Cat Adopter Survey Test: Feline-ality Program

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You may hope to meet the perfect cat but “perfect” is different for different people:

• A cat who loves to play.
• A cat who loves to cuddle.
• A cat who loves to snooze peacefully in a sunbeam.

The Feline-ality™ Adoption Program is built around the Feline-ality™ Assessment that reliably predicts how an individual cat is likely to behave when he or she arrives at your home. In addition, the Meet Your Match™ Cat Adopter Survey identifies your preferences, expectations, and lifestyle so that you can look for cats with Feline-alities known to be a good fit for your household.

Adopters who meet their new feline companion through the Feline-ality™ Adoption Program bring them home already knowing something about the cat’s:

• Enjoyment of being petted and held
• Playfulness, “talkativeness,” and activity level
• Interest in new people and new things

Matching the Feline-ality of cats in our shelter with your “Person-ality” lays the foundation for the human/feline bond to develop, increasing the potential for a successful, permanent placement.

This one-page survey gathers information about your expectations of cat ownership and helps determine the Feline-ality that best suits your lifestyle. Based on the results of the survey, you’ll receive a color-coded Guest Pass to help guide you to cats that best meet your expectations and lifestyle. For example, if your pass is green, look for cats with a green cage card.

A color-coded guest pass in hand, you can get to know cats whose cage cards identify them as green, orange, or purple. You aren’t required to choose a cat with a certain Feline-ality™ - love at first sight does happen. The Feline-ality™ Assessment enables you to be prepared for your new love’s response to your home and to be ready to help the kitty adjust.

To download a PDF copy of the survey form click on this link: mymcatsurvey

How to score your results:

The form is divided into three sections: A library, Middle of the Road, and A Carnival. These sections correspond to the purple, orange, and green Feline-ality™ . Based on the highest number of circled responses within each section you will either be a match with the purple, orange, or green Feline-ality™ . In the event that your responses are divided equally (not likely but it could happen) select the section you feel the most comfortable with.

SecurePet Pet Sitter Services is located in Wimberley, Texas and provides pet sitting care for all types of animals: ranch animals, dogs, cats, birds, reptiles (but not gators!) and amphibians. This full-service petsitter company will ensure that all your pets receive lots of love and the best of care while you are away on business or pleasure.

SecurePet Rides On Fourth of July Parade Float

SecurePet Pet Sitter Gyvel Young Features Adoptable Animals for A.R.F. During the Wimberley Texas Fourth of July Parade, 2008

This was about as much fun as it gets! Riding on the A.R.F. (Animal Referral Friends) float in Wimberley’s 2008 Fourth of July Parade, Gyvel Young, owner of SecurePet Pet Sitter Services is shown here with foster dog “Lizzie.” In her lap is also a new foster puppy, one of the many pets featured by the A.R.F. organization. Both dogs, along with all of the other dogs on the float, are currently available for adoption.

Young is the owner and operator of SecurePet pet sitting services and is an active volunteer in the local animal rescue organization. She feels strongly about the proper care and treatment of animals and believes that supporting local animal rescue and adoption organizations is as patriotic as you can get.

Decked out with many variations of Old Glory, the red, white, and blue A.R.F. float was organized and decorated by volunteers and patrons of the organization in an effort to promote public awareness of local low-cost spay/neuter programs. Later, photographs of all the A.R.F. foster dogs were displayed at the grand jubilee across from Brookshire Brothers, immediately following the parade.

It was a great day to show some local and national pride and to get the word out to the people of Wimberley that there are plenty of deserving animals right here in our own community that are in need of a good home.

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