ELLIE-ALIAS DONKY-DONK" IS OUR FIRST MINI DONK AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT I THINK THEY ARE A GREAT LITTLE ANIMAL. SHE HAS BECOME A VERY GOOD GUARD DONKEY AND ALONG WITH "TONY" ARE DOING A GREAT JOB OF PATROLLING OUR PROPERTY AND KEEPING THE COYOTES OUT!
MINIE IS ONE OF OUR ITALIAN GREYHOUNDS. SHE WAS PRETTY MUCH A RESCUE (PREVIOUS OWNERS DIDN'T WANT HER BECAUSE OF SEIZURES) WELL SHE IS SUCH A SWEETIE, CATLIKE IN ALOT OF WAYS. EVEN BECAUSE OF HER HEALTH ISSUES WE WOULDN'T TRADE HER FOR ALL THE TEA IN CHINA!!! WE WANT TO SAY A SPECIAL "THANK YOU" TO AUGUSTA ANIMAL CLINIC AND ESPECIALLY DR. COCKE FOR HELPING MINIE DURING A TRAGIC ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED ON OUR FARM WITH HER. ALTHOUGH SHE WILL NEVER BE 100% SHE IS STILL OUR MINIE -MOO !!!
MOE IS ANOTHER RESCUED ITALIAN GREYHOUND. WE PAID THE PEOPLE THAT HAD HIM JUST TO GET HIM OUT OF A VERY BAD SITUATION. HE WAS SKIN AND BONES AND THEY HAD LEFT HIM OUTSIDE IN VERY COLD CONDITIONS. HE WAS LITERALLY FREEZING WHEN WE BOUGHT HIM! HE HAS HIS "ISSUES" BECAUSE OF THE ABUSE...BUT WE LOVE HIM ANYHOW.
TONY IS OUR RESIDENT GUARD LLAMA FOR OUR MINI'S. WE FIRST SAW HIM AT THE KANSAS STATE FAIR AS A YEARLING. I HAD ALWAYS HEARD THEY MADE GOOD GUARDIANS AND HE HAS NOT DISAPPOINTED US. WE HAVE WATCHED HIM CHASE COYOTES FROM OUR PASTURE BUT HE IS GENTLE & CURIOUS AROUND OUR OTHER PETS.
"OPIE" IS OUR AFRICAN GREY PARROT. HE HAS BEEN WITH US FOR OVER 10 YEARS ALSO...HE WILL OUTLIVE US THATS FOR SURE...S-O-O-O I WILL HAVE TO "WILL" HIM TO SOMEONE IN OUR FAMILY. THIS GUY TALKS A BLUE STREAK AND THEN SOME. THANK GOODNESS HE DOESN'T HAVE A POTTY MOUTH BUT MY SON DID TEACH HIM TO "BURP" AND BOY DOES HE LOVE HIS GRAPES !!! "KITTY" IS THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE CLAN. HE WAS A STRAY & AUGUSTA ANIMAL CLINIC THOUGHT HE WOULD BE A GOOD LIL' MOUSER FOR US...NEEDLESS TO SAY HE IS DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB (i just need to figure out how to keep him from giving us his "presents")