Pets

The house was not empty BEFORE the triplets arrived. Our friend Kevin O'Neil referred to our house as "The Petting Zoo." And indeed we do have quite a little variety of animals.

Natasha has been with us the longest, and consequently she feels that she is the queen of the house. She is eleven years old, and still has lightening reflexes. We got her during my second year in college, in Columbia, South Carolina.
We got Charlie the same month we bought our townhouse. He's a mixed breed, which we guess contains some schnauzer, poodle, and perhaps some scottie and cocker spaniel. He weighs about 30 pounds, and deals fairly well with the kids and the cats (except Natasha, but she doesn't like any other pets). We do, however, need new carpet (which was new when we moved in over Labor Day Weekend of 1993) thanks to his various efforts to communicate displeasure (grrrr...).
Since we had a Natasha, we obviously needed a Borris. We got Borris from the Montgomery County Rescue. After two years and no affection, I have made a consistent effort to get him to let me pet him without running away. I'm happy to report that after twelve short months, I can now pet him on many occasions (but I'm still not allowed to hold him).
You remember Pumpkin, don't you? If you haven't seen the picture of Chipp holding James, when Pumpkin decides to add herself to the mix, it's a cute one. We got Pumpkin from another teacher at Michelle's school.
We've got some spare pet photos as well that you might like.

	Natasha has been with us the longest, and consequently she feels that she is the queen of the house. She is eleven years old, and still has lightening reflexes. We got her during my second year in college, in Columbia, South Carolina.
	We got Charlie the same month we bought our townhouse. He's a mixed breed, which we guess contains some schnauzer, poodle, and perhaps some scottie and cocker spaniel. He weighs about 30 pounds, and deals fairly well with the kids and the cats (except Natasha, but she doesn't like any other pets). We do, however, need new carpet (which was new when we moved in over Labor Day Weekend of 1993) thanks to his various efforts to communicate displeasure (grrrr...).
	Since we had a Natasha, we obviously needed a Borris. We got Borris from the Montgomery County Rescue. After two years and no affection, I have made a consistent effort to get him to let me pet him without running away. I'm happy to report that after twelve short months, I can now pet him on many occasions (but I'm still not allowed to hold him).
	You remember Pumpkin, don't you? If you haven't seen the picture of Chipp holding James, when Pumpkin decides to add herself to the mix, it's a cute one. We got Pumpkin from another teacher at Michelle's school.