Opinions-kittens or young cats?

[Aggie_Ama]

Muirenn- My hairdresser acquired a dog as part of her house too! The owners were moving due to a layoff and the Great Pyrennes mix couldn't go to the one bedroom apartment with a 30lb limit. It was only 6 months old and they were devastated. They asked her if they could leave the dog with the property so it wouldn't languish in the shelter, no friends could take it. She felt pressured but said yes, she LOVES him. She has a profoundly autistic daughter but the dog takes great care of her. He doesn't mind her lhasa mix either and she said a great guard dog for the 5 acre spread. So it ended up being a happy ending.

[Biciclista]

wow, I can't imagine unexpectedly inheriting such a huge dog. Glad it worked out ok.

[Koronin]

Those two dogs got lucky that not only did the new owners accept them, but they also are good owners.

I guess I actually can understand the layoff loosing a job and having to move thing a bit more than most other reasons.

[tbl35]

We had to put my 20 year old kitty sleep in January, knew we'd want more but unsure how long it would take. I had gotten my other kitties (had one die at 17 a few years ago) a year apart and they never did like each other. Nothing violent but they pretty much ignored each other, so I really wanted to raise two together in the hope that they'd at least like each other!

I started looking in March though not seriously. Mentioned to a friend that I was sorta looking and wanted 2 sisters. Lo and behold, there were 2 littermates living at her vets office that they badly wanted to adopt out. The staff had been handling them every day, so they were very socialized. They were about 5 months, this was about 2 1/2 months ago. Glad I did it, they can be nuts (early morning stampede/wrestling sessions) but they're also sweet and make me smile. That's them in my avatar.

Sounds terrible but I had forgotten what it was like to have a healthy cat! Loved my old baby, but we had been giving her thyroid meds for years and her last few months were awful. I wouldn't have minded slightly older cats (2 or 3 years) but for me, I couldn't face having an older cat again so soon. It's tough.