Awww they are so cute!!! I can't imagine having to kill a baby bunny Susan. You are brave, and strong where needed. Our Humane Society is over-run with cats this summer, and they are running a program where when you buy one kitten/cat, you can buy another one, 1-year and older for $10. When that was on the news, hubby turned to me and said NO. Hmmmph. LOL

Sadly I am petless for the first time ever. I lost both my dogs within a year of one another. I had to send my Black Lab across the bridge this February. As soon as we get some yard work finished I'l be starting a new pack. We've always had two or more dogs in the past but this last pair were close in age and when the Rot died the Lab had too many issues with his health going on for us to introduce another dog. Pet Friendly Plans For the House: 1. Replacing our current pet door insert with a door in the glass on our family room slider. 2.Tile flooring in family room and kitchen. 3. Dog food storage cabinet in new laundry room. (for the 40 lb. plus bags of kibble) 4. Additional dog food storage cab in the kitchen for the cans,treats and a weekly amount of kibble. Dog first aid kit will be here also. 5. We are working on a design for a good (around 4 foot tall) custom dog gate for the wide hall separating the formal living room/dining room from teh rest of the house. The dogs are allowed there by invitation only. Our last Rottie was very social and would break the front room window trying to get out to play so the tall gate became a necessity. We already have the higher fences (thinks to hyper social Rot again) and we have areas of our backyard chain linked off from the dogs which provides an extra level of security for the. They can't get to any of the fence lines bordering the front yard. The plan is to get another pair of dogs starting with, hopefully, a female Rot this fall. Later we will add a male something (probably another Lab) that will be compatible as a brother. Reason being that Rots are strong willed and require a firm hand but mature faster. Labs can be strong willed adolescents for several years before they settle. I think I can train one more set of puppies before I age out. Then we will go into older dogs or puppy raising for Guide Dogs depending on our health and mobility.

I sometimes have trouble remember whether things really happened or if I just dreamed them. I've always had extremely vivid dreams, whose memories persisted with me long after I have woken up. When I was young (before my mid 20s), I used to go into trances in which I seemed to be partially dreaming and partially awake. These could happen when I seemed to be fully awake and could be quite disorienting. In my trances, I would feel that I had lost contact with the physical world to some extent and sometimes had the sensation of floating. I could also see different rooms from the one I was physically in. I think this happened partly because I am hypoglycemic and have passed out during some of the more extreme episodes of this. I have been able to control is (since my mid 20s) with diet, but more recently I was diagnosed with sleep apnea, and that may also have played an effect. I also go immediately into a dream-like trance under certain strobe lights, which have a hypnotic effect on me. The strobe lights have to flash at a very specific rate, but when they do, I immediately go under and enter a dream state. Afterwards, I do not remember where I am.

a couple of them had little shepherd's hooks & a few had lassos. NOT. they weren't concerned with our presence. the calf was a bucket calf so she was used to being handled & was tame so i didn't have to chase her. i had a call i used when i put grain on the cattle. when i'd call they's run to the fence where i stood. i gave that call as i slowly walked to the calf to put a lead on it & she was walking towards me as well. there was a parting of the waters effect as we approached each other. they backed away & cleared a path but did not fly off. i pay attention to wildlife but no one could have missed this. i was the carpenter general foreman on the creve couer lake bridge in st louis county, mo. it sits along the missouri river, a major flyway. there was a marshy area at the end of the lake & a lot of water birds hung out. one morning there were 4 whooping cranes. i kept a log & saw over 200 varieties of birds during the 2 years that job ran. ever seen a mob of pelicans fly over. it's a sight. they drift on thermals so there's no military like v pattern. they drift in large circular patterns in a general direction. i've seen it several times since. these were the black & white ones & they are common along the mississippi & illinois rivers.