RE: OT: OOPS, I HAVE BEEN ON PETFINDERS AGAIN...

2007-07-27 Thread Melissa Lind
Hi Glenda, How's it going with Catcher? Can you post the link to his picture? I hope you are able to get him. Have you looked into cheap flights? Southwest Ding might be the place to go to get down there, but I'm not sure if they have a Omaha / Fort Worth flight. You can't take cats on Southwest

Pet for adoption at Petfinder.com!

2007-07-27 Thread calif . sunshine
Hi! I thought of you when I saw this pet just waiting to be adopted on Petfinder.com! Catcher is still on the available pet list. I'm sending his picture and ad to make my point...How can not hundreds of people out here not be calling that facility, panicked like myself? I hope, with all my

RE: OT: OOPS, I HAVE BEEN ON PETFINDERS AGAIN...

2007-07-27 Thread glenda Goodman
Everyone, I just got ahold of an actual person at the shelter in Fort Worth regarding Catcher. This is how my conversation went: I ased if Catcher was available. The gal goes I need a #. I give her the #: 501505. She says, That does not sound like a good #. Then a minute later she says, She has

RE: OT: OOPS, I HAVE BEEN ON PETFINDERS AGAIN...

2007-07-27 Thread glenda Goodman
Melissa, Thank you for all that flight info. I had my next steps figured out, as far as the transportation, could have gotten myself down there and was willing to bug people, to see if they would not run down there to secure the situation, so as to give me a couple days...I only 'know' someone in

RE: OT: OOPS, I HAVE BEEN ON PETFINDERS AGAIN...

2007-07-27 Thread tamara stickler
Glenda, I attempt to adopt a cat from PetFinders a few years back. My application was accepted, but an accident occured in the foster home where he was being held...apparently Carruthers was chasing cherry tomatos the caregivers son was tossing out an open 2nd story window (??) and

OT - Six Degrees Contest

2007-07-27 Thread Kelley Saveika
Rescuties Animal Rescue is participating in a contest through Kevin Bacon's charitable initiative, SixDegrees.org. A $10,000 matching grant will awarded to the top six charity badges. To win the contest, a charity has to generate the highest NUMBER (not amount!) of donations. Your $10 donation to

Re: OT: OOPS, I HAVE BEEN ON PETFINDERS AGAIN...

2007-07-27 Thread Sally Davis
Hi Glenda, I live in VA so nowhere near Fort Worth. I thought the duck suit was ridiculous, he is gorgeous on his own merit. I have never had a poly, but several of my kitties came from poly families and their paws look bigger, I always check Spike because her mother was a poly and she looks like

RE: OT: OOPS, I HAVE BEEN ON PETFINDERS AGAIN...

2007-07-27 Thread glenda Goodman
Tamara, Thank you, Dear, for your story...I am so sorry your heart was broken like that...I completely understand. It is not like I do not have enough little guys already with me to love... I have 6-cats...Six is supposed to be my max. I also have Gracie , my FeLV+ kitty.I hate to admit to

RE: OT: OOPS, I HAVE BEEN ON PETFINDERS AGAIN...

2007-07-27 Thread Rosenfeldt, Diane
Glenda, if you're not sure that Catcher has truly been adopted, maybe you should try calling again, to see if you can get a little peace of mind, or maybe talk to someone a little nicer. Keep everything businesslike and try not to reveal annoyance, just, if they say he's adopted, mention that his

Re: OT: OOPS, I HAVE BEEN ON PETFINDERS AGAIN...

2007-07-27 Thread glenda Goodman
Sally, I did go back to your website later last night...checked daylillies and the song by M. It kind of touched my mood...The song...very good...Eric is very talented at putting sites together. My son is pretty tricky too , but not that tricky...My son does the photo and ebay stuff. He very

Re: OT: OOPS, I HAVE BEEN ON PETFINDERS AGAIN...

2007-07-27 Thread Susan Dubose
A pos. is a pos. when you do the test, yes, but a weak pos. vs. a strong pos. can help determine how far along the disease is. Susan J. DuBose ^..^ www.PetGirlsPetsitting.com www.Tx.SiameseRescue.org www.shadowcats.net As Cleopatra lay in state,

RE: OT: OOPS, I HAVE BEEN ON PETFINDERS AGAIN...

2007-07-27 Thread glenda Goodman
Yes , Diane, Thanks...I certainly do intend to follow up...even thought to call a foster that works through this shelter and act a little dumb to see if they might slip and tell me something...I do have a devious side when it comes to helping animals...I'm really off to work guys...Thanks, Glenda

Re: Lost Katrina Pets

2007-07-27 Thread Sally Davis
Hi Chris, Thanks for the link. I posted the You Tube clip on my web page. With a little blurb about Hurricane Fran in 1996 that came aboard Topsail, NC as a Cat 3 direct hit to a fragile little island. Sally http://www.lostkatrinapets.com http://www.lostkatrinapets.com/ Thank you, Kind

Re: Lost Katrina Pets

2007-07-27 Thread Pat Kachur
Our shelter, ALL CATS INC, rescued and return to families more than 3,000 Katrina pets. I have forwarded your message to as many people as I know of. Pat - Original Message - From: Chris To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 3:29 PM Subject: RE: Lost

RE: Lost Katrina Pets

2007-07-27 Thread Chris
Thank you so much… These are just a handful of the hundreds of pets folks have never stopped looking for. Many owners lost any pictures of their pets they had in the flooding. What’s maddening is that for many of them, there are pictures AFTER the pets were rescued but no can tell them where

Re: OT: OOPS, I HAVE BEEN ON PETFINDERS AGAIN...

2007-07-27 Thread Sally Davis
LONG POST Jane, Hmm long version or short version. I see no way to tell his story as a short version. Ok first of all March 2006 I adopted two cats same day one from a shelter and the other from someone I work with. I had lost my soulmate kitty the week before from bone cancer. I cried again

RE: Lost Katrina Pets

2007-07-27 Thread Chris
Thank you so much… I just realized what a job your shelter did! They were there very early on---did they work with anyone in particular or did they work out of Lamar Dixon… I’m always interested in talking to folks who might have been at some of the staging areas or doing rescues—so many

RE: Lost Katrina Pets

2007-07-27 Thread Rosenfeldt, Diane
Chris, it kills me to think of all these people looking for their pets to this day. I volunteered during the Katrina crisis at a local shelter, H.O.P.E. Safehouse, in Racine, Wisconsin. They didn't have a lot of resources, and I know they listed some but possibly not all of the animals on

Re: Lost Katrina Pets

2007-07-27 Thread Pat Kachur
There is a LOT of information on our website, allcatsinc.org. Just choose the Newsletter tab and scroll down a ways to the Katrina information. We did many updates as we went along--which should give you even more information than you want (lol). Carolyn Keeton Gunter coordinated (with her

Re: Lost Katrina Pets

2007-07-27 Thread Pat Kachur
It was surely not an easy task--but a very rewarding one. In case you want to read some of the details, go to our website - www.allcatsinc.org - choose the Newsletter tab and scroll down until you see the Katrina updates. Thanks for your kind words. - Original Message - From:

Re: Lost Katrina Pets

2007-07-27 Thread Pat Kachur
Yes, we've not missed a month since 1985. - Original Message - From: Chris To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 5:12 PM Subject: RE: Lost Katrina Pets Many thanks… I have started looking at the newsletters… lots of work there!

RE: Lost Katrina Pets

2007-07-27 Thread Chris
Oh how ironic! Last month, I made my first trip to New Orleans it was a last minute trip to transport a cat, Tigger, to his little girl Taylor!. Tigger had gone to HOPE Safehouse and got adopted by someone in NY. Most of the HOPE Safehouse pets did come from Best Friends who had set up a

RE: Lost Katrina Pets

2007-07-27 Thread Chris
Many thanks… I have started looking at the newsletters… lots of work there! Christiane Biagi 914-632-4672 Cell: 914-720-6888 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Katrina Animal Reunion Team (KART) www.findkpets.org Join Us Help Reunite Katrina-displaced Families with their Animals From: [EMAIL

Re: Lost Katrina Pets

2007-07-27 Thread Susan Dubose
Wow, Pat, congradulations on what sounds like a job well done. I am sure that was not an easy task by any means. Susan J. DuBose ^..^ www.PetGirlsPetsitting.com www.Tx.SiameseRescue.org www.shadowcats.net As Cleopatra lay in state,

Re: Lost Katrina Pets

2007-07-27 Thread Pat Kachur
This is just wonderful. Thanks for sending it to me. To think I got all these wonderful emails because of a little kitty (Mandy) I adopted yesterday (my birthday) and found out today she is Felv positive. She does not have symptoms (except a lessening of vision) so I am going to keep her

now Sally's Junior and Thulium met

2007-07-27 Thread Jane Lyons
Thanks Sally Your website is just great and Junior, an absolute love. He looks so chunky and healthy. I'm discovering that we have some really good days and then some punk ones for no apparent reason. My vet has been researching a homeopathic remedy that is now being used in Africa for HIV/Aids

To Glenda re. Catcher

2007-07-27 Thread wendy
Hi Glenda, I have not read this thread until tonight. I am going to call the shelter in the am and see what they say. I live in Dallas and Fort Worth is the neighboring city. I would be willing to drive over there Monday if you need me to spring him and get him to you. I am sorry I did not

OT: Nike drops Vick!

2007-07-27 Thread wendy
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Re: To Glenda re. Catcher

2007-07-27 Thread glenda Goodman
Wendy, That is so sweet of you! Last night when I saw him on petfinder.com I just fell in love with him. They put him in that dumb little suit and I thought how he was just so good natured and trying to please everyone...so desperate to get adopted...I read what they wrote, saying he had been in