What's a farm without a good barn cat & farm dog?......Well,
ours are really more like pampered pets, but they do like to follow us to the
barn. Does that count?
Jessica: She
actually was a barn cat from my brothers farm, but has been ours for the last
ten years. She is a typical female cat, she loves you when she wants to,
otherwise don't bother her or there will be consequences. All the pets &
humans in our house understand this about Jessie. Her favorite place to be is
in my bed.Some nights if she is feeling friendly she likes to sleep curled up next to my
legs. Every day she suns herself at the foot of our bed. I have learned to make
my bed right after I get up or Jessie will claim it and I will feel bad &
not make my bed. Next thing I know it is noon & she is still there and my
bed is not made. Jessie never strays far...I can look out the window at any
time & find her. She loves to watch the chickens (wishing they we not so
big), and chase chipmunks.
Ryder: She also came from a barn. K2 wanted a kitten
very much. We told her if she made the honor roll then she could get a kitten,
but it had to live in her room. She made the honor roll & we got Ryder.
Ryder & her litter box lived in her room for a while.... Now, Ryder uses
Jessica's box and they both go outside a lot. She is still a kitten & can be
crazy. Such as taking a running leap off our kitten chairs and clinging to the
sliding glass door handle. She hides in my plants. Suddenly, I will hear a
rustling sound & see my plant move. The list goes on......
Carter: Is the
man! He is our guard dog, fiercely loyal especially to me & K3.He is K3's
dog & she has been known to sneak all 80 lbs of him into her bed. He also
has a fondness for skunks & has been sprayed twice. The first time we tried
everything. Douches seemed to work the best & we would purchase several
boxes at a time. Poor Carter had a bath ten days in a row, and because of this
he now hates bathes. The next time he was sprayed, we spent $50 and took him to
the groomer. Let me tell you, it was worth every penny. Then, we have the prom
incident. In May, K1 went to the prom. They had car trouble and long story
short, arrived home at 2 a.m. I met them (her & her friend that is here so
much we call her K4!) at the door and just as the boys started to back out I
heard a yelp. I panicked & yelled for Carter...Phew! Here he comes up the
steps, but his nose is bleeding. Somehow, he must have been sniffing the
tires as they backed up and it caught one nostril & ripped it all the way
through. For the next hour we stopped the bleeding, washed the blood out of
K1's prom dress, and then finally went to sleep. Poor Carter! I am happy to say
he recovered fully.
Miley: Well, K1
made a plea for a pet of her own. (We had to put down her dog & horse in
2010) Last year we gave her our first baby lamb...but that wasn't good enough.
She wanted a puppy. We caved and got Miley. We got her as a puppy from *Potter's Angles Rescue. Miley is 99%
housebroken unless she sneaks into K1's room, then for some reason she likes to
pee on the carpet. She loves to wrestle with Ryder, steal & chew flip flops
(we've had to send kids home with one shoe), pull all the stuffing out of her
dog bed, and follow us & Carter everywhere.
* P.A.R.S. : K3
became slightly obsessed with saving the dogs after we got MIley. She did a
bottle drive & raised $100, bought collars & leashes with her own
money, and collected donations of dog food. Then she made amazing cupcakes, chocolate
lollipops, and homemade dog biscuits for a bake sale at a P.A.R.'s event. One
guy purchased a tree of her "dog themed" cupcakes for $100!!
More Pics, because they are so cute!
K3, Ryder, & Carter who is not so sure he likes sharing his bed with the kitten.
Miley helping K1 with homework.
"she has been know to sneak all 80 pounds of him in her bed". I love it!
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