A Dinah Update!

I never worry at all about our kittens adjusting to their new homes, but it's always very nice to get a report from an adopter confirming that things are going well!  Patrick, Dinah Alice Dinichi's new pa just sent me an update on their girl, who now goes by Tallulah, and it sounds like there's a whole lot of happiness happening in their home.  Here's what he had to say (and he sent some pictures, too!)  

Hello, we just wanted to check in about Tallulah, Little T, or Tulalip Casino,  lol.  we cannot begin to describe how much we have fallen in love with this little ball of joy! 

She has one of the coziest and goofiest personalities we have ever seen. At night she sleeps on the bed next to my pillow laying her head on me ❤ purring away, and boy does she have a voice! I think she is the lost talkative cat in tacoma. 

She also has the best RBF (resting bitch face) with her little furrowed brow. 

She and Oscar are getting along quite well and love chasing each other around the house and rough housing. She is quite smaller than Oscar, but the way they play you would never know. Sometimes I think she bites a bit more off than she can chew!  

She spends most of her time playing with Oscar or sitting on the window seal people watching. If you ever pass by the Tully's downtown (yellow triangle building) be sure to look at the top floor at the point for a little kitty head 🙂 

 Thank you again we could not be anymore in love!


























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Thanks so much for the update, Patrick.  We appreciate you taking the time to let us know how everything's going!  We're so thrilled she and Oscar are doing so well together, and that she's bringing so much joy to your lives!

Bye-Bye Dinah!

Less than a year ago, Linnea and Patrick adopted a tiny little kitten named Oscar, a handsome black cat with a big, floofy tail.  He's a spunky and active little guy who likes to follow them around their apartment and instigate play.  They decided they he could use a kitty companion, so they emailed me to find out if we had any kittens that might be well-suited for Oscar.

Dinah's personality seemed like the perfect match for this scenario. She too is a lively one.  She loves playing fetch and other games just like he does.  She's bright and could challenge him in a good way. It seemed logical choice for this family, so they decided to adopt our dear Dinah!

Linnea shared a little video clip of Oscar and Dinah's first day interacting and things are going great! In the video, Oscar was on the floor, belly up, wiggling his paws at her in a very non-threating way, and was asking her gently if she would like to play.

A little friend is exactly what he needed.

Thank you, Linnea and Patrick, for adopting our sweet girl! I'm so thrilled to know things are off to a great start!  I know she's going to bring so much joy to all of your lives -- especially Oscar's!

We wish you all the very best!

Scuffle in the Sunlight

Well, they're gone. Cassie, Russell, Tegan and Dinah have all left our nest.

Wylla is shuffling around the living room right now chasing a sparkle ball -- you can tell she's a little bored and missing her little playmates.

Bean is sitting in the middle of sun patch, that same space the kittens are playing in in the photos below, and is watching Wylla run.  She misses the kittens too, but I also think she's glad to have a quieter house once again.  Normally, when she needs a break from the babies, she slips upstairs and finds a quiet spot. But when it's too hot to hang out upstairs, which it has been the past couple of weeks, she has no choice but to share the coolest spots in the house with them.  She enjoys the kittens, but Bean needs to take her uninterrupted naps. Bean needs her alone time.

As I mentioned before, our little Dinichis found some great families. On Monday I will start sharing all of their adoption tales with you.  We've got some sweet stories to tell, and I think you'll enjoy them!  

I'm going to be heading to Iowa to visit my family next week, so we won't be getting a new batch of kittens immediately, but as soon as I return we'll pick up a new set! They're still flooding into the shelter, so shouldn't have any sort of wait.

Because I'll be gone, I'm going to be putting the IBKC Shop in vacation mode starting Monday, August 29th.  To say "I'm sorry for this inconvenience," I've decided to have a little sale this weekend and we're offering  20% off of  EVERYTHING in the shop.  To take advantage of the discount, just enter "CATLOVER" in the appropriate field upon checkout. The sale ends Sunday at 11:59 PM (pacific time). To visit our shop, click HERE.

Have a great weekend everyone!  We'll see you Monday!

 

Final Family Portraits

The Dinichi's have been trickling out the door over the past few days and it won't be too much longer before they'll all be gone.

It seems we all fell pretty hard for this set, so I know we'll be missing them dearly.   We've found some stellar homes for them, so don't worry,  their futures are bright.  I've already gotten reports that the ones that have left our nest are doing really great.  No surprise there! They are all so social and well-adjusted, of course they transitioned easily!

Before we started saying your goodbyes, I  did get manage to wrangle everyone and get a couple of family portraits in.   Thank you for sitting still, kittens, and giving us all a chance to look at you big, healthy babies all together for one last time.

You four are amazing. I hope you know how much joy you brought us all during stay at the IBKC.  You will be missed by many!



(don't worry, his peeper is fine -- no damage done)





















I wanted to say thanks to everyone who purchased a set of our Kitten Magazine postcards. They flew out the door -- we've never had a set sell out so fast!  I'm trying to decide if I'll do a second printing or not. I do have other cards in the queue, so I may wait until after I release those, and maybe reprint the Kitten Magazine cards for the holidays.  I'll keep you posted on that -- I haven't quite decided what I'm going to do yet.

I appreciate the support!  It does help off-set the expenses of fostering. As you can imagine, we go through a LOT of kitty litter around here!

: )

Little Fly Catchers

A housefly snuck into the house and quickly caught the curiosity of the Dinichis.  It flew to the window, got stuck between the shade and glass, and buzzed loudly as it bounced around and tried to escape.

This captivated the kittens, especially Tegan, who did a little meerkat-ing while she carefully watched the action.

Eventually the fly did escape from the window trap, but soon got batted to the ground by Wylla, then pounced on by Nicholas, who silenced the buzz.

I think everyone was excited for this victory, but sad to see the game come to a close.

Windows are open, so I'm sure there will be plenty ore opportunities for more fun!