This was a different experience for me during my therapy cat visit yesterday! When we got to my usual hospital, my human said that we were going to meet someone special… and she was!
She turned out to be the other therapy cat from our organization! Josie was accepted into the program in January. I thought the chances of us ever being on a visit together were slim, since there are a few dozen dogs in the program and only two of us. But we both signed up for yesterday’s visit. So it was an all-cat therapy pet day.
Josie is still getting used to being a therapy cat. She is a lot different from me. She’s a rescue cat, and she is a few years older than I am. (Her human doesn’t know how old she is for sure.) She’s naturally very talkative, and while she loves being petted, she is not treat motivated like I am. So she doesn’t do any tricks, and she is still learning to walk on a leash. It was easy for me because I had treat incentives. Josie needs something different to encourage her to walk on a leash. But she is fine, just going from room to room in her carrier. The patients and hospital employees enjoyed seeing her lots.
My human worried that two cats would not be the optimum experience for the patients, especially those who preferred dogs. But it actually turned out for the best. The first patient I saw did ask if there were dogs, and my human had to tell her no. But then she wanted to see me anyway because she was scared of cats and she wanted to be able to get over it. So my human put me on the bed with the patient, and she petted me with her bad hand (the one that needed to be worked on — she counted petting me as therapy). And I purred lots for her and gave her the best experience I could. I was very happy to be of service to her, and to the other people I saw yesterday.
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WoW! Another therapy cat! That would be interesting. I bet the patients LOVE both of you.
Love Barb
How neat to have a 2 cat therapy day. We know you two helped a lot of people there.
We are glad you got to meet her. We thinks it takes a special cat to be a therapy cat, Mom says none of us would make the cut. While Scylla likes to be petted and is a little love bug she also likes to bite (not hard, but Mommy says some of the people you visit are very delicate), Chimera is a wiggle worm and can’t be still, Yang probably has some rag doll in him as he goes totally limp when you hold him, but like Scylla he likes to bite, Yin is actually the sweetest and loves to sit near you and be petted as long as you are Mommy/Daddy/Youngest Boy, apparently she doesn’t like other people. The vet and vet techs have never gotten to pet her and think Mom is delusional when they say Yin is the sweetest. Specially since they are busy loving all over Yang. Yes, Yang is weird he actually likes going to the vet.
How fun to meet a fellow therapy cat!
We love that you got to meet Josie, Summer! And also how you helped that woman with her therapy. That totally made us smile. 🙂
How special to meet Josie!
And you were so nice to help the patient start to get over being scared of kitties. What better choice than you to be picked for that honorable task.
How nice that you got to meet Josie, Summer….and show that lady not to be afraid of cats.
All-cat therapy sounds very good to us!
So nice that you two got to meet 🙂 An all cat day sounds great actually. It certainly made the lady you saw very brave 🙂
It was the time for the two of you to meet
Josie is darling! And how wonderful that you were able to provide therapy in two different ways!
What fun to meet another therapy cat! And how kind of you to give her some tips!
Purrs,
The Chans
Josie is a very pretty cat, Summer and so glad you got to met here. Glad you had a good therapy visit and helped a nice lady.
You are a star, Summer. We bet Josie will get better and better as a therapy cat – because you can teach an old cat new tricks!
Summer, I loved meeting Josie. Thank you so much for including her. Really enjoyed that there were two therapy cats there at the same time and that you two got to meet one another. I’d say my mom would have LOVED having a therapy kitty come see her when she was in the hospital all those days following heart surgery. NO such luck.
Ain’t NO WAY that anyone could be afraid of you, Summer! Glad you turned on all of your charms for that patient.
That is so wonderful that you got to see the other kitty! And….I bet you helped that person who is afraid of cats overcome their fear, they are lucky to have YOU there to visit them!
How special! Two kitties are always better than one. Josie is a pretty girl.
What a great story, Summer. You and your human have such good times doing visits and it is such an act of kindness. Kudos to both of you!
XOXO
You’re the best, Summer! I bet you made everyone’s day … just like you do for the rest of us 🙂
Very cool! We love reading about your therapy visits and are so glad to hear you got to meet the new therapy kitty!
Purrs,
Mia, Mosby, Angel CJ and Angel Cosmo
Josie is a lovely ladycat! We’re glad she’s spreading kitty smiles to patients too!
Josie is very pretty!! She looks like my Sydney!!
I would love for TWO pretty cats to give me some therapy!
Summer, you and Josie can come sit on my lap, and purr loudly anytime!
How awesome to meet the other therapy cat and on a day without therapy dogs. Thank for you sitting with patients who aren’t as receptive to cats. You are changing lives, Summer!
wow – another cat plus you got to help a person over some fears 😉 a good visit indeed
That is very cool for you two to end up working together. Great job pretty Summer!
Summer you are just the friend to help Josie realize her full potential as a therapy kitty.
I’m glad you two were able to meet!!
Hugs madi your bfff
I was hoping you were going to say Nic Cage, I read he had a broken ankle. Josie is a cutie just like you. I am glad more cats are becoming therapy cats, maybe someday there will be an equal number of dogs and cats doing it.
a tag team visit. cool.
What a great visit! To actually meet another therapy cat, Wow! That’s pretty pawsome. And we too love that pink carrier, nice… Great work girls! Purrs
It’s neat that you two therapy cats finally got to meet. And so special that you could help that patient feel a little better!
This is very cool. We luff the great press you two are getting for kitteh-kind. Cats truly will change the world.
It must feel good to help people the way you do.
What a treat for you two to meet up. Well done Josie, being a rescue therapy cat.
We’re glad you two finally met! Y’all are doing great work!