(Bull pictured with Flower at Jennifer's home)
Bull was adopted from the Care for Strays program at Care Animal Hospital many years ago. He was 2 ½ and had been a stray living in an Arvada neighborhood. A lovely neighborhood lady brought him into CAH when someone threatened to shoot him. Although he had made himself comfortable at CAH, a long-time client just couldn't pass him up and took him home.
Bull is now 7 ½ years old and a therapy cat. He walks on a leash and has been visiting patients at Manor Care nursing home in Denver for more than 4 years now. He is usually accompanied by one or more dogs who also visit the residents in conjunction with a therapy program run by MaxFund.
When Bull finds a resident who loves cats, he settles down right next to them on the bed. Patients don't want to let him go. They'll pet him for up to 20 minutes, while chatting about their own animals at home, usually cats of course. Many of the patients are in rehab, and there for only a few weeks or months. So they really miss their cats waiting for them at home.
When Bull was ill last year, and being taken care of by Dr. Garnett and Dr. Clark, he wasn't able to visit the nursing home for several months. The number of people asking where he was, how he was doing, and when he was coming back, was amazing. And, of course, once he was able to return to visiting patients early this year, he was literally welcomed with open arms by everyone from the receptionist to the nurses on the floors. They all know Bull.
by Jennifer O., Bull's owner
