As I've posted before, the Akron Humane Society has lots of dogs and cats to adopt, and at Facebook I've friended them, so in my feed I get to see the featured pet of the day/week or whatever. I want to use this blog to help promote them and hopefully (yes I know hopefully is poor usage) help them get adopted. As such, I conduct interviews with selected pets. Some interviews don't get published because the subjects are boring, or barky, or run away to chase a mouse, but some I put here. So here is an interview with Bogey.
Aurora Boardealis: Hi Bogey
Bogey: (sniff) Hi (sniff).
AB: Where were you before you were here?
B: (sniff) I don't really know, but it smelled like wet newspapers and garlic. (sniff)
AB: Being a Beagle mix you go a lot by smell, don't you?
B: (sniff) (sniff) Now that I think of it, you smell a lot like wet newspaapers and garlic. (sniff) (sniff) (sniff)
AB: Okay, that's enough sniffing me.
B: Seriously? (sniff) There is never enough (sniff) sniffing.
AB: Let ask you what type of home you are hoping for.
B: I'd like it (sniff) to smell like (sniff) sausage.
AB: So a home hear a grocery store then?
B: Or (sniff) a pizzeria.
AB: That narrows down your options, doesn't it?
B: Not really (sniff). I can smell eighteen different pizza places right now. And a Chinese restaurant.
AB: We're nowhere near any restaurants.
B: Exactly (sniff).
AB: Well you are a very sweet little dog. I hope you find a forever home very soon.
B: (sniff) (sniff) (sniff) Orange cat.
AB: What?
B: You have (sniff) an orange cat, don't you?
AB: You can tell that by smelling?
B: (sniff) No, there's hair all over your pants.
AB: Thanks, Bogey, and good luck.
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Monday, March 22, 2010
An interview with Puddin Pop
On Facebook, which is the newest, coolest way to ignore people you don't like, I have become friends with the Humane Society of Greater Akron. Granted, I was invited via a third party, second generation, round-about intermediary, but nonetheless, we're friends.
The best thing about being friends with them is I get pictures of cute animals on my Facebook page on a regular basis. Today's pet of the day is Puddin Pop (they left off the apostrophe so I did too). Puddin Pop is a cat and here is their description of her (dictated, no doubt, by Puddin Pop):
Hi, my name is Puddin Pop. I am about one year old. I recently came back from foster care where I had the chance to flourish. I can be a little shy in the shelter, but in my foster home I was very friendly and sought out attention. I love to play with cats so a home with at least one other active cat is preferred but ...not mandatory. There are many cat friends at the shelter I can pick out as a partner if you don't already have one:-) Please share me with all your Facebook friends and hopefully I will find a forever home soon....
Puddin Pop is cute, to be sure, but the thing that makes her extra cute is her name. In fact I had doubts about the veracity of her name so I Facebook chatted Puddin Pop for an interview.
Me: So, Puddin Pop, you look pretty cute there on the Humane Society Facebook page.
PP: Thanks, John, I am pretty cute.
Me: I have to ask, Puddin Pop is not your real name, is it?
PP: Umm, what do you mean?
Me: I mean, Puddin Pop is a made up name to make people like you, am I right?
PP: Well...
Me: Puddin Pop is a sham, is it not?
PP: Thumbscrew
Me: What?
PP: My original name was Thumbscrew. My first owners were Goth.
Me: I see
PP: I had a black leather litter box and a tail stud, which has since been removed.
Me: Ouch!
PP: Tell me about it.
Me: So, Puddin Pop is a better name.
PP: One of the volunteers came up with it. The volunteers here are really nice.
Me: Is it hard to remember to answer to a different name, Puddin Pop?
PP: I'm sorry, were you talking to me?
Me: Ha ha.
PP: Sorry.
Me: One last question, what do you think about dogs?
PP: I think they're stupid, but who else are you going to have take the blame for getting into the garbage?
Me: Thanks, Puddin Pop.
PP: You're welcome. And adopt me soon, someone out there reading this, preferably with a huge cat bed near a sunny window, with a bazillion cat toys and a weakness for slipping pets a piece of their sandwich.
(Note: Portions of this post may have been embellished for entertainment purposes.)
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