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Skriven 2010-03-31 16:29:24 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 36260 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: Catching up...AGAIN! :)
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Hi Janis,

We're over in Margaretville for a few days, helping out my parents.
Heading back to NC on Friday because classes start again on Monday but
we'll be up again around the end of June.  I was reading your gardening
notes and was half thinking that my dad might be able to handle a raised
bed garden, if not this year, maybe next.  He's talking of having
several containers of tomato plants this year--a good sign that he's
still interested, even tho restricted by the doctor.


 JK> Yeah, I did :)  Of course I had to make doggie treats as well.. found
 JK> a nice easy recipe for Toby .. glad I did, since soon after we got the
 JK> new pups :) They are two yellow-lab mix puppies, really little guys :)
 JK>  Only about 8 or 9 weeks old!  They are little devils but they get
 JK> along with Toby, so that's great :)

Sounds like you've got quite the mad house there with young puppies and
year old kittens.  Toby looking over all of them like an old grand dog?
(G)


 JK> > I think the key is in reassuring the mistreated animal that they are
 JK> > safe now... but that sometimes takes a long time... and the scars
 JK> can > run very deep...  I don't blame you for not wanting to take a
 JK> chance
 JK> > with your grandkids.

 JK> Yes, always a drag..

Good idea.  We had a cat for a while that had been abused as a kitten.
She turned into a very scardy cat, except when things were quiet.  She
was a very gentle little one, until she had to take a pill.  Then she
turned into a little tigeress--shredded a pillow case we'd popped her
into (with just her head sticking out).  On top of that, she spit the
pill out.

>> convince a rescue in Ithaca to let us adopt a really happy, cute,
>> Shepherd/Labrador mix.. They have some strict adoption rules (req.

 JK> and that one didn't work out either ..

 JK> > I bet it was a fun discussion.  :)   Did anything come of it?   The
 JK> > strict adoption rules sound like they are quite sensible ones... :)
 JK> > Designed for more likely successful placements... :)

 JK> They went overboard in my estimation.. I finally told the woman,
 JK> thanks for calling me back, but I've changed my mind.  She was going
(snip)

 JK> conversation...She was some really young kid..

Probably trying to act like she knew more than really did.  Anyway, it
sounds like you got a better deal with the lab pups.


 JK> Anyway, then I found the neatest rescue about 45 minutes away from
 JK> here, in Greene NY.. The couple who runs the rescue is fantastic, and
 JK> really cares about placing their dogs in a good safe home.  They loved
 JK> the idea of our fenced yard, and understood why Toby hadn't been

 JK> Their pictures are at http://www.filegate.net/pups/ Don't mind the
 JK> floor where Toby shreded a denim toy I made him Lol

Do you know their date of birth so you can make a cake next year? (G)


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Ruth
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