Posted By: liane
Zoo Farm - 07/15/06 07:17 PM
Since I was a child I have been around pets. I believe they were created by God for us and that is to bless us with enjoyment and companionship.
I have seen people who do not have pets and I feel a sense of something missing there. I also believe that animals refect the people they live with and it is a sign of where people are at.
We traveled a lot due to the fact that my father was a military man, so unlike some we did not give up our pets, but took them with us making sure we found a place that we could have our pets with us.
Presently in my life I have five cats, two dogs, two goats and I care for two Polish Arabian horses that belong to a friend of mine that due to her disability cannot care for them herself.
All of my adult life I have had dogs and cats. It was not until I left Los Angeles County in a town called Sunland that I was able to have farm animals. I have enjoyed my life here greatly being out in nature and being able to see for miles out my window of just open land.
When I came to this area I already had two dogs. Moshe an Australian Shepherd was trained as my hearing service dog down in Sunland. She is four years old and since being up here has changed a lot and is more calm than when she was down there. During the process of moving up here I came across another Australian Shepherd at the pet store in this town and I named him Zadok. Both are blue merles, but you will find that blue merles Aussies can look different from dog to do. He is more or less just a pet, but he has had some hearing service dog training.
I would have been content to have just the two dogs, but when I got here I was told to get a cat for mice. So the month I got here I went down to the shelter and there were some kittens. They had been dumped because they were a mix from a Siamese female and whatever that got to her.
So I have always wanted a gray cat and there she was seven weeks old and needing a home. That was the beginning of my cat family and I named her Chaska.
Will continue to next post due to time restraints with Netscape.
Liane, the Zoo Mama
I have seen people who do not have pets and I feel a sense of something missing there. I also believe that animals refect the people they live with and it is a sign of where people are at.
We traveled a lot due to the fact that my father was a military man, so unlike some we did not give up our pets, but took them with us making sure we found a place that we could have our pets with us.
Presently in my life I have five cats, two dogs, two goats and I care for two Polish Arabian horses that belong to a friend of mine that due to her disability cannot care for them herself.
All of my adult life I have had dogs and cats. It was not until I left Los Angeles County in a town called Sunland that I was able to have farm animals. I have enjoyed my life here greatly being out in nature and being able to see for miles out my window of just open land.
When I came to this area I already had two dogs. Moshe an Australian Shepherd was trained as my hearing service dog down in Sunland. She is four years old and since being up here has changed a lot and is more calm than when she was down there. During the process of moving up here I came across another Australian Shepherd at the pet store in this town and I named him Zadok. Both are blue merles, but you will find that blue merles Aussies can look different from dog to do. He is more or less just a pet, but he has had some hearing service dog training.
I would have been content to have just the two dogs, but when I got here I was told to get a cat for mice. So the month I got here I went down to the shelter and there were some kittens. They had been dumped because they were a mix from a Siamese female and whatever that got to her.
So I have always wanted a gray cat and there she was seven weeks old and needing a home. That was the beginning of my cat family and I named her Chaska.
Will continue to next post due to time restraints with Netscape.
Liane, the Zoo Mama