WE truly loved the GCFA show this year. It was great to have all kinds of fun people there with none of the nasty attitudes that affect some other shows. It was truly a pleasure to see our old friends (too numerous to list and offensive if we miss one or two <g>) and make some new friends. Since we only met and re-met such nice people we would like to consider all of you our friends! There was some confusion about the post show dinner but those that made it had a great time. Next time we'll try to plan better or at least enough ahead of time that we don't read email after we get back that we needed to see before we left. But we'll be back the first weekend of next October!!! See you all again then! So far we really like Kim's book BTW... >From: Jennifer H <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: To Breeders - Adopting mom and kit together >Question about adopting a mother and one of her babies. Long story short. >KiSta had a pregnant stray come in who had 3 beautiful babies (one died), >and we are adopting one of the kits. I would also love to take mom, but >she is very, very protective of her babies. They are six weeks tomorrow >and she still tries to take Kim's hand off when she reaches for the babies. That over protective mode ends in just a few more weeks. Most mothers that is. Since no one knows what she was really like before the pregnancy no one can really say what she'll be like sans hormones. If you are willing to give it a shot keeping her away from your daughter for the most part it might well work out. We are quite familiar with doing this as we took in a couple moms and litters into our shelter this year and had to try to keep 5 year old Derek safe. [Posted in FML issue 3195]