How Does THAT Work? Adoption!
Not EVERYBUDDY knows that I was ADOPTED from a SHELTER! Today I want to EXPLAIN how a CAT can get a FOREVER home. Because I want EVERY cat to have a GOOD home.
First, it helps if you are BORNED CUTE. This is me on the VERY DAY I was BORNED. See how CUTE I was? LUCKILY, all kitties are borned cute so this should not stop ANY kitty from getting a Forever home. Did you know I was BORNED in the SHELTER? My mamacat was FERAL and she came to the shelter to be SPAYED. But they found out I was INSIDE her BELLY and let me be BORNED! I never got to MEET my mamacat. I HOPE she is HAPPY.
I lived at the SHELTER for SIX months. That is a LONG time. While you are there, it is GOOD to be NICE to all the other cats. I made MANY friends when I lived there. Do you RECOGNIZE me? I am the BIG cat on the LEFT. I liked to give HUGS to the other little cats. Most of my FRIENDS at the shelter left BEFORE me. I was a little SAD to say GOODBYE to them, but I was also GLAD they got good HOMES. Living in the SHELTER is not as much fun as living in a real HOME.
I liked to stay BUSY playing and playing and playing with TOYS when I lived there. But when PEOPLE came to look at all the CATS, I stopped playing and looked as HANDSOME as I could! There must have been MANY other MORE handsome cats at the time because they did not PICK me.
FINALLY, when I got my FOREVER home with Daisy, I was HAPPY!!! This was me on my FIRST day at HOME! I KNEADED and PURRED all day long. Just so they would know I was HAPPY!
The most IMPORTANT thing is for EVERY cat to get SPAYED and NOOTERED! I may not know EVERYTHING, but I know that for sure!A note from Daisy: I want to thank everybuddy so very, very much for their kind words and thoughts for me. It means a lot! My eyes are still getting better, so I wonder if it really is uveitis, which can take weeks to resolve. Still waiting on my test results which I hope to get this morning!
PS: Mommeh just called the vet's office and my test results are not in yet. Rats! She will be home from work tonight and maybe we will hear something by then. Waiting is hard.
95 Notes for Daisy:
First of all, we are so sorry that you are going through this, Daisy. We hope it is something very minor and that you get all better very soon!
And Harley - there was a reason for all that waiting at the shelter - waiting sometimes pays off because you got the best home a cat could ever ask for!
Harley, we remember well your time as Neptune at the shelter. Momma cried and we cheered when we found out you got your Forever Home with Daisy and your Mommeh! You are not just handsome and smart, but you are one lucky mancat!
Smoochies to you and Daisy. We are glad to hear your eye is improving already, darling girl.
Daisy, we hope you get all better very soon. Harley, your story is very heartwarming and you must have been the ideal resident at the shelter. Sometimes the best things that happen just take a little longer. A perfect home is a best thing!
harley, you are a lovely young mak cat. you stayed at the shelter just waiting for your mommeh, she was right there all along but you both had to wait for the right time. i am so glad you went home to live with daisy and her family, that way we all get to know you!
i am glad to hear your eye is getting better, daisy!
hugs,
puglette
:o)
Harley, we doubt there were more handsome cats than you. We think that the fates kept you at the shelter till your perfect mummy came to get you (we think Daisy maybe had something to do with it too, she's very clever and probably knew you'd be a perfect brother)
Speaking of Daisy, she's still in all our thoughts. Lotsa purrs for her.
Handsome Harley, that was suuper adoption advice. Maybe you were just in the shelter waiting for the perfect furrever family.
Glad to hear your sister is doing better. Give her a big smoocheroonie from us.
Mum and Poppy Q
xxxx
Harley you are adorable and it is no wonder Daisy's mommy fell in love with you and gotchaed you...we are so happy to read that Daisy's eyes look a bot better! YEAH we love her sooooo much!
I am very surprised you were in the shelter for 6 months because you are such a handsome cool cat! You are lucky that you waited that long though, because now you have a very good forever home--the best you could possibly ever have!
Hope Daisy is okay and the test results are helpful.
Harley, we really cannot imagine why you were not picked for a Forever Home almost as soon as you were born. You are truly the cutest and sweetest boy!
Daisy, we're glad your eyes are better and we are crossing all of our paws for you.
I think you didn't get adopted early 'cos of that big sign that said "Reserved for Daisy's Mummy".
Super hugs for Daisy and Harley . th kind you have to purr hard to get out of ..Love from Milady Marmalade, Evie, Pinky, Darlin and Evigny Mimue.
We're amazed that you weren't adopted on the first day, but we're super happy that you got adopted by Daisy and her Mom and Dad.
We're glad to hear Daisy is getting better.
Sniffie and the Florida Furkids
Harley, sometimes waiting is good 'cause it got you the very best forever home!
Daisy - Yay! I hope your eye keeps getting better!
What a great explaination Harley! Alice was adopted from a shelter too, but she wasn't borned there like you were.
We're sending BIG HUGE purrs to Miss Daisy to GET BETTER SOON!!!
So many others have said it already, Harley - by waiting, you got a really wonderful home and family. That is a great shelter you were at, though. Daisy, keep getting better, girl!
OH Daisy thank heavens you are getting better. That is the best news we have had. Hope you continue to get better.
Harley, you could have never found as good a home as you have right now even though you had to wait awhile. So Harley be nice to Daisy. She has a hurty eye. Have a good day everyone.
Harley, you are indeed a very handsome cat! What a cute baby picture! You weren't adopted because your forever home was supposed to be with Daisy and her sweet Mommeh! Purrfection!
Daisy, so happy to hear that you are feeling better. We are purring for you.
Love, uSSSSS
Harley, it took time for you to get into the best home for you!!!
I was in a shelter for 6 months too so I know how long of a wait that is!
You were such a cute kitten and teen!
Purrs Banshee
Harley, thanks so much for posting about the importance of adoption and spay/neuter!! What a wonderful message! We are so glad you were adopted into a wonderful forever home. Every kitty should be so lucky!
Daisy, we love you and we hope you continue to improve!
We also think that you were in the shelter for 6 months because you were meant to become part of the CurlyCat family. It certainly has nothing to do with your handsomeness, as you are one of the most handsome cats we have ever seen!
Daisy, we are purring for you darling.
Harley, you explained that very well! But since we think you were meant to live with Daisy and your Mom, the long wait was just part of it. It's hard to imagine any other reason you weren't chosen long before!
Harley, I am so glad that you found a wonderful forever home with Daisy and her mom!
Daisy - I am keeping my paws crossed and purring really hard that your eye is clearing up quickly and that you don't have that dreaded disease.
DAISY! did you get jumped on by HARLEY or another kitty? Sometimes TRAMA can cause eyeballs to not respond correctly to light. it's a pain response. If it's improving that fast, i'd wonder if you didn't get hit in the head by a flying cat. We will be purring and thinking of you.
Harley, i do not understand why no one picked you at the shelter! that just doesn't make any sense. Maybe they picked the other cats because they were ugly and they felt bad for them? But they knew that you were so handsome you'd find a home?
Harley, I am so proud and happy to know you! You are such a great friend to everyone!
Daisy, mom used to be a nurse- and she agrees, the uveitis does usually take much longer. I am going to just stay hopeful that this was just something that will never happen again.
bonkies to both of you for a happy day.
Very good infurmation, Harley! We hope you keep an eye (hee hee hee) on Daisy and we keep our paws crossed that she's back to her old self in no time.
Kisses,
Hyssy, Virus and Bajas
Harley - you had to wait at the shelter because fate was waiting for you to be adopted by Daisy and your Mommeh.
Daisy we hope you are getting better day by day - we hope your eye isn't ouchy.
Harley, we can see why your Mommy found you so irresistible! You were and are such a cutie!
We're still sending big purrs to you, Daisy! We hope your eye gets better soon!
Harley, we're so glad you were adopted! All of us were shelter kitties too--Annie at just under a year, Nicki and Derry at 6 months, and before them, Chumley who was 2 to 3 years old. You are right, every cat deserves a wonderful forever home and every cat should be spayed and neutered. Millions and millions of sweet kitties (and doggies too) are pts every year because of uneducated and/or uncaring humans. It makes our own human very upset!
Daisy, we still are sending tons of purrs and healing Light for your eye; we'll look for an update on your test results!
Bless you Daisy and I know that you'll be fine.
Harley, thanks for sharing your story, and look what a great home you found as your forever home.
Harvey, the other cat's weren't more handsome then you, it's just at God had a super special home picked out for you so you just had to wait that little bit longer.
Purrs for Daisy xxxxx
Dearest Daisy,
We have said many prayers and are sending healing thoughts your way. We love you so much!
Please be better right away!
Love,
Theresa, Joe, Bobby, Cosmo, Hannah, Christy, Monseiur, Sasha, Lillian and Ribbon!
Harley,
We love your story. Bobby was born July 6, 1997 at the Belair Veterinary Hospital in Bowie, MD. We adopted him, his brother, Peter and their Mother, Fiona.
Being picked is a good feeling.
Love you, too....
Theresa
your baby picture made me smile from ear to ear. you are lucky to have found a great forever home- it was well worth the wait...
Glad to hear about Daisy getting better so quickly!
Harley, I certainly can't understand why someone didn't pick you earlier, but really it was the best thing that could have happened. I can't imagine you having a better home, or sister cat than Daisy, so I guess it was meant to be.
You certainly are a loving and adorable kitty, and I'm so happy you were adopted by your beans. I can't imagine this blog without you.
Great post Harley! We love all your shelter photos but our favorite photo is you in your forever home!
Daisy, we are glad you are on the mend and we agree, maybe you don't have that uvi-thing after all. We are still purring for you.
Harley that was a great post about how adoption works...we are so happy you found your furever home! You were a mighty cute baby!!
Daisy - we hope you get to feeling better soon, and the vets can figure out what is going on with your eyes.
Daisy, we are very glad your eyes are getting better. We hope that means it isn't anything serious and they are soon all better.
Harley, that was very interesting about adoption. It is lucky you weren't adopted right away and waited for the best Forever home with your mum and Daisy.
Harley, we were so excited when you got your furrever home!
Daisy, we're purring and purraying for your eyeball. Hugs to you and your Mommeh.
What a great story, Harley! Both of my kitties are shelter kitties--well ALL of my kitties were shelter kitties.
When my Henry died, we went right away to give another kitty a home. The thought of us having all those sunny windows and a warm bed to give a kitty was just too much. Even though we were still grieving, we went a week later and brought Hobbes home. It helped us to stop crying so much.
I'm glad Daisy is getting better. Sometimes the doctor can be very, very wrong. We just learned that the hard way with Hobbes. Our vet told me he had FIP and was going to die. I want to reclaim all that time I spent crying!!!
Hey Harley, my catmom was feral and I was born at my shelter too, so we have something in common. We're happy you found a great forever home.
George
I can't imagine what people were thinking to not have scooped you up right away but it all worked out well because you got the BEST forever home...All my fur babies lived a long time at the shelter before I got to adopt them.
Daisy, glad your eyes are getting better - maybe it's just an allergy
Harley I am very happy you got a great home and great momma. We used to foster kitties just like you all the time! But Dexter and Cosmo got grumpy having kittens running around all the time, so now we help them out in different ways. Thanks for the happy ending story!
thank you fur sharing yer story, harley. we are furry glad that you got your furefurr home wif daisy!!
dear miss daisy, we's also furry glad to hear yer eyes is improvin'. we know vetties don't allus know efurrything;-) maybe this is one of them times!
headbonks & whisker tickles--
the meowers
Excellent lesson, Harley! Both my kitties came from shelters. The paperwork for my sweet Cali said the owner could sell her or give her away. That made me sad until I realized that if he had been able to, she wouldn't have found her forever home with me! Thankfully, the shelter was just a temporary stop on the way to that happiness. :)
Continuing to send prayers & purrs for Daisy. Hope answers come soon. I know how hard it is to wait on those kind of things.
oh Harley, informative as always. i am verreh happeh you got 'dopted by Daisy's family. i am sorreh you had to wait so long before they came to get you, but if you hadn't we would not know you the way we do today! concatulations on being such a sweet, smart, handsome mancat. you can tell even in that first picture when you came to your new home, that you were destined to be a prince!
Harley, we enjoyed reading your story. Thanks for sharing it.
Daisy, hope your mama will hear a good news from the vet. Our paws crossed for you.
Momo & Pinot
I love that first day home look on your face...David had that look too!
Harley, that is a wonderful story! I agree, all kitties should have a forever home. I think it wasn't that other cats were more handsome than you, I think it is that Bast and St. Francis knew you needed to go home with your forever mommy and Daisy so you had to wait until she came in. They know all about that stuff more than we kitties do.
Daisy, I am so sorry you aren't feeling well. We are sending hugs to your mommy cause she must be worried too. Please let us know how you are as soon as you hear! Waiting is very hard. purrrrrrs and purrrrrrs it is nothing at all.
Oh Daisy, waiting is hard on us too!
Harley, you are precious. It was destiny that you were not chosen before Daisy's mommeh picked you!
Lucky for all of us that things turned out the way they did!!!
Well, Harley, thanks for explaining to us how adoption works. And we're really happy you finally got adopted. We think it was fate...you were supposed to be with Daisy and your mom and that's why you didn't get adopted right away.
We're glad Daisy is doing better too...we'll be purring for her until she's back to normal!
Now we know how that worked: it worked out perfect for you.
We keep purring for good results for Daisy.
Harley you are a beautiful boy and we are so happy you found such a loving home!...Daisy, we hope those test results are all good...xo...Calle, Halle, Sukki
You are very furrtunate to have found the mostest special home ever! Waiting was worth it after all!
We are glad about Daisy's eye too!Like her vet said, sometimes you find out what it isn't rather than what it is caused by...our vet calls that Idiot-pathic, hahameow
Harley, you are the best explainer I know! Thanks for sharing your story and how adoption works and how important it is to spay and nooter.
Glad to hear Daisy is doing better. Continued Purrs and Prayers for good test results!
~Lisa Co9T
We are purring for good news today Daisy.
Harley, we love the story of your adoption! You are right. All kittehs are born cute!
We want to say that we really hope Daisy is getting better. We don't like that she is sick.
Secondly we are glad that Harley found a Forever home. All of the Farm cats are happy too. Sherpa came from a shelter and Stinky and Pumpkin were stray cats. No cat should have to be put to sleep. All of the Farm cats are fixed.
Harley, I think that the universe was putting a cloud on you so that no one else would pick you except your Momma so you could be Daisy's brother. I cannot believe there were cuter cats than you!
Daisy we are glad that things are progressing so quickly. We are purring hard for you!
Firstly, Daisy we are purraying the news is good! Please keep us all posted ASAP!
Harley! You were the cutest littlest thing! Mom is surprised you were the a whole 6 months! Your mommy is so sweet for choosing you and bringing you home to a furrever home with a furrever family and furrever Curly~Q Sisfur!
We are very glad that you got adopted Harley! And into such a great home is a bonus!
We are still purring for you Daisy!
Daisy thanks for the update - we are very very hopeful that this is not anything bad because your eyes are getting normal quickly - we are purring and praying that everything will be ok quickly!
And Harley, you are so good at explaining! We remember reading about you being from a shelter - we don't understand why you were there so long because we all think you were a very handsome and adorable cat. But we think it was because your forever home just wasn't ready yet - everyone has to have the perfect right one that is ready for them. And we do agree about getting kitties spayed and neutered as soon as possible. Hopefully some day soon every kitty will have their perfect forever home!
Daisy, we are sure your test results are fine. But waiting is the hardest thing! Please keep getting better and betetr.
Harley, it was so nice of you to explain how cats can get adopted. Maybe many humans didn't know. There should be a wave of adoptions now!
Obviously you know a lot about getting adopted from a shelter because you have so much experience in that area! I hope other shelter kitties get some tips from you.
Daisy, I hope your eye continues to get better. Still sending lots of healing purrs and licks!
I don't think the other kittens were taken before you because they were more handsome, I think they all knew you belonged with Daisy and were just waiting for your Mom to come and get you. I love those old pictures.
--Jasper
That was a very nice primer Harley. We was in a shelter for 6 months too, and we did the same thing you sais, so that's why we gets a grate furrever home too!
We is still purring for Daisy to be okay!
TK
Harley thank you so much for this wonderful post about adoption. My kitties Jackie and Shadow waited for a long time. They found me when they were 2 and 3 years old. They are so wonderful and are appreciative everyday for having a forever home :).
Daisy feel better. We are purring for you.
We remember you being adopted and we were so happy 'cause you are one cool dude. Tang was also born in a shelter and it's a good thing because he has Cerebellar Hypoplasia! If he was in the wild he would not have survived. Mommy is so happy she adopted him and we love him too, even with his running into walls!
Daisy, you are in our hearts with many purrrrz & prayers{{HUGGS}}=^Y^=
Harley I can't believe anyone passed you up for another cat. You are just too cute. They must not have known how special you were. Tell Daisy I'm still thinking about her and hoping those tests come out ok.
I guess you were waiting for just the right home where you could blog with Daisy!
Daisy, we hope you feel all the way better very soon! And Harley, we are very glad your mom adopted you from the shelter - yay for her!
Harley, I'm so happy you found such a good forever home. The only reason you had to wait a little longer was because it had to be a perfect home for YOU!
Altho being such a handsome mancat does not hurt at all.
Harley, looking handsome did work after all!!!!! You just needed to be handsome for the right person.
Thankfully that was your Mom!! It was good for you too, because we all got to meet you and now you have tons of friends!!!!
Give Daisy a HUG for us.We are still purring hard for her :)
Purrs Mickey,Georgia & Tillie
Harley, often, kittehs pick their hoomins. Maybe you didn't know it at the time, but perhaps you were sending a subliminal message to hoomins who came to the shelter and picked other kittehs, because you knew deep down that they weren't right for you.
But when your Mommeh came in, you knew that she would be the best Mommeh ever, and you chose HER! And she could tell that you wanted to go home with her, and now, there you are!
Daisy, I hope your eyes continue to get better, hopefully, it's nothing complicated. Sending lots of purrs your way!
Wow, Harley, you were so tiny!! I think you waited so long at the shelter because you were letting all the other kitties get adopted first, and then you got to live with Daisy :)
Daisy, I hope you hear back from the vet today! I'm glad your eye is still getting better :)
Hey Harley, I think Daisy is well enuf to git her blog bak!
Harley, we are so happy you were adopted by Daisy and her mommeh cause now you have the bestest home ever! It is very important to spay and nooter the kitties so thanks for reminding everyone!
Daisy, we hope your eyes keep getting better!
Aww Daisy - what a beautiful story of how you found your forever home!
Just Me and Charlie again coming over from Furrever Home to give you more purrs and healing hugs!
take care
x
Harley, you probably had to wait so long because you were meant to be with your mommeh who adopted you! She just didn't know you were there waiting for her! I think she got the pick of the litter, because you really are the cutest! You seem to have had a nice shelter there, taking care of you so well until your mommeh came, and you helping take care of the other kittehs. I kiss you!
And Daisy, I am hoping your eye gets better really soon! Hopefully it isn't the other thing, and something really simple and easily taken care of. I am glad that you are feeling better!! I kiss you, too!
Melinda and Henry
Harley, I am very proud of u for tellin the story of pets in shelters. Adoptin is how I got my forever home, too. Adoptin is awesome. :)
Many hugs and kisses for Daisy and ur Mom and Dad. Luv u. :)
I just recently heard about your eye problem. We are sorry that you are sick. Hopefully it will be just a minor problem for you. Get well soon, Daisy!
Harley
We want to know how hard it was for your Momma to see you every day and not take you home! She must've fallen for you from the day you were born!
Daisy we are still purrin for you.
purrs
>^,,^<
Abby
Loved hearing about you Harley. Your story goes to show that sometimes the best cats have to wait for just the perfect person like your Mom!
Now you have the bestest home with Mom and Daisy - got to be good right!!??
getting a forefur home is the mostest wonderfulest thing!
daisy we is purring for good results for you
You were very patient at the shelter, Harley. And you were rewarded with a great furrever home. We are so happy for you. You are truly a success story.
Daisy, we hope your eyeballs continue to get better!
from rags to riches!
Benny & Lily
Hi Daisy - we were checking to see if there were any updates. We aren't too worried - we think that your blood tests will come back just fine. But we admit we do keep checking back. Usually if we check back a lot the news turns out to be good so we are a bit superstitious about it now - and since we keep checking we know you will be ok!
And we re-read Harley's post today too - we have a couple features we really love, your Fashion pictures and Harley's How Does THAT work posts are two we always try to catch, even when we fall behind.
Hi, Harley!
Your adoption story is pawesome!
I hope Daisy gets better soon!
Kisses and hugs
Lorenza
Harley, if I saw you in the shelter I would have picked you right away, being so handsome and all.
I hope Daisy gets some good news and is feeling better all the time.
So glad you found such a great home!!
Looks like all the purrs are helping Sweet Daisy! Hoping so hard it's nothing serious!
Thank you for telling us your story of how adoption works and how important it is for all kitties (and woofies, too) to get spayed and neutered. I was in my foster home for six months, too. I think it was because I was waiting for just the right Mom to adopt me. I think that's what happened to you, too.
Daisy, I hope that all your test results are good and that your eye continues to improve.
Herman
Ferst of all we are sending good lick purrs to Daisy for her eyes.
Harley, no one coulda been cuter than yoo. maybe the potenshul adoptees fort yoo was TOO cute for them and they weren't worthy.
We are so glad yoo have a happy forever home now ~ yoo deserve it.
Dennis is glad somebuddy tells the whole adoption story. Dennis was a very sickly kitty with a feral momcat and nobuddy wanted a kitten who looked sick and wouldn't eat and looked like he was about to pass out all the time. Dennis couldn't help being sick and having so many problems! Dennis needed special people to adopt him knowing he had problems. Dennis acts like an ingrate a lot, but that is an act, it's a cat thing. Dennis is really loving and appreciates people who adopt the kitties no one else will take a chance on. Those people are super!
Harley, I am so happy that you found your furrever home with Daisy. You are the perfect little brother! Hope Daisy's eyes are still doing okay.
Harley, we are so glad ta hear about yer story! An we are glad Daisy is feelin better...
hello harley its dennis the vizsla dog hay that is a grate story abowt yoo being adopted frum the shelter!!! my sister trouble also kaym frum the shelter but we do not no ennything abowt ware she kaym frum before then!!! i can hardly beleev she wuz wunse a littel kitten like yoo in that pikcher!!! ok bye
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