Why I Love Chesapeake Cats and Dogs:
When I was kid growing up with JRA, I had a best friend who wasn't human. Her name was Sugar, and she was my Siamese cat. I lost Sugar to kidney failure in 2008 and suddenly found myself full of love and time and no one to spend it on. It was then that I started volunteering with Chesapeake Cats and Dogs, a local non-profit no-kill animal rescue. In honor of Sugar's memory, I am fundraising for CCAD at this year's Best Friend's Strut Your Mutt, and I hope you will support me or join CCAD's team by clicking here: http://support.bestfriends.org/goto/thamboyanharrison.
Snicker and I both came to Chesapeake Cats and Dogs in the summer of 2009: Snicker as a tiny black kitten, and I, as a person who loved cats. As a kitten, Snicker was a bit shy and hesitant, and his more gregarious brother Doodle was adopted right away. Over the years, Snicker and I have become friends, and I've watched him consistently get over-looked for younger or more out-going cats. He has not, to my knowledge, ever had anyone even apply to adopt him.
In the 6 years he's been in our adoption center, it's become his home. He has a best feline friend named Skiddles and a best human friend in me. (If I didn't already have 5 at home, Snicker would be home with me now.) He is always the first cat to greet me when I walk into our adoption center. He loves it when I pick him up and cuddle with him; and I love it, too.
The truth is, Chesapeake Cats and Dogs is *ALREADY* a sanctuary. Snicker is our longest-term cat resident, having been with us for 6 years, but we give ALL of our cats and dogs as long as they need to find their forever homes. And we believe there IS a forever home waiting for each and every one of them. And while we wait for them to find their forever homes, we love them as if they were our own pets.
To better fulfill our mission-to give cats like Snicker the best home we can while they wait to be adopted--we need to grow. We need the flexibility that comes with owning our own property instead of renting. We want to build a new adoption center, for cats AND dogs.
And we need YOUR help to become Tree of Life Pet Sanctuary and to continue operations as Chesapeake Cats and Dogs while we grow.
Snicker and I both thank you for your support.