Born
to mother, Artemis, in my kitchen, on March 2, 1997 around 5 a.m. He
had 11 siblings, but he is the one I kept because at age 2 weeks he
insisted I stand with him as he ate & I knew he was the one. He
was a smart dog with a type B personality. He understood just
about every single thing I ever said to him. His only fault was that he
chased cars. In the past few years he suffered with arthritis. He
had a slow growing tumor in his abdomen that probably wasn't cancer,
but it had grown really large. Sadly, we lessened his suffering
on Nov 30, 2009, after a life of love and happiness.
Fauna(a.k.a. Fonska)  Poor little Fauna! When
she was a wee baby one of the adults in her group gored her with
its horn, puncturing poor Fauna's lung. Audrey, the Fraserwood
woman who raises goats, took it upon herself to sew Fauna's lung
with a needle and thread, then nursed her back to health. I got Fauna
(whom I named) when she was several months old , at a discounted price,due to her smaller size. I took her home and placed
her with Odin, my sweet handsome male goat, who was by that time over a
year old. they got on well. Fauna was always a little shy because of her early
experience. It was a couple years before she would let me hug
her. She grew plump and was fairly happy in her life. One year I
decided to board a miniature Stallion with the goats. He had some
behavioural issues and my goats were terrified of him. One day I heard
Fauna screaming. When I ran outside I saw she had her horn caught in
the fence wire, with the horse at her back, possibly trying to mate
with her. I called the horse off easily enough, and untangled Fauna's
horn. Unfortunately, a few days later Fauna couldn't get up. In her
struggle she had reinjured her spine and was paralyzed by the swelling.
I had only recently nursed her back to getting her on her feet again.
This time, no such luck. On Boxing Day that year I finally
asked my neighbour, George, to shoot her, after seeing that her tears
had crystalized from the icy cold--tears that looked like diamonds. I
said many prayers for her soul, asking that she be forgiven for
whatever it was that caused her unhappy fate of suffering. I think today she might be happier. | I found her in a dairy barn one day in the fall of 1993. She was one among a pile of black kittens that were nursing in the hay. Of
late, I had been pondering whether I should get a black cat or a
siamese cat. Seeing her was the answer to my question. I didn't know
whether "my" cat would be male or female. When I saw her I said, "Oh, you are a little girl." She had a long pointy tail. We
spent many a good year together. In the early summer of 2004 she
became dehydrated. I tried to keep her alive, but it only made it worse
for her. She had wanted to retreat into the trees to die
peacefully, and I regret not letting her. She finally died when I was
away at a venue in Saskatchewan. I am truly sad that I wasn't
there with her. | My
sister gave me this cat when he was but a kitten. Amy was
indignant and never quite got over it. Pumpkin was never overly
affectionate, until one day when I said, "You are sooo nice." After
that, he grew very attached to me. (Go figure.) He also grew in size.
I tried talking to him about this. He would get outright upset if
I rationed his food, resorting to ripping the bottoms of dog chow bags,
and throwing his dish around. Finally I said, "Well, Pumpkin,
it's up to you if you want to be extremely fat, but you will have a
much shorter life." In 2008 he made some strange howling sounds.
This happened a few times over a couple weeks. I did
put him on a diet then, but he seemed to be getting fatter. Later
I found out this was due to water retention as a result of congestive
heart failure. I made the hard decision to put him to
sleep. He was in pain and he would have needed to be on
medications for the rest of his life. I, unfortunately, didn't
have enough money. Pumpkin's gift was a humble personality and a forgiving nature. |