Hello everyone!
There is a personal message below asking for donations to purchase and
transport for a special needs child. If you do not want to read it just
hit delete after reading the upper part of the message.
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TravelWithRonK will be on the road again TUE MAR 27th. My route is:
TX OR WA MT MO TN TX
I will be delivering 'The Other Sale' animals and Texas animals to the
Moro OR April Fools Boer Show where I will meet the buyers. From there I
will go east to MT MO and TN.
It is becoming extremely difficult to get enough riders to even pay for
the gas to make trips. In the past I went coast to coast multiple times
with the large trailer full all the time. Now I cannot get enough riders
to fill the small Bruton trailer for one small loop. I apologize to
everyone who has needed transports that could not be accomplished due to
lack of supporting riders. I cannot make trips financially feasible
without having supporting riders to your needs. Your animals do NOT pay
the expenses to move them. I have to have overlapping transports to
cover my actual expenses. I have two options until the economy comes
back and ag people start spending again. I either charge more so that
your animals pay for their transport or I make fewer trips. Neither
option is good for you or me.
I recently took a drastic step to keep TravelWithRonK on the road. I
sold my home and property to my next door neighbor and am now leasing it
back from them. They are a good couple and are extremely excited that
they doubled their land holdings. They have given me a 'lifetime' lease
so I have a place to live until I choose to move or die. I consider my
TravelWithRonK 'career' to be the most important thing I have done in my
life. It is satisfying to me and it has helped the small livestock
industry in unbelievable ways. The movement of livestock genetics is
vital to the future of our agriculture community. I am proud to have
been part of that vital activity for the past 13 years!
I have several east coast to midwest tentative reservations and a number
of tentative dairy goat reservations from the east and west going to
Texas. Your reservation would add on to these loads making them more
feasible.
For long range planning I will be transporting a load of T4 genetics
boer goats to Pennsylvania for the True Colors production sale Memorial
Day weekend. The consignors for this sale will have some of the very
best colored boer genetics there for auction. Google 'True Colors Boer
Sale' for information. My plan is to deliver the Texas consignees to the
sale location, wait for the sale to complete, and then begin a coast to
coast transport trip including sale animals (and other animals - my
'normal' loading) from the central Pennsylvania location. This is an
opportunity for colored boer breeders to pick up new genetics with
transportation guaranteed and for other breeders to move animals
westbound. I may have limited space so help me by planning ahead!
There is also a sheep show that same weekend that is close to the boer
sale. If you can get your sold animals to the sheep show or the boer
sale I can meet them there. This is an opportunity to move sold animals
westbound from the Wooster OH show or the PA boer sale.
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This is a request for financial assistance from Ron!
We have found a breeder in Montana (Debbiespoodles.com) that has the
puppies needed for this project (bloodlines that have proven histories
as service animals). I am planning on buying the puppies using my income
tax refund. Transport from Montana to Tennessee will be free with the
female pup going in April and the male pup going in June. I have made
the commitment to pay for all of this myself but I sure would appreciate
some assistance! The situation is described below. Please forward this
message to any group/person who you think might want to be involved in
this worthy situation. PayPal is the best way to make a donation.
Anything I receive through PayPal will be forwarded to Debbie Euker at
Debbies Poodles in Stevensville MT.
This family in TN is the one I moved to TX a few years ago to get them
away from an abusive husband/father situation. They had to move back to
TN for legal reasons but now the divorce is final and the ex husband is
being sued for child support. Hopefully this families life will improve
soon!
If anyone has any of the following please respond to this email as well
as letting Ron know. We are looking for the following animals for an
autistic child that Ron has met and can verify to you how completely
animals have been her access to the world, socialization, and true love
and acceptance. She works with the animals daily ... no one ever has to
ask her to feed, water, or take care of them.. if anything it's hard to
pull her away from them. Her bond to them is very special and the
