that is somewhat geeky but I would expect no less from Alpha Geekette Erika.
I like Saavik, except its too close to Kavik - would be confusing for my boys. > -----Original Message----- > From: Erika L. Walker [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 11:35 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Well, I will be noisy - I have good news!! > > CONGRATS!!!!!!!!! > > I named my old husky Saavik after Lt. Saavik from Star Trek ... is that > too geeky? <grin> > > Many happy fur sheds .... > > :) > > Erika > -------------------------------------------------- > > >>|-----Original Message----- > >>|From: Fleischer, Beth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >>|Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 2:33 PM > >>|To: CF-Community > >>|Subject: Well, I will be noisy - I have good news!! > >>| > >>| > >>|My new furkid (no name as of yet) was born yesterday afternoon!! > sounds > >>|like an exciting birth - read below. > >>|So we are now collecting puppy names to consider. I am partial to > non-human > >>|names like Mojo, Jihad, Havoc, Ballyhoo (really like the idea of saying > BAD > >>|MOJO when he misbehaves) and boytoy likes silly human names like > Sebastian, > >>|Belvedere etc. We also both like literary or film references - Kavik > is > >>|named after a Walt Morely kids book called Kavik the Wolf Dog. Please > no > >>|names that start with K, we dont' want to confuse the kids. > >>| > >>|**Quoted material follows**** > >>|QT (Ch Cascadia I am I said) packed her nightie and came to live at the > >>|Rainkee Birthing Center last Sunday. We had one last vet visit planned > for > >>|today (Thursday) in anticipation of puppies early next week. > >>| > >>|So, I packed up QT this afternoon to stop at the Vet before heading to > a > >>|council meeting in Oregon City. Did the x-ray and every one of the vets > had > >>|to come in and see the x-ray and hug their favorite patient QT. It > appeared > >>|we had EIGHT maybe more puppies packed into that little body and after > >>|checking the chart figured it would be Monday or Tuesday before she > popped. > >>| > >>|So, off QT and I went to my meeting. I came out to the car an hour > later to > >>|hear what sounded like a kitten in the back of the car....YEP, first > puppy! > >>|nice and clean and dry. So, I grabbed the cell phone and called the vet > - > >>|what now, I'm 30 minutes to the vet; 50 minutes to home. Helen, who > doesn't > >>|do no birthings, is somewhere in between. Vet, who we've known for 25 > years > >>|or so, is laughing and figures the best bet is to just stop at Helen's > and > >>|let her help with the whelpin'.... > >>| > >>|Instead, I snuggled the puppy under my wool jacket, got behind the > wheel of > >>|the van, and headed for home the backway so I could stop if I needed > to. > >>|While I'm driving and trying to line up Dad to take care of the other > dogs; > >>|Kathy Gray who wanted to observe QT's birthing (in anticipation of her > Rose, > >>|QT's sister, doing this next summer), and Helen who's somewhere on the > way > >>|home from work, I look in the rearview mirror and see QT beginning to > pant > >>|and fuss again....then hear the squeak of another puppy.... > >>| > >>|Once home, I quickly changed clothes while puppy number 1 scoots around > on > >>|my bed lookin' for a warm spot...and went back to the car to get QT and > her > >>|other puppy and settle all in the real birthing room. I found not one, > but > >>|two puppies in the crate with her for 3 total while we were out and > about. > >>|(Sadly, one, a very small girl, didn't make it - not sure if she never > >>|started or just got chilled, QT had her stashed in a corner). > >>| > >>|Once downstairs QT settled right down to business and popped out > another 2 > >>|puppies before Kathy got here, then a short break for dinner and QT > popped > >>|out another one. Then we had a LONG break of a couple hours and the > last 2 > >>|popped out. > >>| > >>|In all, QT has 7 beautiful babies - 5 boys, 2 girls; They've been > throughly > >>|washed, weighed, and snuggled by Kathy & I. QT's settled into her den > with > >>|her brood, everyone's had a turn at the milk bar, the puppy pad is > finally > >>|warmed up, and now I'm heading off to bed. > >>| > >>|Not sure how much sleep I'll get, Supermom Jackie is fussing to go down > and > >>|be with the babies, but she's just gonna have to wait. > >>| > >>|More tomorrow after we've all had some rest. > >>|-- > >>|Judi James - Out Oregon Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > >>| > >>| > >>|Cheers, > >>| > >>|Beth Fleischer > >>|Certified Advanced Cold Fusion Developer > >>|Internet Programmer > >>|Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium > >>| > >>| > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
