The Dogs:
Zorro and Emma
The Cat:
Ruby Sue
The Crab: Donatello
Ruby Sue joined the family on February 13th, 2009.
Zorro is a Jack Russell Terrier/Beagle mix. Zorro has been with us
since August 1998, he sort of came with the house. He was a puppy playing in
the yard when we first stopped to look at our house. We kept telling the neighbors that
we would like to have him and they kept telling us he wasn't up for adoption. Then
one day they showed up with him at the door. He's been here ever since.
Emma and Cassie joined our family in
February
1999. They were adopted, at six weeks old, from Animal Rescue. Their mother
was a Bassett Hound and
their daddy was, well your guess is as good as ours. Emma is a dog's
dog. She loves to play, hates to be inside, is very graceful, and makes
friends with other canines easily. Cassie was the baby in every sense of
the word. We had picked out Emma at the adoption fair, but they showed up
with Emma AND Cassie. It was supposed to be a temporary arrangement.
Poor little Cassie was in rough shape and had no hair at all. But of
course we couldn't give her up after we got to know her. She was the
sweetest and most lovable of all our pets. Very sadly, Cassie passed away
at the end of 2008 at the age of ten.
Frankie
was Amy's cat.
She moved to Mount Airy from Colonial Heights in 2001. When I first met
Frankie she mostly kept to herself. As she got older, she began staying
inside more,
especially during cold weather. She lived to be fifteen years old and
passed away at the end of 2008.
Leonardo was Jackson's Hermit Crab. He
brought him home from Myrtle Beach during the Summer of 2008. He died one
year later while we were visiting Atlantic Beach..
Double was a brown beta that Jackson
picked out as his Valentine's Day present. (Feb 2005-Nov 2005).
Finpy followed Double and passed away in May
2006.
Ben bought a beta fish named Shimmer in the Spring of 2010, he passed away later
that year. (2010)
Jackson won Forest, a goldfish, at the 2010 Jones School Spring Fling. He
passed away one year later (Feb 2010-Feb 2011)
Ben won Patrick, a goldfish, at the 2011 Jones School Spring Fling. He was
only with us for a few short weeks. (Feb 2011-Mar 2011)
Last Updated 08/22/11.
