Dogs, of course- Cats, who knew!

Most people can easily understand the need for help to take care of a dog. They have a 'schedule',they have to go 'out'. Someone responsible has to do this. That is what I thought, as a dog owner. Only 'dog people' would call me. In fact when I started, I  never had a cat. That first Thanksgiving when I finally picked up 6, count 'em,  clients there were 2 people that only had cats. Not only that, but one of the cats was diabetic and needed insulin shots twice a day. 'Did I know how to do that?' Well, I taught people how to give themselves Allergy shots, was that similar? The client said -no problem- she would show me.
  It is not similar at all. This is a cat! Fortunately for me it was a wonderful easy going purring machine who was completely unfazed by this. I was a wreck- drawing up the insulin, knocking out the air, pulling up the skin and shoot! Piece of cake!! The cat lived a long and otherwise healthy life and I had learned a skill from one of my first clients.
It is common that clients who only have dogs think I only take care of dogs, OK, I buy that. What is unusual is that clients who only have cats, think I only take care of cats! It is also a fact that 40 percent of my clientele only have cats.
Not all my diabetic cats, it's almost exclusively cats with this disease, turned out to be that easy. Most were manageable, but a few were from HELL! One deserves a column all to himself.