In a region where we've lost our Men's Shelter, and our Women's Shelters try and help the homeless as much as they can, our animals do have a few shelters to try and start life all over again.
The Owen Sound Animal Shelter is one such place, and I've spent wayyyyy too much time there, as I now have personally adopted 4 shelter cats, all with their own story and special needs.
I'm a sucker for a hard luck story. Besides my almost grown kids tell me they take a few with them when they move our and start lives of their own. At which point I'll have empty bedrooms and who knows who'll start camping out here after that.
One trip out to the shelter introduced me to 2 lovely ladies - Kitty and Calli. Two older calico sisters, 11 and 12 years of age. Not good for finding homes, too old, plus as sisters, they've been together forever and separating them would be cruel.
Now we've joked around the office about having a cat, well we did it, we now have two!!!!
They only arrived Tuesday afternoon so they are very shy right now, but do come out and visit during the day. Calli is very talkative and Kitty's just taking it easy right now, and playing it quiet.
It is our hope that they will add to the calming nature of our office, helping those in distress to relax and take deep breaths.
You can read more about them on the shelter blog here
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