Saturday, January 29, 2011

What a big day!

We have had a ton of adoptions today.

Masquerade was the first to find a home with ISO volunteer and Dog Foster, Tyla.
Then, Nutella found a home with a single lady who is very active in Hayward. And, Penguin found a home with a family in Brentwood. Then, Ellie went home to a great family in Rio Vista!

What a great day it has been. More pictures and information to come soon!

Congratulations!

Hawaii is the new mayor of Kitty City!

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

New Mayor

Oceania was just adopted! That means we need a new mayor.

Pizza is our current Vice Mayor- should she be promoted or should we elect a new mayor all together?

Vote in the poll to the right. If Pizza gets the most votes, she will become mayor. And whoever comes in 2nd will become Vice Mayor.
If somebody else gets the most votes, they will be the new mayor!

Congratulations Oceania!

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Martin & Velma

Martin was the first to get adopted today. Many never met Martin- he came to us from Tri City Animal Shelter at the beginning of the month, and immediately went into foster before his neuter appointment. A couple weeks after rescuing him, he was neutered and brought into the shelter. Just thirty minutes after Martin coming in and being put up for adoption, he was adopted! A great couple came in, and fell immediately in love.

They decided to name his D'Jango. I think it's a perfect name for a cute little dog such as Martin.

Just as this was happening, a young man came in looking for a cat for his young daughter. As he walked in, Velma greeted him and he too, fell in love. You could tell it was meant to be. He went home to get everything set up and came back that afternoon to make it official.


Congratulations Velma and Martin!

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Motorola & Carlos.....and Decaf!

Saturday's are usually the busiest day at the shelter. We have about 25 volunteers during Saturday's to clean/feed/socialize/answer phones, and have about the same number of visitors too. They are especially busy when we have dog adoption days or volunteer orientations.

Well, today was a day that started with an orientation. We had fifteen great attendees that we are looking forward to getting up and running with us. After the orientation ended, the adoptions began!

Right at 11, a lady had came in with her adult children to help her pick out two cats. Originally, they were thinking about adopting siblings, but as they sat in Kitty City and watched every one play. They fell madly in love with two very different kittens, Motorola and Carlos.

Motorola came to us back in May as a 4 week old kitten with no mom. She had three siblings who were all adopted very quickly. We presume Motorola was the last to find a home due to her being all black, which is a shame. Anyways, we sent the litter into foster with our staff vet tech, Pam who has an extensive knowledge on how to take care of young kittens without mom. She had them for almost two months until we got them all spayed. From there, they were brought into Kitty City and made available. Motorola watched as her sisters were adopted, and waited patiently. She was one of the prettiest DLH black cats we had at the time, and we were sad to see her still at the shelter.

Whereas, Carlos had a very short stay with us. He was rescued from Tri City Animal Shelter in Fremont a few days before Christmas. He was small, but his loud voice overcompensated for his petite figure. We waited for a neuter appointment to open up and eventually sent him into For Paws to get fixed. After a couple days of recovery, we moved him into Kitty City on Thursday afternoon, the same time we moved Chase in (see previous entry). With his bubbly personality, we assumed he wouldn't last long- and we were right. Just a day and a half after moving in, he was swooped up and is now in his forever home, along with his new step- sister Motorola.

Congratulations to both Motorola and Carlos!

Then, just a short time after, a nice couple came in interested in Decaf. They had seen him online and wanted to meet him. Only about two weeks ago they had moved here from the UK and wanted a cat to join their dog. After an hour of visiting, we tried to convince them to take his sister, and best friend, Latte, but they only had the room for one at this time. Regardless, one is better than none and we were ecstatic to see him go home.

Decaf was rescued from euthanasia at Contra Costa Animal Shelter back in April. He was saved along with his mom Coffee and his three siblings. Again, these kittens were so small that we sent them into foster to protect them from catching anything in the shelter. After a couple months in foster, they were independent and weaned off of mom. We brought them in and waited for them to get adopted. The first to go was Espresso, a DMH black kitten who was adopted with a loving cat named Minerva. Then Cappachino went. Cappachino went home with the family that adopted Amici from the Pizza litter.... *we still have momma Pizza (if you're interested!). Both of these adoptions happened almost immediately. We watched as Coffee (mom), and Decaf and Latte lingered behind. Finally- Coffee was adopted right before the new year. We couldn't believe we still had Decaf and Latte though. Well, soon enough, Decaf found his home and we are so elated for him.

Now, Latte waits patiently for someone to fall in love with her. Hopefully, she will find a forever home soon.

Congratulations Decaf!

Friday, January 14, 2011

Chase

This morning, Chase found his forever home! Chase came to us with his brother Jayden from another rescue organization. He had previously been at Kings County Animal Shelter where he was rescued from and then brought to us.

When he arrived, we thought he might have been semi-feral because he was so skiddish and nervous around people. As we were doing his vet check after he arrived, we determined he had a mild case of pneumonia! Wow! We put him in a large kennel in our adoptions office where he was put on "strict bed rest". After antibiotics and a week of TLC, he was happy and healthy again, like he should be! He made the hugest muffins when he would knead his paws, and had turned out to be one of the nicest cats we've had thus far!

Thursday night around 4PM we moved him into Kitty City where we placed him up for adoption. Friday after lunchtime, the family who adopted Gabby back in August of 2009 came in looking for a friend for her. They originally had their eyes on Feta (of the Cheese's) but fell in love with Chase.

They were ecstatic to bring him home, and I am so happy for him!

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Snow....now Yoshi!

Snow, a small brown tabby, found his forever home today. Snow was a private surrender who came to us about 3 weeks ago. The lady who surrendered him found him on a deserted road near a bank in Alamo. He was in a box, all alone. She took him home to get him warm, and called immediately to put him on our long waitlist. After a couple weeks of waiting, we were able to get him in. Since he was so young, we immediately sent him into foster.

The funny thing about Snow is that we thought he was a girl for the longest time. He had so much fur that it was hard to tell. We sent him to get spayed one day, and For Paws (the vet clinic we use for Spay and Neuters in Fremont) called and asked if we had sent the wrong cat. We were confused because we knew Snow was a girl. Poor Snow....he really was a boy. He got neutered and recovered for a few days then was made available in Kitty City.

We thought he was going to get adopted in fourty-five seconds, but he wasn't! He sat in Kitty City for a couple weeks. Finally, a great family who found him on petfinder, drove down from San Jose to meet him. They did fall in love and took him home shortly after meeting him.

Before they even left the shelter, they decided his new name would be Yoshi. It was a choice between Bowser and Yoshi, and they felt Yoshi fit his silly personality better.

Congratulations Yoshi!

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Pictures

Here are some recent pictures taken here at the shelter.

Penguin


Honey and Buzz


Honey



Snow


Laverne


Shirley


Latte


Decaf


Virgo


Pizza


Chatty Cathy


Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Cameron and Prada

Our fabulous pet of the week, Prada found her home today! She will be living with a dog, so that should be a lot of fun!

Also, Cameron was adopted.

Check back soon for stories and pictures :)

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Swiss

Swiss was adopted today to a great home! Swiss was one of the Cheese's who need homes!

We still have Havarti, Feta, Gouda, and Meunster.

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Nutella & Martin

Nutella and Martin came to us from Tri City Animal Shelter on January 4th. They are both very sweet loving dogs.

Martin is a two and half year old Dachsund/Cocker Spaniel mix.


Nutella is a year to a year and a half year old mix.