Having gone back and forth about whether to send Arek to a new home or not, I decided that I needed to hear a voice of reason from someone who was familiar with Arek's personality and could offer some objective advice. So early last week, I called the woman who had been helping us with him and told her what was going on. After hearing more about how he'd been doing here, and after hearing more about the would-be adopter's home situation, she strongly suggested that we allow Arek to go to the home we found for him. She felt that he would simply do better in a more quiet household without other cats. So after discussing it with my husband, I called the would-be adopter back and let her know what the behaviorist said and told her that if she still wanted Arek, I wanted her to have him. The next day found me crying in my husbands arms practicaly dialing her phone number to tell her I'd changed my mind. But my husband (who said I was thinking with my heart rather than my head - and was absolutely right) would not let me call her. Ultimately, I'm glad that he didn't, because she called me today with an update and Iâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]m in shock….
Arek's new owner says that he has been purring almost non stop since coming to her home, heâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s head-butting and rubbing himself against everything in her house and he follows her everywhere. I asked her if heâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s letting her pet him and she said “Oh yes!†and told me how he would walk directly in front of her and then plop down for a belly rub
I can hardly believe it!!! Itâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s like he's a completely different cat! Iâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]m so thrilled for him, and yet so sad at the same time. I wish so badly that we could have helped him when he was here. I wish so badly that WE could have been the perfect home for him. But Iâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]m really happy that heâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s where he needs to be and now I KNOW that I did the right thing. That was what I was most afraid of - that I would send him to another home and he wouldn't act any differently with her than he did with me. But he's done a complete turn about and so I know that I did the right thing. Sheâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s going to be sending me pictures soon, and Iâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]ll post them whenever they come.
Thanks, everyone, for being there for us during this horribly difficult decision. Iâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]m glad, at least, that in the end we really DID do what was best for him.
Arek's new owner says that he has been purring almost non stop since coming to her home, heâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s head-butting and rubbing himself against everything in her house and he follows her everywhere. I asked her if heâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s letting her pet him and she said “Oh yes!†and told me how he would walk directly in front of her and then plop down for a belly rub
I can hardly believe it!!! Itâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s like he's a completely different cat! Iâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]m so thrilled for him, and yet so sad at the same time. I wish so badly that we could have helped him when he was here. I wish so badly that WE could have been the perfect home for him. But Iâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]m really happy that heâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s where he needs to be and now I KNOW that I did the right thing. That was what I was most afraid of - that I would send him to another home and he wouldn't act any differently with her than he did with me. But he's done a complete turn about and so I know that I did the right thing. Sheâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s going to be sending me pictures soon, and Iâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]ll post them whenever they come.
Thanks, everyone, for being there for us during this horribly difficult decision. Iâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]m glad, at least, that in the end we really DID do what was best for him.
