Black listed

This past Friday, we acted on our long, drawn out decision of returning our cat back to the Nine Lives Foundation. We originally adopted Josie in January, 2011 (I even wrote a blog about it) to play with our other cat, Molly. Molly is loving, fun, and very playful. Upon first meeting, Josie hissed and growled at Molly. We understood this was normal so we thought we would give it some time. All year long, Josie progressed to cornering and attacking Molly with teeth bared and claws out. We shrugged our shoulders and realized that we should just keep Josie inside while Molly was out. The final straw, however, was when we saw how Josie was not friendly around kids. She didn't attack them, necessarily, but she would get upset when they were around. This would not have been a good thing when our new baby comes! So we took Josie down to the Nine Lives Foundation. They are a no-kill facility, which brought some ease to our decision. The lady at the place seemed very displeased that we were "giving up" on Josie. Although she pursed her lips and was short with us, Nick and I felt that Josie would be able to find a much better home that will be a better fit for her: a home with no other cats, no children, and a person who loves to sit all day long with a cat on their lap. I joked that maybe the lady "black-listed" us from adopting another cat from Nine Lives. She may have, but luckily, we are not interested in another cat at this time. Bert and Molly will do just fine! :)