Odd Weekend

   On Saturday, I should have played soccer. But the other team said their fields were too wet. We would have played! I say it was a ripoff. Anyway, I had to occupy myself. So, my mom took me to the animal shelter. We started off with the cats, as always. 
   Our animal shelter puts the cats into different "colonies". There was a room with middle aged cats, one with elderly cats and one with kittens. Not a lot happens in the old and middle aged cats room, but in the kitten colony, the occasional oddball comes along.
    One little kitten, with her fur all spiked up, laid in a small cat tower. She was playing with a cat toy. I noticed her and picked up the toy. I tossed to the kitten's paw and she immediately hooked her paw on the toy. I pulled the string and she fell off but recovered. She walked in the litter box. I decided not to pet her for a while.
    Later, I tried picking the kitten up. She did not like it one bit. I set the kitten on another cat tower. The cat jumped to a nearby tower. The inhabitant was her sibling who did not like being jumped on. Nor tramped on. 
    Next we went to visit the dogs. Amber was one nice looking dog. But on the inside, she wasn't. Once she saw a dog, Amber barked loudly in an offensive way. She was a born leader, just like Nikita who grew old to be grumpy. 
    Another dog who caught my attention was Forrest, a beagle and basset hound mix. We liked Forrest so much that we decided to walk him. When I told a staff member we wanted to walk Forrest, there was one little problem. The slots outside were filled up. So, we had to stay inside with Forrest and wait 'til a slot opened up. 

    Forrest was a nice quiet dog- when there weren't biscuits around. Once I got a biscuit out Forrest would go crazy. He'd hop up on you, lick you, paw you, and he even licked me in the face when I was on the ground. After a few minutes of training Forrest to control himself, we went outside. Forrest sniffed a bunch for he hadn't been outside for a while.           
     Now, to all the residents in Bloomington, it would be good for you to visit the pets in the shelter and help them get a good home. You can follow them on Facebook too.

    Time for another subject, soccer. I know I said I didn't have soccer but on Sunday I did. A friend and I got moved up to an U-11 for two games. We won our first game and suprisingly, these were U-12s. Our second game was miserably lost, unknown for the cause of so many goals to 1.
     News: The Lorax is Thursday so after the performance I'll give you a review. But now, to end with a dog teaching her puppy trust, and how a cat does it. Enjoy.