Kansas Critters

We returned Monday from Kansas where we celebrated Grandaughter Cassy's high school graduation. It was wonderful to see relatives and friends and be together with such great people. In the absence of ours, it was fun to pat and pet on the Kansas critters. There was Dancer the horse, Crue and Max the cocker spaniels and Cesaer the great Great Dane. In the three days we were there, Cat John Smith didn't come out from hiding so we didn't get to see him. Dancer is 19 now so he just hangs out and eats grass. Crue is obsessed with fetching the tennis ball and will carry it around in his mouth for hours until someone tosses it for him. Max is the more laid back cocker and is content just to watch. Cesaer is 9 years old so he's getting on in age. He's eye level to my waist and towered over the toddlers who were at the celebration. It was fun to be with all the people and pets.

While we were in Kansas, Pet Sitters came in to feed Jas, Maggie, Brandy, Pennie and Annie three times a day. But what the girls really enjoyed were Friend Larry and Friend Elke. Larry and Elke loaded the girls into the Clown Car (Daughter Molly's name for our bright red 1989 Jeep) and took them to the Dog Park everyday. I hear they even got their first-ever trip to Maui. Not the real Maui, but North Platte's version of Hawaii. When we arrived home to the Dog Farm last evening the girls were delighted to see us and I was just as happy to see them too.

There's discussion in the media now about creating an animal abuse registration. The list would place convicted felon abusers in a database similar to the national sex offender's registry. The attempt is to reduce risk to animals and people. I haven't looked at it yet but was told that now there's a volunteer pet abuse database at Pet-Abuse.com.