This may sound odd to some of you . . . actually, scratch that - I don't think you lot are phased by anything
. . . bear with me . .. .
many many years ago, my neighbour's dog used to be taken into old folk's homes and long stay hospital wards to cheer up the residents, especially those who were missing their own pets or had had to give them up to move into cared-for accommodation. I recall this was with some kind of small charitable group but other than that, can't remember much about it. Anyway, I've been thinking recently that my Wilf would be a perfect candidate for a similar scheme, if there is still one available - which I hope there is because I am firmly of the opinion that there is a healing property to having a big rug of a cat on your knee, purring!
It was my vet who actually suggested that I look into this as, if Wilf were a pony, he would be described as 'bombproof.' He's completely unfazed by anything; the car, other people's houses, going to the vets. In fact, at the vets, Wilf spreads himself regally across the bench seats, casually washing, and waits for the door to the consulting room to be opened before trotting confidently in to see the vet! In his previous home he lived with multiple cats and dogs and now he's here, he is regularly surrounded by my 6 year old daughter's friends and nothing seems to faze him at all.
I've been taking Wilf round to one of my elderly neighbours who is housebound and whose cat died last year and they've both been enjoying each other's company so that's why I was thinking that we might be able to volunteer for a couple of hours a month if there's a local cat-visiting scheme . . .
So . . . does anyone know of such a scheme?!
Thanks!!
