Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Happy Canada Day & a Claire-the-Foster-Puss Update


I mentioned in the post about peonies in my garden that I'd soon give a little update about Claire. My foster puss has been with me since mid February and those of you who visit regularly will have seen many pictures of her sprinkled throughout the blog and on my Facebook page.


Those eyes make me melt. 

Claire's a sweet puss and loves attention from someone she trusts. I have been very well trained in giving belly rubs on demand and the fine art of swishing the wand toy for her to chase.

This is her "before" picture, as in the one taken shorty before Claire arrived. I won't have you believe she never gets nervous anymore, as she's not very keen on most company and a vet visit has her scrunched into the corner of her carrier. Thunder, on the other hand, doesn't seem to bother her and, on a daily basis, she's shown herself to be affectionate and playful, not the "scaredy-cat" of the photo.

What I haven't mentioned is that Claire had a urinary tract infection, which led to a few incidents outside her litter box. Once the problem was identified as medical and not behavioural, a 2 week round of medication was prescribed. This past week was the follow-up test; the caring young vet joked that the test results were "boring" and that all was well. I can say the same here on the home front. Yippee! Claire is now one truly adoptable puss and her good health is one reason to celebrate.

Here's another reason: it's Canada Day!


Best Wishes to all, 
with a special greeting to my Canadian friends, at home and abroad.

Thank you for visiting and for your thoughtful comments. 
Karen


27 comments:

  1. Good to hear that Claire is fit once again. Enjoy the glorious day.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Happy Canada Day Karen and Claire . Glad Claire is all better and hope she finds a forever home . Our puss Harley was a stray as a kitten and has been with us for 6 years now and still at times is a bag of nerves from certain sounds and visitors ! Thanks for sharing . lovely photos !

    ReplyDelete
  3. She sure looks healthy and beautiful now!
    Happy Canada Day!

    ReplyDelete
  4. It's great news that Claire is healthy and not a 'scaredy cat' anymore. Cute pictures of her. Happy Canada Day to you Karen and Claire.

    ReplyDelete
  5. What a great influence you have been for Claire!!...:)JP

    ReplyDelete
  6. Happy Canada Day to you and Claire! She is a beauty.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Yay! Claire is healthy and happy.

    Wishing you a Happy Canada Day!!

    K.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Happy Canada day to you! I think that Claire is secretly hoping that she can stay with you as you obviously love each other so much! xx

    ReplyDelete
  9. Karen - Happy Canada Day to you too!! I always love finding posts about Claire in my inbox...I too am secretly hoping she can stay with you fur-ever!!

    Cheryl @ The Creative Me and My McG

    ReplyDelete
  10. A belated Happy Canada Day, Karen. Claire is adorable and I wish the best for her. I know she will miss you. You have been spoiling her. :)

    ReplyDelete
  11. A belated Happy Canada Day, Karen and and Claire! I see you celebrated in the country's true colours! Claire should be the new poster kitty for the slogan, 'I Am Canadian' campaign! What a happy camper!!

    Poppy

    ReplyDelete
  12. Sweet Claire! Well, let that infection treat!
    My "homeless "cat has a renal failure, although he is only 4-5 years old. probably has been trying to poison him, before he came to me ... and now needs permanently medication and diet food, sigh! It is very difficult materiall often (have for myself less money for food and medicine, but to allow him a good life is something that I want to do necessarily.
    Happy Canada Day :-)

    ReplyDelete
  13. She is a lovely lady! You planning to keep her forever????????

    ReplyDelete
  14. Happy Canada Day, Karen! I hope you enjoy the celebrations. Lovely to hear that Claire is being treated successfully now and that she is a much happier and more contented kitty now thanks to all your care and affection.
    (I am just catching up, and absolutely loved seeing your gorgeous peonies....what an amazing array!)
    Helen xox

    ReplyDelete
  15. She is one happy and lucky little kitty. She sure look very healthy now.
    Happy Canada day.

    Blessings,
    Aida

    ReplyDelete
  16. Claire really is adorable! She has beautiful eyes and I love her colours. Glad to hear she's coming along well. Your peonies in your previous post are gorgeous! Pity they don't last longer. But like you say, the roses are on their way. Hope you had a wonderful Canada Day holiday.

    Blessings,
    Sandi

    ReplyDelete
  17. Oh look at that last picture..I bust out laughing! :)

    Glad all is ok with her again :)

    ReplyDelete
  18. Happy Canada Day and love to Claire, who is simply beautiful.

    xo
    Claudia

    ReplyDelete
  19. I am glad that Claire is doing well. Belated Happy Canada Day to you and to her. She looks smashing in her red sunglasses!

    ReplyDelete
  20. Lovely blog and a belated Happy Canada Day to you too!

    ReplyDelete
  21. Belated Happy Canada Day!

    I do hope Claire finds a loving home soon.

    ReplyDelete
  22. A very belated happy Canada day.
    Claire is such a sweet Cat and glad that she is settling in - love all the cute photos.
    Enjoy the rest of the weekend
    Carolyn

    ReplyDelete
  23. Great to hear about Claire. She is just so sweet. We were in NYC for Canada Day and ordered 'Canadian bacon' with our breakfast in honour of the occasion. We had to laugh when we were served regular plain ham. ;)

    ReplyDelete
  24. Lovely to meet sweet and gorgeous Claire. Glad all is well with her. She is so beautiful - you've done a great job with her

    ReplyDelete
  25. Claire is very lucky to have found you and your loving home. She is such an adorable cat.

    ReplyDelete

LinkWithin

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...