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Poof is a 10-year old spayed female Pomeranian. She has been a
part of our family since St. Patrick's Day 1996. She was acclimated
to her new surroundings by Mike who slept with her on the floor of
his study for weeks when she was a puppy. She is about 8 lb., maybe 10 lb.
when wet. She is loyal and spunky, but has settled down a bit as
she has gotten older. I took her to obedience school when she was 2
years old, so, at one time, she could sit, heel, and even lay down
on command. I have been terrible about continuing that practice, but
she was a trooper in that class, with all the bulldogs, German shepherds,
and other assorted larger dogs continually fixing their gaze on her.
There is a certain squirrel like quality to her tail and fur.:) She
sleeps all night, usually in the same room as us, but not usually on
the bed; we move around too much for her taste. She barks when we
leave, and is very happy to be included on any trip we take. When
off-leash in our neighborhood, she sticks by us. She likes vegetables,
especially green peppers. When she was teething (about 1 and a half)
she swallowed multiple small plastic pieces from a toy we had lying
around. They were each about the size of a playing die. She had
surgery to remove them from her stomach, and still had a small staple
in her belly area. It doesn't seem to affect her at all. She loves
getting scratched and doesn't mind being held. She is vocal and will
bark at other dogs or people sometimes but is approchable and is
easily won over once said person or dog initiated contact. She
likes to think she is much bigger than she actually is.
Jake is a 9-year old orange tabby neutered male cat. He was rescued from euthanasia when we volunteered to adopt him in the waiting room of our veterinarian's office. He had been found by the side of the road, and was scrawny and malnourished, and needed about $300 of vet care. We adopted him, paid the vet bill (our vet cut us some break on the cost since he was happy not to put him down), and took him home. He wouldn't eat voluntarily for the first few days and was scared of us. We had to force-feed him with a dropper. I still remember the first time he grabbed the dropper with both paws and willingly gulped the food. That was after about 3 days of force feeding. He filled out, and for a time was slightly overweight. We lived in apartments for the first 5 years of his life, and he always yearned to go out. When we finally bought a townhouse backing to some woods, we began allowing him to be an outdoor cat as well. He always came back, and we have never had a problem. Now in our single family home, where he is in a development, he does the same, although there is less woodsy areas for him. He has controlled our mole population singlehandedly. He loves face scratches, milk, and is very affectionate. He will solicit affection, and loves real hair brushes. He has claws, and is approximately 10 lbs. His litterbox behavior is PURRfect. We are looking for a new home for Pom and Jake with great sadness. Our family suffers from severe animal allergy and asthma problems which, with our doctors, we have not been able to overcome. We are heartbroken, but are hopeful that Pom and Jake can find a wonderful new home, hopefully together. As you can see, both animals are fine with children.
For more information on Pom and Jake, please contact Kate via email
at kate.castle@gmail.com.
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Page updated March 1, 2006