Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M. Tice Sullivan Township, Tioga County PA Bradford County PA Chemung County NY Tioga County PA

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This is the big guy - 2 pounds - Born February 2	This is the little guy 1 and 5/8 pounds - Litter mate to big guy

Above: Barnum & Bailey approach the sleeping puppies with extreme caution. Right - Puppy approaches cats with no caution. Help, Ma, that little black thing is going to kill us.  Next frame - cats running in terror.

	Tug of War with Shoe
Above: The baby boys think Yoshi should be their mother  and follow on her heels. Yoshi thinks they are mice  and is not interested. Right: Water break

Puppy - Cat Update -Saturday - The puppies are fine and the cats are approaching recovery. Barnum will actually sit in the same room and look at them while they are in the cage or even if they are out. But, if they approach him he runs away.  Bailey has suffered more. He stopped eating. He finally started eating again if fed in a separate room. This morning he finally ate in the same room with the puppies while they were caged and sleeping. They are very interested in Yoshi and still think she should be their mother. She brought them a toy yesterday, but the toy was bigger and heavier than the puppies. It's the thought that counts.
As to Names, I am kind of leaning to Amos and Andy that Melva sent in four years ago for the kitten naming project. Not decided yet. I like to wait a while. I have named and renamed pets before, so want to keep it open as long as I can. The first time the kittens went to the vet they went as the red one and the blue one, so these little guys will probalby go as the big one and the little one - or the fuzzy one and the smooth one. When Sullivan, the calico cat [1996-2003] was a kitten I waited so long to name her the vet threatened to name her for me. 

April 5  - The cats are getting used to the litle guys. Little Amos had let it go to his head that he could chase those big cats away-nearly ten times his size. However, now Barnum has become so used to them he does not run very fast and Amos bumps into him some of the time. I think the main problem is their lack of understanding of anatomy. They think that four legged animals of that size should be sources of food and don't understand the issue of their gender and species. The cats retreat at this point, not because they are afraid of the pups, but because they are such a nuisance to them. They are still so young they sleep most of the time. 

Well if you have a Barnum & Bailey, surely you need a Gilbert and Sullivan. Perhaps we should rename you Soft Touch. However I would have wanted all five. You did well.
Always digging, Sue

Little Guys take turns killing each other. Two months old today.

Andy and Amos, Sitting still after a nap. April 3 Hustle & Bustle would be good names for them. Site volunteer, Norma, who lives near me, just told me she went and got their two brothers, so she is raising puppies, too. Hers are brown/black mottled in color and are named Rusty and Dusty.

April 7 Left - Amos and his empty yogurt cup.  I found. I own it. Below - Andy steals the yogurt cup - big battle

	The puppies meet some new puppies in the mirror and hunt all over trying to find them.

The Lions lie down with the Lambs Barnum & Bailey peacefully sharing the sunshine with Amos & Andy

Amos in transition. One ear popped into upright position yesterday and one did not.  Sorry for the smudge on the lens.  I weighed them yesterday  Amos is up from 1 1/2 to slightly over 2 lbs.  Andy is up from 1 3/4 to 2 1/2 pounds.

Andy & Amos potted up. After standing up straight as an arrow for two and a half days, Amos' ear flopped back down to puppy position.	Barnum thinks putting the puppies in a pot is  a good idea. Andy the Screamer, is also Andy the Climber so he is long gone. Poor little Amos is too tiny to climb as well as his brother. He is always left on the wrong side of the barriers that Andy can conquer.

It finally happened- perfect peace. The cats let the puppies climb on them, kiss them on the mouth, pull their hair, jump on their head - for a while - then they give them a harmless cuff. Bailey and the baby boys share a spot of sun.  At vet appointment yesterday, Amos is all the way up to 2 and a half pounds, and Andy weighs 2 pounds 15 ounces - narrowing in on the BIG three pound target. They are three and a half months old now. Andy swallowed a paper clip last week and vomited too much, got dehydrated. He had to have water injected subcutaneously and xrays to make sure there was no more debris in there. He screamed as usual, screamed about the shot, screamed because he did not want to lie on his side for the xray. They know him at the vet's office as Andy, the screamer.  He has recovered.

Barnum purrs to the tune of John Denver's old standby, "Sunshine on my belly makes me happy."	Amos' other ear gives stand up a try this time - but for how long?  It's been up two days which is all the other one achieved before collapsing again. It's been about a month since the other ear tried.

Toys are OK,	but it's really more fun to chew on each other.

Little Amos has been going around for a while now with one chihuahua ear and one terrier ear, but finally both ears are up !! He's a big boy now. He still does not stand still, but I will get a less blurry photo some time. You can send congratulatory emails to Amos through me. He can't read, of course, not yet, but I'll read them to him.

Dear little fellow,   You show 'em, Amos ! Now you and Andy must get busy and learn to read (maybe do some typing and formatting, too?) . Love from Melva Calaman and Betsy

Above -- Andy gives Barnum a kiss. Barnum just loves puppy kisses.  Left --Andy, too, has developed an ears-up aspect - well more or less. They go up and then lean forward. They did this a week or so ago but I kept waiting for something else to happen. i guess this is it - up and over.  Weight Update - On the food scale, which is not as accurate as the veterinarian's scale, Andy weighs 4 pounds and Amos is somewhere between 3 1/4 and 3 1/2.

Yoshi and the baby boys relax in the shade on a hot day. June 17

Andy and Bailey share a chair - July 22	Barnum and Amos relaxing

Dog sweaters are expensive to buy, but for these little dogs, it only takes a couple hours to make the sweater and probably less than 50 cents worth of yarn.

Amos' is made with Red Heart Strata yarn which makes a very interesting pattern.

Nap taking February 2010. We do have more than one chair in the house, but this is a favorite, Amos and Andy dogs are three years old this month. Barnum & Bailey cats are six years old this month.