Below are the rescues and pets that have come into my life, and found a
forever home with me!
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On top is Gato. He is a 12.5 year old
Pixiebob that I rescued from the outdoor pen
of a breeder that had gone out of business.
He was still a whole male at 10 years of age
and had never lived inside. He was the
foundation cat for the Pixiebob breed and
was left outside and forgotten after he was
no longer needed. I brought him back to
health and back into the show ring. This
year he will receive a Lifetime Achievement
Award from The International Cat
Association. He is retiring in 2008 due to
Chronic Renal Failure.
This is Rambo. He was rescued by MEOW
from a home in Auburn. The boyfriend of the
house had become so enraged that he
started shooting his girlfriends cats. The
police escorted me in and I found Rambo,
then 1 year old and unneutered, cowering
under a bed. MEOW neutered him and I
found him a barn. But when it came to
leaving him in the barn, I just could not do it.
I brought him home and he became tame. I
tried to find him a home, but he decided that
he could not be happy in a home without
me in it, so I took him back, and he will live
with me forever.
This is Apollo. He is the love of my life. He
is the caretaker of my foster kittens, the
visitor greeter, the cat that loves everyone. I
picked Apollo off the PAWS Kill List. For
anyone who thinks that PAWS is a no kill
shelter THINK AGAIN! Apollo was set to be
euthanized because he was feral. Three
months with me and he became the
sweetest, tame boy. He will live here forever.
This is Airplane Andy. He was rescued by
Pam Staehli as a feral adult. Pam had found
out about a backyard Manx breeder who threw
the kittens outside that he did not think would
be continent. Andy was unadoptable so I took
him home to be my outdoor feral along with
my two others. Pretty soon Andy started letting
me pet him. He soon became very easy to
handle so I tried to find him a home. Like
Rambo, Andy could not be happy in a home
without me, so he has come back to live with
me forever. He is my bed buddy. I can pull him
into my arms like a baby when I go to bed and
I fall alsleep to his purrs.
This is Seamus. Seamus is my most
successful show cat to date. He is a
regional winner in both CFA and TICA. He
is a Supreme Grand Champion Alter in
TICA and a Grand Premier in CFA. He is
also an International Winning Alter in TICA.
He was the # 1 Manx Alter in TICA last
year and #4 in CFA. He has a permanent
home here with me for the rest of his
sweet life!
This is Woden. He has been through 5
homes. He originated in New York. He is
declawed on all 4 feet so he is a bit
insecure. Because he was declawed at an
early age, he urinates innapropriately
because he has associated the litterbox
with pain. This is a HUGE example of why
you should NEVER declaw your cat.  Woden
has his own room where he can pee on
whatever wall he wants to.  He has a home
with me forever.