http://www.flickr.com/photos/84346589@N00/tags/humanesociety/ Tue, 09 Nov 2010 21:35:17 -0800 Tue, 09 Nov 2010 21:35:17 -0800 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm1.staticflickr.com/114/buddyicons/84346589@N00.jpg?1163739197#84346589@N00 http://www.flickr.com/photos/84346589@N00/tags/humanesociety/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/84346589@N00/5163533302/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/84346589@N00/">drburtoni</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/84346589@N00/5163533302/" title="ella &amp; jake"><img src="http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1363/5163533302_a01114f491_m.jpg" width="240" height="159" alt="ella &amp; jake" /></a></p> <p>Ella, rescued from the streets of portland at age 1, was a sweety but not very bright. she wandered away from home 3 years after I took her in. Jake, rescued from the Humane Society at age 2 lived a wonderful 16 additional years. at 18 pounds he was his own boss.</p> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 21:35:17 -0800 2004-04-17T11:06:50-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (drburtoni) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5163533302 ella & jake <p>Ella, rescued from the streets of portland at age 1, was a sweety but not very bright. she wandered away from home 3 years after I took her in. Jake, rescued from the Humane Society at age 2 lived a wonderful 16 additional years. at 18 pounds he was his own boss.</p> drburtoni rescue cats oregon portland humanesociety http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/84346589@N00/3765952866/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/84346589@N00/">drburtoni</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/84346589@N00/3765952866/" title="JAKE"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3254/3765952866_af0d9c8173_m.jpg" width="240" height="159" alt="JAKE" /></a></p> <p>it's true. cats choose people, not vice versa. i am a dog person. 17 years ago i thought i wanted an easy care pet. you know, leave for three days with food, water and litter and not worry. as i walked through the humane society this 2 year old guy reached through the bars of the cage and grabbed my arm. sweet loving thing. three days after i got him home he became a monster. strong, agile, neutered, very territorial. 17 years later he moves from food, to bed to litter box, surveying his kingdom as an indoor cat. his eyes are still clear and bright blue. still too fiesty to take to a vet. we've been through three vets in three years, so no more trauma to that profession. if he dies he dies.</p> Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:31:46 -0700 2009-07-25T05:24:11-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (drburtoni) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/3765952866 JAKE <p>it's true. cats choose people, not vice versa. i am a dog person. 17 years ago i thought i wanted an easy care pet. you know, leave for three days with food, water and litter and not worry. as i walked through the humane society this 2 year old guy reached through the bars of the cage and grabbed my arm. sweet loving thing. three days after i got him home he became a monster. strong, agile, neutered, very territorial. 17 years later he moves from food, to bed to litter box, surveying his kingdom as an indoor cat. his eyes are still clear and bright blue. still too fiesty to take to a vet. we've been through three vets in three years, so no more trauma to that profession. if he dies he dies.</p> drburtoni oregon cat portland tabby siamese humanesociety http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en