Sunday , Beautiful Sunday

I think Sunday is my favourite day of the week. Its a day to give thanks , relax and reflect. So much has been happening lately , that I have started to appreciate my Sundays way more than I did in the good old days of my youth. I am thankful that the aggressive new approach that I have taken with Tobey`s displasia is working . I am thankful that the number of homeless cats and kittens has slacked off , finally and that my rescue friends are finding spots for our groups kitties. Another 7 were transferred out to another safe foster this week and more will go next week. The remaining kittens and cats will be visiting Cranberry Kennels every Saturday from now until Christmas with me . I have volunteered to help Wendy move her overflow by advertising and being around the pound to show her cats and in turn, that will free us up along with a few other rescue groups that help Wendy remain a No Kill shelter through out the year. I feel we are making a difference when we give adopters lots of information on cat care and send them to vets who dont charge an arm and a leg for neutering. Wendy is seeing a slowing up of her cat intake and thats awesome. People are listening and less cats are being turfed or getting preggers. I cant believe I only have 3 wee babies left in care. There for a few weeks I felt like cats were coming out of the walls( me and every other rescue organization). Everyone I know has been working their butts off to rehome these Purrbabies and get the left overs neutered as soon as possible. Our own vets still like to wait until the five to six month to neuter but I know some vets do it much sooner. My opinion doesn`t matter on this one. Preventing more kittens from being born into a questionable life and keeping the neutered cats indoors, sure helps everyone with numbers and worries . I`ve had some sick kitties this year and some didnt make it. My garden is about as full as I want it so neutering is high on my list when I speak with people about animal care. I still get calls every day from people trying to dump their own cats into a rescue situation . Once I hear their story, I can usually convince the good people to keep Kitty around with some behaviour tips and letting them know that the cat is family and not disposable. There are times when a cat absolutely needs into care and thats when I start e-mailing my rescue friends to see if they have room .
Since we are newer than most other groups in the area, they usually have more foster homes or more spaces in stores to display the cats. We lost our spot at Ruffins in Tillsonburg but the rescue thats in there now is also taking cats from Wendy so it all works out in the end. I have learned that even if one doesn`t totally agree with another rescues policies, we are all basically trying to accomplish the same things and have similar goals . We can work together for the larger good; the big picture: That is less dead animals around here, less animals being scraped off the road and less animals going for research. Its great having Michelle within ear shot as well. She is the local and legal Wildlife Rescuer so if I find an injured squirrel or any other critter, I can call her to come and fix it and get it to safety.
And I just looked out the side door. I put ancient dog food out in the swale for the birds and there is a handsome pheasant husband out there having lunch. I feel I have done something good today and I will try to do better tomorrow.
later