Their innocence and curiosity has always fascinated me. As an adult, I represented foster children in the court system as a Guardian Ad Litem for many years. One day when I arrived to visit several foster children, the kids pulled me into the backyard where they had found 3 tiny kittens. The mother had been hit by a car and her babies were helpless and vulnerable. I was incredibly moved by these c
hildren, with no permanent home of their own, who were so concerned for these orphaned kittens. I brought all of the kittens home with me and bottle fed them until they were strong enough and old enough for me to find them forever homes. I adopted one of these kittens and named him Trooper. I’d grown up with dogs mostly and had never really considered myself a cat person. Trooper changed all that. He opened my eyes to how amazing these beautiful creatures are and how devoted and loving they are as pets, and more importantly, family members. I owned a pet sitting business for many years and saw that my clients' cats, like my own, had toys EVERYWHERE, but had no interest in playing with them. One day I started laying tissue paper on top of the toys and all of a sudden, the cats became much more interested in the toys. Of course, I'd return to find shreds of paper all over the floor! I noticed my cats loved to play in and out of the sheer curtains I had in my bedroom, that is until one day the entire rod and curtain pulled out of the wall and fell on the floor. It was at that moment I came up with the idea for Sheer Fun For Cats. Trooper loved this product. He especially enjoyed hiding under or behind the sheer while stalking his favorite toy. Maybe he thought it made him invisible to his prey or maybe he just liked a fun game of hide and seek. The sheer made all of his toys new again. Every time I moved it from under a table to a chair, from one room to the next, it was as if I’d given him a shiny, new toy. When Trooper passed away from cancer two years ago, I made myself (and Trooper) a promise to share this toy with as many cats and the people who love them as I could.
~Carolyn Keene, Founder
