Safety

Today Annalina and I got to participate in one leg of a transport for a sweet dog who was headed to a foster home after narrowly escaping death row at a shelter far away. She is such a sweet dog and has SO much love to give. It's not fair that humanity has put the value of beloved furry family members so low. They deserve loving, loyal homes. We can do better, people! Anyway, we were happy we had the time to help out again. She was well behaved, rode quietly and loved having Annalina in the back seat with her. If you are interested in adopting sweet Mia, let me know. I can connect you to the right people.

Sad Side of Fostering

I often post pictures of our sweet kitties. I love them all so dearly. People tell me I have the funnest non-paying job ever and a lot of the time it is. I don't share a lot of the heartache because it is so personal and no matter how hard I try, I always feel responsible when we lose one. Well, Annalina and I have been working especially hard with a new kitten. She took a very bad turn today. We followed all protocol, we hydrated her, fed her, loved her, and still she left so quickly. Another kitten in an almost identical situation came back from the brink a few days ago. Sometimes there is no rhyme or reason. But I find myself doubting my abilities. And I ache so badly tonight. This is the side of rescue that is not fun or cute or fluffy. Please, spay and neuter. If your cats go outside, deworm them regularly. Sickly kittens born to uncared for mothers are what we deal with all too often and we love them so much, but it is not fair to them. And it just plain hurts.

Kitties flying out the door

Our little rescue has adopted out 36 kitties since the beginning of March!! And our record of 20 in one month was beat yesterday. 21 of those adoptions happened in April!! For the entire year of 2019, we did 101 adoptions.

Momma Bella

These sweet babies came in with momma cat, Bella. They had 6 more siblings who were already given away before I could get them. And they had 3 more who were too tiny to survive. 13 babies in one litter. Bella is a super mom! These guys are just 6 weeks old. They are healthy and beautiful! Bella is a real angel. She is still very young and previous to her last home, lived with people who fought dogs, who left her behind when they moved. As you can see from her photo,  she lost her foot to a dog attack and it will need some medical care. We are getting medical lined up for her. She does okay getting around though. We love her and her babies so much!

Abandoned Cats

This is awful. I wish I could say this is the first time we have experienced this. Sometimes it's a box of kittens, sometimes left overnight, sometimes they don't make it because we find them too late. We are not funded by the government.  This is not a paid gig. We accept donations and we spend way more of our own money than is logical. Because we love these kitties, each one. We do have to set limits and it kills us to not be able to accept them all. What would be so wonderful? A community who loves and supports these guys too.

Helping Out in the Rescue World

Today Annalina and I drove the first leg of a rescue transport consisting of 13 kittens. Our shelters are overflowing and these babies needed to get to Kalispell to find their forever homes and stay alive. We got them to Butte. Annalina was so sweet to sit and talk to them quietly to calm them down. She even handled transferring them to other carriers all by herself. It was a six hour round trip, but so fun. And Annalina and I talked the whole way home. Fun Saturday with my girl!!