Hiya! Savannah Here!
I want to tell you about my former shelter, Kitty Corner, which is owned and run by a private no kill dog and cat rescue organization, Contra Costa Humane Society. And you are now asking yourself…”hmmm, wonder why Savannah wants to talk about her former shelter??”
The answer is this…I have nominated the bestest ever volunteer I ever met, Miss Tammy Rieser, for the Dog Time Unsung Hero Petties Award. This award is for a peep who goes above and beyond to help us animals find our furever homes. And you will recall, Miss Tammy does indeed go “above” ‘cuz among the humongous number of groups with whom she volunteers, one of those is Pilots ‘N Paws…(get it??? “above and beyond”??)
She is the peep I talked lots about in my July 15 B4TC post. Miss Tammy is the person who pulled me out of the county kill shelter the day before I was to be destroyed, she fostered me a few days until a space was open at Kitty Corner for me. Miss Tammy has been volunteering for over 20 years…she has a full time paid job…but she makes time to give to us cats and dogs every day.
The winner will be the volunteer with the most nominations. And the prize is $10.000 dollars for a shelter of the winner’s choice (must be a 501c3 non-profit). So, I know I am late to this Award Nomination, I just completed it late yesterday and nominations end August 17 midnight, I think EST.
So if you have not nominated someone, please consider doing so for Miss Tammy Rieser. You don’t have to write lots about her, just what you know from me would be enough. Her shelter she volunteers for most is Contra Costa Humane Society, you need that to nominate her. And her email you can get from me if you decide to nominate her.
Ok, that’s my pitch. Now here is some fun stuff about Kitty Corner! We do not have a facility for dogs, so all dogs we pull from the county kill shelter must be placed in foster homes. No easy task.
Our kittens also go into foster homes, and most of our adult and special need cats we pull from the county shelter come to Kitty Corner, my former shelter before Dad and Mom got me.
…our small but friendly free roam shelter…this is in the back end…
…and this is looking down the enclosures…we only use these for cats when they first come so they can acclimate…or we use them if we have someone ill, or hurt…otherwise the cats can roam about freely…
…and here are some cute photos Mom wanted to share of some of her fave past and current residents…
…first up is Miss Murphy, long gone to her furever home…but she struck this cute pose the day before she left and Mom had some fun with it…
…then there was Buddy…about 17 pounds of solid, not fat, huge Tabby…very relaxed as you can see…
…and Mom posted this but doesn’t know where she found it…so my apology if I have taken this without appropriate permission…but I wanted to share it so I can talk about the dilemma rescue black cats face…
…did you know that black cats are 40% less likely to be adopted than any other color???…Mom and I never knew that.
So Mom wants to share some of our current black cat residents…or like the next one, Joey, who is in foster care right now to give him a break from Kitty Corner…
…here he is being naughty…Mom left a spoon in the sink with a teeny bit of canned food on it…it was in there to be washed up…(we only feed canned food to give meds in)…anywho…she turned around and this is what she saw…just a black butt and tail…
…and then Mom discovered Joey’s secret one day…he is a toilet drinker!!!…
…this is Joey before he went into a foster home…he came to Kitty Corner from the shelter after having been attacked by a dog…he is one brave guy!!…
…and he is back at Kitty Corner for a couple of days right now while his Foster Dad takes a vacation…so Mom caught this photo of him Saturday…can you see how gorgeous he is??!! All filled out, his fur all grown back…
…this is another black cat resident, Clover…2 years old…he is just completing an 8 week confinement in an enclosure after surgery for a fractured hind leg…
…and last, but never least…Miss Dolly…Mom luvluvluvs Miss Dolly…she is about 9 years old…a bit chunky, but she starts to purrrr if you just look at her…she has been at Kitty Corner for months now…she is black tuxedo…but her color and age affect how peeps see her I guess…
…this is Snow White…she is about 8 years old…she is all white, blue eyes and Mom thinks she is partially deaf…
…now precious Sasha…she is like me…gray and white…and like me…she was so shy and scared…she stayed in her cubby, hiding and not eating or drinking much at all. So the staff has her upstairs now in their office…all by herself..Mom and Dad take care of her on the weekends and visit her about 3x a day…she is really coming along….she is about 4 years old..
…Mom gave her the silvervine toy she got for me…I didn’t like it…as you can see…Sasha totally luvluvluvs it!!…check out her tongue!!…MOL
That’s it…I hope you enjoyed seeing some of the cats at my former shelter, Kitty Corner.
And I hope you will think about nominating someone for the Unsung Hero Award…there are so many peeps like Miss Tammy, who go unrecognized, but who give so generously to helping animals find safe loving homes.
Paw pats, Savannah
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