Yet ANOTHER UPDATE!
UPDATE:PLEASE READ ENTIRE POST!My
experience with Treasured Friends started off great. We saw a kitten online. I inquired about it, asking if it was still available. I found out he was. I filled out my application and was later told it was approved. We set up a meet and great and my family, especially three kids, were so in love with the kitten we met. This was a surprise for the kids as they had no idea they were getting a cat! We ordered everything for the kitty and were counting down the days until we could bring him home. We were told we would get him Tuesday or Wednesday. Today, I received a call from a women from the organization telling me we would not be getting the kitten; there were other applicants in for him. BUT I was more than welcome to come to Petsmart tomorrow for the adoption day. Ummmm what? We bonded with Curry the kitten. We were told he was ours. We were told we were getting him. We were told we were approved for him. I don't know how to break it to my kids they won't be getting the kitty they fell in love with. The one they can't stop talking about. It's going to break their hearts.
***UPDATE : I received a call from Melissa this morning. She told me she LIED to me last night and there were no other applications. We weren't getting the kitten because the 17 year old foster mom did not trust my children with him. The kitten was "too shy," around us. When I inquired about the kitten, Sara told me in the email the kitten was shy. The WHOLE time we were there, Sara and her mother were very complimentary about my children. They said they were great with the kitten. They were better than any other children they've had over. They looked my daughter Ava in the eyes and said that her and the kitten bonded. They told us Curry was our kitten. They told us when we could get him. My children are devastated right now.
Here's the kicker...the President of the organization is telling us to come pick out another cat at Petsmart. So my kids aren't good around one kitten, but they are willing to give us any other kitten?
****UPDATE AGAIN: Tim received a call from Melissa, letting him know we are now able to have the kitten. She talked to the 17 year old girl's mom and the mom didn't have anything negative to say. Of course, the stubborn part of me wants to tell them to F off and we'll find another kitty. But at the end of the day it's about the kitten we fell in love with and the kids. Why Treasured Friends lets a 17 year old make such a big decision is beyond me. She's not even an adult yet. The kid's want the kitten they played with for over an hour. So we have to be the bigger person and support their decision. read more