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The two best dogs we ever had, George and Martha, were abandoned as pups a little way from here. One day I looked up and my cow and goats were all perfectly still looking in one direction. I looked and there were George and Martha, who were happy to move in and looked like little golden retrievers only with black noses, so they looked like dolls. They were terrific at double teaming groundhogs, and every Xmas for a few years I thought I was going to get a deer, because they'd drag the parts to our front yard, and I figured they'd assemble them on Xmas night. (Deer were field dressed by poachers ....)

Alleyxandra Purrdita Po' Tabby Trash Cat literally climbed out of a tree into my arms.

Pollyanna Rivanna Luxapalila Chincoteague Dot Org(andy) was given to us because we needed a mouser, since Alley was more ornamental than useful.

Clint Junior Lightning got himself stuck in a pile of lumber when he was just a weanling form one of the feral cats who hang around here. He needed help recovering from exposure and now he tries to catch the cursor when I type. His motto is certainly "Go ahead, make my day," ever since his bedroom was a Boca Java box and when I reached in to medicate him he would raise a diminutive paw and hiss.