I had a cat, wonderful animal, named Scraps for several years. She came to me through a rescue and ended up living at the shop quite by accident. She was a beautiful Russian Blue that was spayed and declawed. Occasionally I would have a customer complain about her or express a concern over pet alergies and we were always quick to put her in the back. If we knew a customer expressed a concern and saw the customer coming toward the door, we would put Scraps in the back room before the customer ever entered the store. The majority of my customers loved Scraps, however. She was a perfect shop cat - clean, did not shed, and (best of all) she was a loner and would never interfere or invade a customers space.
Sadly, one day Scraps decided to leave Stitchin' Heaven. She stayed inside those years and never indicated in any way she would go outside. But, apparently someone left the door open and she went outside and never came back.
We still have Scraps on our logo, on our website, and in our hearts. We miss her!
deb
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