I had to come look at him again!
You better go get him quick because there must be a line up to adopt this huggable guy!
You better go get him quick because there must be a line up to adopt this huggable guy!
Thank you. I'll be sure to let you know. We do it through the Delta Society, and they require that you have the pet for 6 months before he can be evaluated (so you can be sure you know its temperament and quirks). Then he'll go through the actual certification test. That will likely bring us to about September before he's "official" and certified, but we'll take him on field trips before then to local nursing homes to be sure he likes it. The cat has to enjoy it, too.Originally Posted by Creativgirl
He's gorgeous. Let me know how the training to be a therapy cat works out -- I've thought about doing that with Oliver.
Natalie...we are so sad. More for us than for him. We learned this week that he is already promised to someone. The adoption isn't complete yet, and there is a slim chance we may still get him, but if the current family works out, they will be getting him. They got to him first and it is felt to be a good match for him.Originally Posted by Natalie_ca
Did you go and get him?!
What about if you explain that you were hoping to have him be a "therapy" kitty for sick and dying people? He has such a loving personality that he would be wonderful at that and would get all the hugs he wanted.Originally Posted by Birdsong123
Natalie...we are so sad. More for us than for him. We learned this week that he is already promised to someone. The adoption isn't complete yet, and there is a slim chance we may still get him, but if the current family works out, they will be getting him. They got to him first and it is felt to be a good match for him.
Thanks so much for the reply. Actually, I did before I realized he had been pledged already. This is the reply I got, which I respect (when reading, just note that i never asked her to hold the cat for me, that would have been an unfair request):Originally Posted by Natalie_ca
What about if you explain that you were hoping to have him be a "therapy" kitty for sick and dying people? He has such a loving personality that he would be wonderful at that and would get all the hugs he wanted.
Try tugging at some heart strings. He could make one family happy, or hundreds of other people. Who could resist that