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"KellyH" wrote in message news:cBIXc.54970$9d6.17711@attbi_s54... "Phil P." wrote in message ... I blame the owner more than your neighbor for not telling him not to let the cat out. People give babysitters mile-long lists of things to do and things not to do yet some owners don't think to tell a catsitter the two most important things: make sure the cat doesn't get out and not to feed the cat anything but her cat food. The stupidity boggles the mind. Haha.. you should see the lists I leave for my catsitter. It was at least 6 pages last time, with pictures! I used to love meeting people who have cats, but then after talking with them for five minutes, I tremble in fear from their stupidity and/or ignorance or worse, indifference. People will read an instruction manual for a household appliance or computer game but not a simple basic cat care guide. I totally KWYM! Sometimes after talking to people, I want to follow it up with "where do you live?" so I can go take their cats away. Doncha wish we do that legally? I sure do. I would love to make a 3-hour class followed by a short test a requirement for adoption... and ideally, an IQ test because some people are just too stupid to be entrusted with a cat's life. But that will never happen until the demand exceeds the supply. Phil Again, ITA. I feel the shelter I volunteer for is too lax, and it's starting to really bother me. I don't handle too many adoptions anymore -- too many complaints. My interviews were called "ingerrogations". My placement rate is about 10%. Case in point, we have a guy who adopted a kitten from us. The kitten came down with a URI two days later. He takes her to the vet, vet charges $87 (for what, I don't know, he's bringing us a receipt, plus he had a certificate for a first free vet exam). He is all kinds of ****ed off that we adopted out a "sick" kitten, we knew she was sick (she seemed fine at the time), we should reimburse him for the vet visit. Oh, he also says he can't pay his rent now because of this. I say, bring the kitten back and we'll give you your money back for the adoption fee and the vet visit, just go away and don't adopt another kitten. I have never had someone react with such anger about a kitten becoming ill. The person in charge has said to let him keep the kitten, but reimburse for the vet visit. I fear for how he may react at the next illness. Sorry to go on, but this situation is really eating me up. I know how you feel. Phil -- -Kelly kelly at farringtons dot net www.kelltek.com Check out www.snittens.com |
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"KellyH" wrote in message news:cBIXc.54970$9d6.17711@attbi_s54... "Phil P." wrote in message ... I blame the owner more than your neighbor for not telling him not to let the cat out. People give babysitters mile-long lists of things to do and things not to do yet some owners don't think to tell a catsitter the two most important things: make sure the cat doesn't get out and not to feed the cat anything but her cat food. The stupidity boggles the mind. Haha.. you should see the lists I leave for my catsitter. It was at least 6 pages last time, with pictures! I used to love meeting people who have cats, but then after talking with them for five minutes, I tremble in fear from their stupidity and/or ignorance or worse, indifference. People will read an instruction manual for a household appliance or computer game but not a simple basic cat care guide. I totally KWYM! Sometimes after talking to people, I want to follow it up with "where do you live?" so I can go take their cats away. Doncha wish we do that legally? I sure do. I would love to make a 3-hour class followed by a short test a requirement for adoption... and ideally, an IQ test because some people are just too stupid to be entrusted with a cat's life. But that will never happen until the demand exceeds the supply. Phil Again, ITA. I feel the shelter I volunteer for is too lax, and it's starting to really bother me. I don't handle too many adoptions anymore -- too many complaints. My interviews were called "ingerrogations". My placement rate is about 10%. Case in point, we have a guy who adopted a kitten from us. The kitten came down with a URI two days later. He takes her to the vet, vet charges $87 (for what, I don't know, he's bringing us a receipt, plus he had a certificate for a first free vet exam). He is all kinds of ****ed off that we adopted out a "sick" kitten, we knew she was sick (she seemed fine at the time), we should reimburse him for the vet visit. Oh, he also says he can't pay his rent now because of this. I say, bring the kitten back and we'll give you your money back for the adoption fee and the vet visit, just go away and don't adopt another kitten. I have never had someone react with such anger about a kitten becoming ill. The person in charge has said to let him keep the kitten, but reimburse for the vet visit. I fear for how he may react at the next illness. Sorry to go on, but this situation is really eating me up. I know how you feel. Phil -- -Kelly kelly at farringtons dot net www.kelltek.com Check out www.snittens.com |
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