gini52
June 24th 03, 12:19 AM
"Mel Gamble" > wrote in message
...
> >How are the little ones?
>
> It isn't going to be easy letting go.... : (
>
> My daughter is keeping one, although we're going to let him get big enough
to
> defend himself before she tries to move him to mom's house.
>
> The rest moved into a 30-foot diameter round pen yesterday (Saturday) that
I
> started building them when I saw how cramped a 10 x 10 was for all 8 of
them.
> The goat had been using a portion of the lawn the pen is built on and left
a
> bit of shaggy hair behind. She's an Angora and every fall puts on a heavy
wool
> coat which comes off in shaggy pieces in the spring. It made for a great
> tug-of-war : ) They seem to like all the space. They've gotten very into
> wrestling and chasing each other, a real cute show... And each one is
> developing a personality. I think it was a mistake to name them.
>
> We gave them their first round of shots last week. I made up some sheets
with
> good pictures of each puppy and my daughter showed them to some of her
friends
> who had expressed an interest in having one. There are still a couple of
them
> whose parents hadn't said "no" before school was out... She got phone
numbers
> so we can call the parents this coming week and hope for a taker or two.
>
> Last weekend we went through McDonald's drive-thru with momma Penney in
the
> back seat. The young lady taking orders saw her and made a comment.
Before we
> left McD's, she had sent a slip of paper out to the front counter with her
> phone # on it. We stopped by today to give her one of the sheets of
pictures.
> She wasn't there, but when the girl at the front counter heard why I was
there
> and saw the pictures... Now I need to print a new copy for the first one
: )
> Guess it's going to be a race between the school and McDonald's to see
where we
> can place the most pups. I'm not looking forward to the end of that
race...
>
> Mel Gamble
===
You're doing a great job, Mel. I'll bet they are adorable.
Are ya totin' home those 50# bags of puppy food yet?
===
===
...
> >How are the little ones?
>
> It isn't going to be easy letting go.... : (
>
> My daughter is keeping one, although we're going to let him get big enough
to
> defend himself before she tries to move him to mom's house.
>
> The rest moved into a 30-foot diameter round pen yesterday (Saturday) that
I
> started building them when I saw how cramped a 10 x 10 was for all 8 of
them.
> The goat had been using a portion of the lawn the pen is built on and left
a
> bit of shaggy hair behind. She's an Angora and every fall puts on a heavy
wool
> coat which comes off in shaggy pieces in the spring. It made for a great
> tug-of-war : ) They seem to like all the space. They've gotten very into
> wrestling and chasing each other, a real cute show... And each one is
> developing a personality. I think it was a mistake to name them.
>
> We gave them their first round of shots last week. I made up some sheets
with
> good pictures of each puppy and my daughter showed them to some of her
friends
> who had expressed an interest in having one. There are still a couple of
them
> whose parents hadn't said "no" before school was out... She got phone
numbers
> so we can call the parents this coming week and hope for a taker or two.
>
> Last weekend we went through McDonald's drive-thru with momma Penney in
the
> back seat. The young lady taking orders saw her and made a comment.
Before we
> left McD's, she had sent a slip of paper out to the front counter with her
> phone # on it. We stopped by today to give her one of the sheets of
pictures.
> She wasn't there, but when the girl at the front counter heard why I was
there
> and saw the pictures... Now I need to print a new copy for the first one
: )
> Guess it's going to be a race between the school and McDonald's to see
where we
> can place the most pups. I'm not looking forward to the end of that
race...
>
> Mel Gamble
===
You're doing a great job, Mel. I'll bet they are adorable.
Are ya totin' home those 50# bags of puppy food yet?
===
===