Meet Chaney!

So, here he is...Chaney!

Initially, when we told Aliyah that things didn't look good for Tufsey, she said that she didn't want another cat since none could be like Tufsey. She's right, he was a very special kitty. We still miss him.

In spite of tears, Aliyah and Keirah as well said we needed a new cat right away. Keirah says that Tufsey is hiding in the dirt and he will come back to play with Chaney sometime. I always say that I wish that was true.

After burying Tufsey, we went on a search. To us, it was more like we were just taking Aliyah to look at pets. This is something she just loves to do anywhere that has pets. We went to a local store and they had one cat--not for us.

We told Aliyah that we wanted to make sure that we got the right cat for us. We felt like God sent Tufsey to us when we weren't looking for a cat. We headed to a new Pet Smart. As we walked in, I noticed that it was a "national adoption weekend". Having looked so many times (for fun) at pets, I knew that cats run $125.00. When we arrived, I was first surprised to see that it was an "end of summer special" for $50.00. Don't worry, we weren't sold yet just because of that. There was a nice Volunteer for the Humane Society on hand that offered to show us any of the cats that we wanted to see. Initially, we thought we would get a cat with a good amount of white in it. We also wanted a younger one. There was a beautiful peach/white cat that we thought looked nice. He was a big one--14 lbs. Josh held "George" and he was fine at first, but then began to act like a brat. We decided against "George" in spite of his good looks. We also wanted to look at "Constance". She was pretty as well, but wouldn't leave her li, tter box or quit cleaning herself to let us interact with her. Not so great.

As we were looking at the cats, I saw a lady coming in with two cats in carriers. I spotted a calico and immediately told the Volunteer that I wanted to see that one. Tufsey reminded us of a male calico. This lady also volunteered for the Humane Society. She was wonderfully nice as well. They were great at giving us as much info on the cats as they knew. They told us the backgrounds etc... Connie, the calico was very pretty, but was quite nervous and very "sheddy" even though she was a short hair. Sheddy doesn't work well for us especially because of Josh with the allergies.

I told Josh we should look at "Arthur"--a sweet, friendly tabby. Granted, he wasn't the look we were looking for, but WOW--he was sweet and loving. He wasn't nervous at all for just having come from a cat carrier. Another huge plus, he wasn't really "sheddy" and his hair is VERY short!

We held "Connie the calico" once again and decided upon "Arthur". Actually, the $50 price is a bargain and a half since they have all of their shots, are neutered or spayed, have a flea/tick treatment, and have been tested for FIV/FLV and heartworm. For us to get Tufs tested (no shots or anything else) was $60!!

It was a pleasant experience and it is cool that we were able to rescue an animal since he came from a "kill shelter". The money goes directly to the Humane Society and Pet Smart in turn donated $25 per cat adopted that weekend to the HS. We also received a huge packet of coupons and some samples because of the adoption weekend thing.

Here he is...



They were guessing about his age of 1-2 years, but WOW does he act like a kitty. Tufsey was a year or so, but Chaney is so kitten like. He weighed only 7 lbs. when we got him. Tufsey weighed 10.5 lbs when he was sick.
He's a sweetie for sure and loves to play. He nuzzles my cheek and loves to be petted. He prefers dry cat food and isn't really in to treats yet. We have offered him all of it.
More to come on sweet Chaney or the Chane, Chane, Chane or the Chanester. It wouldn't be us if we didn't come up with nicknames.