Squeaky and KT (GA)
Very Active Member
FINALLY today we OFFICIALLY welcome our newest Blessing - extra sweet 'Dakota'. Dakota is an 11 year old Norwegien Forest Cat or Maine Coon mix - another BIG Boy! Dakota was given up about 4 years ago when it was discovered he was diabetic - rescued by Fancy Cats Rescue in Virginia. Ronda Dalton got him started on insulin, low carb food and began working toward remission. What sounded like a wonderful family stepped up and adopted him. 'New Owner' reports were glowing, he was healthy, doing fine....until they got a call saying they were returning him because he peed outside the litterbox. When they got him back, his diabetes hadn't been treated, he'd been given hard food, gained a lot of weight, poor baby was a matted sick ball of fur. Back to Ronda who's been working for months to get him healthy again. This whole adoption has been one of those amazing 'meant to be' things.
It all started March 25th. My little ISP has all sorts of issues all the time - we went almost 2 weeks without being able to see any pictures on any page. I was checking Facebook as that's how our family stays in touch. Right there on my newfeed was Dakota's DCIN courtesy post. The thing that caught my eye first was his name...our last name altho' spelled really wierd (french) is pronounced 'Dakota'.
I clicked on his petfinder link and THERE HE WAS staring back at me - no other pictures anywhere...just that beautiful one. I immediately heard that silly voice in my head:
"...Alright! You found me! 'bout time!...".
YIKES! I need another cat like I need a hole in my head! I closed down that noisy window! ...but...I had it reopen within the hour.
"...Hi Again! Left in a hurry last time..."
Dang noisy window....I shut it down again...
..but I knew without a doubt it was another case of "meant to be". I showed him to hubby, instead of his normal "pretty cat..." and walk away, he said "where is he?". When I said Virginia, he said "...too far away..". Humm, another huge block in that 'meant to be' wall.
NO NO! I tried to close my eyes to this unfolding, that didn't last long. I emailed Jennifer at DCIN asking about transport thinking "HERE is the roadblock...". Nope, transport paid!
Jennifer emailed Ronda at Fancy Cats...she emailed me...
I said No...
I tried to ignore it all even harder...but found myself looking at his old posts on fdmb realizing I'd seen him before but the time wasn't right for us to connect. Another block in that 'meant to be' wall...
I said NO!!!
After waiting about 2 weeks to let my head talk my heart out of it...didn't work...
I said Yes...
He said "....'bout time slowpoke..."
I said "Welcome HOME Sweet Boy..."
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Here's pics:
The first one that grabbed my heart:
Even likes to sleep on his back - belly rubs appreciated!
The next one to capture my heart:
COMING HOME! He's now in the crate in the back of MY pickup to make the last 2 hour ride home:
He's now been here 8 days, still in quarantine but baby gates are going up in place of closed door TODAY! SHARE OUR BLESSING! DANCE WITH US! Our hearts are overflowing!
It all started March 25th. My little ISP has all sorts of issues all the time - we went almost 2 weeks without being able to see any pictures on any page. I was checking Facebook as that's how our family stays in touch. Right there on my newfeed was Dakota's DCIN courtesy post. The thing that caught my eye first was his name...our last name altho' spelled really wierd (french) is pronounced 'Dakota'.
I clicked on his petfinder link and THERE HE WAS staring back at me - no other pictures anywhere...just that beautiful one. I immediately heard that silly voice in my head:
"...Alright! You found me! 'bout time!...".
YIKES! I need another cat like I need a hole in my head! I closed down that noisy window! ...but...I had it reopen within the hour.
"...Hi Again! Left in a hurry last time..."
Dang noisy window....I shut it down again...
..but I knew without a doubt it was another case of "meant to be". I showed him to hubby, instead of his normal "pretty cat..." and walk away, he said "where is he?". When I said Virginia, he said "...too far away..". Humm, another huge block in that 'meant to be' wall.
NO NO! I tried to close my eyes to this unfolding, that didn't last long. I emailed Jennifer at DCIN asking about transport thinking "HERE is the roadblock...". Nope, transport paid!
Jennifer emailed Ronda at Fancy Cats...she emailed me...
I said No...
I tried to ignore it all even harder...but found myself looking at his old posts on fdmb realizing I'd seen him before but the time wasn't right for us to connect. Another block in that 'meant to be' wall...
I said NO!!!
After waiting about 2 weeks to let my head talk my heart out of it...didn't work...
I said Yes...
He said "....'bout time slowpoke..."
I said "Welcome HOME Sweet Boy..."
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Here's pics:
The first one that grabbed my heart:
Even likes to sleep on his back - belly rubs appreciated!
The next one to capture my heart:
COMING HOME! He's now in the crate in the back of MY pickup to make the last 2 hour ride home:
He's now been here 8 days, still in quarantine but baby gates are going up in place of closed door TODAY! SHARE OUR BLESSING! DANCE WITH US! Our hearts are overflowing!
