Welcome to my Blog. I call it Bonnie's zoo because I have a small zoo of my own!!
Let me introduce you to myself and my critters.
I used to live in a large city in IL and 14 years ago moved to a farm in rural Ohio. It was to say the least a culture shock for me. I was used to the crowds of people everywhere and a million fast food restaurants and LOTS of shopping malls. There was none of that here. It actually took me several years to adjust. But I have and I am glad I am here.
I have a wonderful 30yr old daughter still back in IL along with my 82yr old father. My biggest hope is to be able to move back home there when we retire in a few years.
I worked for awhile at our counties local dog pound. That was a job I will never get over. It was then that I got into animal rescue. I rescued from our local pounds and from other Ohio pounds. I was associated for awhile with a local No Kill Shelter but they are just to far away for me to drive to on a regular basis.
I am disabled and I do WebDesign and graphic work. I belong to several online PSP groups and I am the owner of a Yahoo PSP/WebDesign group called Designing-Friends. I own the group along with a couple of very good friends. We are a small group but we have lots of fun and learn new things.
Now for my critters.
Mickey is a Neutered Male Min Pin who is 6yrs old. Our local pet groomers called me to say that they had been given a MinPin by a couple who had found him running down the streets of a local city. She had placed ads in that cities newspapers Lost & Found and no one had come forward for him for 2 weeks. When I first saw him, his name was Harley and Oh My he was a bundle of energy and nerves. I took him home and every time I opened the door, out he would run and down our 1/4 mile driveway straight to the main road. Thank goodness this is a rural road!! I would chase him in the car and bring him home everytime, except for the last. I got in the car and went after him and he would stop and look at me and when I would get close to him, he would turn and run the other way. So I said well be that way then and I turned the car around started back to the house. I got to where to turn into the driveway and I looked in the rear view mirror and there he was running after the car. So I pulled on up to the house and got out and sat down in a lawn chair. He came and went under the chair to rest. I snatched him up and took him in the house and scolded him big time. From then on I kept the door to the front porch closed. He has since developed thyroid disease and is quite heavy. Believe it or not he still tries to run away!! We call him MooMoo cause he is fat as a cow. He is a love bug.
Lucky is a Neutered Male terrier mix. We had come home one day and hubby said Oh My Mickey is under the truck. Well we got out and it wasnt Mickey for sure. It was the most ugliest little puppy you have ever seen. It was a giant head with giant eyeballs and a little skinny body. I said to hubbby OMG its so ugly. Hubby went in the house and got a can of dog food and brought out to it and he gobbled it down so fast. Hubby scooped him up and took him in the house and called him Lucky cause he was Lucky to have ended up with us. He is absolutely the most loving dog I have ever had. He lays his little head on your chest and looks up at you with those still BIG eyes and your heart just melts.
Bettle is a Neutered Male 9yr old Saddleback Beagle. Beetle was found as a stray while I worked at the pound. A beagle rescue was to adopt him but needed him boarded until they could arrange transport to get him. I agreed to take him home and keep him for them. Of course he had kennel cough and my other 2 got it. 2 long weeks of hacking and coughing!! After a month and the rescue was still unable to arrange his transport, my boss said to bring him back and they would gas him the next day. Are you kidding me, I told her. Absolutely not. So he has been with us for 4 years now!!! He has arthritis and osselets in all his joints and has a hard time getting around, but all in all he is doing pretty good.
Missy is a Spayed female 5yr old Sheltie mix. She was rescued from the Holmes county dog pound on her gassing day. She was terrified of men. It took 3 long years of my husbands constantly showering her with attention and affection before she could trust him. She is absolutely terrified to this day if you walk near her with ANYTHING in your hand. She is a loveable little girl though.
Leroy is a Neutered male 3yrold Black & Tan, Coonhound mix. He came from that local No Kill shelter I was with. He and his litter mates were turned in when they were 5 weeks old. He had 5 abdominal hernias and had surgery at 6 weeks old. Then he developed a heart murmur and they thought he had lymphoma. The one vet said that he would not live to be 2 yrs old. Fooled them. He now weighs 95 pounds. He loves to play fetch and he thinks he is a small dog. He plays like a puppy.
Molly is a 1yr old Spayed female CockaPoo mix. She came from the same shelter. She was completely matted to the bone and bones is all she was. She barely weighed 7 pounds. She was so matted that we thought she was an old dog. I brought her home and clipped her all up and out of that pile of hair came an overactive playful little pup. I had her spayed and the vet said she was just having her first heat cycle and was only about 6 months old. That was 4 months ago. She loves to play tug of war with Leroy the hound dog. She does do something a bit odd though. She lets the 6 month old kittens nurse on her. Sometimes she will have as many as 3 of them nursing at a time. I cant figure it out as she can not have any milk, but they all dog and kittens seem to get something out of it.
Granny is a Spayed female 9yr old DLH. She was born when we lived on another farm in WV. She has a lot of health issues now, but she would still rather be outside than in.
Blackie is a Spayed female 9yr old DSH. She was born at the ractrack and has been with us ever since. She is very uppity and doesnt like attention, just food.
Georgie is a Neutered male 6yr old orange DLH. He came from the same local No Kill shelter as Leroy and Molly. He was turned in there along with a dog by his owners who could not take care of them anymore. He loves attention.
Percy is a Neutered male 4yr gray DSH. His momma had a litter of kittens at a place where we had our racehorses and they were all eaten but him. He would hite out behind the big barn door and we would coax him out with food. We brought him home and got him neutered. He loves to roam around the fields.
Tabby is a 2yr Spayed female Tabby cat. She was a drop off out here at our farm. She was here 2 weeks and presented us with a litter of 6 kittens. We got her spayed and she likes to be inside and outside.
The kittens are now 6 months old and we are making appts to get them all fixed.
They are
LoLo, a femaleCalico
Torti, a female Tortoiseshell
Ellie, a female dilute Calico
PJ, a male gray DSH
TJ, a male Tabby
Buff, a male Buff colored DSH
We have 3 retired racehorses. Flame raced under our stable and was retired. She is 14yrs old. She has a daughter Grace who is 7 and has never been broke or ridden, just a pet. Johnny is a 6yr old retired racehorse. He has some mental issues. He walks nonstop day and night, inside and outside in a circle. His original owners said that he did that from birth. No one wanted him because of this. He has a wonderful personality. He only ran about 9 races. He would forget in between races what he was supposed to be doing, poor guy.
And there you have Bonnie's Zoo.
Stay tuned for daily antics
Huggers and Blessings,
Bonnie
Let me introduce you to myself and my critters.
I used to live in a large city in IL and 14 years ago moved to a farm in rural Ohio. It was to say the least a culture shock for me. I was used to the crowds of people everywhere and a million fast food restaurants and LOTS of shopping malls. There was none of that here. It actually took me several years to adjust. But I have and I am glad I am here.
I have a wonderful 30yr old daughter still back in IL along with my 82yr old father. My biggest hope is to be able to move back home there when we retire in a few years.
I worked for awhile at our counties local dog pound. That was a job I will never get over. It was then that I got into animal rescue. I rescued from our local pounds and from other Ohio pounds. I was associated for awhile with a local No Kill Shelter but they are just to far away for me to drive to on a regular basis.
I am disabled and I do WebDesign and graphic work. I belong to several online PSP groups and I am the owner of a Yahoo PSP/WebDesign group called Designing-Friends. I own the group along with a couple of very good friends. We are a small group but we have lots of fun and learn new things.
Now for my critters.
Mickey is a Neutered Male Min Pin who is 6yrs old. Our local pet groomers called me to say that they had been given a MinPin by a couple who had found him running down the streets of a local city. She had placed ads in that cities newspapers Lost & Found and no one had come forward for him for 2 weeks. When I first saw him, his name was Harley and Oh My he was a bundle of energy and nerves. I took him home and every time I opened the door, out he would run and down our 1/4 mile driveway straight to the main road. Thank goodness this is a rural road!! I would chase him in the car and bring him home everytime, except for the last. I got in the car and went after him and he would stop and look at me and when I would get close to him, he would turn and run the other way. So I said well be that way then and I turned the car around started back to the house. I got to where to turn into the driveway and I looked in the rear view mirror and there he was running after the car. So I pulled on up to the house and got out and sat down in a lawn chair. He came and went under the chair to rest. I snatched him up and took him in the house and scolded him big time. From then on I kept the door to the front porch closed. He has since developed thyroid disease and is quite heavy. Believe it or not he still tries to run away!! We call him MooMoo cause he is fat as a cow. He is a love bug.
Lucky is a Neutered Male terrier mix. We had come home one day and hubby said Oh My Mickey is under the truck. Well we got out and it wasnt Mickey for sure. It was the most ugliest little puppy you have ever seen. It was a giant head with giant eyeballs and a little skinny body. I said to hubbby OMG its so ugly. Hubby went in the house and got a can of dog food and brought out to it and he gobbled it down so fast. Hubby scooped him up and took him in the house and called him Lucky cause he was Lucky to have ended up with us. He is absolutely the most loving dog I have ever had. He lays his little head on your chest and looks up at you with those still BIG eyes and your heart just melts.
Bettle is a Neutered Male 9yr old Saddleback Beagle. Beetle was found as a stray while I worked at the pound. A beagle rescue was to adopt him but needed him boarded until they could arrange transport to get him. I agreed to take him home and keep him for them. Of course he had kennel cough and my other 2 got it. 2 long weeks of hacking and coughing!! After a month and the rescue was still unable to arrange his transport, my boss said to bring him back and they would gas him the next day. Are you kidding me, I told her. Absolutely not. So he has been with us for 4 years now!!! He has arthritis and osselets in all his joints and has a hard time getting around, but all in all he is doing pretty good.
Missy is a Spayed female 5yr old Sheltie mix. She was rescued from the Holmes county dog pound on her gassing day. She was terrified of men. It took 3 long years of my husbands constantly showering her with attention and affection before she could trust him. She is absolutely terrified to this day if you walk near her with ANYTHING in your hand. She is a loveable little girl though.
Leroy is a Neutered male 3yrold Black & Tan, Coonhound mix. He came from that local No Kill shelter I was with. He and his litter mates were turned in when they were 5 weeks old. He had 5 abdominal hernias and had surgery at 6 weeks old. Then he developed a heart murmur and they thought he had lymphoma. The one vet said that he would not live to be 2 yrs old. Fooled them. He now weighs 95 pounds. He loves to play fetch and he thinks he is a small dog. He plays like a puppy.
Molly is a 1yr old Spayed female CockaPoo mix. She came from the same shelter. She was completely matted to the bone and bones is all she was. She barely weighed 7 pounds. She was so matted that we thought she was an old dog. I brought her home and clipped her all up and out of that pile of hair came an overactive playful little pup. I had her spayed and the vet said she was just having her first heat cycle and was only about 6 months old. That was 4 months ago. She loves to play tug of war with Leroy the hound dog. She does do something a bit odd though. She lets the 6 month old kittens nurse on her. Sometimes she will have as many as 3 of them nursing at a time. I cant figure it out as she can not have any milk, but they all dog and kittens seem to get something out of it.
Granny is a Spayed female 9yr old DLH. She was born when we lived on another farm in WV. She has a lot of health issues now, but she would still rather be outside than in.
Blackie is a Spayed female 9yr old DSH. She was born at the ractrack and has been with us ever since. She is very uppity and doesnt like attention, just food.
Georgie is a Neutered male 6yr old orange DLH. He came from the same local No Kill shelter as Leroy and Molly. He was turned in there along with a dog by his owners who could not take care of them anymore. He loves attention.
Percy is a Neutered male 4yr gray DSH. His momma had a litter of kittens at a place where we had our racehorses and they were all eaten but him. He would hite out behind the big barn door and we would coax him out with food. We brought him home and got him neutered. He loves to roam around the fields.
Tabby is a 2yr Spayed female Tabby cat. She was a drop off out here at our farm. She was here 2 weeks and presented us with a litter of 6 kittens. We got her spayed and she likes to be inside and outside.
The kittens are now 6 months old and we are making appts to get them all fixed.
They are
LoLo, a femaleCalico
Torti, a female Tortoiseshell
Ellie, a female dilute Calico
PJ, a male gray DSH
TJ, a male Tabby
Buff, a male Buff colored DSH
We have 3 retired racehorses. Flame raced under our stable and was retired. She is 14yrs old. She has a daughter Grace who is 7 and has never been broke or ridden, just a pet. Johnny is a 6yr old retired racehorse. He has some mental issues. He walks nonstop day and night, inside and outside in a circle. His original owners said that he did that from birth. No one wanted him because of this. He has a wonderful personality. He only ran about 9 races. He would forget in between races what he was supposed to be doing, poor guy.
And there you have Bonnie's Zoo.
Stay tuned for daily antics
Huggers and Blessings,
Bonnie
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