Best place/way to give cats to new home

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Anonymous wrote:Have you ever had cats before? They are not dogs. Just because they don't let you hold them doesn't mean they're not bonded to you. That said, it sounds like you really don't care about them, so I would look at surrendering them to one of the many rescue organizations around here. We got our two cats from Lost Dog and Cat Rescue - they are a great organization.

Op here. Hoping to meet the actual person(s) they would go to, so I don't want to resort to giving them to a rescue org. We got them from a rescue org, one that misled us into believing the cats 'would come around' to being loving.

This is such a strange statement and one I have a hard time understanding a rescue org would say. I would think they might have said they wouldn't been so skittish or scared after awhile, but loving? You can never guarantee that with cats. They love you in their own way, but not all cats will love to be held, sit on your lap, sleep with you. It just isn't how cats are.

Yep, I learned this the hard way. Cats are a huge crapshoot in terms of affection. My first cat might as well have been a dog - I carried him around, he snuggled on my chest, etc. Neither of my subsequent two cats has been anything like him. With that said, I love them for who they are.

You sound like you don’t want to accept them or try, so just give them back. If you adopted them from a rescue org, you likely signed a document saying you would surrender back to that rescue org. So do that.

It's been three long years of trying. We'll keep looking around for an older person(s). If that doesn't work, we'll call the rescue org in spring.

Why do you think an older person would want cats that haven't bonded with you after three years? You need to give them back to the organization. If you don't than you are violating the contract.

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Anonymous wrote:Have you ever had cats before? They are not dogs. Just because they don't let you hold them doesn't mean they're not bonded to you. That said, it sounds like you really don't care about them, so I would look at surrendering them to one of the many rescue organizations around here. We got our two cats from Lost Dog and Cat Rescue - they are a great organization.

Op here. Hoping to meet the actual person(s) they would go to, so I don't want to resort to giving them to a rescue org. We got them from a rescue org, one that misled us into believing the cats 'would come around' to being loving.

This is such a strange statement and one I have a hard time understanding a rescue org would say. I would think they might have said they wouldn't been so skittish or scared after awhile, but loving? You can never guarantee that with cats. They love you in their own way, but not all cats will love to be held, sit on your lap, sleep with you. It just isn't how cats are.

Yep, I learned this the hard way. Cats are a huge crapshoot in terms of affection. My first cat might as well have been a dog - I carried him around, he snuggled on my chest, etc. Neither of my subsequent two cats has been anything like him. With that said, I love them for who they are.

You sound like you don’t want to accept them or try, so just give them back. If you adopted them from a rescue org, you likely signed a document saying you would surrender back to that rescue org. So do that.

It's been three long years of trying. We'll keep looking around for an older person(s). If that doesn't work, we'll call the rescue org in spring.

Why do you think an older person would want cats that haven't bonded with you after three years? You need to give them back to the organization. If you don't than you are violating the contract.

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Anonymous wrote:Dogs need A LOT more time, training and attention than cats do. They require a sitter or quality boarding facility if you go out of town for the weekend. They need consistent training every day.

I don't think you want a dog, Op. I think you would be pretty much destined to have behavioral issues. I would strongly advise you to reconsider getting a dog.

Sadly, she already got the dog & he's taken over.
The dog is the house favorite now & the little prince came right in & trampled all over those poor cats territories; so it's shocking that the cats don't like him, right? So, guess who's got to go? I'll give you one hint; it's not the new dog.

You can make up whatever excuses you want, that the cats aren't "loving enough"or they're difficult... whatever lie you gotta tell yourself to help you sleep at nigh, ok?
But don't come on here & play us for fools, ok?
We all know this is about the new dog & he comes first.

You sound like you have some MAJOR impulse control issues & you're greatly lacking in common sense.

I mean, WHY on earth would you purchase a dog if you knew that you already had "difficult"cats?? I can't wait for this gem of an answer.

Did you think you could just throw this random, strange dog into the mix with these nervous, timid cats and they would magically become stable & loving? AND they'd all get along peacefully? lol.

Did you even contemplate scheduling training for your dog, so the transition of integrating him into a house with sketched out, territorial cats would be peaceful?
Did you even consult your vet on the best way to make this transition amicable for all involved?
You know... like... actually setting your animals up for success?

Of course you didn't, because that would require rational thinking, logic, insight, common sense, empathy for those cats; etc & the only trait you seem to master is total SELFISHNESS.

You couldn't have messed this transition up between the animals any more if you actually tried (and we all know that you didn't bother trying).

You and you alone set this mess that you've created up for failure, when you didn't introduce the dog into your home the correct way... the way any RESPONSIBLE pet owner who used common sense & deductive reasoning would.

I concur with everyone else, you totally suck OP.

Wow, could not have said it better...

This pp brings up an *excellent* question op.
If you knew your cats were already difficult/nervous/timid/ unpredictable etc, what made you think that throwing a new puppy into the mix would be a good idea?

I imagine that's exactly what you did too, isn't it?
With no suggestions from your vet on the proper way to introduce a new dog into the home and having attended no training classes either, you probably just threw the new dog into your brood and hoped for the best, right? Pathetic.

Yep. The pp tells it like it is, does not mince words and does not candy coat. This is pretty much it in a nutshell, Op.