I've noticed we have a fair share of regulars on this group with "additional needs". Not "disabilities", but "additional needs". Not "special" needs, either - just extra requirements. We've got vision and hearing impaired, we've got mobility impairments. Then we've got people like me with...

Usually I get to do the Season cards alone. This year I had help. Lots of help. I wrote the message inside. As I got further and further along the handwriting went way down hill. My hands are pretty swollen right now. Rob put the stickers in the card and on the envelop, put the too address on...

Well, Mattie believes the patio sliding glass door was made just for her. She lays in front of it and watches the birds and the cars and the people. I live across a field from a major hwy - not freeway, just hwy. Mattie, from this distance thinks those are things that maybe she could chase if...

Look there - just to the right. Do you see it? Ah, there it is! The RB Mouser shimmers and appears, just off the shore. You see, there was a call made to her, and she answered in a heartbeat. She glides up to the dock, where 2 cats were waiting. "It's about time" grumbled the little tuxie. "I...

Just received this note: My husband is leaving me suddenly. I am losing everything resulting in my having to place almost all of my animals. I have an Aby-Tabby named Mr. Crisp. He has minor physical scaring from burns he sustained in his previous home. He came to me at the Humane Society...

November is adopt-a senior month and one of the staff writers for the local newspaper is doing a story about senior cats. The hope is that the article will inspire some people to adopt senior cats. I know it's late in the month (I just learned about this), but I thought some of you might be...

Bonnie was a stray but I don't know how long. She vomits dry cat food, eats human food every chance she gets and it doesn't matter what. She tries to steal food off my plate and she is very sneaky and fast. She'll eat anything and scarf it up like a Hoover. I'm trying to get her on a raw food...

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b171/lync_jl/01011001020201160120080206f362ceda1.jpg This cat was going to be put down this day. I should get him next weekend if he passes the vet. He is not neutered but will be soon.

A woman who lives in my community died and she left two cats behind. One is described as a 6 year old Orange Tabby named Buffy. She was a stray the woman took in. Not a feral, described as rather timid until she gets to know you then turns into a lap cat. :) The other cat (Frankie) was...

HELP NEEDED ASAP: Please help! After two long years of being on a waiting list for a dog, we have been notified by breed rescue that, at long last, our number has come up and ... WE ARE HAVING A PUPPY! We must get rid of our children IMMEDIATELY because we just know how time consuming our new...

This video was made by the rescue group I used to volunteer for. If getting this message out doesn't make people spay/neuter their pets, I don't know what can get through their hard heads. I thought this was going to be a sad video, but it really had a happy...

OK - as you all know, I have 4 kittens that I will be adopting out, with the help of a local rescue agency. I was wondering if any of you have any sort of Adoption Contract? One that I could maybe use and/or modify to fit my specifics? I don't want these kittens to go to just anyone, and I want...

Yes, I know it is tomorrow, but today we picked up Neutro Max light diet food for the owners, regular style food for the outdoor kitties, a new H harness for Speedy (he ate his old one, again) and TOYS for the owners. Rob says that I'm a bad human for getting them da nip, but right now six...

No, I haven' t added a new cat to my already full household. I just want to mark the 17th anniversary of the day I brought Panther and the late Isadora home as 8 week old bitties. Thus I embarked on my ailurophilic adventure that I've enjoyed tremendously. =o) Since I didn't know what their...

Dan M wrote: It was two years ago today that tiny little Samuel kitten walked into the trap I had set for him outside the parking lot at work. I will never forget the way he checked out the cage when it first appeared. He had been hiding under a large hedge (perhaps 15 feet square, and...

We celebrate purrdays, annipurrseries, and other celebrations on the first Monday in September, AKA Labor Day. I can remember Labor Day. Most of the time my brain is a LITTLE fuzzy and I have more memory problems with less excuse than my DH. I found myself doing some thinking as I watched the...

I posted this in a couple of Yahoo Groups that I belong to, so bear with me. Here at Chez Shirk, we have so many owners, few of whom (one, OK)we know the birth dates of. So, in the interest of sanity, which we lack anyway, we celebrate Adoption Day, which for us is Labor Day. We think...

Just when I think some things are in the toilet, a crack parts in the clouds and rains down some goodness. This temp job I'm on with its crappy hours has cut my volunteering with Tenth Chance to a sliver (something which I hope shall be remedied by a good, doctored resume and my appointment this...

"Singh" wrote in message ... Now this cat is sweet natured, a little under two years old, a bit shy and simply gorgeous with emerald-green eyes and a figure like a Bastet figurine. And why is this little gem in a shelter; why have...

My sister sent me these pictures, so I put them on my webpage for your viewing pleasure. They are very, very sweet photos. http://home.sonic.net/~jwermont/misc/animals/chimptigers/tigers.html Joyce ^..^ -- Joyce ^..^