Springtime a great time for kitty playdate

February 27, 2011 By: kwilliams Category: Field trips

SUSAN LOESCH

“Hey, Loverbee,  dude, how ‘bout you and your mom have a playdate with me and my mom? Purrs, Shadow”

“Hey backatcha, Shads. Playdate sounds sorta unmanly for us guys, but, hey, let’s go for it! Purrs, L-Bee”

So Sunday afternoon was reserved for a time for Shadow and his friend, Loverbee, to hang out.  (more…)

Finding snow to build cat a bust; trampoline a must

February 07, 2011 By: kwilliams Category: Field trips, Kids and library cats

SUSAN LOESCH

As snow continued to fall long after dark on Friday night, I suggested to Barney and Shadow that it might be fun to go outside the next day and build a snow cat.

Barney looked interested, but Shadow, the original Mr.”Snow? No!”  just walked away.

“Well, Barn, it looks like you and I will play in the snow tomorrow,” I told him. By the time we ventured outside shortly after noon the snow was…GONE!  A little remained in the back yard but not nearly enough to make a snow kitten, much less a snow cat. (more…)

Woooo, Pig — Kitty, kitty? Cats come out to root for Hogs

November 28, 2010 By: kwilliams Category: feline rescue and rehome, Field trips, Kids and library cats, Working for FURR

SUSAN LOESCH

Wooo. Pig. Kitty, Kitty??  Maybe not usually, but that’s the way it was today as Feline Rescue and Rehome PR Team Barney and Shadow headed to a tailgating fundraiser for FuRR.

Chris Tirman and Dan Eaton of the Alloplastic Facial Reconstruction Clinic at B St. and Van Buren graciously let us use their parking lot to benefit our cats and kittens!

The lot filled quickly, and we set up a table by the sidewalk offering brownies, cookies, drinks and hot dogs for a donation to FuRR. Our main attractions, though were Barney and Shadow.  (more…)