Translated From Feline (blog)

  As animal rescuers, we become very accustomed to the adoption process. We choose our questions carefully and read into every word a potential adopter gives in response–sometimes a little too much–and this helps us to feel comfortable in our decision to let the animal in our care be adopted into the perfect new family. But there are so many …

Ooh boy, it’s been over three months since I last explored the history of Cedar and Redpath (part 1 and part 2 for those who missed them). There have been a lot of changes in my life, which would be the excuse for taking so long to write this “Where are they now?” post on the feral boys. But before …

A few weeks ago I wrote a post detailing the adventures of the two feral kittens my family fostered over the summer, from their tricky capture to exploring our house to being re-captured in a safe socialization space. If you missed it, you can read the post over here for the context of this “part 2” post. So the boys …

My family has fostered many cats. Typically, we’ve zeroed in on declawed adults (which is a story for another day) and kittens, either full litters or lonely orphans. The kittens we’ve taken in have always either just the right age for adoption or even younger, easy to socialize and mould into lovable personalities. This summer, we tried something different. We …

It’s been ages since I’ve written a post for the Dog Blog. It’s hard to justify, but trust me when I say that the veterinary technician studies are very time-consuming. In my second year of out-of-town vet tech studies, I decided to adopt a cat. I decided to adopt my new cat the first time I met her, which I …

Fostering animals is one of the greatest helps to animal rescue groups, as my fellow blogger Terry has done an amazing job of expressing in her latest series of posts. My family has been fostering cats (and one dog I just couldn’t resist) since the summer of 2010, and no two experiences have been the same. I thought of writing …

The mention of any dog breed among animal lovers provokes discussions of the quirks and interesting traits that breed has. While popular cat breeds like Persians or Siamese do appear in animal shelters far more frequently than they should, we more often find ourselves identifying the resident cats by colour and not fancy-shmancy breeds. Nonetheless, every cat lover seems to …

While we’re all struggling to find ways to keep ourselves and our pets cool, cats have found a solution that they are completely satisfied with. They find a spot on the cool floor, stretch out, and–*yawn*–take a nice, long cat nap. In the spirit of cats’ relaxing coping method, let’s stop the words now and fill this post with pics …

This past week I had to see off my favourite foster cat thus far as she went to her forever home—a happy moment, of course, but I still can’t help but feel sad that she’s gone. I really grew to love Minnie since we began fostering her at the end of February; from then until just recently, we didn’t hear …

With the introduction of my blog, the feline invasion of the Dog Blog is progressing! Hmm, maybe I shouldn’t be broadcasting the cats’ takeover plans like that? Let’s…just carry on with my intentions unrelated to the feline invasion. Every animal that arrives at a shelter is accompanied by a story – one that starts before they get there, lengthens during …