We adopted Frankie on February 8, 2014. When that date came around this year I forgot to mention it so I thought I would re-blog his rescue story.
Saturday Rose and I were discussing Valentine’s Day and she surprised me by saying that instead of jewelry, I could get her a Bengal cat. She then added that a Snowshoe cat would be acceptable too.
We were in the car so I brought up Petfinder.com on my phone but there were very few that met her criteria. The ones that were listed were a fair distance away. They also had photos that were poor and descriptions that were almost non-existent. There was one possibility at the Hillsborough County Animal Shelter but they don’t answer their phones on the weekend and their description on Petfinder did not even mention the age, sex or temperament of the cat. I don’t understand why shelters don’t do a better job promoting their “detainees.”
We happened to be near a shelter called The Suncoast Animal League so we decided to look there. There was a…
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Bad Cat Chris 
Nice story. A cat got a home, Rosie got a gift she wanted and you got a new pet and the cats got a friend.
It ended well but now Rose still wants that female cat.
So she will be number four :-).
Thanks for sharing Frankie’s story! It happened before I was born, so I haven’t seen it before.
Wow Summer, it seems like I have known you for longer than that. Usually time flies but not this time.
Thank you for reblogging Frankie’s first post! 🙂 This sounds like a true “adopt don’t shop” story, a bit like how I ended up with my two rescue cats. I wanted two older male, and ended up with two younger female cats. Hehe.
Sometimes things don’t go as planned but end up better.