Susan R. Stoltz :: My Pets

My Pets

Send No Balloons

If any of you have ever owned a Jack Russell you know that once they obsess about something you might as well give up any semblance of sanity until you either hide the item or acquiesce to it's destruction. Recently I received flowers with a helium balloon attached. All was fine, the day was quiet, the flowers gave off a pleasant aroma in the warm sunny room. I was dozing on the sofa, exhausted from a physical therapy (...)

Rio

I miss my horse. I had planned to spend the summer reconditioning Rio after he took an injury last fall. During a hail storm he went through a barbed wire fence not once, but twice, and sliced himself up really well. A couple of visits to the vet and many stitches later there was nothing to it but rest and pasture, or as a former trainer of mine used to say, Dr. Green. So it’s been a long time since we had some time together.

I had a(...)

Fantasy Chickens!

I have always wanted to raise some chickens. Not lots of them just a few really attractive chickens. The 'Martha Stewart' in me would love to go out and gather eggs every morning from the cute little hen house in their lovely little enclosure surrounded by flowers. There's something about taking a basket and collecting eggs of different hues, hearing the soft clucking of chickens, cleaning the pen and throwing feed. I envision myself going(...)