In honor of Senior Pet Adoption Month we bring you a story from staff member Rosa: I adopted my senior cat, Fatty, the day that she was to be euthanized at the shelter. Why was she going to be euthanized? Well, she was oldish – about 11 and had terrible periodontal disease. She has been at the shelter for over 3 months and her time was up. I immediately fell in love with the sassy resting-grumpy face and hearty purr. The day I brought her home was the first day in my new apartment. She walked about of the carrier, sniffed around, and then satRead More →

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How did we meet? How does any relationship begin these days, online. I’d spent several weeks looking at profile after profile of mature males with charming pictures, clever screen names and flattering descriptions: sporty, laid back, cuddly or mellow. I’d read them all, bookmarked a few even called to arrange some meetings. When I’d meet them I found these older guys to be lacking, jaded “seen it all” or too assertive almost aggressive, they would have done anything to go home with me ,frankly it was a turn off , I was feeling zero spark, zero chemistry. Then late one Friday afternoon I was checkingRead More →

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