Sarah Senior Reporter Daisy Cub Reporter August 2012 Daisy Here: Hey Sarah did you know that mum is done working the big yellow thingy for the summer? Do you know that means she has 2 weeks to stay home with us all day long to love on us? Sarah Here: Yes I do know, it also means summer is almost over, that mum will be going back to work when school starts and she will be working longer than she does in the summer time. There have been summer events that mum and Miss Ili have gone to when Mum was not out on the big yellow thingy - Adoption days at Central Tractor and the invitation from Pet Co in Canandaigua, the Pet Co one they did not go to because it was far too hot that day to be out in the weather with fur kids, then it rained real hard that day too! HUMID!!!!! Daisy Here: Boy it sure has been hot in Naples this summer hasn't it Sarah? We had a new cold box donated to us by a neighbor of Miss Donna D. Miss Stacy stopped in with some fresh veggies out of her garden for Mum so she stuck around to help Miss Donna D and Mum get it in the window for us - that has been awesome to help keep us cool. It has been so hot that Mum decided that as long as we can not use our play area on the porch she is going to revamp it and make it bigger, then put a new floor down and fix it all up nice for us. She has been working on that on the days it was too hot for us but not too hot for her. Sarah Here: Oliver was feeling poorly so Miss Jackie R. was going to take him up to our favorite Doc. Oliver did not wait, he left for Rainbow Bridge. Miss Patty S. came to visit she is far away mom to 4 of us fur kids here at the shelter! Miss Patty spent the day hanging out and playing with us all day. Daisy, have you heard how many ferrets have been found out running around without their humans this summer? Mum has gotten lots of calls, from places like Hamlin NY Albany, NY Lima NY and Charlotte NY. One was even from a different state but Mum did not tell me what one. Too many fur kids getting outside and getting into trouble! Squiggles what a lucky one she got picked up and brought to Mum to be safe. There have been lots of humans that want to give up their fur kids too. That is sad. Mum does what she can to help, in three weeks time Mum got calls about a total of 28 fur kids that needed a place to go. Daisy Here: I heard mum talking to Miss Jackie R about all the fur kids that need to find a place to go, it makes Mum really sad that she can not save them all. Mum says what is important is making sure she takes care of those of us that are already here, and then if there is room she will take more in. Thankfully we have lots of shelter helpers that come to help mum take care of us; Miss Shaylyn, Miss Iliana, Miss Brie, Miss Marcia, and Miss Maricella, and Miss Donna D. Miss Donna finally has some lawn to mow. We went weeks without needing her to mow the lawn. Miss Sheilla and Mr Malcolm came to visit us from Brooklyn, Miss Sheilla loved on Jenkins and Mr Malcolm loved on me! Malcolm even let me nibble his nose. I had a great time playing with Malcolm; he is one really cool dude. They hung out with Jenkins for a bit - then mum switched the kids and handed Milo and Sugar over to them. Both Sheilla and Malcolm are in the construction business so when they saw the ceiling of the bathroom with the plastic they wanted to know what was going on. Malcolm headed up to the roof to see what was up. Mum explained that we were getting wet but not consistently. We were getting wet too; we stopped sleeping behind the bathroom door because we got so wet one night it left a puddle in our bed. Malcolm's thought was that when the rain comes in from a certain direction is when we get wet; Malcolm took a tube of silicone up to fill in an area that may be allowing water to get in. He said we should not have anymore wet spots with the roof leaking but to let him know if we do. While Malcolm was on the roof, Miss Sheilla and Mum were out in the play yard righting the one canopy that was upside down and dismantling the broken one. They took the top off the broken one to use if any of the others rip then dragged the broken frame up to the driveway for Preston to pick up - he takes all our metal junk for us. Sarah Here: Boy you are long winded; I sure hope you are done! I want to tell about the events that are coming up, September 15th is another adoption event in Canandaigua, Miss Jackie wants to set up a booth for us at the Grape Festival the weekend of September 29th and 30th but we are not sure that is going to happen, that is pending. Then October 6th is our second annual Christmas in October event. We would love to have you join us for the fun at anyone or all of these events. Daisy Here: Oh Sarah have you see our new web site Miss Tori has done for us? It is awesome; Miss Sheilla has set up a Facebook page for our shelter too so between the two of them they are getting our furry faces out there for all humans to see. We are so excited to have so many humans that love to help us fur kids out with their different talents. Miss Kathy says we need folks that have "time talent and treasure" We have two ladies that are awesome with their time and talent for sure! Thanks Miss Tori and Miss Sheilla for helpen mum take care of us. Sarah Here: Well it looks like we have all the notes Mum left for us covered and taken care of so we are going to close this news for now. We almost had to double up on this news letter again this month - Daisy Here: Phew that sure was close! We got it done just in time! 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 7527]