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We're Paul and Debbie Dewey. The Sunshine Home at This Old Cat has been a vision of ours for many years. We both had grown up with cats in our families. It wasn't long after we moved into our first home in 1979 that we had our first cat, Charlie Brown. Believe it or not, we purchased him at a local pet store for five dollars. Without a doubt, that was the best $5.00 ever spent. Chuck was the start of it all, living a long and happy life with us until just past his 19th birthday.

With no human children, we focused on caring for our four-legged "kids". It wasn't long before Charlie had sisters and brothers. One after another we rescued and adopted. We have now settled in with many more -- always with room in our hearts and home for one or two more should they come along. All of our cats are always spayed or neutered, all have their claws intact (except those who had already been declawed long before we rescued them), all remain indoors and all are kept current on their vaccinations.

Early on, when Chuck and the others were young, we started asking questions and planning for the care of our cats should something happen to us. We were surprised to find there were not many options. It was then, over 20 years ago, the dream was born. In 2004 that dream became a reality -- a reality for your cats and others like them -- when The Sunshine Home officially opened its doors! Our lives are our cats. Virtually everything we do either involves them or revolves around them. Read some of the testimonial letters we've received and you'll know of our passion for the animals.

We were visited by the Director of Field Services of this area's largest humane society and he stated he was impressed with how well-kept and clean our home was, right down to the twelve litter boxes for the 12 cats. We obviously do take pride in doing things right.

When is comes to doing things right in the daily care for your cat, you can rest assured we will know what to do. We now have 29 years of cat experience. We have first-hand feline knowledge of:

acute renal failure	arthritis	anemia	asthma
bartonellosis	behavioral modifications (with or without drugs)	blindness	bronchitis
cancer in cats	cardiomyopathy	chronic gingivitis	chronic sinusitis
chronic renal failure	coccidiosis	colitis	congenital cardiac shunts
conjunctivitis	constipation	corneal ulcers	deafness
dehydration	dental care	diabetes	diarrhea
Emergency Animal Rescue (E.A.R.S.)	feline immunodeficiency virus	feline infectious peritonitis	feline stress management
feline urologic syndrome	fibrosarcoma	First Responder Animal Rescue training	geriatric cat care
herpes viral conjunctivitis	hypertension	hyperthyroidism	hepatic lipidosis - fatty liver disease
high fiber and other special diets	inflammatory bowel disease	lymphosarcoma	megacolon
new cat introductions and socialization	pet first aid	pet loss/grief counseling	retrobulbar disease
ringworm	shaving and grooming cats	skin diseases	stomatitis
subcutaneous fluid therapy	subcutaneous emphysema	traveling with cats (by car and by air)	upper respiratory diseases
urinary tract diseases	ventricular septal defect - congenital heart disease	vestibular disease	weight management

ALL the cats in our care receive the best medical care possible! Of course we depend on our veterinarians at the Livonia Veterinary Hospital and Fairport Animal Hospital for their expertise, too. Their state-of-the-art animal hospitals are staffed by some of the most knowledgeable, caring people in the business. Your cat will receive this same care in The Sunshine Home!

Oh yes, and we have some wonderful chickens and now turkeys! CLICK HERE to see their web page!