I can't believe it has been this long since I checked in! We have been so busy but that really isn't any excuse. We have our first big litter of kittens (9!!) for the season. They are in one of the foster homes, born on April 1. Kittens are really cute but it is hard to imagine nine in one litter. The largest litter I have fostered had seven kittens and let me tell you, it is hard to shut the door and keep all of the kittens where they are supposed to be, they are such escape artists that usually 1-2 of them would sneak out of the spare bathroom into the hall/livingroom and then I'd have to chase them down -- and kittens are fast!

We have so many nice cats at PetsMart right now -- I can't believe Fluffy is still at the store. She is such a sweetie, comes right up and nudges to be pet; she is really good company. Our two large orange cats (brothers) that we adopted out a couple of months ago came back; their adopted owner lost her job and things just fell apart - so they are back at the store. Jelly is at the store in the cage at the top far end. She was one of a pair (the other one was named Peanut Butter) - I'm not sure what happened to Peanut Butter but we only received Jelly for adoption. We have a part Persian named Noodle and another part Persian named Minnie. They are both sweet cats although they both look grumpy (my opinion of Persians). We have three new cats that I haven't actually seen because as usual the first 2-3 days are spent hiding in the litter box or cat hollow. One is named Little Girl - she looks grey and white (what I could see of her anyway), another is black and the third is a cute little tortie.

PetsMart is having an "adoption weekend event" this weekend so hopefully there will be a lot of potential adopters in and looking around. We'd love to send all the kitties home! :-) I'm not sure what dogs we have for adoption at the moment. Whiskey -- what a cutie -- is a whippet/pit bull puppy but she is adopted and now living with a family that includes a full pit bull and a german shepherd. It's good there are two other dogs and room to run with her new family. Whiskey has a lot of puppy energy and it will probably take both dogs to keep her occupied! She is a lovebug. The Chow/Rottweiler mix also was adopted out - wow, you just have to feel for people. The person who released her to us was a Grandma who unexpectedly found herself responsible for her grandkids - then lost her home - then qualified for State housing, and they told her that they accepted animals but when she arrived to move in, they told her that her nine year old Chow/Rottweiler that she had raised from a tiny puppy was not acceptable in the State housing structure. She couldn't not take the apartment because she needed someplace safe for the grandkids. Life is just so difficult sometimes. JoAnne adopted out the last of the cats that she took in from someone with cancer who wanted to have them all placed in good homes before she past away. JoAnne worked really hard on placing those cats -- none of them young -- the last one adopted out was a nine year old tortie. JoAnne said, "Well, at least now I can call her and tell her that her cats have all been placed with really nice families". She felt that way about the woman who had to give up the Chow/Rottweiler, too. What a nice, calm dog -- truly safer than a lot of the smaller dogs they probably accepted into the housing. Talk about heartbreak.