Show Your Soft Side

Look at this baby. A family flakes on him, so he still needs a home.

Tabby cat stretched out on sofa licking paw

Happy #TongueOutTuesday from Soft Side social media kitty Parker!

@darthbluesky.bsky.social look at li’l adoptable puppy Daniel ☝️!

Poor little pup Daniel thought he was finally going to get adopted and have a family of his own - but the folks never showed! Can you help this sweet little guy out? Please share to spread the word - or apply to adopt or foster him at @ahomeoftheirown.bsky.social (DMV/DC metro area)!

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Callie checking out her birthday basket full of treats while relaxing on her window tower.

Happy happy 4th birthday to my beautiful sister, Callie. I love you always.

Missy the green eyed bobtail posing on the couch. One paw is extended and she’s looking up towards the ceiling a bit.

🎤🎵So when you feel like hope is gone
Look inside you and be strong
And you finally see the truth
That a hero lies in you 🎶🎼

Singing the song of my people at 2:00 AM.

Good morning!

Tabby cat standing on my lap, very close to the camera, looking into my eyes. I am wearing blue jeans.

This is my friend Ignatz, of blessed memory. I was his caretaker when his person travelled. I loved him as if he were my own. He enjoyed tuna, licking my hair, and sleeping on my lap on his deck.

We can tell he was a very special cat. 😿🧡

I got the very traditional furball from Dora at 5am. And Willow gave my fingers a kiss on her way to find a sunbeam.

Awww 😺🧡

Want to learn more about our Street Kitty Medical Fund? Know a Baltimore area community/fetal/stray/etc cat that needs urgent/non-routine care and want to see if we can help? Info: showyoursoftside.org/syss-program...). 3/3

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(Want to help provide urgent/emergency vet care for street cats like those first three, or the countless hundreds since? Donate now: showyoursoftside.org/donate/ - just select the Street Kitty Fund in the drop down menu, any amount counts - or please spread the word!) 2/3

Street cat looking out of big bin

Six years and two days ago, we awarded the first grant from our Baltimore Street Kitties Medical Fund to cover dental surgery for Cody, Jagger, Lucky and Stanley. These street cats may be forgotten by the public at large, but not by the angels who care for them - nor by us. 1/3

Black and white photo of a young light skinned black woman in a dark beret and turtleneck sweater, sitting outside of the brick steps of a wooden house porch. Next to her is a shorthaired white cat looking very curiously into the distance, but the cat is restrained by the woman’s hand and also a harness if it should decide to run off and investigate.

Coolest couple in the neighborhood. Photo from my collection, 1937.

look at this cat

Missy the green eyed bobtail looking off in the distance wishing for another sister or brother.

“Cats are like potato chips – you can’t have just one.” – Unknown

11/10!

Brown German pudelpointer dog looks like she has grown a white goatee but it’s just a thistle

Fritzi the pudelpointer uses a common thistle to disguise herself as Col. Sanders, in the hope of sharing your KFC. 10/10 for the goatee

Jorts Junior and Baby Ruth are pending adoption! Just need homes for Chicory and Jimson now, both extremely sweet and good boys.

Cat looking over woman’s shoulder as they are hugged.

Happy #MothersDay 🌸 to all the Dog and Cat Moms out there. You might not be getting a card or flowers today, but you are definitely loved.

Go honkers, go bonkers

(Video description: Scootypuff Junior, a little black kitten who has mobility challenges in his hind end, plays happily with a variety of cat toys while wiggling around on the floor).

I mean, who among us haven’t..?

I was so brave I even got a crown today.

Yes!

Missy the green eyed bobtail cat looking cheeky as she awaits leaving for her chemo appointment this morning.

“And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear.” —

Back to chemo today after a restorative 2 week break.

I will persist. 💚

Be brave, Missy, and best of luck!

They really are! 😺

Yes! 😺

😺🧡!