Dougie

I wanted to email you and tell you how great Dougie is doing. After arriving at home last evening and sniffing around for a couple of minutes it was like Dougie had lived here since birth and he had been ours his whole life.

He doesn't seem at all like the timid puppy we met just hours before. Immediately he was running around and jumping all over us on the couch. After a little play time he nestled between us and watched some TV. The only

thing he had a problem with were the stairs to the upstairs, he doesn't seem to like them. I'm sure he will get used to them though.

We carried him upstairs to for bedtime and after making his bed up he went to sleep and didn't stir until we woke this morning. Today he has been enjoying his backyard and following me around the house. I'm sure there is lots that i've missed but he is doing great.

Thank you all so much.

Will see you on the 24th.

Brad

Claudio

Good morning,


Just writing to say that Claudio has settled in extremely well.

He has a push-button purr, is coming to grips with the dog (sometimes literally), and is at this moment helping me type the email. Apparently, blocking the computer screen and stealing the mouse is a great way to help in the office.

When bored or lost, he'll call out to us to see who replies. Then he'll come trotting over to see who responded. Claudio and my husband have put their original meeting behind them, and it's common to see Claudio curled up on Walter's lap now.
We're so happy that everyone else left him for us to have - they really missed a treasure!


Take care,

Megan Golden

Hazelnut

Message: Hi Jodey,
Hazelnut has adjusted well in her new home.
She has lots of room to play, run or hide.
She is a very loving cat.
She is now one of our family members.We thank you and the Upper Credit Humane Society for making this possibly.



Sincerely,

Andrea, Maurice and Mauricesa Richards

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)