WolseleyGirl.com: reflections on life in the granola belt

So, I shall finally get off my virtual bum and get moving on this, not that I have been moving as quickly as I should in reality but alas, procrastination is my forte.

So for Part II I am going to state what I am looking for in my vet compare that with my short list.

What do I want?
As I have researched new trends and techniques for both dogs and cats I have come up with a few things I feel are a 'must'; they are as follows.
1) On site lab

This evening I stopped in at a local office supply store (one of the major chains) to make some photocopies. Having spent 20 years teaching, I am well versed in the use of copying machines -- from Gestetners to modern computerized whizbangs, so I opted for the self serve copiers.

For the month of December Grower Direct Flowers, 939 Portage Ave., will donate 100% of the proceeds from the sale of single roses to Craig Street Cats.

That's right, every penny of the profit from every sale of a single rose during December goes to Craig Street Cats. This has the potential to raise hundreds of dollars for the care of Wolseley's feral cats and kittens. WolseleyGirl would like to urge you to stop in at 939 Portage Ave. during December, and buy a rose for someone you love.

So I said I would start this series and I am finally getting arround to it, I was hoping to do it at the same time as I found myself a new vet in my new town but my current financial state is a tad strangling. I will get into why this is a bad thing to put off but that will be later.

Part I: Where to find a vet?

So there are several ways to find a vet and they should all be explored.

Dear Friends,

So I think I'm going to start a series on how to find a vet, what to look for, what to ask, what really matters and all that fun stuff. It will probably take a few entries as I can be a tad windy when I have something to say and I feel I must say it.

I like to think that I am more than qualified to do this for a few reasons.

I seem to have a shortage of . . . patience? . . . tact? . . . manners? Well, whatever I am lacking it is thankfully staying internal, or at least I haven't been pushed past my breaking point and I have started to berrate those around me.

Feline boy that is. Just under two weeks ago my husband and I went to Craig Street Cats to find, well, a cat. We both had some specific things in mind as to what we wanted but every cat is an individual and we did have to compromise between us.

Here was my cat checklist:
1) relatively affectionate with people, I do like a cat that will cuddle up and watch tv with me
2) relatively playful with other cats, my husbands cat will play but learned from a dog and doesnt really know how to play with a cat

Tom is one of the many feral cats that can be seen in Wolseley. He spent the winter of 2009 staying warm in one of the shelters provided by Craig Street Cats. Unfortunately, he has managed to stay out of the trap, so he is still a true "tom cat".