Testimonial #1:

STANLEY CHESLOCK: TESTIMONIAL FROM SUE CHESLOCK

 Stanley is the mascot of SART, a large cat rescue/sanctuary/adoption center in St. Marys, Ohio.  He is the one that makes sure the new cats are calm, the sick cats are comforted, and that whoever enters our driveway is cleared and okay by his standards.  He was known to actually get on cars to look in the window to be sure the visitors were good (I don't know what he would have done if they were not - but he seemed to think that was his job) and he would escort them to us, check the cars as they left, and be sure if they were adopting a kitty, that he said goodbye to our resident as they left the facility.

In March two years ago a very heartless and thoughtless person pulled into our driveway.  Volunteers were all in buildings - whether they could not find someone, changed their minds, or had bad intentions, we are not sure, but when one of the volunteers came to the driveway, she found Stanley laying in the snow, having been hit by a car on our property.  She called me and I met them at the vet office the shelter used.  He was in shock, and had to spend 4 days at the vet office on IV, and it was determined that his spine was dislocated at a certain disc, and that if he made it, he would drag his back end around for the rest of his life.

I brought him home to love him - my husband and I could not come to terms with the idea that this very personable, intelligent animal who was so proud would not be the animal he had been.  So, we worked with him, prayed for him and I began to do research on spinal injury treatment.

That is how I discovered Dr. Anders.  I made an appointment for Stanley, who by then was learning to drag himself around inside, but so missed the life he had.  It broke my heart to watch him.  He was only two years old, a magnificent animal and so wanted to have his life back.

Dr. Anders met with Stanley, the volunteer who found him, and I.  It was such an awesome experience watching Doc work on him.  He manipulated his spine, he injected his muscles, and he cared for him with such a gentleness and calmness that Stan interacted and watched everything he did.

We took him home, did the exercises Doc suggested and put him in a tub of warm water daily and manipulated his atrophied muscles.   He began to try to walk, and within weeks he was walking, gingerly at first, but getting stronger every day.

He has his life back.  He sees Doc every 6 months or so for adjustments, caused because he is so interactive and busy - he is back visiting the kitties in the shelter, guarding the shelter, and enjoying his life, though not climbing on cars or jumping as high as he used to.  But, he climbs, he still hunts successfully if he is so inclined, he follows us all over the 5 acres, he greets and visits and works every day.

We are so grateful to Doctor Anders for giving Stanley his life back.  He is a very proud, handsome, intelligent and graceful animal - Doc made him able to do what he was meant to do again, and we are so grateful!  I know that if Stanley spoke English, he, too, would say Thank you!

SART is his life, and he is so proud to be working with us again.  SART has 330 kitties and many volunteers help every day to care for each and every one of our cageless residents who live in

comfortable buildings set up like homes.  It is a lot of work each day for everyone, and Stan is proud that he can do his fair share every day.