Jack Attends Family Affair

Troy Vance sent photos of family reunion which even Jack attended. Looks like the fishing was good. Here is his email--

This family has been getting together in the spring for fishing and in the fall to squirrel hunting for decades. We didn't make the trip last year because Dobs had pups. Friday night was guitar playing and big time 42 games. Folmar and myself put out 3 short trot lines and the others were pole fishing for crappie.Think we caught 15 channels and two crappie. pole fishing was slow with most of them in 10 to 12 foot of water.Saturday evening the black pots came out and the fish fry began. Fried fish, taters, coleslaw and garden onions. Don't get much better than that.
We had a good time. Jack had a good time playing with the kids and was very well behaved. Troy Vance

Shoo Shoo

Wish this bird would find a new perch!

Feists Everywhere

Got this nice email from New York about the Blog and a picture of the family Feist.

Dear Mr. Renfroe,

I wanted to thank you for the extensive photo log you have of the Feist Breed of dogs. You have helped me identify what breed of dog we have.

I live in the Finger Lakes Region of New York and recently via Petfinder.com, my family & I adopted a beautiful little rescue dog we named Jill. She came with a stack of paperwork. I looked at the most recent stuff on top & didn't get a chance to go through the older paperwork until today. The paperwork on top said that they thought her breed was Chihuahua-Terrier mix. Today I was going through the original paperwork from North Carolina, where she was first rescued and it said that her breed was Feist. Well, up here, I had never heard of a Feist. So a little research lead me to your wonderful site. She looks like many of the dogs shown in your photo gallery.

We had two Jack Russell's & in December lost our sweet, Ozzy, to a rare form of cancer, he was only 7. His best friend, Jack (who is a rough-coat Jack Russell) missed him terribly. We were 'just looking' when we came across Jill & her sister on Petfinder. We applied for adoption and after references, a vet check & a home visit (whew!!) we were approved.

She is just the most wonderful little breed of dog. She cracks us up with her antics & she keeps Jack on his toes. Although he's more than happy to have a new playmate. It's good to know her breed & what she was originally bred for so that we can be aware of what her 'natural instincts' are.

Again, thank you so much for your informative & wonderful website.

Sue Barnes

More Martins Arriving

Remembering

I snapped this picture of a picture when we took Lia down to Dan's. This is a picture of Dan with his first squirrel. Matt captured the memory.