Well, dear Reader, I have been charged with quite a task! Cat-Dad, my human companion, has sent me on ahead to lay the groundwork for a formal launch of our new Cat-Dad Enterprises website, Cat-Dad.com. This venture has been in the planning stages for many months now, and is being created to help cats and their people everywhere to understand one another and live better and happier lives together. All of us living in this foster home – patients, residents, and permanent cats alike – are excited, and we look forward to having you come to know each of us through the written word. Perhaps to even meet us one day by means of a live Webcam, as is planned for our Delivery Room and Kitten Nursery.
As the Director of Feline-Human Relations for Cat-Dad Enterprises, I will be a primary voice of Cat-Dad’s home, and therefore, it's appropriate to begin by introducing myself. I am Sasha, a Domestic Short-Hair Tortoiseshell, and I was brought to Cat-Dad’s home when only four days old. With me were my mother (Nakindi) and three natural siblings, plus three adopted kittens that were placed into our cage shortly after we were born in the Animal Shelter. Being taken from that place which was forced to euthanize so many innocent animals was my first introduction to feline rescue organizations. Greatly moved by the act of compassion that saved me, my entire family, and our new-found siblings, I made the decision to adopt Cat-Dad as my permanent human companion when I was only five weeks old. Ever since that time, I have worked by his side in our ongoing task of rescuing and teaching other felines to trust once again. The full story of how I became involved in feline rescue is one chapter of our book, The Kitten Chronicles, soon to be published and made available on the Cat-Dad.com website.
The idea for Cat-Dad Enterprises, and our website Cat-Dad.com, is a logical extension of the work my human companion has been doing through a nonprofit organization well recognized in the Washington, DC rescue community. He has learned a great deal during these last five years having personally dealt with the problems and personalities of well over 250 cats and kittens. In his sphere of influence, Cat-Dad counsels individuals and families on developing feline relationships through a wide range of issues, such as proper nutrition, channeling clawing behavior, litter box problems, etc. In our foster home, daily experiences with cats in various states of repair provide the ongoing laboratory for learning more about the marvelous “feline mystique”. The goal now is to extend the benefits of this knowledge and experience far beyond the DC Metro Area.
Our emerging website aspires to be the definitive resource for all humans who wish to better understand their feline companions, and all felines who wish to understand their human companions. Features to watch for will include various blogs by the Cat-Dad feline staff, free white papers and reference materials, a series of Cat-Dad guide books, online seminars and courses, MP3 downloads and DVDs, programs to support the feline companions of our military personnel when their humans are assigned abroad, and methods to assist those cats whose human companions have passed on.
I invite you to RSS tag this page and join us in the exciting venture we envision. As the name of this column implies, The Scratching Post is a place where you, too, dear Reader can leave your mark (posts).
With purrs to all,
Sasha
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