[Sunnydayz]

I will let you know why I do the so called invasive home check. I had 2 kittens that I adopted out together from the first litter I raised and adopted out. They told me ( and this is what started me being more thorough) this very sad story of their cat dying from cancer, and I thought it was such a perfect family. Well fast forward a few months later, I found they had lied about living in this area at the beach, and when I contacted them to see how the kittens were doing (mind you this was when they were only around six months old) I found the actually lived in Yosemite national forest, and when I called I got the horrifying news they were both killed. From what they told me, owls had grabbed them out at night, because apparently they were letting them go in and out at will, in the mountains. It sickened me to find out the real story, and to find I had spent so much time and money raising them from 2 days old, only to have them killed just a few months later, well that taught me a huge lesson, that I needed to be much more careful on screening of potential adopters.

The way I see it, if they want to spend the rest of the animals life with them, what is an hour of their time, to make sure they are going to a forever home. Quite honestly I would be happy if someone wanted to come check my home, to make sure not only if I would be the right parent for the pet, but it would also show me they care enough about the animal themselves to make sure it is to be a great forever home for them too. I do not find it invasive at all, and would welcome any rescuer to come and see my home, for their piece of mind, knowing I take great care of my animals. I'm not exactly sure why some would find it invasive, when all they are doing is looking out for the animals best interest, unless they are worried that what they put on paper, is not really what the rescue might find when they do the home check? I don't get it.

I also put in the agreement, that if they ever have to give the animal up, they are obligated to bring it back to me. I actually have a 22 lb cat, that was brought back to me, because their house foreclosed, and they were moving o an apartment that did not allow pets. I myself would never make that type of decision, as my animals always come first and are not expendable. Bruiser the cat that was returned to me is now in his forever home with me, as his age of 2 years old was not what most people look for, they all want the little baby. The litter of kittens Bruiser came from, were born in an oil refinery, because someone dumped the mother there I'm assuming once they found out she was pregnant. The mom ended up dying after giving birth from being crushed because she was hiding in a huge pipe rack, and was a large piece of pipe fell on her.

I guess from my husband being a firefighter, I have seen far too many horrible things that have hap happened to these precious animals, to be more careful then maybe some others might be.