In the last few months there have been four cats (in addition to mine) adopted by family members. I don’t think that’s ever happened before.
You all know Sasha by now. She’s my youngest cutie.
In addition my grand niece’s daughter adopted a bonded pair. She has two older cats but had room for more. They are three-month old boys.
My niece, who is not typically a cat person, adopted Maya from the same rescue. She is a 3-year-old Siamese mix.
Earlier in the year my niece’s daughter “fostered” a cat for her daughter but the cat never left. Here is Brandy who was a feral cat adjusting to the good life inside.
That’s my side of the family. The beloved husband has four adult kids and at the last count (which may or may not be accurate) there were around 13 grandpets. There are dogs, cats, sometimes chickens and who knows what else. There were a few passings, some adoptions. Hard to track since they live on the other side of the country.
It runs in the genes.
Bless the whole ‘anipal’ family.
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What a happy clan! Pets just round out our lives, and I think it speaks well that your family on whole have committed to bringing in rescue pets. 🙂 It’s fun to hear about them.
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They all have their personalities. Eldest step-daughter has a catahoula dog that she got as a puppy. He was very ginormous puppy and easy pushed people over. Many stories there. I love that the granddaughters are growing up with a variety of pets. They had chickens for a few years besides dogs and cats. It teaches empathy and patience and other lessons that you don’t learn any other way.
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Lots of furkids translates to lots of happiness in your family.
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Yes it does. When one goes we all mourn.
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They’re all so adorable, you are lucky to have eachother 🙂 Thank you for sharing!
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Lovely to see so many kitties with happy, loving new homes! You have a pretty awesome family 🙂
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It is awesome. Those are just the newly adopted pets. There are lots more.
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That is glorious. No matter whose house you go to, you can find a welcoming pet. I love that.
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I do too. I always try to greet pets if they are willing.
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I come from a hard and true family of dog owners. One niece and I are the only outliers who prefer the company of cats. Dogs are ok, but cats rule 🙂
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I took a shine to cats when I was very young. My mother said a dog bit me when I was 3 or 4 (I probably deserved it). We had a family dog that I loved but back then, most dogs spent a lot of time outside. When I worked cats were easier. I love dogs too but cats do rule. We have a lot of dogs in the family too.
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I agree — good role models do foster good families.
Kindness is contagious!
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The odd part is I don’t have a lot of patience except when it comes to cats. This morning Gracie ate, then threw up her entire breakfast. I calmly cleaned it up and asked if she wanted more.
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Good role models create good families. Kindness seems to be so rare these day. Nice to know it’s flourishing in your family. Denial and “only fostering for a while…” is so endearing in humans.
Cheers for a super clan
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The “fostering” is the family joke because her son had no intention of re-homing the cat and everyone but her knew it. My brother loves pets but not my SIL. She wasn’t raised with them. She always says if she goes first he’s going to have 80 cats in his house!
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Those are good genes 🙂
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They are the best. They foster kindness all around.
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A cat reunion would be fun! I would love to see the pictures.
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Ah, maybe not. Some are younger and some are older. It may be a nightmare and you know they refuse to be herded!
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I love that first shot, Kate!
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The two (Sasha and Gracie) were wrestling in a bag last night splitting it open. I never have the camera when I need it. I’m glad that Gracie has a buddy who is as active as she is. I’m a believer of adopting in pairs.
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Lucky kitties, lucky people. One of these days, when we stop traveling, I hope to give a rescue a forever home too.
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That’s a good decision. Enjoy your travel first so you don’t need to worry!
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Well I certainly agree that it runs in the genes. Pets with forever homes are lucky. Good on all of you.
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Pets stay forever in our family.
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All those adoptions are rays of sunshine on a rather bleak day. Loved hearing about them.
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It was a surprise as I kept seeing Facebook notices. Very cool!
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Wonderful so many pets have found loving homes with your family Kate.
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Yes and there are dogs too. My niece’s other daughter adopted a Cavalier spaniel at the beginning of the year. Cute as a button. All her adult kids have pets.
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If all those extended pet members got together, you’d have a real kittywampus!
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Yes and perhaps a real cat fight! My cats accept other cats easily but not all cats are like that. Kittywampus (or is it katy?) for sure.
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It’s spelled at least 3 different ways:
catawampus
kittywampus
cattywampus
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I think every single one of my immediate family members has pets. At least one dog or cat. I used to have the most, though, until my current stepmother started adopting every creature that showed up on her doorstep. She and my dad live in a small Utah city where a lot of pets get dumped.
I think they ended up with four dogs and three cats. Pretty hilarious, when Dad refused to ever allow more than a single cat or dog in our house growing up.
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Part of my family are big animal lovers and there is a part that is not. There are allergies but I don’t think the interest is there. My bro and SIL had an adult cat that was rescued. My SIL did not want it so her son told her it was just until he found it a suitable home. It died there 10 years later. The cat would sleep in her bedroom. Lots of denial out there.
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Right? I’ve got a friend who swears she’s a cat person only, but she keeps sending me cute photos of dogs she sees.
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I would have a dog except for the extra work and already having 4 cats. Jake was my last indoor/outdoor cat and one thing I enjoy is not worrying (or picking off) ticks. I needed to treat all the cats for ticks and fleas every month because he could bring them in. Now I don’t bother. Haven’t had an issue yet.
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you have a super family… with a heart for those in need…a hug to you all… a BIG one.
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Maybe it’s the farming roots but all our pets are family members.
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Wonderful to hear about so many pets getting forever homes – hooray!!
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I know! It was a co-incidence and a lovely one. Now we outdo each other with pictures and stories.
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