It's a great day!

Garfunkel has been adopted!!!

He arrived at the shelter over a year ago and was extremely frightened by his new surroundings. He then spent eight months in a foster home learning to trust and coming out of his shell.  He's been back at the shelter for a few months and he has gone from always hiding (but welcoming attention) to pretty social (though still a little shy).

The progress this cat has made just blows my mind. And today his hard work and patience was rewarded when his forever family was lucky enough to find him.

Exploring

Look who is feeling all brave!

Delayed

Today has been the Mondayest of Mondays, so cat of the month will (hopefully) be here tomorrow. Until then, you get photos!

PeeWee 'helping' with the August name tags for the shelter

Mike doesn't get pillows. He thinks they are for the butt and blankets are for the head

Garfunkel *does* have a rear end!

February's SCotM, Garfunkel, is getting braver by the day at the shelter. He was out roaming around when we came in yesterday. You can follow his adventures on his new Facebook page: 2 Boys 1 Home

That face, tho

A GPSPCA volunteer grabbed this adorable shot of Garfunkel and I just had to share it here.

June Shelter Cat of the Month

He's built like a truck and noms down kibbles like a vacuum, but this cat is a love machine.

Peterbilt

UPDATE 7/2: PETERBILT HAS BEEN ADOPTED!!!

*bump*

In case you missed it, Ghost was adopted early this month. Yay!

So far we're doing pretty well, with five of our seven CotM kitties adopted so far. How can we have 7 cats of the month when it's only May? Um...I'm bad at math?

That's not true. I'm actually pretty awesome at math. But I'm bad at rules. Even ones I set for myself. So I cheat.

Hey, it's not my fault there are too many incredible cats needing homes to pick just twelve in a year!

Garfunkel Biscuits

Look at this sweet boy making biscuits in the air (not air biscuits...totally different meaning). His foster mom said he was purring and purring while she took this video.

Ups and Downs

We can't have the happy without the sad.

With Wesley getting adopted this week, Garfunkel making big strides in confidence, and fantastic updates from Blanket's adopters, it's been a time of big smiles.

Unfortunately, the balance of all of that glee has been our buddy PeeWee showing up at the shelter. PeeWee was K&B's very first SCotM back in April 2015. This sweet guy had been in the shelter since October 2014, and he was finally adopted on April 10th.

He came back in about a week ago as a stray. GPSPCA microchips all of the pets that come through, and they have records about who adopted which animal, so when one comes back as a stray they immediately contact the adopter. Clearly PeeWee's adopter didn't bother to come back for him.

He's still on a stray hold for a few days, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed that his stay on the floor will be much shorter this time around.

Exciting times

We live in them!

First - Wesley was adopted this morning!

His adopter saw him on the Great Plains SPCA site and went to his foster home to meet him. She was able to interact with Wesley in a home environment and talk to his foster mom about his sinus issues. Wesley was able to stay in a comfortable, familiar place and avoid a stressful trip to the shelter. Winning all around!

February Shelter Cat of the Month

This month is a little different. You see, I've never met either of these cats. They are being fostered by two different volunteers and are part of the shelter's Adoption Speedway program. This program trains foster parents to be able to adopt their charges directly out of their homes. This allows potential adopters to see the pets in a home environment where they are comfortable - super helpful for our more fearful kitties - and avoids a stressful trip to the shelter for the animals. It also gives the adopters access to the person who knows the most about the animal: their foster parent.