Re: The Well XLVIII: Rex, self appointed king of the Anterwebs wanted dead or alive!
What about pets and other animals?
You stated that you and your family go horse riding! Would you like to have your ranch?
I have always been an aminal person and thought being a veterinarian would be a cool thing to be. The wife wanted to be a vet when she was younger and my 8 year old daughter has decided she wants to be a vet when she grows up. I think I have had at least one of most of the common and a few uncommon pets as well.
Currently we have a hamster, a cat and a blue front amazon parrot and we had a canary for awhile but he passed away a couple of years ago. The canaries name was Sparkle and he was a rescue bird. I actually "caught" Sparkle on a job site but in reality poor old sSparkle picked me to save his feathery butt. He was clinging to a house I was remodeling next to the front door. I got my hand within 6 inches of him before he tried to fly away but he only made it maybe 10 feet, turned around and flew back to me, hitting my open hand and landing on the ground. I scooped him up and put him into a cardboard box I had on the site.
On the way home I stopped at the pet store, told the story of how I came to have him and asked what to feed him. The pet stroe chick informed me it was a ruby something or other canary and sold me a small cage and some food. I took Sparkle home and my daughter thought he was super cool and thats when we named him Sparkle. the poor thing spent the next few hours bouncing back and forth between the food and water dishes and after a couple of days he was right as rain and started singing for us.
One day a year and a half later my wife noticed that sparkle wasn't singing anymore and found him feet up in the bottom of the cage. We were all saddened by poor old Sparkles passing but at the same time I was happy that he chose me to save his butt and in trade he filled the house with canary songs which are far more pleasant than the noise made by a screaming parrot.
I have always wanted horses and one day it would be nice to own a house in a location that would support a "big doggy". I don;t know about a ranch per se, but a barn and a couple of horses would be cool. Our property up north is near a riding stable and we have been friends with the owners for generations. As a matter of fact the guy that founded the stables built our cabin and as a result I have been riding horses most of my life on a part time basis.
Animals are definately cool to have around.
