Savingdogs-Saving the chickens

savingdogs · Jun 8, 2011

I didn't know you did that, Abifae! :hugs

I have fostered many cats, but I don't call myself savingcats, do I? I mostly fostered them by default, but I raised a cat rescuer, my daugher is a dedicated cat rescue person volunteering with keeping those kitties happy that live in Petco, you know, in the cages?

My older son also will be a "cat" person, as well. I would be a cat person if I didn't love dogs so much.

abifae · Jun 8, 2011

I love both, but I can foster cats in an apartment.

We had one feral little boy that we got litter trained, fixed, shots... but he would not POOP in the litter. He politely went in the tub. So I put the box in the tub and he pooped around it. But always peed in it.

Still don't know why lol.

We found him a house he could be indoor/outdoor. He was great.

I like feral cats.

savingdogs · Jun 8, 2011

I can think of worse places for cat potty accidents than the bathtub.

My son's backpack (loaded with school supplies and books and papers and left unzippped on the floor) is a favorite here with SOMEONE who shall remain nameless (we argue about which of our three cats does this). But two of our current cats are only allowed inside during the night and are kicked out to "work" every morning. The third cat is indoor only.

abifae · Jun 8, 2011

Yeh. I figured if he was bound and determined to not poo in the litter box, I was really glad he picked out the bath tub

My way of dealing with ferals was to isolate them (bathroom usually because I could clean any messes) and I'd sit in there ignoring them, reading a book, a few hours each day... After 1-5 days they'd usually come see what I was doing. I brought them food and kept the litter clean and then was just quietly THERE. And once they'd come check me out, we'd start making friends and I'd start gentling them enough to have a home

VERY different than dog training lol.

savingdogs · Jun 8, 2011

But it takes the same dedication to the animal, wanting them to have a life.

AL · Jun 8, 2011

savingdogs said:
Denise, not too many families are "chronic" fosterers like we are, we feel naked without a foster.

Farmfresh I've seen you all talking about posting pictures at BYH and BYC (where I do have room) but I'm a little computer-slow....HOW would I do that? Upload it over there and then when I'm over here how do I find it? Do I have to post the picture there? I've always just "uploaded" while posting a picture, do I just upload and go back to "my uploads"?

Just upload to the sister site as normal, copy the link as normal but come to SS to paste it.

abifae · Jun 8, 2011

savingdogs said:
But it takes the same dedication to the animal, wanting them to have a life.

Yes! Very much so

framing fowl · Jun 8, 2011

Hey SD! My in-laws had a delivery run to Richland and said it was a beautiful drive up there from Portland yesterday. Are you having good weather today?

It's nothing but HOT here.

savingdogs · Jun 8, 2011

This was from an internet forward but I thought I'd share it here:

Why did the chicken cross the road?

OPRAH: Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the
chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of
life, I'm going to give this chicken a NEW CAR so that he can just
drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the
chickens.

ANDERSON COOPER, CNN: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of
the road.

NANCY GRACE: That chicken crossed the road because he's guilty! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.

PAT BUCHANAN: To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.

MARTHA STEWART: No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer's Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any
insider information.

DR SEUSS: Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I've not been told.

ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die in the rain, alone.

SARAH PALIN: The chicken crossed the road because gosh- darn it, he's a maverick!

BARACK OBAMA: The chicken crossed the road because it was time for change! The chicken wanted change!

JOHN MC CAIN: My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.

HILLARY CLINTON: When I was First Lady, I personally helped that
little chicken to cross the road. This experience makes me uniquely
qualified to ensure right from Day One that every chicken in this
country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isn't about me.

GEORGE W. BUSH: We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground
here.

DICK CHENEY: Where's my gun?

COLIN POWELL: Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road.

BILL CLINTON: I did not cross the road with that chicken. What is your definition of chicken?

AL GORE: I invented the chicken.

JOHN KERRY: Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken's intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.

DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on this side of the road before it goes after the problem on the other side of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he's acting by not taking on his current problems before adding new problems.

GRANDPA: In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.

BARBARA WALTERS: Isn't that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish it's lifelong dream of crossing the road.

ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.

JOHN LENNON: Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.

BILL GATES: I have just released eChicken2010, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your checkbook. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken2010. This new platform is much more stable and will never reboot.

ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the
road move beneath the chicken?

COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one?