Jasmine

Meet Jasmine. She lives with Lisa.

“Jasmine, a silver tabby, is just over 13 months old. A year ago in January, I had to help my dearest companion, a 13-year-old Russian blue, who was adopted from the Santa Fe Animal Shelter, pass from lymphoma. I was devastated. So my husband at the time took me to Albuquerque for the day.

While we were down there, I asked if we could go by the animal shelter just to look, as I'd remembered a few days before about a hoarder turning in many kitties. So we went. I went to the kitten side to see if any kitties would bond with me.

Jasmine was tiny and hiding in the corner of her kennel, hissing at everyone who passed by. However, she did not hiss at me. I asked the shelter workers about her. They told me she was a feral kitten and that they were working to socialize her. I asked if I could please hold her. They handed her to me, and, as a TellingtonTouch practitioner, I held her and did some bodywork on her and talked with her. About four or five minutes later she sighed and stretched out, then decided to move up by my neck and tuck her head under my chin. She purred, and purred loudly! The shelter staff was amazed as they had never heard her purr or seen her snuggle with anyone! We adopted her that day after she was spayed.

She picked me, and she is my shadow. She knows when I need her loving, and cuddles up close over my heart. She sleeps with me constantly, helps in the kitchen, stalks the doggies (she's not keen on the dogs even a year later), and rules the roost. Anything and everything is a toy, and she's a toy fiend. She loves to play, talk, and keep my granddaughters in line.

This picture of her is in the kitchen and she is giving me the “what-for.” I am so happy she chose to share her wonderful life and personality with me. All of my pets are rescues or adopted, and I wouldn't have them any other way.”