We lost our sweet Molly in November and adopted Abby from the local shelter in January. We have had a few people tell us that they liked Molly better than they do Abby
Could people possibly be more insensitive?
Molly was a special girl. She had to be one of the sweetest cats around. We had her for 8 years and dies at age 12. She was a giant marshmallow at the end who loved almost everyone who walked through our door. How quickly people forget that when we adopted Molly, she was terrified of people and we called jokingly called her "Nervous Nellie". It took a lot of love to get her to be the affectionate cat she was.
Abby was approximately 8 months old when adopted in January. The shelter did not have any backround info on her other than that she was brought in by the local Animal Control with a few other cats. Abby came to us with a skin allergy, conjuctivitus, an upper respiratory infection, ear mites and worms. We actually had a friend ask us why we always get damaged cats
We spent her first few weeks with us giving lots of medication, so we lost any trust we had gained and went backward in our relationship with her. Normally we would get the arched back, sideways walking big-tailed Abby. Now, 7 months later, she is still a little skittish, we still see the arched back once in a while, but she greets us at the door purring. If she loses track of where we are in the house, she comes looking for us or meows so we go looking for her. She has finally decided that she is going to keep us.
Why can't people understand that love, trust and affection has to be earned and doesn't happen overnight?
Mods, I'm sorry if I posted this in the wrong spot, but I just had to vent. Thanks for listening.
Karen
Molly was a special girl. She had to be one of the sweetest cats around. We had her for 8 years and dies at age 12. She was a giant marshmallow at the end who loved almost everyone who walked through our door. How quickly people forget that when we adopted Molly, she was terrified of people and we called jokingly called her "Nervous Nellie". It took a lot of love to get her to be the affectionate cat she was.
Abby was approximately 8 months old when adopted in January. The shelter did not have any backround info on her other than that she was brought in by the local Animal Control with a few other cats. Abby came to us with a skin allergy, conjuctivitus, an upper respiratory infection, ear mites and worms. We actually had a friend ask us why we always get damaged cats
Why can't people understand that love, trust and affection has to be earned and doesn't happen overnight?
Mods, I'm sorry if I posted this in the wrong spot, but I just had to vent. Thanks for listening.
Karen