I'd
like to introduce you to a few of the members of our family
who live here at the Fias Co Farm Sanctuary.
This
is Mable, the Basset Hound, doing her world famous "trick".
It is the only trick she knows, but she does it quite well,
don't you think? Pretty impressive for having such a long
body. We feel this "trick" helps keep her spine
strong, which is important since basset hounds can have
spine problem because of their long bodies.
Diabetes
in pets in not a death sentence. Mable was diagnosed with diabetes in 6/01. She was 8 years old at the time. We did home testing of her blood glucose levels using the home test meters intended for humans. She got two insulin shots a day and ate homemade "Mable Loaf" for her meals. Click here for more about Mable's diabetic story.
Mable left us on Oct. 6, 2004 at the age of 11
years. She lived 3 quality years with diabetes. We loved
her dearly and she will always have a special place in
our hearts.
Mable and Purknz, the cat, are the same age and grew up together.
They are very best friends.
This
is Purknz with Woodplye.
Woodpyle was a wonderful sweetheart of a guy. He was
the largest cat you'd ever seem. He weighted 20 pounds
and was not fat, just big. He was as sweet as could be
and very loving.
Woodpyle was diagnosed with diabetes when he was 10
years old. We learned a lot about caring for animals with
this disease from him and we were able to give him a full
year of quality life before he was taken from us by cancer.
Purknz loved his big brother Woodpyle very much and was very effected by his passing. Purknz has a need to be around us all the time, which
can make working difficult, but we manage to work around
him.
Here Purknz is helping Larry design a logo.
This
is Junior. He's slightly psychotic, but we love him anyway.
The power
animals have to heal themselves is amazing. Junior's pelvis
was broken in half by an attack by a dog. He also experienced
extensive nerve damage. We nursed him at home and he has made
a full recovery, without even so much as a limp.
Katia "found" our barn on a very cold
day in January of 2004. We are not quite sure how old she
is, but she was some where between a kitten and a cat when
she found us. How could you resist such a sweetie?
Here are my beloved puffers, "taking a load off" after
a hard day of swimming around.
My Reef tank ...."my hobby"
(A reef tank is a saltwater tank with corals, other invertebrates
and live rock as well as fish).
It is my attempt to create a perfect little ecosystem.
We
raise LaMancha Dairy Goats. Our main goat focus here at Fias Co
Farm is to raise healthy, friendly goats as family milk producers,
pets and companions. We boycott all Factory Farmed animal products
and encourage others to do the same. We produce all our own dairy
products, humanely, here on our own small family farm. We choose
not to eat animals and do not raise or sell goats for meat related
purposes.
Our barn, nestled
in the Clinch Mountains of Eastern Tennessee.
I
love Goldie the goat, dearly. She is the queen and matriarch
of our goat herd.
Here Goldie
just moments after giving birth. She loves all her babies
very much.
Our
rare breed Dominque chickens,
doin' their chicken thing.
Guineas,
nature's best tick control
(but also very noisy)
(my husband
Larry w/ a goat baby)
Is there
anything cuter than a goat baby?
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