site last updated 11-15-2011
Memories
These precious babies are gone from our
world but will remain in our hearts forever, and someday we will all meet again
at the Rainbow Bridge
Here are a few of the pets we’ve had, and will never forget
Sadly Tayna went to Rainbow Bridge 5-13-09
Champion Jerdan's ShadyCreek My Gal Sitiena AKA "Tayna"
click on Tayna to see show shots
TAYNA IS # 1 SHE WAS MY FIRST DANE, FIRST TO SHOW, AND MY FIRST CHAMPION
Jerdan's Chantilly Lace AKA "Laycee " LAYCEE went to Rainbow Bridge 12-18-08 Our heart aches and we miss her terribly
Rowdy went to the Rainbow Bridge 1/14/08 due to an infection that was not treatable by antibiotics
CH Jerdans Ready To Rumble DaneAcres AKA Rowdy 06/15/04 - 01/14/08
Rowdy was a beautiful boy and loved by all who met him. We will miss him forever, he is now with his beautiful mother Princess Ty. Rest well my sweet boy, we love and miss you
CH. Lost Creek's Joseph Dane Lane X BISS CH. Jerdan's Princees Ty
DaneAcres Titan AKA "Buddy" after a very short time in this world went to Rainbow Bridge on 5-11-07 [due to bloat and surgical complications] He endeared himself into the hearts of all who knew him, especially the Calmes Family who loved him dearly
Cracker Jax AKA “CJ” the best friend I ever had went to the

In 1976 we bought a new home and decided it was time for another pet.
That’s when Benji came to live with us. He was a
beautiful cocker spaniel and loved the kids dearly. He developed heart disease
and left us in the spring of 1990.

Mr. Stubbs lived with us from 1990 to 1995, when we had to put him down because of aggression. It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do.

Buster Brown lived with us from 1990 to 2001, he was gentle and loving. He would always sit at the window in the afternoon watching for Fred to come home from work. You couldn’t get him to leave his post no matter what, he’d sit there for hours, sometimes, Fred worked very late. Buster left us just before his birthday in March of 2001. It was a sad day in our lives.
Over the years I have had many animal friends live with me. I have taken
in many orphaned and abandoned critters, such as rabbits, squirrels, and birds,
and fed and cared for them until they were able to survive on their own. One
such critter was Shadow the raccoon. The problem was Shadow refused to return
to the wild for a long time. She lived with us for a little over 4 yrs. and it
was a real adventure. She got along very well with the dogs and cat that we
had, and she totally loved Fred. Shadow was never caged and could leave when
she wanted to, she would come in the house through the dog door to eat and
visit. One of her favorite pastimes was to watch T.V. and play with the remote,
and her favorite food was fried chicken. We were very careful and made sure she
had her rabies shots and proper medical check ups annually. We got Shadow when
she was just a few days old in the spring of 1995 [her mother was killed in a
building tear down] and she was with us until July of 1999, at the time Shadow
left us she weighed over 50lbs. , she just went off one day and never returned.
We like to think she returned to her own kind, and is living in the woods
somewhere. Raccoons life expectancy in the wild is
approx.7 yrs. So she is most likely gone to

WE DO NOT RECOMMEND RACCOONS AS PETS, THEY
ARE VERY DISTRUCTIVE AND CAN BECOME VERY DANGEROUS AS THEY MATURE.
We were very lucky with Shadow. She caused minimal damage to our home and
didn’t hurt anyone.