dexter

When his human passed away from terminal cancer six years ago, sweet Dexter was in need of a second forever home. In a time before My Grandfather’s Cat existed, family members were able to house Dexter throughout the years. But when he was diagnosed with diabetes, they realized he needed a permanent second forever home. That’s when they decided to contact My Grandfather’s Cat.

Just weeks before Christmas, the family began to work with our volunteer, Kinsey, to write Dexter’s profile and send it out to our community. Within a few days, a second forever home was found. While sweet Dexter settled in, the family had a change of heart and decided they couldn’t adopt him after all.

As he wasn’t able to return to the previous home he had been staying in, Dexter was picked up by our founder and transportation volunteer, Peter, and taken to the home of our emergency foster, Evelyn. On the second day of his stay, Dexter began to show signs that he wasn’t feeling well. As he is a diabetic cat, we worried about his insulin levels and took him to be checked out by our friends at Tantallon Veterinary Hospital. Thanks to the generosity of our donors, we were able to cover the cost of his bloodwork, glucose curve and more, to confirm he is healthy.

While the team at MGC was focused on caring for Dexter, we had forgotten to remove his profile from the website. That’s when Julia came across his profile, the only one on our website at the time, and instantly fell in love.

Julia reached out at the same time his profile was sent out to the community once again. While many kind families came forward with interest in adopting Dexter, the family felt that Julia could give him the stable second forever home he needed. She adopted him just five days before Christmas. He settled in nicely knowing he is in his forever home.