also made. Thank goodness Clancy was absolutely positively "home" because these medical conditions require lifetime meds for both, but this in no way daunted his new family and he has been with them now for just over 2.5 years. It seems that poor Clancy looked much worse than the first photo for a while: less hair all over, awful scabby skin, and the tail was just a stick with half a dozen white hairs on the tip.

Kokanee

Dear friends,

We've been in our new home for four weeks now, and have decided to stay. Our new people are very kind and patient with us.
Summa has been renamed Samson (but they call him Sammy). He feels very much at home and eats everything that's left in the bowls. If he keeps on like that he'll be a fat pascha in a few years. They call me Koki and sometimes Coconut - when I'm being especially nutty - but they do know that I'm Kokanee.

I had a few problems at first, but it's improving very fast now. First I hid in the basement ceiling beside a vent. It must have looked like I was stuck, because they got me out of there and closed the entrance. Then I had to bite the big guy who caught me (at that moment the resident cat walked into the room, and I really panicked) and found a new spot with more room. They decided to leave me after that and put food and water in a convenient and high place. Now I stay there only during the day when I want to sleep in peace.

Sammy and I explored the new place at night when everything was quiet, but the resident cat didn't like that and kept hissing and growling. Our new woman would wake up and sit with us a while - she has a nice warm lap. Now I go up at night and jump unto her bed, it's nice and cosy and the night air comes through the open window. After a week Sammy lived more upstairs than in the basement, he's taken over up there now. I go up quite often now too, but I'm still very careful to keep distance between me and that big human! However, he plays with us and gives us treats, so he's probably a very nice person - just so big and strong.

The house is much larger than the shelter, and we get plenty of exercise running from one end to the other and jumping unto the window sills. We can watch everything that happens outside and if it's not too hot outside the windows are open and we can sniff and hear everything through the screens.

I hope Muskoka finds a good home soon too. Perhaps the article in last week's "Independent" will help - but by the way, I think the photo is of me, not of Muskoka; we're not that identical, are we? Check that . . .

Say hallo to all our old friends

from

Kokanee

Blackie (Tucker)

Charlie

Charlie our new baby …




Charlie came into our lives in April of 2010.

My husband stated casually that we should look at expanding our pets with the addition of a dog . I have never had a dog before and was a bit hesitant but started looking at the various Humane societies. Not knowing anything about dogs but just looking to see if one caught our attention. I came across the website for the Upper Credit Humane society and saw a lab mix and before I knew it we were there the next day.

As you can tell by the picture he is not the one that we bonded with.

We looked in the kennels and there was Charlie, we all fell in love with him .

There were some hard times of adjustments not only for us but for him but he was so worth it .

He is such a great addition to our family . He has gone camping and on fishing trips to Kirkland Lake with us and absolutely loves the outdoors . He goes to Doggy daycare during the day, loves the dog run and is spoiled along with the other two cats he shares the house with. He is so gentle and loving with my 5 year old daughter and anyone else who visits.

We love Charlie and could not imagine our lives with out him.

I want to Thank everyone for helping us .Charlie is our darling ..

Kane

 Hi all at Upper Credit,

It has been almost a year since we adopted Kane. He was a real enigma and it took a while but he has adjusted well. Although he does have a stubborn husky streak that he tends to display when he feels like it, especially at dog obedience classes :) Kane loves our daily walks through the park and playing outdoors with us. He also has his own special places in the house. This Christmas he took over the spot by the Christmas tree and made it his own (see picture attached). He follows our 2 year old grandson everywhere and is his best friend.

Best wishes to staff & volunteers for 2011 and keep up the great work. We appreciate it!

Theresa and Hamil

WHICKEN, MAX AND MIA SAY 'MERRY CHRISTMAS'!

 Whicken's Christmas Wish was to find a home of her own after TWO YEARS at the Shelter.  Dumped in a box with her sister on December 24th 2008 Whicken had never known anything else but Shelter life....and became quieter and more reclusive until our new plea for a home for Christmas was heard and Whicken went home at the beginning of December to her very first family Christmas with everyone so very happy for her and her new family.  It gave us all a boost!



THEN....A DOUBLE BOOST...MAX AND MIA