Worth A Thousand Words – Tubby

If you’re a fellow Day In Pictures fan, you probably saw the photo from those saved dogs in China earlier this week. Just an ordinary looking dog, his head leaning up from cage toward the hand petting him. Such a soulful expression though, on a clearly intelligent and precious dog.

There’s nothing like meeting animals in person to decide to help them. But some photos really do tell a story. So I’m pleased to see the Maddie’s cat photographer, camera in one hand and toy in the other, making his rounds as I work my shift. Cats are challenging subjects, and the SPCA does well at capturing images of its available animals.

It’s busy there – children are off school, and a number of parents and eager kids are touring the place for entertainment. I settle in with Tubby, an 8 year old pretty brown tabby boy. He’s shy but cuddly, and, yes, a bit rotund. Also sweet and bright, with a near constant purr.

A pair of tiny, noisy girls come dashing down the hall. My boy bravely holds his own, even stepping toward the door to investigate, nose to nose, the child standing, open mouthed, at his door. They hurry away, as another small family comes in, exclaiming about all the cute kitties.

Next door, sweet bonded pair Zac and Sissy are curled together in a tabby ball, ignoring the commotion. It’s hard to tell whose paw belongs to who till Zac bestirs himself up to allow better petting access. They seem pretty content, but I wish they had a nice human family of their own.

I help a woman who wants to see a kitten. She’s looking for a companion for her friendly young cat, and makes her selection very quickly. I probe a little, making sure she’s thought this through, and she assures me that she’s been looking online daily and came in as soon as she saw today’s kittens posted.

The cats are going fast this week. Cleo’s got an adoption pending sign up, and I hear that Big Mac and also Tigger have found homes. The kittens are getting scooped up one after another, with people crowding the hallways, awaiting their chance to meet them. I help a young couple who just melt over a darling gray and white fellow, and whip out their phones to snap photos. All in all, a happy picture.

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