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i found a beautiful orange tabby on the website for the pound here in brandon, and i really really wanted him. the only problem is is that he was going to be put down today, friday, at 1pm.
so i made many calls and tried to find some kind of way to pick him up and have a place to leave him for about two weeks until me and rob moved into our apartment. everything was finally all figured out and this morning we woke up early and started our long day.
it took us an hour to find the pound, and when we finally got there at around 930am, we (or rather i) was quite destraught to find that the animal control officer already picked up that cat (who i was going to name calcifer, the cute fire demon from howls moving castle) and he was no longer there.
wendy suggested that we take a look anyways, and i wasnt going to say no. we didnt travel all day to give up that easily, especially when any one of the cats inside probably had until that afternoon until they were euthenized as well.
and thats when i saw him. the three legged, grey and brown tabby who i also saw and dearly wanted on the same website. as soon as i saw his face peeking curiously up at us from one of the cages i knew it was the one with only three legs, but i didnt enquire right away. the guy who ran the place mentioned him and confirmed my suspicions. about five minutes later, i was holding the great oaf in my arms after the owner plopped him on me to retrieve the paper work.
we traveled back to town and off to grand valley vetrinarian clinic to get his shots so that he could be placed in a boarding kennel until we were all moved in, and the entire time he would not stop howling. the only time he would cease was when we were looking at him or petting him or what have you. (could just be love talking, but he has a beautiful voice!)
i was pretty relieved to find that he was very good at the vets, he barely even flinched when he got his shots and purred like crazy while wendy (stepmom) soothed and talking to him. after that we didnt put him back in his carrying kennel, and he layed on my feet until we pulled up to the boarding place where i went in to sign him up for two weeks.
and thats my story! im actually very proud of myself, despight alot of odds and many discouraging looks and words, i stuck it out. i ended up failing thw orange one (which really wasnt my fault, they said 1pm not 910am), but where one life was taken, anothers was saved.
i dont need to tell you i had to fight hard not to cry while i was there, knowing alot of those cats were all going to be put down that same day, but there wasnt much i could do, it had to be the most depressing place i had ever been to.
and without further ado, i give you the late calcifer and the new member to my family, howell:
my new baby. you can see which leg is missing, not the one where his paw is cut off from the picture, but the hind leg closest to us :3
[note: that is not me holding him, just the picture i took from the website that they havent yet updated. plus, dont mind the fansy/cheap photoshopping... i just wanted something fun and silly as a desktop bg n_n;;]
so i made many calls and tried to find some kind of way to pick him up and have a place to leave him for about two weeks until me and rob moved into our apartment. everything was finally all figured out and this morning we woke up early and started our long day.
it took us an hour to find the pound, and when we finally got there at around 930am, we (or rather i) was quite destraught to find that the animal control officer already picked up that cat (who i was going to name calcifer, the cute fire demon from howls moving castle) and he was no longer there.
wendy suggested that we take a look anyways, and i wasnt going to say no. we didnt travel all day to give up that easily, especially when any one of the cats inside probably had until that afternoon until they were euthenized as well.
and thats when i saw him. the three legged, grey and brown tabby who i also saw and dearly wanted on the same website. as soon as i saw his face peeking curiously up at us from one of the cages i knew it was the one with only three legs, but i didnt enquire right away. the guy who ran the place mentioned him and confirmed my suspicions. about five minutes later, i was holding the great oaf in my arms after the owner plopped him on me to retrieve the paper work.
we traveled back to town and off to grand valley vetrinarian clinic to get his shots so that he could be placed in a boarding kennel until we were all moved in, and the entire time he would not stop howling. the only time he would cease was when we were looking at him or petting him or what have you. (could just be love talking, but he has a beautiful voice!)
i was pretty relieved to find that he was very good at the vets, he barely even flinched when he got his shots and purred like crazy while wendy (stepmom) soothed and talking to him. after that we didnt put him back in his carrying kennel, and he layed on my feet until we pulled up to the boarding place where i went in to sign him up for two weeks.
and thats my story! im actually very proud of myself, despight alot of odds and many discouraging looks and words, i stuck it out. i ended up failing thw orange one (which really wasnt my fault, they said 1pm not 910am), but where one life was taken, anothers was saved.
i dont need to tell you i had to fight hard not to cry while i was there, knowing alot of those cats were all going to be put down that same day, but there wasnt much i could do, it had to be the most depressing place i had ever been to.
and without further ado, i give you the late calcifer and the new member to my family, howell:
my new baby. you can see which leg is missing, not the one where his paw is cut off from the picture, but the hind leg closest to us :3
[note: that is not me holding him, just the picture i took from the website that they havent yet updated. plus, dont mind the fansy/cheap photoshopping... i just wanted something fun and silly as a desktop bg n_n;;]