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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html |
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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 [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html |
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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 [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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