How to help a backyard or street cat:

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1. Every backyard and street has a "colony" of cats living and dying a miserable life and death. Some humans do not care, as they are so absorbed with their own life's problems. Others put their personal issues and needs secondary and try to help those truly in need through no fault. Street cats fall into this catagory, born in the street, most die, some "lucky" ones survive, only to die, according to the World Health Organization ("WHO"), within 3-4 years.

2. To help a backyard or street cat you have to first be able to capture it. Our recommendation of a proven technique is as flollows:

3. feed the cat (or colony of cats) twice a day, in the morning and evening, so you and they can predict when to show up for food.

4. feed at the door of a cat carrier, right in front, outside of the door, for a few meals (1 or 2 days).

5. next, move the food bowl right inside the door of the carrier so the cat has to stick only its head inside the door to eat the food.

6. then, after a few feedings, move the food to the middle of the cat carrier so the cat has to put half its body into the carrier to eat the food, if he refuses, do NOT cave in, keep him hungry.

7. the night before you are going to bring him to us or a different veterinarian, you use tuna fish for the first time, putting the main food bowl all the way inside the carrier so he has to totally enter the carrier to get to the food, and you sprinkle tuna fish bits from the bowl in the back through the front door to about 2 feet from the fron door, so he picks up the scent (tuna fish is smelly), eats the little tidbits and follows the trail into the carrier. Now you shut the door of the carrier. He may panic and act out, but he will eventually stop. Keep in the carrier all nght and bring to the vet of your choice in the morning for whatever way you want to help, ie. injury, spay or neuter, shots. MAKE SURE to tell you vet that this cat is a street cat and may be aggressive (even if not aggressive with you).

 

How to help a homelsess street dog:

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1. Start feeding twice a day at the same location in the morning and evening.

2.  Once the dog starts to wait for you to appear at feeding time, he may start to trust you soon thereafter.

3. When you believe he trusts you bring a rope leash and put it on the ground, creating a "loop" by putting the connector with the clip through the handle of the leash, and put the food bowl in the middle of the created loop.

4. When he starts to eat from the bowl, genly and VERY slowly raise the loop of the rope leash from the ground to over his head and now you have him collared. He may freak out and do a rodeo, but DO NOT let go of the rope leash, if he lunges at you, jump back. DO NOT let him reach you.

5. Just like breaking in a horse to accept being ridden, he will calm down and accept being collared.

6. Now you can take him to the vet, adopt him out or keep him lifetime. He will be the most loyal dog of your life.

 

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