Animals of the Jaras by Xavier

Hi! I am Xavier if you are reading this you have probably read my sister's blog in which she says that we have a lot of animals. Let me introduce our 42 animals.

First there is Jota, our 150 pound Great Dane, but don't worry he's not a monster. The giant, lovable pooch is sweet, gentle and is afraid of just about everything. He loves you to chase him when he has a stick and you don't, he also loves to jump up and down if you are somewhere he can't get to (like if your on the other side of the fence) which is very intimidating because he is HUGE.

Second, there is Skippy Lu who is a small Pointer mix that was our foster dog last spring. When there was about to be a big adoption event we saw that Jota loved her so much that we had to adopt her. She is very sweet to humans but with other dogs she barks non stop. She plays with Jota rough and Jota loves the attention.

Then there is Zarco. He was our first dog. He is a pure breed Jerland German Shepherd. He is most bonded to my mom. If she leaves the house he will not eat and he will howl to my violin. He loves to be wherever my mom is and loves to be scratched on the back.

After that there is the 4 ferrets Foxy, Bandit, Sky, Bear. They live in Selena's room in a giant cage we made ourselves out of organizer squares. Every time I go in to the room the four of them all crowd my feet and constantly lick them and it tickles like crazy.

We also have two birds. One is a cockatial named Pepe and the other is a parakeet named Pepper. Pepper loves his bell that Selena gave to him a long time ago. Pepe is happy if you whistle the "Bridge over the River Kwai."

Then we have a cat named Emily. She has one eye, the other eye turned into a tumor looking thing and there is am interesting story behind that but we'll tell you about that later. She loves attention and is queen.

We have 25 chickens including 3 roosters. One is named Cow, he is black with a green tint, Pidge is Cow's son and he is kind of white. There is Junior who is also Cow's son and is completely black.

And we have seven ducks that are all very nice and loud.
3+4+2+1+25+7=42 I think?

Sincerely, Xavier Jara

Introduction by Selena

Good Morning Lizards and Slugs, this is Selena, daughter of this cyberspace family that you have stumbled upon. While I fully wake up I am typing this, waiting for my maternal section of the parental unit to get me coffee which is why this post seems slightly, well.... insane.

So now I will introduce you to my world. Later on you will meet the maternal section of my family unit in which I mentioned earlier, presumably in later posts, she is the one that mixs together food to put in our darling little stomachs, cleans house to get us from wasting away in our own flith, and spoils all the little critters that live with us, to which I will introduce you later. But be not fooled! Mother Dearest can not only trounce you in a game of puzzles but she can wrestle a 150 pound Great Dane into submission (Jota, our dog).

Next we meet, René, paternal unit of the Jara household. René works very hard as a professor of Latin American Literature at the University of Minnesota. René deals with other professors all the time and is famously patient (at least with us) and sweet.

Then there is Xavier, my younger brother in the Jara Family, who enjoys a number of musical intruments (banjo, guitar, and violin) and loves to play a number of video games (of which I like to play "Kirby", a fluffy pink, floating ball). He is also the one that keeps our mangy mongrels consistently amused and tired most of the time.

Me? No... there's no way I could make an accurate character assesment of myself, I'll leave that up to whoever wishes to write about me.

Till next time Lizzies and Sluggies,
Selena