We love our animal friends, despite the fact that this is beginning to look like an obituary page.  Unfortunately, the area Coyotes love them too!

 

Bear		Bear was a chow/Labrador mix who lived with us for many years, and died early this summer.  How Chuck misses him!  He was Chuck's faithful shop companion until arthritis and old age took over.  Here he is shown with grandson Christian on his back.  We miss him.
Sophie		Sophie was Bonnie's Cocker Spaniel who operated  without "her bracket band adjusted" and some of her hooks still missing.  She and Bonnie shared the same birthday and living space.  She was very sick with distemper and died one week before Bear.  Very rough all around.
Jake		Our new dog, Jake, came from the pound.  He is a Siberian Husky/Labrador mix.  We have discovered that although affectionate and loyal, he is ditzy and a big coward.  Time will tell.
Chevron and Chloe		These two cats were given to us by our son Brandon.  Boy, do they love Chuck.  And they have their eye on Oreo, below.
Oreo		Johnny's rat.  A crafty salesman convinced Tammy of this one when we went after a GERBIL.
Delilah	Picture coming soon.	Our old cat Delilah was once one of a pair.  Her brother Samson had the long hair.  She is temperamental and obviously smart, as she has lived many years despite dogs, cars and coyotes in the area.
Cameron	Picture coming soon.	Isaac keeps an aquarium with this Red-eared slider turtle.  Cameron has become a turtle food snob, and only wants live crickets.  He is currently on a 7, 14 , 16 day fast, waiting for more crickets.
"Also Ran"	No pictures to share here but we can see them all clearly in our minds.  We miss "most" of them.	Dogs: Kimo, Cookie, Banjo, Missy, Coda Cats:  Samson (& Delilah still living), Linus, Coconut, Lucy, Mika, Arwen & Strider (who was over played with by Bear and Banjo),  Martin & Triss, Button & Beau, Outback. Fish: Sir Percival Winston III Rabbits: Buckaroo, November, Cowgirl, Pierre, Skalawag Horses: Gabby, Ruffian, Vicki and Dumpling Goats: Barnabus, Cornelius and Vashti (called this because she wouldn't come when called). Chickens:  Cinderella, Cinderella, Cinderella, and a hundred others that looked like Cinderella (named by Isaac when he was 3). Ducks:  Quack quack, Lord Farquad and Princess Fiona Hermit Crabs:  Prince Gullible, Twirly Babe, Toby, Fluffy and Tate's crab, which happened to be an empty shell in which crab was always "sleeping". Hamsters: Waldo, Stacy, Coco and Strider.  Turtles:  Robyn and Bentley