Our Pets

We have had the joys of family pet-ownership for many good years. Sharing our lives with furry friends has been excellent preperation for parenthood, and I believe that owning pets has really opened my eyes to the variable personalities of what I tended in college to think of as "mere" pets. Mere, indeed! I have been humbled by what I have witnessed of the love and devotion of animals; entertained by their very individual quirks; delighted by their obvious ability to enjoy play.

Our Cats' Page

I have wanted to own a pet cat for as long as I can remember. As a child, my mother was very allergic to cats (as was I), so I was never able to live with a cat. In fact, although I enjoyed the cats of many friends growing up, I didn't actually live with a cat until I moved to Georgia and began graduate school. The first cat I personally adopted was Nimue, and she currently rules our house as alpha cat.

Our Dogs' Page

I was bitten by the "get a dog" bug several years ago when we visited friends who had a very sweet, calm labrador retriever. As we were to learn through personal experience when we adopted our hyper, hyper, hyper, 105-pound yellow lab Buck, this is not necessarily the norm! Nevertheless, we dearly love our crazy doggies.