Sarah Senior Reporter Maybe Daisy can help June and July 2012 Sarah and Daisy here: Where or where does the time go? Mum was just running in and out of the shelter like a bee in a bonnet, trying to get ready for clinic, and then doing extra runs with the big yellow thingy because it was almost time for summer! So when we snuck a look at mum's calendar we discovered it was the last day of June already! Now we need to do two news letters just to catch up! Daisy Here: Clinic day was a huge success, so many humans, so many ferrets; play pens all over the back yard, 2 big tables of raffle items - thank you Miss Wendy for your time and talent. All kinds of auction items, there were so many that Miss Mary B wanted to know how she was going to get through it all. Thank you Miss Kathy C. and Miss Marilyn H. for the lions' share of auction items and then there were the last minute auction items from Mr Jim S. and Miss Mary M. Our favorite Doc was on hand to check out the fuzz butts, Miss Pat N. and Miss Nancy A. gave Doc a helping hand at the medical table. There were new folks here, and folks that come year after year. WE had a grand time! Mr. Dick H sat proudly at our raffle ticket table as he does each year! Thanks Mr. Dick! Pictures will soon be up for all to see! Sarah Here: What do you mean WE? Mum only let Ginger and Teddy outside because they went to see our favorite Doc for hurt sticks. WE did not get to go out side that day! Daisy Here: So what is your point missy? Mum wanted us to let you know that Old Lady Kay went to Rainbow Bridge on Mothers Day 2012 - Mum and Miss Kathy C. were sad to see her leave but they also knew that was Old Lady Kay's wish. She left peacefully with no tubes, or hurt sticks to keep her here longer than she wanted to be. It was a promise mum made to Old Lady Kay many years ago, and thanks to Miss Kathy C. Mum and Miss Kathy C were able to accomplish all that Kay wished for at her end of life time. Sarah Here: My point was that "WE" was the incorrect word to use, since "WE" were not the ones that got to go outside on clinic day. Now can I get on with more news please? Mr. Bob, Miss Ili's other half stopped down to look at and take our screen inserts that the bad raccoons tore apart, home to fix for us. They turned out fantastic - Thanks Mr Bob for doing that for us! Mr Bob and Miss Ili are Delilah's not so far away, far away family. Oh the soap campaign prize went to Marcia C in Skaneateles NY Mum took in 4 more new fur kids; they were in fact saved by Mylene from certain death in Rochester NY. The woman that had the 4 ferrets stuck them on a windowed porch that had no ventilation with cat food to eat but no water to drink. She had the fur kids for 2 weeks, Mylene said the lady that had them had no idea how to care for them, so thanks to Miss Mylene they are safe with us now! Then Mum got an email from CNYHA about 3 ferret girls that needed to come here, Miss Kate a volunteer for CNYHA brought them, she got here about 12:30 on a Sunday afternoon. The 3 girls are tiny but are in really good shape, having a ball hanging out and running around in the play areas mum calls enrichment rooms. They came in with documentation having been vetted and vaccinated. Then 2 boy fur kids arrived from Fort Drumm to live at the shelter. We are filled up to our ears in fur kids. Daisy Here: Mum went to school after she droved her big yellow thingy so Miss Shaylyn could do a presentation in her 4th grade class on ferrets. Shaylyn chose the Brooklyn kids for her props. She and mum helped the furless kids in the class to understand what mum does here and how Miss Shaylyn gets to help at the shelter. Shaylyn taught them how to care for ferrets and what it is to be a responsible pet owner. The presentation was wonderful; Mrs Arsenault had our shelter web site up on the large screen behind mum and Miss Shaylyn, so when students asked a question and Shaylyn did not know the answer they went to the web site to find the answer. The students wanted to know if ferrets could swim, so Shaylyn showed them the picture of Tock in the swimming pool on clinic day 2011. The class presentation was such a success that another student Master Dylan is now coming to help mum take care of us. We have had lots of shelter help these past few weeks - Miss Marcia, The Keenen Family, Master Dylan, Miss Shaylyn, Miss Donna D. Miss Mary B. Miss Donna Z, Miss Stacie K., Miss Jill W, Miss Jackie R and her other half Mr. Bob R, Miss Wendy, Mr Dick H. Miss Tori and Miss Brie not all at the same time but they do come and go a lot around here especially around clinic time! Geezzzzzz Sarah I hope I did not forget anyone; there have been lots of humans here! Sarah Here: You did miss some folks! Miss Kathy C and Miss Marilyn H, Titch's far away moms came to the shelter to take mum to lunch the day after clinic! They thought mum could use a break! They were right mum sure did enjoy her time with Titch's moms and the lunch was wonderful! Little Luna went to a new 4-ever home with Miss Susann T in May, and the 3 Brooklyn fur kids went to their new 4-ever home with the Jacobus family in July. Oh some sad news 2 of the 3 DMK kids left for Rainbow Bridge. Big Foot is the only DMK left with us now. We were invited to go to an adoption day event in Canandaigua so Mum and Miss Ili went with the new 4 Rochester fur kids to show them off on a Sunday for 4 hours. We have been invited to another one in Canandaigua coming up in 2 weeks they may go to. If anyone wants to join them mum says she would love to show off our shelter friends along with the fur kids they are going to take! Mum is getting a 2 week break from the big yellow thingy then she goes back to work for summer runs because we refuse to go hungry during the summer! Daisy Here: So Sarah what do you think, do we have all the news reported? Are all the notes mum left us all gone? Sarah Here: I believe so Daisy I think we have all the news done for both June and July it was pretty good working with you this time snip-it. Daisy Here: the correct word it snippety NOT snip-it and I am not snippety! Sarah Here: I know you are not snippety that is why I called you snip-it because you are a small part of this news letter. Until next month Sarah and Daisy Newest Shelter Video <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0GEYL02fnU> Shelter Video <http://www.kwflatbed.com/videos/ferretfarm.wmv> Fur kids with new homes <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4QDOOjil9A> The Giving Effect <http://ferretfarm.thegivingeffect.com/> [Posted in FML 7478]