DH and I went to the county fair...mainly for the food (polish sausages
) but also to see the animals. After visiting the rabbits and goats and horses
, we moved on to the exepetion booths under the grandstands where people display jewlery, t-shirt, ask you to sign up for credit cards, etc. Well the first booth was an animal rescue. It was called "The Ark of Hope". And they had animals there. I was melting. They had 5 dogs. 3 were rescued from a home where for 1 year didn't see the light of day. They were kept in the basement...got food and water...did their business where ever they wanted and had no human contact except for at dinner time. They were choc lab/huskie mix. One was pure choc coloring except for blue eyes! I was so tempted and they were SO good for not being socialized or trained (they rescued them 3 weeks ago).
They had a cage with 4 kittens but 3 were already adopted and the 4th was being adopted while we were there!
But the one that captured my heart was Ugly Maggie.
She was the most unique cat I've ever seen. Her old owners (stupid) called her that because she was a tortie and apparently they didn't know what torties were? :shrug:. But she was such a light tortie that you almost couldn't where the white stopped and the gray and orange began. The only place you could really see the coloring was on the face. She had a light orange stripe that separated her eyes and ran down to her nose. She almost looked like a Monet painting....and she wasn't adopted yet. She was 1 year old (still looked like a kitten) had all her shots...and was a big love bug!
She was sleeping when I saw her, and I reached into her cage to give her lovins. She got up...streatched...gave me head butts...and rolled over on her back so I could scratch her tummy! Yeah...I was in love!
I just wish I could have taken her home with me right then and there! She clawed her way into my heart and curled up to take a nap. But, with 7 indoor cats (plus 4 kittens we're trying to find homes for) and 4 dogs DH would have killed me!
Of course, I found out later he knew one of the women at the rescue place and gave her our phone number in case they need foster homes for anyone...so maybe I could still bring her home...on a temporary basis??? (I LOVE it that my husband is a sucker for animals too!)
They had a cage with 4 kittens but 3 were already adopted and the 4th was being adopted while we were there!
She was the most unique cat I've ever seen. Her old owners (stupid) called her that because she was a tortie and apparently they didn't know what torties were? :shrug:. But she was such a light tortie that you almost couldn't where the white stopped and the gray and orange began. The only place you could really see the coloring was on the face. She had a light orange stripe that separated her eyes and ran down to her nose. She almost looked like a Monet painting....and she wasn't adopted yet. She was 1 year old (still looked like a kitten) had all her shots...and was a big love bug!
She was sleeping when I saw her, and I reached into her cage to give her lovins. She got up...streatched...gave me head butts...and rolled over on her back so I could scratch her tummy! Yeah...I was in love!
Of course, I found out later he knew one of the women at the rescue place and gave her our phone number in case they need foster homes for anyone...so maybe I could still bring her home...on a temporary basis??? (I LOVE it that my husband is a sucker for animals too!)