Okay, it's been a while. Nothing here to report, but the weather has been worth enjoying. Have tried to work on getting the house in order. Made a firm promise to my financial advisor that the place would be ready to go on the market the first of March, 2011. Humph....maybe....
Some major progress in the development of socializing Miss Marple The Mystery Cat. She's absolutely gorgeous and has just begun to realize that not everyone is out to scare her half to death. When she arrived here about a year ago, she disappeared and we didn't know she was even in the house for a couple of months. Apparently the picking on by guinea hens on the farm where she was born gave her the idea that everyone everywhere was out to get her....sorta a feline version of what's going on now with school kids. Anyway, she has gradually decided that we're here to give her love and affection. Slowly she came out and began to talk to us and observe that her litter sister (TipToo) and Buzz the gray miniature puma/cat were always getting praise and loving attention without being assaulted. Every now and then one of us could actually reach down and touch her without her freaking out. One night last week, she actually jumped up on the end of my bed and stayed for a few minutes while meowing. That worked itself into spending a night there. One morning about five days ago, I was able to pet her for almost ten minutes. That day she began to follow me around and talk to me. Now the bed has become a safe place for her to elicit attention. I actually picked her up and hugged her without a resultant spring for parts unknown. Hope that some day soon she will become more relaxed. She's spay and declawed and we need to find a home for her before the move. I just can't take three cats to Colorado, esp b/c my grandson is allergic to them! Anyway, Miss Marple (the mystery cat) is a love, a beauty of a torti (marble gold and black, sp???) shell girl, and eventually will come to the realization that somebody loves her and wants her to be happy and relaxed.
Had the good news that my chocolate co-own Labrador girl out in Waco, GA, is in season and I'm going to breed her to a fabulous chocolate boy over at Neil and Jodi's who is a Dauber son. This girl has produced some great pups and since this will be an all chocolate litter, I'm delighted to look forward to having some brown pups ready to go out at the end of February.
The Peaches/Albert litter is ALMOST here. She definitely took, so there will be blacks ready the week of Christmas.
Had some pix taken for changes in the web site. (My black girl and boy out of Monkey and Garbo are probably the best pups I've ever produced. Their temperaments are outstanding and their conformation is the same.) The entire web site will be different when Val gets time to work on it. Meantime the info about the black litter will be up there in the old format.
Looking forward to the dog show next weekend since Pam, my dear buddy, is coming and will be staying around for that. She's going to spin my daughter out of her Justin and my Garbo around the ring for the first time. We'll see how that comes out. Pam is a past master at getting the best out of anything she shows, so I'm happy she's willing to do that deed for me and my bad knees.
Have gotten into the habit of watching tv until the wee hours and then not getting up until mid-morning. Only problem with this schedule is I get hungry at midnight and invariably eat something fattening but good at that hour. MUST STOP THAT BEHAVIOR!
Here comes TipToo telling me it's time to go fill up her own bowl. She is by far the most communicative and affectionate cat I've ever had the pleasure of enjoying. She talks to me all the time, has appropriated a spot on my right elbow for sleeping and purring, and every time the phone rings, she comes to tell me about it. When I sign off the net, she jumps down from her perch behind my shoulder and meows as she leaves the office area. She even speaks to Jack on the phone! TipToo follows me like a shadow and couldn't be any more of a treasure if she tried. She's not afraid of ANYTHING, a far cry from her litter sister, Miss Marple....how strange that they both came from the same environment and gene pool and are so different from each other.
Well, it's almost one in the afternoon, so I'm gonna stop. Cheerio, MsP
Friday, October 22, 2010
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