Uncle & aunt again
 

They are going home tomorrow sigh
They came to help me after my eye op, because I wasn't allowed to bend,
lift, or stretch for two weeks. I have 50 odd pure breed poultry in 18 huts
and a pair of geese. Plus the two cats.

So, to the rescue came Auntie Margaret and Uncle Bryan. They have no
livestock experience except that many years ago they had a dog. Auntie is
78 and Uncle is nearly 80 and disabled by a stroke he had a couple of years
ago.

They came to stay a few days before, for a bit of training. Auntie took to
it like a duck to water. She said "I love it" particularly the geese. I
had some chicks hatch the first weekend they were here, and it was all a bit
of a rush (some under broody hen, some in incubator) but it all worked out
ok and the broody has them to rear. Had to creep out in the dead of night
to introduce the new incubator chicks under the hen.. All went well.

Kitty likes Uncle B more than he likes her. Boyfriend doesn't care which
makes Uncle B want to make friends with him even more!
BF isn't falling for any of the flattery. He says he only likes his
meowmie. It drives Uncle Bryan wild!! He is so certain he can make friends
with this cat. Cat says not. Let me out please, Uncle Bryan's trying to
make friends with me...NOW please..
He has, however, allowed Uncle Bryan to stroke him which is a major
achievement. If he touches his back, he sort of flattens on the floor and
lets him. I'd like to see him get more enjoyment from it than passivity.
It's a start though, for a stranger to touch him.

I get butt elevation, cheek hugs, run-hand-up-the-tail and see my tummy and
stroke it without being scratched. from him up to now. It's progress from
when he ran away every time I opened the door.
He is starting to try with strangers, but as yet they can be a bit too
scary, although tonight he was meatloafing on the end of the settee and
Auntie M was on the other end. A first.

Tweed

Christina Websell wrote:

They are going home tomorrow sigh
They came to help me after my eye op, because I wasn't allowed to bend,
lift, or stretch for two weeks. I have 50 odd pure breed poultry in 18 huts
and a pair of geese. Plus the two cats.

So, to the rescue came Auntie Margaret and Uncle Bryan. They have no
livestock experience except that many years ago they had a dog. Auntie is
78 and Uncle is nearly 80 and disabled by a stroke he had a couple of years
ago.

They came to stay a few days before, for a bit of training. Auntie took to
it like a duck to water. She said "I love it" particularly the geese. I
had some chicks hatch the first weekend they were here, and it was all a bit
of a rush (some under broody hen, some in incubator) but it all worked out
ok and the broody has them to rear. Had to creep out in the dead of night
to introduce the new incubator chicks under the hen.. All went well.

Kitty likes Uncle B more than he likes her. Boyfriend doesn't care which
makes Uncle B want to make friends with him even more!
BF isn't falling for any of the flattery. He says he only likes his
meowmie. It drives Uncle Bryan wild!! He is so certain he can make friends
with this cat. Cat says not. Let me out please, Uncle Bryan's trying to
make friends with me...NOW please..
He has, however, allowed Uncle Bryan to stroke him which is a major
achievement. If he touches his back, he sort of flattens on the floor and
lets him. I'd like to see him get more enjoyment from it than passivity.
It's a start though, for a stranger to touch him.

I get butt elevation, cheek hugs, run-hand-up-the-tail and see my tummy and
stroke it without being scratched. from him up to now. It's progress from
when he ran away every time I opened the door.
He is starting to try with strangers, but as yet they can be a bit too
scary, although tonight he was meatloafing on the end of the settee and
Auntie M was on the other end. A first.

Tweed

Tell your aunt and uncle I said hi and to have a safe trip home. They
are wonderful people. I've read your other posts about them and I feel
like I know them.

Bob

Christina Websell wrote:

They are going home tomorrow sigh
They came to help me after my eye op, because I wasn't allowed to bend,
lift, or stretch for two weeks. I have 50 odd pure breed poultry in 18 huts
and a pair of geese. Plus the two cats.

So, to the rescue came Auntie Margaret and Uncle Bryan. They have no
livestock experience except that many years ago they had a dog. Auntie is
78 and Uncle is nearly 80 and disabled by a stroke he had a couple of years
ago.

They came to stay a few days before, for a bit of training. Auntie took to
it like a duck to water. She said "I love it" particularly the geese. I
had some chicks hatch the first weekend they were here, and it was all a bit
of a rush (some under broody hen, some in incubator) but it all worked out
ok and the broody has them to rear. Had to creep out in the dead of night
to introduce the new incubator chicks under the hen.. All went well.

Kitty likes Uncle B more than he likes her. Boyfriend doesn't care which
makes Uncle B want to make friends with him even more!
BF isn't falling for any of the flattery. He says he only likes his
meowmie. It drives Uncle Bryan wild!! He is so certain he can make friends
with this cat. Cat says not. Let me out please, Uncle Bryan's trying to
make friends with me...NOW please..
He has, however, allowed Uncle Bryan to stroke him which is a major
achievement. If he touches his back, he sort of flattens on the floor and
lets him. I'd like to see him get more enjoyment from it than passivity.
It's a start though, for a stranger to touch him.

I get butt elevation, cheek hugs, run-hand-up-the-tail and see my tummy and
stroke it without being scratched. from him up to now. It's progress from
when he ran away every time I opened the door.
He is starting to try with strangers, but as yet they can be a bit too
scary, although tonight he was meatloafing on the end of the settee and
Auntie M was on the other end. A first.

Tweed

Tell your aunt and uncle I said hi and to have a safe trip home. They
are wonderful people. I've read your other posts about them and I feel
like I know them.

Bob

Christina Websell wrote:

They are going home tomorrow sigh
They came to help me after my eye op, because I wasn't allowed to bend,
lift, or stretch for two weeks. I have 50 odd pure breed poultry in 18 huts
and a pair of geese. Plus the two cats.

So, to the rescue came Auntie Margaret and Uncle Bryan. They have no
livestock experience except that many years ago they had a dog. Auntie is
78 and Uncle is nearly 80 and disabled by a stroke he had a couple of years
ago.

They came to stay a few days before, for a bit of training. Auntie took to
it like a duck to water. She said "I love it" particularly the geese. I
had some chicks hatch the first weekend they were here, and it was all a bit
of a rush (some under broody hen, some in incubator) but it all worked out
ok and the broody has them to rear. Had to creep out in the dead of night
to introduce the new incubator chicks under the hen.. All went well.

Kitty likes Uncle B more than he likes her. Boyfriend doesn't care which
makes Uncle B want to make friends with him even more!
BF isn't falling for any of the flattery. He says he only likes his
meowmie. It drives Uncle Bryan wild!! He is so certain he can make friends
with this cat. Cat says not. Let me out please, Uncle Bryan's trying to
make friends with me...NOW please..
He has, however, allowed Uncle Bryan to stroke him which is a major
achievement. If he touches his back, he sort of flattens on the floor and
lets him. I'd like to see him get more enjoyment from it than passivity.
It's a start though, for a stranger to touch him.

I get butt elevation, cheek hugs, run-hand-up-the-tail and see my tummy and
stroke it without being scratched. from him up to now. It's progress from
when he ran away every time I opened the door.
He is starting to try with strangers, but as yet they can be a bit too
scary, although tonight he was meatloafing on the end of the settee and
Auntie M was on the other end. A first.

Tweed

Tell your aunt and uncle I said hi and to have a safe trip home. They
are wonderful people. I've read your other posts about them and I feel
like I know them.

Bob

On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 16:05:48 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:

Yes, I *am* very lucky, aren't I? They are devoutly religious, so it would
never have occurred to them to say they wouldn't help, unless they really
couldn't. They could, so they did :-))
In any case, they rarely pass up the opportunity to do something nice for
someone else, family or not.
They're an inspiration, really, I love them to bits.

I echo CN, they said like great people, and you're blessed to know
them, family or not. Too bad they can't stay long enough for BF to
accept Uncle, and it sounds like that could have happened within a
couple more weeks. It seems to take forever for a cat to accept the
first kind hoomin, but each one after that first seems to take a
shorter time - at least that's my experience with Rocky. It took
months for him to accept me, about a month for the next person, and
now when someone visits only about half an hour. That's assuming we're
outside where he feels he can escape if needed, inside he pulls a
vanishing act and won't come out no matter how long the visitors are
here.
--
Steve Touchstone,
faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky

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On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 16:05:48 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:

Yes, I *am* very lucky, aren't I? They are devoutly religious, so it would
never have occurred to them to say they wouldn't help, unless they really
couldn't. They could, so they did :-))
In any case, they rarely pass up the opportunity to do something nice for
someone else, family or not.
They're an inspiration, really, I love them to bits.

I echo CN, they said like great people, and you're blessed to know
them, family or not. Too bad they can't stay long enough for BF to
accept Uncle, and it sounds like that could have happened within a
couple more weeks. It seems to take forever for a cat to accept the
first kind hoomin, but each one after that first seems to take a
shorter time - at least that's my experience with Rocky. It took
months for him to accept me, about a month for the next person, and
now when someone visits only about half an hour. That's assuming we're
outside where he feels he can escape if needed, inside he pulls a
vanishing act and won't come out no matter how long the visitors are
here.
--
Steve Touchstone,
faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky

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On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 16:05:48 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:

Yes, I *am* very lucky, aren't I? They are devoutly religious, so it would
never have occurred to them to say they wouldn't help, unless they really
couldn't. They could, so they did :-))
In any case, they rarely pass up the opportunity to do something nice for
someone else, family or not.
They're an inspiration, really, I love them to bits.

I echo CN, they said like great people, and you're blessed to know
them, family or not. Too bad they can't stay long enough for BF to
accept Uncle, and it sounds like that could have happened within a
couple more weeks. It seems to take forever for a cat to accept the
first kind hoomin, but each one after that first seems to take a
shorter time - at least that's my experience with Rocky. It took
months for him to accept me, about a month for the next person, and
now when someone visits only about half an hour. That's assuming we're
outside where he feels he can escape if needed, inside he pulls a
vanishing act and won't come out no matter how long the visitors are
here.
--
Steve Touchstone,
faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky

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"Bob M" wrote in message
...
Christina Websell wrote:

They are going home tomorrow sigh
[..]


Tell your aunt and uncle I said hi and to have a safe trip home. They
are wonderful people. I've read your other posts about them and I feel
like I know them.

Bob

I will, Bob. They have a computer and know how to use it, I'll forward your
post. The house seems very quiet without them.
They are indeed wonderful people. I feel proud to be related to them.
I have a brother who lives only a mile away. Okay, he has three young
children, and is very busy with his work. He hasn't visited me since my
op. I had a phone call after a week, to ask if I wanted to be taken
shopping. I said we would manage, thank you. I haven't heard since.

Tweed

"Bob M" wrote in message
...
Christina Websell wrote:

They are going home tomorrow sigh
[..]


Tell your aunt and uncle I said hi and to have a safe trip home. They
are wonderful people. I've read your other posts about them and I feel
like I know them.

Bob

I will, Bob. They have a computer and know how to use it, I'll forward your
post. The house seems very quiet without them.
They are indeed wonderful people. I feel proud to be related to them.
I have a brother who lives only a mile away. Okay, he has three young
children, and is very busy with his work. He hasn't visited me since my
op. I had a phone call after a week, to ask if I wanted to be taken
shopping. I said we would manage, thank you. I haven't heard since.

Tweed

"Bob M" wrote in message
...
Christina Websell wrote:

They are going home tomorrow sigh
[..]


Tell your aunt and uncle I said hi and to have a safe trip home. They
are wonderful people. I've read your other posts about them and I feel
like I know them.

Bob

I will, Bob. They have a computer and know how to use it, I'll forward your
post. The house seems very quiet without them.
They are indeed wonderful people. I feel proud to be related to them.
I have a brother who lives only a mile away. Okay, he has three young
children, and is very busy with his work. He hasn't visited me since my
op. I had a phone call after a week, to ask if I wanted to be taken
shopping. I said we would manage, thank you. I haven't heard since.

Tweed