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Post by NS'Creter on Sept 11, 2008 17:48:32 GMT -4
Well, as always, you folks stay safe. We've had some fatal vehicle accidents during the severe rain. This is a small place where we all know each other or at least each other's families. Two small children who were closely related to our customer (where we were working) were killed. Tragic.
Your safe haven is so cool Lindy. Some of you may have heard of the Sobeys grocery chain. That originated and is still run here. Donald Sobey has a hobby farm which is also somewhat of a rescue facility at his home and they have several Llama and El Pakas. They're a neat animal...kind of timid, but very social. A cousin of mine has a rescue farm...mostly dogs and miniature horses. He is in the process of opening a pet cemetary and wants me to provide the markers as part of his package.
I guess I went a little off topic there...oops, sorry. Stay safe guys.
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Post by Lindy on Sept 11, 2008 18:23:24 GMT -4
Just came back from meeting our guests ... the "llamas." I think they are adorable ... our donkey's think they are some type of alien life form. They kept snorting, braying, and keeping well back from the fence line separating them; usual since they are typically quite social when we have had 'guests" in the past.
Got another call from Humane Society on my cell phone while driving home asking if I would take in a dog ... I haven't done that since Katrina and it didn't work out very well. My 2 golden retrievers were okay with the dog (it was a yellow lab), thank goodness it was housebroken and learned quickly how to use the doggy door, but three big dogs romping around the house is anything but peaceful. We had the lab/Max for about 3 months, the owners NEVER called me to check on their pet the entire time and I couldn't got hold of them (was beginning to wonder whether they would ever come back to claim it); furthermore it was an old dog that got had health issues that I knew nothing about (I had to take it to my vet twice, costing me a couple of hundred dollars, and owners never offered to reimburse me). To top that all off my entire family got attached to Max. If the Humane Society that I would ONLY take in another dog if they couldn't find ANYONE else ... I really hope that they don't call me to say that they simply didn't have enough people to take in peoples dogs/pets for a couple of days, since I am a passionate lover of animals and know I will cave in if they do.
Lindy
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Post by NS'Creter on Sept 15, 2008 22:09:16 GMT -4
So how did everyone do? Did all of your guests settle in well Lindy? The worst has passed...do they have a home to return to?
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Post by Lindy on Sept 16, 2008 9:33:41 GMT -4
We will probably have these llamas for a while. The family that owns them has not yet been able to return home ...they don't even know yet if they have a home to return to since their area was so badly hit by Ike and no one has been allowed back into their community yet. Unfortunately what they have seen on the news does not look encouraging that their wll be much left to return to. Mother Nature can be so cruel sometimes, washing and blowing away peoples lives.  They are staying with family about 30 miles from us and have enrolled their children in school (State of Texas advised those in their area that will not be able to return to whats left anytime soon to do so). We had given them a key to the gate so that they could visit their llamas when then want ... they happened to come out Sunday while we were there; it was heartwarming to see the children hugging and patting their pets. Our donkeys have decided they (llamas) are not aliens, but now they are nipping at them through the fense, so we definitely must continue to keep them separated for the time being ... hopefully the donkeys and llamas will become friends soon. Jim & Vicki tried paying us for boarding this weekend and told us that it could be months before they could reclaim their pets to take them home (house must come first, then barn and fences) ... we told them thanks for offering, but it was the least we could do, they will need their money to rebuild their lives and that their pets had a safe caring home-away-from-home for as long as they needed one with us. Lindy |
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Post by NS'Creter on Sept 16, 2008 10:14:59 GMT -4
They're fortunate to have you Lindy...the people and the animals. That's funny about the donkeys...usually donkeys and llamas are quite social from what I've seen. I'm sure they'll become buddies.
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Post by Lindy on Sept 16, 2008 13:12:16 GMT -4
They are going to be room mates for a while so they are going to have to get used to sharing with our guests (not going to put them roam together since I don't want anything to happen to one of the llamas while in our care (especially since we don't live at our country place (just go out there a couple of evenings a week since we have huge water troughs in each area, round hay bails, and grazing).
I'm not to sure our donkeys are not just jealous of the attention the llamas age getting ... maybe when we're not there they may ignore each other.
Lynn
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Post by NS'Creter on Sept 16, 2008 16:12:04 GMT -4
Yes. They can be just like kids huh? Did the llamas do any spitting?
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Post by Lindy on Sept 16, 2008 22:38:07 GMT -4
Such harmony (they are like republicans and democrates in an election year). The donkeys bray/hew-haw at the llamas and mip at them though the fence and the llamas ssand at the fence and spit at them. Oh well, that's how it goes on "old McDonalds farm."
Lindy
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Post by NS'Creter on Sept 16, 2008 23:11:30 GMT -4
;D Now that makes for a fantastic mental image. Good (and timely) political cartoon too.
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