[blparent] Adopting a Pet

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Well, the kitty is here.  His name is Sam I Am--Sam for short.  That was 
Sarah's idea.  She's held him and petted him, and he seems okay.  So far, 
Ballad (the guide dog) has stuck close to me and stayed away from him. 
We'll just have to see how he does around the bird cages.  The only problem 
I see so far is that Sarah tends to want to pull him out from under chairs 
so she can hold him.  We're trying to teach her to let the cat come to her. 
Oh, and also, I put a collar with a bell on him so I can hear him coming.  A 
friend of mine's cat took ten years off my life once when she landed in my 
lap and I didn't know she was even in the room.  We'll see how it goes.

Jo Elizabeth

"How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, 
compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of 
the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all of 
these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist

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From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 8:39 PM
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] Adopting a Pet

> I think that would work just fine.  For introducing, I was told when
> bringing in a cat, put the cat in one room and the dog in the other and 
> let
> them  meet with a door between them.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
> Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 10:57 AM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: [blparent] Adopting a Pet
>
> Hello.  Gerald and I are considering in taking a stray cat who needs a 
> home.
> The cat is healthy, has had his shots, been checked for worms and 
> leukemia.
> He's not fixed or de-clawed.  I don't know much about cats, so I have a 
> few
> questions.
>
> What do I need to know before trying to introduce the cat to my guide dog?
>
> I'd like to take the cat on a trial basis for a few days.  How can I make 
> it
> clear to my three-year-old that the kitty is going to stay through the
> weekend, and then we'll see from there?  Would that idea be too hard on 
> her?
>
> I know de-clawing is beyond the scope of this list, but is it something I
> should consider doing because of Sarah?
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> "How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young,
> compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant 
> of
> the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all 
> of
> these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist
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