Cory- The Voice

As you may know, my favorite show...of the moment... is The Voice.  I make my mom watch it with me.  I make her vote for the people I can sing along with best.

What you may not know is that I'm a part of the competition.  Although I wanted...and purred and prayed to be on Team Adam, it didn't happen.  I decided to throw my sock in the ring anyway.   I'm on the lesser known Team Meow.  I secretly submitted one of my sock song videos which has yet to go viral on youtube...I'm a cat with big dreams.

Here is my audition video...some of you may have seen it before.  It's one of my better purrformances.  Mom says that if I'm gonna win I have to be less shy...sing right into the camera and get comfortable with being on stage.



If you can't figure out how to vote for me at The Voice...vote for me another way.  You can go to Romeo the Cat's bloggie and check out his June FURPOWER organization. Yup, it's United Paws, the people who saved my life.  They are the reason I can sing for you.  So consider making even a small donation. They are 22% of the way to the goal of raising $500 by the end of June!

Cory and Ellie Support United Paws of Tillamook

We are super duper excited to announce that United Paws of Tillamook has been selected as Romeo the Cat's FURPOWER organization for June!  We owe our furry little lives to United Paws, so we are thrilled to be able to lend a paw so they can continue their good work helping people and kitties.   Romeo knows that even $1 can make a difference, so if you can spare $1 or more if you can, please follow the link to Romeo's blog and contribute to the cause.

I was only a tiny baby kitten when I was rescued so I don't remember too much about it.   Last year, United Paws spay/neutered 959 cats and dogs and found homes for 201.  This is in a county without a cat shelter, so United Paws has to rely on a group of wonderful volunteer foster families to care for kitties like me.  I was one of the lucky ones. 

I remember the whole rescue and my wonderful foster momma.  I will be forever grateful to United Paws for saving me and my 6 nursing kittens, including my darling baby girl Cory.

We both purr knowing that they continue their good work, but they need your support!  As Romeo meows, even $1 can help.

Will you lend a paw?

Figgy Friday

There's big news in the Blogosphere! 

Romeo the Cat has selected United Paws of Tillamook to be his June FURPOWER organization.  His goal is to raise $500 for them.

If United Paws sounds familiar, it is...because they are the wonderful people who saved my sister Cory and her momma Ellie!

Cory and Ellie will have more official news about this next week...but me being me...I just had to let you know today.

Be The Change For Pets- Mom went too far!

This week is Petfinder.com's Adopt-A-Less-Adoptable-Pet Week, a week dedicated to spotlighting those pets that are most often overlooked in shelters. It's all about getting people to take a second glance -- and give a second chance -- to those pets whose only crime is being a little older, the "wrong" color, or otherwise "less adoptable" -- but who have just as much love to give.

Did you know that when I was up for adoption with United Paws, everyone wanted to adopt my momma and my siblings because they were all Siamese?  No one called about me because of my black fur.  Lucky for me, my mom and dad saw me and loved me and brought me home to live with my Siamese momma forever.

So because I know what it's like to be less adoptable because of my fur color,  BlogPaws Be the Change for Pets and I are taking up the cause for the next Be the Change Challenge! We're spreading the word about the many great adoptable pets who sit in shelters for weeks, months, and even years waiting for their forever home while the cute and cuddly kittens and puppies get snapped right up.  But guess what?  We are all cute and cuddly!

So who are these "less adoptable" pets? According to a survey of Petfinder member shelters and rescues the hardest to adopt out pets are senior or older pets, those with health problems (even minor ones), victims of breed prejudice (like Pit Bulls), shy pets, and those that need to be only pets. But that's not all! A lot of people overlook black and brindle dogs and cats as well.
So next time you or a friend are looking to adopt, give these pets a second chance, a little more time and you never know, a less adoptable pet might just be the purrr-fect pet adoption for you!

My Be the Change for Pets Challenge Pledge:

I have posted a "widget" on my side bar featuring an adoptable pet from United Paws, the wonderful people who saved my life.

I'm also posting this link to the BlogPaws Be the Change for Pets Facebook Page. At the end of the week, Be the Change for Pets will tabulate everyone's blog posts, Tweets and Facebook shares so we can see our global impact!

The last Be the Change Challenge raised over 50,000 lbs of pet food and supplies for pets.

So now...why did mom go too far?  I thought writing about all this and featuring adoptable pets would be great.  Then mom went to Petsmart to get kitty litter.  Yeah right.  She came home with this...

As Fin would say "what the fluff"?

This is "Dandi".  He is a 4 year old Daschund mix who was abandoned with 3 other woofies at a home in New Mexico.  He was rescued from death row by a rescue group called Under My Wing Rescue.  There he was with all these woofies in the store.  This little stinker stuck his nose and paws through the kennel area and wooed my dad in 2 seconds flat.  Next thing mom knew dad pulled him out and was cuddling him...and a few minutes after that Grete was in the store meeting him and then mom and dad walked them both together...and after that they signed a foster agreement and he came home.

Did you know that once a dog is past 1-2 years old, people flat-out expect it to be house trained. They consider the dog too old to be trained if they're not house trained by 2?  Well Dandi is not quite house trained.  Mom and dad are working with him.  He deserves a chance at a great home and a wonderful life.

But why did he have to come to my house? 

Happy Gotcha Day to Ellie and Cory!

Today is the 3rd anniversary of my momma Ellie's and my Gotcha Day! My momma Ellie and I were rescued from a terrible situation where we were abandoned in a trailer to fend for ourselves. My momma had 6 kittens to care for and she was starving. I was so tiny, I don't really remember the details. We were lucky to have been turned in by a nice person to United Paws, a wonderful volunteer organization that saved our lives. Here we are in a basket...you can just barely see tiny little me near my mommas chest. Below are the photos that were posted on Petfinder.com. That's how my mom found us. She was heartbroken over the loss of her sweet Maggie. Maggie had gone to the Bridge in November of 2005. Starting in January 2006, mom started her daily search on Petfinder.com. For months she looked at kitten and cat photos, read the stories. She just never felt ready to make a call or do anything until mid-April 2006. Mom did her normal log in to Petfinder.com and she saw the photos below and read the story (entire text below)...and it took her about 30 seconds to make the call that would change all of our lives.

Although my siblings were cute...mom knew instantly that she wanted to adopt my momma.

She had no idea that she'd be taking both of us home. Mom and her sister came out to visit us. The decision was made, she would be adopting my momma Ellie (then known as Libby), but she'd have to be patient until all of the kittens were weaned. Then 2 weeks after that first visit my dad came with my mom to visit us. It was at that second visit that they noticed little me. By that time all of my brothers and sisters were spoken for. They learned that no one had even called to inquire about me. Dad was smitten with me...there was no way he was going to pick up my momma in 2 weeks and leave me without my mother or my siblings....no way. They made the decision to adopt both me and my momma! They came back 2 weeks later with a cat carrier built for 2!

Here is the text of our Petfinder ad:

***What you are looking at is a miracle. Libby and her 6 nursing defenseless kittens were left behind with no food and no protection from raccoons and coyotes who wanted to make them dinner. They were rescued by a good Samaritan and turned into the program. Libby was very weak from not having any food, yet still having to provide for her family. Despite her desperate situation, Libby never lost her wonderful attitude and personality. Not only is she a wonderful mother but an ideal companion for your home, She is trusting of strangers and loving to all she meets. She will be available soon as the kittens have been weaned and she will be spayed. There are 5 seal point kittens. 3 girls and 2 boys. One of the boys looks to be lynx point. The other baby is pure black, not sure of sex yet. Although Libby and kittens won't be ready for a new home until mid may, we are putting holds on them when they are ready. If you would like to adopt or have questions,please call or email us!! **UPDATE** Libby and all siamese babies have been adopted, BUT we still have one pure black female kitten still available!!! Please bring this sweet kitten home today!!!***

Yes, that sweet kitten was me!

So thank you to Petfinder.com and most importantly to United Paws. To celebrate we are going to have a commentathon! Mom will be donating 25 cents for every comment that is left for us today to United Paws!