Dogs, Cats and Crows
How many things can you do that bring joy to BOTH you and your children? I can tell you of one. Get a Pet! Okay, okay I know that pets are time, trouble and expense. Let's get that out of the way first. I am not denying that but I also know how much you can get back.
Dogs are probably my personal favorite and I have had many. Nobody can look at you with such love in their eyes like a dog can. Nobody can beg with such sincerity either. I used to have one dog at a time but now we have 3. For sure I would always have two and if they are fairly close in age, they will be buddies that are hilarious to watch. They can play with their toys in a tug of war endlessly. It's nice to think of them having somebody when we are off without them too. We always board them together in the same pen then they have each other. It's cheaper that way too!
We have had our share of cats too. One stands out because he thought he was a dog. He always barked instead of mewing and he was fearless. I suppose you had to see it to believe it.
Then there were the days we had our pet crow, Sparky. We were in southern Maryland at the time and some farmers actually paid someone to go up to get the crow eggs before they hatched. Well sometime they had already hatched and then they were distributed to anyone who wanted to try having a pet crow. We were one of those. You have to raise them by stuffing scrambled eggs down their throat til they can eat on their own. Sparky survived and from then on he thought we were his family not other crows. He was smart. He was mischievous. He was loving. We have more stories about him then any other pet we have had all demonstrating his intelligence.
I'll only tell you one. If we came out our back door bouncing the basketball, he immediately flew (as the crow flies) to the basketball court and was waiting there ON THE RIM of the hoop when we got there. We took lots longer as we had to follow the road not cutting through the woods as he could. He only did this if he saw the basketball
I can't imagine life without a dog. They love you so unreservedly. They don't even care if you have makeup on!
Dogs are probably my personal favorite and I have had many. Nobody can look at you with such love in their eyes like a dog can. Nobody can beg with such sincerity either. I used to have one dog at a time but now we have 3. For sure I would always have two and if they are fairly close in age, they will be buddies that are hilarious to watch. They can play with their toys in a tug of war endlessly. It's nice to think of them having somebody when we are off without them too. We always board them together in the same pen then they have each other. It's cheaper that way too!
We have had our share of cats too. One stands out because he thought he was a dog. He always barked instead of mewing and he was fearless. I suppose you had to see it to believe it.
Then there were the days we had our pet crow, Sparky. We were in southern Maryland at the time and some farmers actually paid someone to go up to get the crow eggs before they hatched. Well sometime they had already hatched and then they were distributed to anyone who wanted to try having a pet crow. We were one of those. You have to raise them by stuffing scrambled eggs down their throat til they can eat on their own. Sparky survived and from then on he thought we were his family not other crows. He was smart. He was mischievous. He was loving. We have more stories about him then any other pet we have had all demonstrating his intelligence.
I'll only tell you one. If we came out our back door bouncing the basketball, he immediately flew (as the crow flies) to the basketball court and was waiting there ON THE RIM of the hoop when we got there. We took lots longer as we had to follow the road not cutting through the woods as he could. He only did this if he saw the basketball
I can't imagine life without a dog. They love you so unreservedly. They don't even care if you have makeup on!
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