FURever Home Friday :)

Guess what today is?  It's time for the latest edition of FURever Home Friday! Since our last adoption update, 22 PAWS cats of all ages found homes of their very own.  And even with kitten season in full swing, it was exciting that so many of the adoptees - like brothers Buster and Brian, sisters Amy and Amanda, Ewan, brothers Milo and Simba, Minnie Mouse, brothers Charlie and Marshall and the always irrepressible Elmer - were adult cats!  We're also happy to say that a number of them were gotcha'd during last month's "Nine Dollars for Nine Lives" event. :)

Here's the full list of recent graduates.  We love you, kitties!  ConCATulations to you and your new families!

Amy and Amanda (together)

Argon (from foster)

Beatrix

Buster and Brian (together)

Charlie and Marshall (together)

Elmer

Ewan

James

Kendall and Klondike

Kip

Milo and Simba (together)

Minnie Mouse

Neville

Pepsi

Pocahontas and Dakota (together)

Simba 2

Rounding things out, check out these pictures of two of our PAWS alumni living the high life in their very own homes.

  Clover (adopted March 2009)

Edith (adopted December 2012)

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We're a finalist in the "Best Cause Blog" category of the 2013 Petties! PLEASE VOTE DAILY for us (and your other favorite pet blogs) now through July 31 (and invite anyone and everyone you know to do the same).  Especially since PAWS will benefit! You can VOTE HERE (or click the Petties link in our sidebar). Thank you! :)

  

(Thank you to our friends Ann, Maggy and Zoey from Zoolatry for

creating this wonderful badge for us!)

(Almost) Wordless Wednesday - Doodle

Have you cast your Petties ballot today? :)

Adorable (and adoptable) Doodle is a very sweet girl.  She's a little shy, but share some catnip with her and she'll be your BFF! :)

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As we shared over the weekend, we're a finalist in the "Best Rescue/Cause Blog" category of the 2013 Petties.  We also mentioned that we are thrilled to be in the company of so many blogging friends, including our wonderful pals at Pet Blogs United, who are finalists in the "Best Overall Pet Blog" category.  In an amazingly kind and generous gesture, Pam and Oskar have pledged that if they win THEIR category, they'll donate the prize money to PAWS.  How cool is that?!  Thank you, Pam and Oskar.  You rock!

PLEASE VOTE DAILY for Animal Shelter Volunteer Life for Best Rescue/Cause Blog (and for your other favorite pet blogs, too, including Pet Blogs United for Best Overall Pet Blog) now through July 31 (and invite anyone and everyone you know to do the same).  Especially since the PAWS animals will benefit. :)

You can VOTE HERE (or click the Petties link in our sidebar). Thank you!

Mancat Monday - Max :)

Hi everybody, I'm Max.  I've been here at PAWS for a while now, and I have to say that it's a pretty good place.  The volunteers and staff give me lots of love and attention, and my roommates Gracie, Zoe and Freddy are pretty nice cats.  Our room has a window we all like to look out of, and the sunpuddles are fantastic.  We have a sink, too, which is great, because I like drinking from the faucet!

But like all the kitties here, I'm wishing real hard for a forever home.  I had one once, but I ended up at PAWS after my people developed allergies.  I'm sweet, outgoing, good with other cats, and even like dogs!  I'm about 11 years old, but I have lots more years of loving and living left.  I'm neutered, up to date on all my vaccinations, and micro-chipped.  And I've tested negative for FeLV and FIV.  So, what do you say?  Come meet your new best friend (ME!) at PAWS today!

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We're a finalist in the "Best Cause Blog" category of the 2013 Petties! PLEASE VOTE DAILY for us (and your other favorite pet blogs) now through July 31 (and invite anyone and everyone you know to do the same).  Especially since PAWS will benefit! You can VOTE HERE (or click the Petties link in our sidebar). Thank you! :)

Finalists for the 2013 Petties Awards!

Holy Cat!  We just learned that Animal Shelter Volunteer Life is one of the four finalists for the "Best Cause Related Blog" category of the 2013 Petties Awards!  This is the second year in a row we have been a finalist for the Petties, which are DogTime Media's annual awards show recognizing "the best of the pet blogging community."

Huge thanks to everyone who nominated us (including our awesome pals at Rumpydog, who actively encouraged their readers to nominate us).  What an incredible honor to be included among so many amazing bloggers we respect and admire.  Good luck to all of the finalists (many of whom are our friends)!

No matter who wins, we're glad that the animals will benefit!  How, you ask?  Well, the winning blog in each category will receive a $1,000 donation to the shelter of their choice.  We, of course, would choose PAWS of Norwalk, Connecticut, where we volunteer, and where Moosey, and Angels Sammy, Graphite, and Lady Madonna were adopted from.  And in case you're wondering ... all of the beautiful kitties in the collage above are just a few of those now at PAWS, waiting to find their very own forever homes. 

We'd love it if you would VOTE FOR US DAILY, now through July 31, 2013.  And please share and invite others to do the same -- via Facebook, Twitter, email, blogs, word of mouth, and anything else you can think of.  Thank you, everybody! :)

Happy Independence Day!

Does anybody want to ride with me in the Independence Day parade? :)

 Happy Fourth of July from Moosey,

and all of us here at Animal Shelter Volunteer Life!

Stay safe, everybody!

Tabby-Torbie-Tuesday

Some tantalizing and terrific tabby-ness for your Tuesday, courtesy of our adoptable PAWS friends Merritt, Sandy and Truffle...

 

Merritt is beautiful and fun.  This gorgeous torbie LOVES to play, and gets along with some other cats.  She'd do best in a home without small children or dogs, and where her people understand that sometimes even the most loving cat needs her space.

 

Sweet, soulful Sandy came to PAWS when her owner had to enter a nursing home.  This extremely affectionate lapcat has energy (you should see her jumping skills!) that makes it hard to believe she's 16 years old.  Sandy loves playing, snuggling, and being brushed.  She is eligible for PAWS' "Seniors for Seniors" program, and also a lower adoption fee for seniors. 

Truffle may not be a lapcat, but that doesn't mean she's not affectionate.  She loves weaving in and out of the PAWS staff and volunteers' legs, and being pet on the head and behind her ears.  This 7 1/2 year-old loves relaxing in sunpuddles (who doesn't?), and is very playful, too.  You can read more about Truffle here.

All three of these terrific tabby girls are available for adoption at PAWS.  They are spayed, micro-chipped, current on all their vaccinations, and have tested negative for FeLV and FIV.

Fun with (Adoptable) Friends :)

Here are some of our Cat Room 7 pals having some catnip-infused fun.  The handsome house panther in the center of the action is Elmer, who after more than TWO YEARS at PAWS recently found a loving forever home of his very own.  ConCATulations to Elmer and his new family!

The other kitties in the GIF above - all of whom are adoptable* - are tabby/white Igor and orange tabby brothers Tony and Lenny. :)

* Don't forget that PAWS' "$9 For 9 Lives" event ends this Sunday (June 30).  All PAWS cats (nine months and older) can be adopted for a super low fee of just $9!  You'll even get a goody bag of food, toys and other good stuff to help welcome your new best friend home. :)